New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-20
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its incapacity to say at present what the
signs of the times portend. The various
parties in the field have SO divided the peo-
pie, and are 80 open to criticism Of each
other, that it is not only impossible for US,
but it is impossible for them to arrive at
any positive conclusion as to their chances
Of success. The NcEnery party represents
the ultra and incorporating element
that courts defeat It bIazOns upon its
banners sentiments and suggests that
neither the laboring population, which in
cludes the negroes, nor the capitalists,
who represent a large portion Of the white
people can indorse. The day Of white
supremacy and reputation has passed
away, and yet this is the backbone Of
the McEnery party. The Penn ticket,
which resulted from grand movement
intended to fuse all the intelligent and
conservative elements in opposition to the
Grant party, has not been received with
that favor which the authors of the move
ment expected, simply because it did not
steer by the chart which was originally
mapped out for it. It conceded too much
to the Democrats and fell away from the
Republicans who started it at their own
expense Of popularity with the party from
which they took their departure. The
Liberal Republicans who hoped to meet
with Liberal Democrats have been forced
to conclude that they made mistake in
choosing their partners, for their position
to-day is that of. isolation in the very
party they worked the hardest to create.
The McEnery ticket represents prejudice
the Penn ticket represents ingratitude and
inconsistency. Unless the latter, then, can
rectify its error, it must consent to partake
of the weakness which q great fault al
ways imparts.
After the McEnery and Penn tickets,
the nominations Of Kellogg by the Grant
party and of Mr.. Pinchback by portion
of the Republican party must claim our
attention As the Democrats and the Lib
erals weaken each other, so do these two
candidates weaken each other. AS Penn
and NIcEnery divide the white vote, so do
Kellogg and Pinchback divide the colored
vote, and though it is said that the latter
does not really intend to contest unto the
end, but is willing to compromise with
Kellogg when he can be insured seat in
the United States Senate, yet there is some
danger that the movement may acquire
such force that Mr. Pinchback will neither
consent nor be allowed to withdraw. The
negroes really feel some pride in this mat
ter, as they should do, and they insist
upon it that their votes shall be given for
a colored man. If the candidacy Of Mr..
Pinchback is pushed, as some Of his
friends say he intends to push il, the
result will then be more decidedly mixed
up than it is now, for although we set out |
with the assertion that we could not pre-
dict the future with any certainty, it was
because we have no means Of deciding as
to what Mr. Pinchback intends to do. If |
he runs, the result will be very uncertain;
if he does not run, and his friends consent |
to fuse with the Grant party, then, accord
ing, to our Judgment KelIogg's election is
insured. 1t is o foregone conclusion that
can not be elected; it is fore
gone conclusion that if McEneTy runs Mr..
Penn can not be elected if Pinchback
it is a foregone conclusion that
if Kellogg succeeds in fusing with Pinch
back that he will be elected. Now, we
can not say what the result will be if Mr..
Pinchback remains in the field; but this
we can say, that if the candidacy Of the
after offers any prospect Of McEnerys
success, we believe Mr.. Pinchback viii
without any regard to his own
ortunes. Under no circumstances is the
he Democracy to be allowed to succeed in
his State The Republicans have decreed
his, and they intend 10 vote according to
heir decree. AS to the Liberal ticket,
here is yet room for a change on that
which will give it that vitality its origina-
ors hoped for in the beginning. AS it
stands it has not the confidence Of the
men whose votes are necessary to its sue
,ess. And without this confidence it is as
weak as McEnery's party.
To sum up, then, there are parties in
he field that divide both the white and
.olorcd vote. The report is that there
will be fusion all around the board, the
whites operating together and the negroes
Icing the same thing. The only light
hat is visible to US is this: that if the
liberals correct the error into which they
nave fallen Of giving too much to the
Democrats, they may retrieve their former
prospects Of success, and win the day as
freeley proposed to do, as a better Re
orm party than the RofoTmers, as a better
party than the Grant party, ]
nd as better Democrats than the Mem
ry faction. A party of good men, free
rom prejudice, Iaw-abiding in all things,
lst to all men, economical in their sys-
EN-, progressive in their ideas, would en-
ody all the elements Of Reform, Repub- :
canism and Democracy. AS none Of the t
visiting parties do this as yet. and as there !
SO much talk Of trading and fusion {
float, we really do not see how the REPUD- t
IcAH can be expected TO fosecast the s
esult. So we decline to undertake it.