Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-08-24
How the Land Lays.

Outstanding of the smartest msesr in
the community. The REPT BLIoAN ac-
knowledges its incapacity to say at
present what the signs of the times
porteud. The yarious parties in the
field have 50 divided the people, aud
are so open to criticism If each other,
that it is not only impossible for us,
bat it is not oslyriInpossib.e FOR us, but
il is impossible for them to arrive at
mw.lpositire conclusion as to their
chances of success. The McEuery
party repres .nts the ultra and nncop-
promising element that. courts defeat.
1t blazons upon it's banners sentiments
and suggests what neither the laboring
population, which includes the negroes.
nor the capitalists. who represent a
large portion of the white people, can
indorse. The day of white supremacy
and Reputation has passed away, and
vet this IS the back bone of the McEn-
cry party. The Penn ticket, which ne
suited from a grand movement intend
ed to fuse all the intelligent and con-
servative elements H. opposition tothe
Grant party, has not been received
with that favor which the authors Of
the movement expected, simply be-
cause it did not steer by the chart
which was originally mapped ont for
it. 1t conceded too much to the Dem
ocrats and fell away from the Republi-
cans VIM started it at their own ex-
pense of popularity with the party
from which they took their departure.
The Liberal Republicans who hoped
to meet with Liberal Democrats have
been forced to conclude that they
made Il mistake in choosing their part
ners, for their position today is that
of isolation in the very party they
worked the hardest to create. The
McEnery ticket represents prejudice !;
the Penn ticket represents ingratitude
and Inconsistency. Unless the latter,
then, can rectify its error, it must con
sent to partake OF the weakness which
a great fault always imparts.
After the McEnery and Penn tick
cts, the nominations of Kellogg by the
Grant party and OF Mr.. Pinchhack by
portion OF the Republican party
must claim our attention. AS the
Democrats and the Liberals weaken
each other, so do these two candidates
weaken each other. As Penn and
McEnery divide the white vote, SO do
Kellogg and Pinchback divide the
cOlored vote, and though it is said
that the latter does not really intend
re- contest unto the end, but is willing
to compromise with Kellogg when he
can be insured seat in the United
States Senate, yet there is some dan-
ger that the movement may acquire
such force that Mr.. Pipchback will
will neither consent nor be allowed to
withdraw. The negroes really feel
some pride in this matter as they
should do, and they insist upon it that
their votes shall be given for color
ed man. III the candidacy of Mr..
Pinchback is pushed, as some of his
friends say he intends to ;,ush if, the
result will then he more decidedly
mixed up than it is now, for although
we set out with the assertion that we
could not predict the future with any
certainty, it was because we have nn
means of deciding as to what Mr..
Pinchnack intends to do. Ii he runs,
the result will be very uncertain; il
he does not run, and his friends con
sent to fuse with Grant party, then,
according, to our judgment, Kellogg's
election is insured. 1t is foregoEe
conclusion that McEnery can not be
elected; it is foregoRe conclusion
that if McEnery runs Mr.. Penn can
not DO elected if Pinchback withdraws
it is a foregone conclusion that il
Kellogg succeeds in fusing with
Pinchback that he will be elected
Now, we can not say what the result
will he if Mr.. Pinchback remains in
the field but this we can say, that il
the candidacy of the latter offers any
prospect of McEnery's success, we he
lieve MIR. Pinchback will withdraw
without any regard to his own for
tunes. Under 10 circumstances is tn.
Democracy to be allowed TO succeed
in the State. The ReDublicans hay,