The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-10-30
Letter From Governor Hebsrt
HIS VIEWS ON THE POLITICAL SITUATION
New York,
OCTOBER IA, 1872. /

| VCIObER ~, 1917.
To the Editor Of the New Orleans Times:
Again draft upon your journalistic
courtesy-and paid, Of course, even il
it makes you bankrupt in that virtue.
Close upon the wake of this ] follow,
upon my return to Louisiana.
"Fas alb hoste doceri," is good Latin.
believe, and, perhaps good sense.
The feeling, a very natural one,
brought me here to know the worst.
after the elections Of the stl, inst.
am not sorry that came. You
know, and SO does the Times, that, al.
though away, I have not been absent
from Louisiana. Now, permit me to
say what I think.
By the aid of the light that the late
elections afford, I feel that Fought to
say a word or two from my present
standpoint to the people of Louisiana.
These elections have, not resulted az
either You or l anticipated. [ mean
those in the Middle States. The Ad-
ministration, with the momentum Of
its enormous means and patronage, has
made farce of the election in Penn
eylvania, and borne down, by the main
force of its gigantic pressure, our friends
in Ohio. In Indiana, Hendricks has
been saved, against the most unscrupu-
lous arts and appliances ever before
practiced in community protesting 10
call it's institutions free.
In Ohio the Liberal Democratic gain
has been immense, and had our friends
in the strongly Democratic districts
emnlated the example Of the Radicals,
and brought ont their full vote, glo-
rious victory would have crowned their
efforts. This is the concurrent testi-
mony of all we'll informed politicians
that have met.
The net result Of these elections ID
briefly that Pennsylvania has been
bought out, and the ballot polluted to
an extent that makes her hopeless.
Such an outrage upon suffrage as was
practiced everywhere in that State on
last Tuesday has no example anywhere
on the face of this earth-Acertainly
among no people speaking the English
Language.
/ From Ohio comes a hopeful feeling
from our friends. They all say that
she can be recovered in November /;
that the weak points are now all in
sight, and that they can he strengthen
ed to such an extent as to make her
sure in November for Greeley, by q
rousing majority :
From Indiana we have even q more
cheerful word. The Democrats saw
that Greeley is 5000 votes stronger
than Hendricks-that Morton's ener.
gy and ambition to be Senator have
been quenched by success and glorifi-
cation, and that Indiana cannot only
be held, but carried by q handsome
majority.
In this State, New York, from what
I can gather from sources that ought
to be enlightened, there can he no
doubt about the result. A distinguish
ed Democrat, one who has never been
over-sanguine, told me yesterday that
there was as much doubt of Kentucky
and Tennessee as of New York. About
Connecticut and New Jersey ] find our
friends equally confident.
l came here from Virginia feeling
very "blue," lam now full of hope,
and fuller Of fight"
Now, to our friends in Louisiana:
Do your duty; yon have vour State
government in sight; march on and
recover it. I know and believe that
you will do it. Let not ono of you
fail to cast his vote.
The friends Of qualification and re-
Cancellation" are making a noble bat
tie all over the North. Respond to 1t,
by generous and hearty support Of
the National and State ticket.
When Louisiana votes, let her YER
dict be like that of Georgia; let it be
an eloquent protest against a tyranical
and prof1igate government, and, at the
same time, an earnest plea for peace
and good will between the lately es-
tranged sections, of what, now, should
be common country.
| Respectfully,
P. o. HEEEET.