The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-06-29
The Political Outlook.
From the Natchitoehes Times.

From the NatchAt0ehes Times
When the Bourbon Democracy, who
forget nothing and learn nothing"
turned their backs upon the only hope
for the redemption of Louisiana, and
put forward d ticket which, according
to the declaration of their candidate for
Governor, Invites defeatn and four
years more of Radical misrule, the heart
OF every true LOUisianian sank within
him. Though every patriotic man con-
demned their action, yet there seemed
stupidity and to preserve the welfare of
the people from the desolation and ruin
which was SO ~imminently threatened.
There may still be no means of relief.
There is certainly none i'll the ticket
they have presented. 1t is. doomed to
an inevitable defeat as surely as NOyem-
Der ONES No distortion of figures "o8
facts can reach a conclusion favorable
to it's success. What, then. can we do ?
Perhaps nothing. IL the two factions of
the Republican, party unite at Baton
ROuge-and n vigorous effort will be
made to conciliate their differences
then all hope is lost. The BOurb0ns
will not muster a cOrporal's guard i'll
the hopeless contest which they have
invited, and the State will be invited
for another term over to the rabble who
have brought it to its present d~eplorable
condition. Two weeks after the eulmi-
nation of their folly in refusing aid from
those who were eager to assist us in re-
deeming our people, they will witness
the realization OF their insanity.
But if these factions do not unite,
| what them Dc the BOnrbOns presume
to think that they can dragOon into
their ranks those whom their h~Ootings
and misses have not been able to con-
troll? Do they, ON the other hand, sup
pose that the defeated wing of the Re-
publican party will tie themselves to
| the tail of the Bourbon kite and trail in
their wake, when they know that in
thirty two parishes of the State, and i'm
the city Of New Orleans outside the
ward clubs, they have thousands of
Liberal Democrats who are willing to
join hands with them for the restoration
Of good government to the State of
Louisiana? IL they do, they reckon
without their host. Neither the Liberal
Republicans nor the Liberal Democrats
will ever sanction the political blundel
made in the city of New Orleans. They
are of one faith, supporting a common
national ticket, and standing upon a
common platform. They are for the
parry WHICH It1SttHS Il Truce eTNee tElC
sections and amity between the races,
and they viii join neither extreme.
They will stand upon the neutral
ground, and if they come together, will
form numerically the largest party i'll
the State, able by it's talent and respect
ability to command public confidence.
Everything, we know, hangs in the
balance at Baton Rouge, to be decided
OH the 18th of this month. But If the
result there is favorable, the Bourbons
and Radicals both being equally silly in
turning their backs upon success, then
the great Liberal party must be organ.
lied at once, and the State campaign
opened under the banner of the new
party Of justice to all men, and the re.
demption of the State secured in spite
of Bourbonistic inlbecility and Radical
maEgnancy.