Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-06-01
Effect of u Democratic Ticket.

Effect of u Democratic Ticket.
1t is certainly in the power Of the
Northern Democrats and the Southern
G Conservatives to elect the Cincinnati
ticket or to elect Gr&pt but it is as
certainly not in their power to elect .
ticket Of their own. ~ tteJ nomiuate
such q ticket, and attemft to carry it, ]
they will be worao. bt1te4 than they
have ever been in any previous con-
test. There are thousands upon top.
of thousands Of Northern Democrats
aud Southern Conservatives who, I'M
der all the circumstances, will refuse
to vote for such q ticket. There has
been q tacit understanding among
them that If the Liberal Republicans
should nominate good, liberal ticket,
they would support it as the surest
means Of defeating the extreme Radi-
Gals, and getting rid of the present ad
ministration. The action at Cincin-
natl has fully met their expectations
and wishes. If there was any trick in
standing neutral until the Liberals
should commit themselves, such Dem.
ocrats and Conservatives as We have
referred to wee not parties to it, and
will not become parties to it. They
stood of in good faith, and under the
patriotic hope that the Liberals wonld
act in such a manner as to deserve
their support. In this hope they have
not been disappointed. They viii sup
port their ticket whether the Demo
Gratis have a ticket or not.
Should the Democrats, valuing ad.
herence to party above everything else,
put ticket in the field, with any pros
pect of sncccss, 1t does not require a
prophet to foretell that the two wings
Of the Republican party will be reuni-
ted il both Greeley aud Grant have to
be thrown aside aud new candidate
taken up. In this view it win he the
fault of the democracy If the great
Liberal movement which has inspired
80 much hope, should be brought sud
denly to a stop.
Should, however, the split between
| the Liberals and the administration
party have gone to FIR to be healed,
and should there I've three tickets in
the field-the Cincinnati, the admins
tration aud the Democratic tickets
the reelection of Grant will be assur-
ed. This too, the Democrats will have
accomplished.
Why have all Of us hereabOuts en-.
cOuraged the Liberal movement Was
it ruse to split the Republican party
in order to pave the way for the cleo
ton of q Democrat I No. We neve,
dreamed that, if split, a Democrat
could be run in. Our real and only
purpose was to get the opportunity ol
supporting liberal ticket, believing
that if voted for by all the opponents
Of proscriptive Radicalism it would dc
feat the administration, and give u,
q new and better order OF things
There has been no trick or deception
| in the matter SO far an we are concern
ed, nor will we he drawn into any
: thing that looks like perfitiy.
T We honestly sympatliized with thu
Liberal movement, because We regaI
ed it as Offering the only means o
defeating the administration party
Our opinion is unchanged. We he
! lieve now as we beliyed in the begin
, ming, that the only hope of cscap
from military despctism and mslie
nant radicalism is to be found in tina
movement, and VIC protest that "a Zen
b ocratic ticket can result in nothin
q but the defeat of liberalism and th
: reelection OF Grant, or the election Z
such q ticket as may be agreed upO
9 at Philadelphia.
1t in uonsence to- talk about Den
y ocratic ticket There is nothing bu
q mischief in it. To us Of the South
means ruin; because it means the n
$ establishment of proscriptive rad;ca
r ism in power for another PRESIDENT.
If term RicAxond Wig.