New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-06-25
THE RBsULT 80 Par,

I'LL hnoUL4 DO IAN
TIE Grant convention at Baton Rouge
has fulfilled our expectations in every
particular. 1t has organized failure II
the very nature of things this was wha
was bound to occur, since no party in this
country can depend upon a mere persona
argument to secure and continue its sue
cess. Mr.. Kellogg and his associates are
Grant men. That is how Jim Casey putt
1t, and jim Casey puts it right. For two
years every man in the State, and we
may say in the United States, who has
had any connection with politics, has had
the stereotyped inquiry "are you for
Grant," put at him by all manner Of men,
from the half asleep Waterman about dis
tillery to old Daddy Grant at Covington,
Kentucky. Even the President has
asked the question jim Casey never
wanted to know anything else. We heard
nothing about principles or the Repub-
hcan party in this uproar, but the sole
interest seemed to attach to man. The
! -Se~sS&4 AeDAf5D NOnFG4lLtOA htLo ASAG Ii bAAC
interest of Grant and his friends. Casey
had hand in it. Packard held the whip
over it. Ingraham blotched its record
when any delegate pretended to have a
mind of his own. His conventions show
this fact. In all of them the first demand
is in his name, which being exacted, all
the balance is uncertainty or caprice.
The nominations at Baton Rouge were
made in strict conformity to this solitary
personality. The Republican party was
ignored, for Kellogg does not represent its
principles, nor does Antoine. The one has
been a personal servitor in Congress, and
the other has been worse than this in the
State of Louisiana. The strength of these
men does not consist in their principles,
but in their personal dependence. The
strength of the Republican party, on the
contrary, consists in its principles. Under
the empire, in France, a man was elected
to the Constituent Assembly because he
belonged to the Bonaparte party. In
Spain men are elected to the Cortes be-
cause they belong to the Amadeus party.
In Mexico they elect Governors because
they belong to the Juarez party. 1t is for
Louisiana to say whether she will initiate
the personal brides of other countries or
stand steadfast by her creed of republican
ism and democracy. The one is for men,
the other for principles. In fact, Grants
men were there in Astounding num-
bers, Grants friends were nominated,
Grants suggestions were supreme to put
up or pull down, to admit or to thrust |
out. Guns were not used, but they would |
have been had there been occasion for |
their use. Grant was the beginning, the |
end and the centre of what was done. |
The men represented Grant, the prin-
ciples amounted to nothing but Grantism
This is what the American people are
not prepared to accept at present. In
Rome Caesar had his party, Brutus had
his, Cassius had his, aud Anthony had his.
That was after the people had departed
from their loyalty to themselves. We have
not descended to this low grade as yet.
The Americans are still faithful to them
selves and they ask for more than men.
They ask for principles they demand ma
jorities. What the country indorses is the
loadstone of our coUntrymen, and they
follow it, Indifferent to the fate of Gree
ley, Grant, or any other man. We take
Greeley because he represents something
besides himself; we reject Grant because
he represents nothing but himself.
And the people of the State will reject
the nominees of the Baton Rouge con
vention because they are, individually and
the mere echoes of Grants
voice calling upon the country for con-
tinuance in an Office he is not fit to hold
But though this is a sufficient reason for
their rejection, it is not the only one The
Candidates are themselves Objectionable
On account Of their own political and per-
5onal unfitness. The manner in which
hey are attempting to secure their posi-
ions proves that they regard them only
rs so much merchandise, in which an in
will prove profitable venture
f successful If they chance to be elect
ID, they will get their money back with '
interest, and the people will have to foot
he bill No favor will be shown to the !
noneyless applicant for justice. No law !
will be passed, or approved, or promul- |
,ated, or enforced in the courts unless '
he officers are literally feed at every t
tep.
But the party is not so formidable as to
,e feared. 1t lacks unity and the resulting '
trength. 1t will not poll one-fourth of G
he vote of the State in November. t
PROFANITY OR INSANITY. I
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