New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-03

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! have fair election, one in which every
J qualified Eoter will be permitted to nave {
free choice. and his ballot counted. we
! shall point outa few Of the elemental points
to be contended for in the election
! The question now fairly before the
| people is, shall We continue the Repub.
/ ican features of the national Stateand city
governments, ore by placing power into
Democratic hands, relapse into the ieplor,
able condition from which we have been
SO recently rescued at great expense? Our
candidates hayeo as rule, been chosen
for their attachment to Republican pro-
gressive IDEAS They are to man the
champions Of equity, justice and true lib.
orty, while their opponents have been SEE
| lected for their known, adherence to those
political heresies which have been indig-
nantly rejected by large majority Of the
people Of the Omitted States. At the head
Of their ticket they have placed the name
Of Horace Greeley as a decoy duck to lure
the unWary into their fatal trap Once ine
the weak good-natured old man will be
found powegiess to repair the mischief his
ill-timed presence created. and ne and all
Republicans "iu be sacrificed to the greed
of the hydra.headed monster tiat SOW
can hardly conceal his fatal inten'so
Opposed to him the Republicans nave
selected President Grant. who has rad
dominating influence in our national
affairs since Lincoln placed him at the
head Of The arnyo He exceueG as o Gen
eral: was faithful as Cabinet Minister,
and has been firm. incorruptib1e. fearless
and just as President The contest which
called his remarkable powers ana faculties
into action is not yet ended, and neTey will
be SO IonS as hostile utterances against the
government are applauded in high places.
Eterna: 0igifance is the price of liberty.
We can noe trust the affairs .: :i!:s great
nation az :. crisis like this Snto the keeping
Of any but tried and proved vatchfU! sen.
tinels. Gpcn this main question depends
the mino. issres Of the State and city. Our
candidates are in perfect harmony witA
the national Republican party and It's cam
didaGe. AMI viii. if elected las Graus is
sure to BET. form friendly and powerful!
band to bind this State in political alliance
with the nation.
My. Kellogg is personally and politically
known to the great men Of the North who
rule and will continue TO rule :Dis nation.
They have struggled side By side With him
for the right. and nave gfogied IN their
common triumph.
His opponent, Colonel NcEne:y, IS
not known outside of the limits of
the State, if we except an occaaional bait
tie field wherein he appeared as the cham
pion Of slavery, To let our choice fall |
upon him, with his sectional fame, his
record and his limited expert. |
9nce Of craftsmanship, instead of Mr. |
Kellogg, viii be to place wall between
IS and our Northern friends that Will viz
ually amount to a barrier to commercial
Intercourse. One Of the gentlemen has a
RATIONAL reputation, the other is scarcely
znown in his own State. Kellogg is the
promoter Of railroads, while NcEnery
carcely knows what they are intended
OF. Kellogg is statesman Of broad,
LIBERAL, national views, while MeEnery is
parish politician, who can not see be.
ond the State lines. Kellogg is in such
God rapport with the federal government
hat his recommendations will receive at.
3ntion, while McEnery would be regard
q with suspicion. Such are some Of the
nipple reasons why a true friend Of Lou
;iana should prefer Kellogg, the enlght-
ned, liberal statesman, to McEnery, the
iscip1e Of Democracy, the soldier Of Sc.
9asion and the pet Of an aristocratic oil
lrchy. The other candidates on the
tate ticket are generally staunch Bepub-
cans, whose election should be secured
u the sake of that harmony without
hich no government can be smoothly
nd satisfactorily administered.
Our city ticket is composed Of some Of
BE best men in the corporation. It may {
OF be deemed in good taste IN the RE- {
URLIcAN to Iaud the good qualities of its
hief editor, but we may point with pride
. the record Of this paper, which he has j
? largely contributed to establish. Tie 5
las been tie steady and con (
stent friend Of the poor man, whether .
lacl, or white, from the first number down c
the present time. We have fought t
sainst the prejudices Of this community 7
successfully that the colored man may t
ca express his opinion upon political t
alters without being arrested as q va t
ant Eli the benefits conferred upon
is people by the teachings Of the Re- t
.BLICAN could not be purchased from t
EN- for hundred times the amount of 7
e State debt. about which q number Of 2
'se-fsted old fossils make such loud $