New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-30
PRoN DIPPERRNT sTAEDPoTNTs.

PROM DIFFERENT sTABDPOIgTs.
The Times is almost angry that the Re
PUBLICAN is not Of its party. We are ac-
cused of committing criminal mistake in
not trusting the Liberals and their Demo
cratic converts with the same unreserved
freedom that the Times does. In the first
place, we are guarding ourselves and those
who have acted with US for years. We
can not implicitly trust upon so short a
friendship those men with whom we have
differed 50 fercely for years. Reasonable
prudence requires that we should both
give and exact guarantees; and fair deal
ing jus.ifes us in suspecting our allies
when they present us with their friend
ship and ask us for our weapons in return
The Times may rattle into trade, taking
the chances Of coming out as good as it
went in, but the REPUBLICAN can not traffic
in that way We have no record to point to
that is not consistent with our present posi-
ton. We have always stood by the present
government, and we expect to do SO, which
leaves US no chance to throw up our caps
in unison with any mob that may assail
the authorities or the rights Of single
man under the protection of the authori-
ties. And when we see the Liberals apollo
giving for their liberation in regard to our
selves, our friends or our principles, we
hold ourselves justified in demanding
some guarantees before we surrender the
defenses of our friends into their hands.
The present contest in Louisiana is not
to be controlled by one man or dozen.
Governor Warmoth is supposed to swing
twenty thousand voters and this is what
makes him power in the canvass. Has
the Times inquired as to the tenure by
which Governor Warmoth controls this
immense number of ballots? Does it
suppose Mr.. Warmoth can dispose of these
voters as he pleases This is where the
error enters. The power of the Governor
is based on confidence, which is personal
attribute. Hundreds, yes, thousands, of
men will vote for Governor Warmoth who
would not vote for Democrat under any
circumstances. Perhaps Mr.. Lasere sup
poses he can catch the Republicans of our
household by proposing to elect their. Po-
litical friend to the United States Senate.
This is mistake We are not servitors
but partners in this business We de-
mand fair share in the government, not
because we desire to see Mr.. Warmoth or
any other man in Office but because we
desire to feel safe in our own shoes. Put
the State in the hands of the eMcEnery
ticket, and such ferosities as some of his
followers might be hanging our friends to
lamp posts in order to prevent them from
talking about Democratic rascals. Here !
is the bed rock of this controversy, that |
there are about twenty or thirty thousand
men is Louisiana who support Governor
Warmoth and his administration because
they have been fully protected in their
rights as citizens. These men do not feel !
safe in assuming that they would be pro-
tected in a similar way under any admin
istration that carries around in It's brain
such incendiaries as the followers Of the
united State banner are known to be.
We do not refuse to take the Liberals
who are so by force of honest convictions
and sincere conversion, but we do refuse
to take the ililberaI Liberals who take our
principles and then say thBt we are in
fected and only fit for deportation There
is very grave difference between our
position and that of the Times. We re-
present a body of men who have been with |
us for five years and who have never had |
but one principle Justice to all men,
and loyalty to the Union. We are stand
ing upon that platform to-day We are |
guarding it from surrender. We say that |
the men who have accepted our principles
must now acce us as evidence of their
good faith and honesty. No party can
be allowed to acquire our arms until it
las provided for our safety, and this can
only be done by leaving us in command
IF one half of the fort The necessities of
he case do not require US to surrender
1nconditionally and history is fall Of ex-
.mples where untimely capitulations
ended in disaster to those who gave them
selves up before their means Of defense
we're exhausted. We desire no Alamo
massacre, and therefore we insist upon be-
ng allowed to march in the campaign
n such a way as to secure ourselves from
,ur new allies as well as from the common.
De- In order to be thus guaranteed
gainst treachery or assault, it is neces-
airy we should have our own officers.
md we intend to have them. The parties
VINO apologize to themselves for acting
With US are not too good to furnish bond
f indemnity that they will not cheat those
whom they desire to use but whom they
profess to dislike.
TOO MUCH CONCEIT.
If the nominations made for State Off
ers by the Democratic and Reform COM