The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-08-31
The Four

AHe Four Tickets.
We find the following communications
IN the Louisianj0n of August 24t,. This
paper Is the organ of the Pinchback or
Regular Republicans
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. %, 161a
MIR. EDGT0R-It will be intercstme
anu suggestive to your readers ans
i,loSt VINO earnestly desire the perDctu-
~ OF Republican Government in our
GIla't 10 notice. the relative positions of
,lc TWO parties that actually exist
|rdo,,E US. ioI alter all there are but
our path: Ours is the RepuhIican nm%
as will Shew the only RpnnRlican
road, and the only one that Ieads tn
saIrty and security.
mere are now, apparently, four mar
ties III the field, with four sets of n6mi.
nIeeS but actually there are but fwo.
inc Democratic and Republican party.
with three chances for the Democracy
and one for Republicans.
he McEncry ticket, of course, in
straight out Democratic, and notwith-
Stallulng the unanimous endorsement
OF the Cincinnati platform bv tLrir
STATE convention, they carefullyX%A-
clu4c tliG negro from any cQnSiae Mon
AZ lhGlr hands This ticket to
the ola Citizcns, the BourteSdssd sirc-
gr" matters, tor sympathy aifNfrSHfs3ort,
ana II IT receives enough OF it, will mn
doubtedly put the iron heel of drsn"t-
ism and tyranny on Republican ncrks
therefore every Republican il driven
10y, every consideration to defeat thiA
ticket II possible. This is one danger
that menaceS lis, and one chance rorthc
Democracy to win,
Another springs from the Penn side
OF the house. The platform uDon which
this ticket stands is also thar alontnd
at Cincinnati, but like the DcmOCTotic
managers there is an evident unWiIlinr-
ness to accord to Republicans in grnT-
rail- the colored people in particular,
that their place i'll their ranks and those
positions IN their gift which they are 20
emlnently entitled to.
Their ticket will not endure imnar-
tai scrutiny, although it is an improve
ment on rank Democracy. But az it ia
not kepnbllcan enough, it is not entitled
to Kepuhllcan support, anditssucccSS in
wolves an inevitable curtailmcnt Of tho
privileges and immunities of RcuuL.
means. From this quarter some danger
Is also 10 he unprecedented, and thus
gives. the Democracy another chance
to win and the Republicans one more
risk of losing.
The third danger springs from the
kcilogg combinations. The ticket
looks well enough con paper" and If n
were put i'll the field by the united Re-
publicans Of Louisiana it would com
mand strength and support, and this
fact In itself would necessitate SO MANY
changes OF attitude, programme and
operation, that there would not he anv
Uount OF IT'S success. But the reverse il
the truth: The ticket is the work of n
rev selfish men and popular approval
cannot be procured for it. But once
on the wrong path, once induced by n
determination to rule, and hovinG ~ :"
resort to all devices to accomplish this
result, it was easy for them to slide in
to tyranny to confirm the work of on
preston and hush the dissatisfied and
the overwhelmed.
these managers think now they must
succeed under any circumstances. As
cold as marble, as indifferent as a stole,
they witness the anguish their conduct
InflctS, while they recklessly persist in
hazarding all on their chances to win,
and win in their w manner,
impossible to do this by themselves.
what Is the programme as presented BY
showing ones and as plainly indicated
in several quarters. Why it is to form
a coalition with the Democratic party.
and at the proper time substitute the
name of B. F. Jonas, (the candidate for
Lieutenant Governor on the McEnerv
ticket,) for C. C. Antoine, Candidate
for Lieutenant Governor on their tickot,)
and vote for Kellogg and Jonas. Kcl-
logg to be sent to the United States
Senate, and Jonas to be Lieutenant
Governor of Louisiana. This il assrr-
edly the plot, and this is the third chance
the Democracy has of winning, and the
third danger to which we are exposed.
1t may he that this resort will fail !;
but it is enough that they attempt it, to
make the ticket 0diOns, and / s0lemnly
adjuree every good cutlOoso
from these cOmpaniOnships. They are
all leading Won astray. Trust them not,
they are fooling you, and you viii find
out that all | say is true, il yOu are
weak enough to continue undecided.
Give in your hearty support to the only
Regular and safe Republican ticket in
the field. Unite, quickly, firmly and with
determinations, give ga long pull, u
strong pull, and q pull altogether" and
all will yet be safe.
WHITE REPUBLICAN,.