Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-08-31
Conference And Possibilities.

4 1t is know generally that the com
mIttees REPRESENTING the McEnery AN,
the Penn tickets ara negotiating for /;
compromise which will place them il
the field upon q united national Am,
State ticket. 1t is also certain. if mo-
30 well known. that the PnchbacL
I aud Kellogg committees are worki,.
for coalition that will unity the Re
puDilcans IN support of Grant and 3
single State ticket. What will resu,,
from these consultations must n,
decided IN day or two, and it IL u.r
maps needless to venture a prediction
but the indications are tl.atNoni, tao
tickets will be left in the field. =
., Ii the joint ii. ..er.l -,i..k
ct should be headed by Republican.
sound and tried, We see for it an, easy
victory. Confidence ~ the drtermina
ton OF the people to bury past am
mosities anu prejudices would be at
once established, and Liberal Repnb!i,
can leaders could appeal to their
followers with confidence that their
BEST interests lay in hearty frate,.
ilizatloh with their old political oppo
ueilts. Without such guarantee, it
VIII he in our opinion, impossible To
establish the conviction that " white
supremacy" diostility 20 Corners.
ami ali the Other sells..es, Dut
damaging ISSUES ri the past r. uot
still the ruling sentiments OF this
paifl-LIDera'. Democrats, az what
ever else 1t ma. be called. The
Liberal Republican element no, being
cniIclli,i,d, this ticke aiii ha... for a
support the Oil .ld pit lr.ea vd Dem
0ciatls party, nom more Loan ever d.
peied by the deser,iOI oi the man,
who will be disgnsi,d with a feppti
ton of past biIInders and nisna,,ag..
ment. Ii mist, therefore, under, such
be set down as certain
of defeat. fI0
The !, opposed coalition o! the two
wings oi Grant Republicans takes a
iiiiicd lnore practical shape. Already
have the settled on joint electoral
tichtt, deteI mining Wisely nJi to
RITTER away their strength on the.
question:. no matter how
Widely they may continue divided on
state nominees. This gnarantees the
State for Grant, il will me seen, even
should the four State tickets remain
IA the field. But thu. CONCESSIONS tins
% gun will not end here, we obi u..
Three state Offices have ben rendered
D, the CastonIlIOuse faction TO the |
'incnbackers, with condition that
AL who are disposed o either side
shall he Literally provided for in TIN.
federal service. and it will De, strange.
indeed, if self Interest. does not induce
he acceptance of these or somewhat
similar terms. n
There is only one contingency wi ch
we can see that is calculated to pre-.
'ent the Republican coalition, Int
hat is fraught with possibilities too
not to be taken into serious
We refer to the failure
IF the Liberals . and Democrats TO
mite. which might be calculated to
ndnce Mr. Pinchback to retain the
1eld ami strive for direct success.
With four tickets in the field. we
sn0w his friends consider him CERTAIN,
u success. and they assert with every
'vidence OF belief in the truth of tI-i,
assertion that nineteen ri
he colored vote viii be poi.e,, I'd,
him. With anything near an eu,r,i
iivi>ion oi the. white vote, this wOuIa
'lect him.
Therefore, taking the, above ms AN
accurate summary OF the political
'hances, and we have every reason To
'elieve in it's correctIess, the situation
; sqnarely presented to tn. conserva.
ives in this shape: The choice is be-
ore you, to take Reform Republican
md with him beat the united Grant /,
pr'es, secnringa government of the
'eople, in the interest of the people;
n To pursue the suicidal policy OF the
'ast few months and. cliaIlc, the eir,.-
ion of a State government c,,oseI,
MI controlled 10y the black popu
alton entirely. The Democratic AMI
llt~raf committees, and MesSrS. P-nn
md McEner, have serious RESPONSE.
'iiity resting upon 'hcnL-[N. q. Re
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