The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-08-31
THE HON. EBERT CAN'T AND THE
OPELOUSAS COURIER.

The following article appeared in the
Courier of last Saturday. We repro
duce' it in the words of the writer, in or
der that the numerous readers and sub
scribers Of this paper may fully under
stand its entire wrecklessness and ma
Lightly
The nomination of Ebert CAN'T by the Libo-
raj Republicans, was very evidently an amblls-
cade on the virtue of the convention. Honorable
men like Bush, Manning, Brusle, and Others,
never would have consented to endorse such a
nomination if the candidate had been personally
known to them. 1t has aoac become certain that
his name will be dropped from the ticket, before
the year is a month Older.
Mr.. CAN'T is the nominee of the Libe-
raj Party forthis Congressional District.
He was personally known to the dele
gates from this parish, as a man of in
tegrity, efficiency, and availability.
He had served in public life, with some
Of the Delegates from the other par
ishes, to whom he had been long and
favorably known. In a convention
composed OF such men as Col. VIM.
Mouton of Vermillion, Breaux of Iberia,
Foster of St. Mary, Brusle of Ibervillc,
W. ". Pugh Of Assumption, and our
own delegation, Capt. L. D. Prescott,
E. T. Lewis, Ferreol Perrodin, DR.. JnO.
A. Taylor, Laurent Dupre, Capt. Bur
ton, Col. VIM. Ofutt, represented by A.
r. Hawkins as his proxy, his claims
were thoroughly canyassedin CONJUNCTION
with those Of others, and he was finally
unanimously selected as the most suit
able and available candidate to repre-
sent the District. That such worthy,
incorTuptib1c and honorable delegates
as those from st. Landry, could have
aided in planning IN ambuscade on
the virtue of the convention" will new
er be credited a moment in this COM
munity, where the parties are so we'll
known ; but the article of the Courier
may meet tho eye of strangers, outside
Of this parish, who may not be so ia
miliar with the high standing Of the
gentleman so gratuitously assailed. It
is therefore due to these, to say that the
representations of the Courier are a libel
upon IL Delegation, and a calumny
upon the nominee of the District Con-
vention. The former are among the
most respected of our citizens and the
latter has for more than twenty years,
been the worthy recipient of offices of
public trust, from the voters of St. Ian
dry. l
During the many years that Mr..
CAN'T was a representative man in this
parish, the Courier gTatified its charac-
t~eristic instincts by maligning him as a
man, and misstating his public acts as a
representative. This disposition to
%vituDerate has become chronic. The
habit of mdulging in the indiscriminate
abuse of an ancient political opponent,
has become second nature ; so that on
the most frivolous pretext, the Courier
returns to it's indulgence as instinctive-
~ as the hog to his wallow.
We take occasion to assure our dis
tant readers, and particularly those of
this congressional District, that Mr..
CAN'T is a"man of high position at
home, and will control a larger vote in
St. Landry than any ether candidate
who could have been selected. The
heightened Delegates from this parish,
and their patriotic associates, know
well the character of the MAJ whom
they selected as their standard bearer
in this Congressional District and it
would indeed be a passing strange po-
itical phenomenon, if as the Courier
asserts, n Of the most popular and
available names on the Liberal Ticket,
should be dropped before the year is
a month older"