New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-07

telHgent, is a fluent, aHable and earnest
speaker, and man Of untiring zeal He
must be regarded as far more able and
useful man in public life than Mr. Pack
ard, the gentleman who claims to be the
chairman Of the CustomhoGse Republican
State Central Committee, and is the orig
inator of the State convention that uomi-
mated the Kellogg-Antoine ticket. When
the two conventions met in Baton LCuge
a few weeks since, Mr. Pinchback went
there for the purpose Of harmonizing the
two wings of the Republican party, and
paving the way for success to Republican
principles next fall He there confronted
Mr.. Packard, and endeayored to bring
about reconciliation, but found
that the leaders of the Custom
| house faction, like the leaders of
the Bourbon faction that gave birth, after
much labor, to the McEneryJonas ticket,
allowed an inplacable hatred to Governor
Warmoth to stand in the way of reconcile
alton. Mr.. Packard and his convention,
Governor Pinchback thought, put on
more airs than good sense dictated. They
made demands Of the regular convention
that justice and good sense forbid it
| should acceds to. These demands were
the same as those made by the Bourbon
Democrats, who are attempting to foist
the McEnery-JOAas ticket upon an IN
willing people and related principally to
Governor Warmoth. He was the man
that had successfully fought these same
Bourbon Democrats and CustomhOuse
! Republicans last winter and defeated their
nice little game to revolutionize and get
! possession Of the State government
through violence. In doing this he piled
up their hatred against himself, and they
are administering it in broken doses with
a hope Of destroying their old enemy
But the poison remains chiefly with those
who would administer it. 1t has had
very little effect on the people further than
give them a very. bad opinion of men
so venomous, and, SO far as Governor
| Warmoth is concerned, their venom has
fallen harmless at his feet.
No man in the State understands the
motives Of Governor Warmoths enemies
better than Governor Pinchback He is
cognizant of all that has been done since
the present State government was inau-
gurated. lie knows perfectly well the
causes that first impelled the opposition Of
certain coIored men to Governor War
moths administration. This opposition
was first caused by his appointment Of a
! few Democrats to Office in the country par
ishes at the recommendation of citizens Of
those parishes. This action was deemed
necessary to secure competent officers; yet
it was used against the Governor by mem
bers of his own party for partisan pur-
pose. Governor Pinchback understood
this and refused to join men Of his own
color in a causeless crusade against an
executive who had simply endeavored to
do his duty. No reasonable colored man
blamed Governor Warmoth for this. Gov
ernor PincLback certainly did not, and,
therefore, refused to join the CustomhoUse
convention at Baton Rouge, as much as he
desired the unity of the Republican party,
with the understanding that in doing 50 lie
was to desert Governor Warmoth. The
regular Republican convention vas then
adjourned to this city, where it met and
adjourned to meet on the ninth of the
present month.
The recent views Of Senator Sumner on
the presidential question, and his decIara-
ton that the colored people should sup
port Mr.. Greeley, has certainly opened
the way for Governor Pinchback to add
new laurels to his political fame by espous-
ing the cause of reform. His eIoquence
and manly bearing would go far toward
teaching the men Of his race their duty in
the coming presidential contest. Besides,
he can exercise powerful influence with
the convention that meets on the ninth Of
this month. AS Senator Sumner is a regu-
lar Republication whose RepubIicanism
has never yet been questioned-it will be
well for that convention to mark well his
wholesome advice