Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-08-24
Regular Republican Ticket.

ted lately in New Orleans, by the Reg
ular Republican Conventions, which
had adjourned twice before in hopes OF
effecti.e compromise and commune
tion with the Packard or Custom
House wing, or wing feather, ut the
Republican party in louisiana, in its
appropriate place below the national
one last week, we had only time ana
space to say chat the Convention had
in truth verified Its name of Pinch
back, by placing that distinguished and
eloquent gentleman, and acknoxledg-
ed leader of his raeeat the head OF the
list of candidates, as an isplrant for
the high and honorable position OF
Governor of the still. great State OF
Louisiana.
We had hoped to see that name oc-
cupying a prominent place upon an
other ticket formed by a union oil
those two parties, which setting aside
all prejudice and Judging only by the
cool dictates of reflection and reason
comes nearest to fascinating it the
State, the Liberals and the Regular or
Pinchback Republicans, and that this
was NOT effected we regard a. calam-
ity which il not averted, by some time
ly and well considered action will be
felt sensibly 10y the people ofthe whole
State. Passing this by however for
the present, it cannot BE denied, OF III
deed even questioned, that the selec-
tion was the very best, looking to sue
cess that could possibly haze been
made. We have on more than one oc-
casion recorded ia the columns of the
Gazette, our opinion of Governor
Pinchback, not only as the champion
of his race, and the eloquent advocate
of their rights and privileges, but also
as sagaeious statesmen and bril-
liant and fOrcible orator, and we have
lately had our judgment confirmed and
endorsed, by an authority before which
our humble aud obscure opinion fades
into insignifieence.
General Longstreet, one Of the
heroes of cur unfortunate struggle, ai-
forwards Surveyor of the Port OF New
Orleans, and lately an advOwed adyo-
cate of the election of Greeley and
Brown, on being interviewed by a
newspaper reporter in New York, a
short time since on local politics in
Louisiana, said that he regarded
PiDchback at one of the very ablest
men and accomplished politicians in
the State, one destined to make his
mark in the history of his State, and
it was knowledge of the fact, that
this was general impression, and
also of his great influence with his
people, which we hoped and believed
he would exert wisely and prudently,
that We desired to see him placed upon
united ticket, of whose success in
the State, there could have been no
deubt, and that desire we know was
participated in by at least twO-thirds
OF tour fifths Of the Liberals, out side
of the City of New Orleans, the man
plot of the State. AS for the rest of
the ticket, with the exception of our
somewhat cratic cotem porary of the
Had, who no doubt will make as good
an Auditor as he has an Editor, we
know nothing personally, it is no
doubt as good as could have been
made, and a glance at its complexion
will shew that as to color, race and
previous condition, it ifas we remark
ed, before, hears OF the palm as to
J liberality at least, feature which
leads us to hope for still farther con
cessions to be attended with the hap
piest results.
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