The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-09-14

only ten years old have better rail-
road facilities and more public enter
prises on foot than we have. But to
realize how poor we are, and how far
behind the times, we must drive these
flatterers away in order that the truth
may be told. And when we see our
selves as others see us we shall be bet
ter prepared to do better than we
have done. I
Louisville.
IFrom the N. Y. Tribune. 4
The Louisville Convention thought !
it would not let off Mr.. O'Conor SO
easily. In spite of his ulialterable
resolution to remain in private life, it
nominated him for President by ac-
clamation, and informed him i'll q
rather peremptory telegram, that it
held him bound" We don't exact
" understand how but Mr.. Duncan
held Mr.. O'Conor bound; and all the
Louisville delegates determined to
vote for him whether he likes it or
not.
And really we don't see why they
should not. If they meant to elect
any body, it might be proper that
they should have a candidate willing
to accept the office. But the move
ment being nothing but a blind, the
acceptance is q matter OF no conse-
quence whatever. All they WANT is Il
name that will look well ON banners
and handbills; and if they had seen
| fit to put up Andrew jackson in place
of Mr.. .O'Conor, and the late John
Quincy Adams in place Of his respect
ed grandson, they might have voted
for those departed celebrities with
lust the same effect that their votes
are now likely to have, and with a
great deal more comfort. Indeed, Il
dead candidate would on many ac-
commits serve their convention much
better than u live one. The name OF
| Mr.. O'Conor, however, was the only
thing which gave the convention an
appearance OF responsibility, and it IS
not ut all wonderful that the eonvcn-
ton should refuse to give it up at the
demand Of the owner. The starving
thief excuses himself for the theft Of Il
loaf of bread; and Mr.. Duncan may
4 justify the appropriation OF Charles
/ iO'Conor's name on the principle that
self preservation is law of nature.
1 The convention also formally com
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II are:
l. That Grant would make safe
President for second term, because
the measure OF his ambition would
then i,e full, and he would have nc
temptation to continue in his present
lawless coarse.
2. That Bourbon Democrats ough
, to vote for Grant because he ha!
, nsurped authority, and decent: aliza
, ton is one of the leading principles o
the Democratic faith.
3. That Government should do no
thing which can possibly be done h,
private individuals, and therefore tha
carpet -bagism should be continued.
4. That no money should ever b'
, borrowed under any circumstances b,
!, Federal, State, county or municipa
, Governments.
I 5. That the expense of all war
, should be paid Instantly by the mel
: who fight them, and Of all pnhlic i'm
81 prOyements by the men who bnil'
whether they can or not.
+ 6. That the Louisville Convention
. is fraud, which will do no good t.
any body except Grant. and therefor
, those who can not vote for Grant an
!. do not like hin.5ought to sustain
for the sake of promoting his election
4 Having thus adopted a platform
which disputes all the old Democrat
Z doctrines. and expressly asserts tina
) the Bourbon party has no excuse fo
4 it's existence, and having forced tn
r nomination upon a gentleman VIII
; twice formally and peremptorily re
: fused it, it seemed difficult for tn
a convention to do any thing sufficient
;. ly grotesqae to sustain its high char
: acter for absurdity. But they rose t
o the level of the occasion, under th
4 pressure of Mr.. O'Conor's second re
. fusal, and nominated for President
man so ridiculous that he could nc
! himself escape the conviction OF hi
5 own fantastic untitness. Even Jane
J Lyons, locally known as the America
4 Lamartine, declined the honor of
; candidacy from this distracted mol
= From the moment when Mr.. O'Conf
4 peremptorily forbade the use of h
q name, the convention did nothing bu
= ftly around in the eccentric fashion I
c dccapitated poultry. Of course,
4 accordance with the eternal relation
: of things, Mr.. George Francis Trai
/ could not be absent from such seen
,f The fast and furious orator appeare
n for only moment; but his shriel
l. and struggles as he was borne fro'
% the hall, shaking his eloquent arm
e and tossing his rhetorical legs abo,
Il 1.-The heads Of the enraged assenlbl.
= lent picturesque aspect to tho closil
Is scenes. What they may do to-day,
v they conclude to meet again, can ri
lr be toreseen and is of little cons
g. quence. They are capable Of goiE
= back to Mr.. O'Conor, or of noininstil
Gen. Grant and paying thus loyal
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