New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-14

We reproduce from the Moreh0use con
seruative the subjoined editorial:
According to a previous call the eonven'
tion of the Liberal party met at the court
house on Saturday last. The meeting was
attended by many of cur most prominent
citizens. and the proceedings were har-
monious in every respeet. There was but
| little business TRANSMITTED other than the
appointments of delegates to the State con-
ventiOn at New Orleans on the fifth of Au-
gust next. This is the first demonstration
| that has been made by the Liberal party in
our parish, aud the movement is looked
upon with especial favor by all who wish to
Law aside old things and take up the new.
and keep pace with the great political pro-
gress of the day. The coming convention
is looked forward to as the only hope for
harmonizing the distracted elements of re-
form and directing them in the way to-
wards real reform BY submitting to them
for their support State ticket composed OF
compromise candidates who are available
and against whom no one can consistently
withhold his support. So far there has
been failure to put forth such ticket,
and we do not see that matters can be adj
justed in any better way, than by this CON
vention of the people.
The greatest dissatisfaction that we have
heard expressed in regard to the Demo-
cratic State ticket is as toits unavailability
With ticket IN the field composed
strictly of Democrats imbued with all
their old school proscriptiye ideas, this
party will again be as completely defeated
as in former campaigns. The party is now
too small to contend against either wing of
the Republican party, and hence there can
be no hope to win by wedging itself in upon
the division that has been created in this
party. Its strength is now gone, and its
numbers have dWindled down to a small
host of followers. The. main strength of
the Democratic party has been derived
from the support that conservative men
have been forced by circumstances to give
to it since the war. But now that strength
is gOne-this element has developed itself
into a Liberal party, and fair count
would show this Conservative party to
be greatly in the aseendency all
over the State In all the aims
that have heretofore been made toward
State reform, the Democrats cOntending
that they as the greater must swallow up
the lesser elements, have rarely, if ever,
made other than strict party nominations,
and this thing Of itself has had tendency
to lessen the zeal Of outside reformers and
cause them to turn their influence in diff
ferent channel. So we have now in our
State the Liberal party, resting upon a
platform of principles against which there
can be no possible objection urged, and
which is intended not to engender spirit
of foolish contention, but to conciliate all
who have imbibed the true spirit of re-
form-to place, beyond their reach the old
objects of prejudice, and bring harmony
out of the present political chaos.
Shall we support this movement which
carries with it Cancellation to all sides, and
extends its lines far enough to include all
who are willing to give up party prejudice,
cast off old partisan Jokes, and unite in
securing a good State government