The weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1872-1882, 1872-08-10

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mated him are less I Republicans jbs bes
cause the Democrats unto We
them in support OF cherished pfitii
ciples ana the candidate who repre-
sents them. Conversions are alway
welcome, and not less SO becaus,
the change is il, the multitude othe1
than an individual A political par
ty cannot If it would, and should
not if:it could, shut the, door against
converts, whether converted BY the
score; hundreds Of thousands. Sc
We find that the supporters 81 Pre-
Esident Grant annouhsas annloauihds d Wit With paitti sit
san triumph the adhesion of a single
Democratic politician, or single
Democratic newspaper; with equa!
reason and with higher pride may
supporters Of Horace Greeley an
nounce the adhesion of one who,
turning from things that are behind
the presses on to those that are be-
fore. It is also idle to say that the
election of Horace Greeley as Presi-
dent with Gratz Brown as Vice
President, will be the return of the
Democratic party to power. On
the contrary, it will be an:inaugura-
ton of
REPUBLICAN PRINCIPLES,
under the safeguard Of a Republican
President and Republican Vice.
President, with Democ1.,ts rs
avowed supporters. In the organ
ization of his administration and in
the conduct of affairs, Horace Gree
ley will naturally lean upon those
who represent best the great pro-
misses made of equal rights and re-
Cancellation at Cincinnati. If Dem
ocrats are taken, it will be as Re-
publicans in heart, recognizing the
associate terms Of settlement as1an
irreversible finality. The hardi-
hood Of political falsehood reaches
its extreme point when it is asserted
that under Horace Greeley the
freedmen will be enslaved, or that
the colored people will in any way
suffer in their equal rights. On the
contrary, they will have in his cleo
ton not only the promises made in
the Cincinnati platform, but also a
splendid example for a full genera
ton during which he has never
wavered in his assertion of his
rights. To suppose that Horace
Greeley, when placed where he can
do them most good, will depart
from the rule Of his honest life is
m
INSULT TO REASON.
It is none the less idle to suppose
that Democrats supporting Horace
Greeley expect or desire that he
should depart from those principles
which are the glory Of his character.
They have accepted The Cincinnati
plat tform, with its two fold promises,
and intend in good faith to maintain
it. Democrats cannot turn back
who at the Convention, adopting
this platform, sang Greeley songs to
the tune of "Old John Brown, his
soul is marching on" Seeking es~
pecial1y an establishment Of charac-
ter in the national government, they
win expect their President to bo al
ways. true to himself, therefore l
put aside partisan allegations that
Greeley has gone to the Demo ocrats,
or that he will be controlled by
Democrats. Each is without found
alton Or reason. According to my
Judgment they are attempts to avoid
what You recognize as the & true
issue, being question between the
two candidates, or perhaps they may
be regarded as scare-crows, to deter
the timid. Nobody who votes for
Horace Greeley viii 60 to the Dem
ocra.s; nor do I believe that when
elected Horace Greeley win be un-
der any induance except that oi
!. ENLIGHTENED CONSCIENCE,
which will keep him ever true to the
principles he presents, s.'
Gentlemen, 7 ii thus answering
your two inquiries, I have shown
why you, as colored fellow citizene,
ana also all who would uphold your
rights and save the colored II 1raoe
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