New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-05-03

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| its practical perfection arises. The Liberal
! Republicans, which of course means War
moths crowd. ask for general nominating
| convention of delegates to be sent by all
| voters opposed to Grant and in harmony
! with the Cincinnati movement. This the
| aspiring young Democratic office seekers,
! the wOuld-6e Governors, etc, object to, and
| beyond this all is a middle. OF course it
| will be arranged somehow, since success
! depends upon it, 1t is not unlikely chat
! Warmoth will carry his point, and run for
Governor on the Democratic ticket. If he
does so, never he astOniShed at anything.
Put more trust in princes than in pOliti-
clans, and hold American public sentiment
as cheaply as COriOlanus did that of Rome
Fortunately, perhaps, for the success of
the coalition scheme, the list of offices to
be filled at the fall election is a very full
one, and in pOrtiOning out the spOils, the
game of give and take can be played very
literally. Our Democratic fellOw-citizens,
even 1.-The Oldest and best" are by no means
averse to the droppings. They will take
precious good care that nothing lies around
loose or gets overlooked, and it is a notice
able fact that many who were among the
lOudest and staunchest for Colonel Carter
in his gallant but unsuccessful contest with
WaTmOth a few weeks ago, are now not
only earnest but enthusiastic supporters of
their then foe. They would nominate him
for reelection in minute. Anything to
save the State" is the way they put it; but
it means mOre-prospectiVe emOlument, and
plain discernment of the rising sun.
If this coalition is perfected-and though
through toll. trouble and bloody sweat it
will inevitably be brought tabOut-L0uisiana
will record her vote against General Grant,
and be lost to the Radical party. Grant
can work no traverse, either through the
operation of the enforcement act or with his
United States maTshals that can save it if
Governor WarmOth so decides and acts.
And in case the latter is elected and sent to
the United States Senate in place of Kel-
log, leaving a Democratic Governor in
power, the infamous election law, designed
TO perpetuate Radical power-the most ini-
QuitOus law that ever disgraced the statute
books of a free peOple-wili be turned into
an avenger Of its wrong and etfectually pre-
vent the Radicals from reclaiming the State
under any circumstances for a decade at
least. Viewed politically, this may be re-
garded by some in the light of a misfortune;
but viewed from an honest standpoint, il
will prove a righteous TetTibutiOn, one we'll
deserved, and one which carries with it a
lesson all parties would do well to ponder
and profit by. The fruit of misgOvernment,
though sometimes ripe and dazzling to the
look, is always found to be ashes at the
core. and the party cultivatimg 1t in all
other places besides Louisiana will be apt
to staTve upon its product, as the Radicals
are about TO do here.
In the Radical camp they are resting on
their arms. The negroes, satisfied with
ther late demonstration at the National
CUlOred Convention, are awaiting the pro
gress of events without excitement or dis
turbing effort. They exhibit a quiet faith
that would be almost sublime, if they were
only little more sensible, in the power of
General Grant and the prestige of the great
Radical party. Having so often triumphed
through these aids, they view alike the
wire pulling of the Democracy and the ma
cbinatiOns of Warmolh with supreme in
difference, satisfied that at the next cleo
tiOn they are sure to win all they are striv-
ing for. Their list of aspirations are a very
short but very comprehensive One-sOcial
equality and a majority of the fat offices.
III the latter case emOlument has a decided
call over honor; they are willing that a
white Governor shall head the ticket.
The aspirants for this nomination are of
course as plentiful as blackJerries IN June,
but the two most in favor to-day are L. G.
Billings, a handsome, shTewd and accom-
plshed lawyer, and our old friend, Senator
Kellogg, who has been notified by the
chiefs that his time is up in the Senate.
Kellogg will probably receive the nOmiDa-
tiOn, since he has friends at court, and the
party III LOUISIANA Is strangely suOsefNlehG
to the voice of Washington. One word
from the White House. and that Kellogg
can readily evoke, will prove sufficiently
potent to direct the action of the nominating
convention.
The contest at the fall election promises
to be a bitter one, and the political sky
never looked more threatening. The people,
wrought up almost to madness by Op-
pressive laws and heavy taxation, will bear
themselves as only they can bear them
selves who fight for redemption. Many
and bitter will be the feuds of the canvass,
desperate will be the struggle, and if Lou
isiana passes through it unscathed by the
operations of the enforcement act, we will
be as lucky as the negroes were in achiev-
ing their freedom.