The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-06-29

ito ONAloto any lolSeF. NOTHING
with that party but defeat as .
reward has become weariSomeanS
disgusting. They have turned
their attention to- some Other
means OF alternating the burdens
imposed upon their shoulders and
care no longer for the crack of fire
Democratic whip.
They are not going to be led
about blindfOlded by it, any fnr.
Their, and if they imagine that nv
attempting to brand those who
are independent enough to think
for themselves as Radicals We.
have only to hurl the epithet back
into their teeth for their own
justification.
Thibodaux Sentinel.
REMEDY FOR THE GRpAr
BLUNDER.-NOw that the Bee
sees the folly of its opposition TO
a common sense view of the situa.
ton, and has done more than any
one else TO bring about the present
decentralization, it no doubt feels
sorry over the gloomy forebodings
created by the senseless action of
New Orleans politicians urged for.
ward by its cOunSelS. In it's issue
OF the l1th inst, that journal fully
and emphatically expresses its
disgust at the nomination of a
straight ticket, which in our minds
eye is consistent at least with a
part OF its teaching. 1t has per-
Sistently advocated a straight
national ticket, which, if nominal
ed now would create as much, if
not II greater hubub, than the
straight ticket did, and would add
chagrin to the Bees disgust; be-
cause if such an event should
tranSpire, we would not only lose
the State. as we will unless all the
conservative elements are har-
monized, but we would also lose
in the National contest, and we
would be no better off than we are
now. There is "a way yet to remedy
the great blun6er made by the
Bee and It's friends, and that is for
them to acquiesce in the calling
OF a general State convention to
be composed of the people oppos-
ed TO the policy of RadicaIism, ir-
respective of previous political
differences. In that convention
the Reformer, the Democrat and
the Liberal Republican could meet
and consult upon the best and
surest modes of defeating the com.
mon enemy. That Convention
could nominate ticket that would
be acceptable to all parties and
would succeed beyond doubt
Unless some such plan as this is
agreed upon, and that speedily,
we ale lost, and irretrievably so,
for the present opportunities to get.
Il just, honest and une lcl ptionable
State andNational administration
may not come again within life,
time. Let us take com el tog-tl e..
and try, if possible, to remedy the
evilinto which we have unfortn.
nately fallen Baton Rouge GA
zette and Comet.
WE PRoTEsT.-There never
was a time when the taxpayers
and property holders of this State
were more divided upon political
questions than the present. The
action of both the Democratic
and Reform Conventions in New
Orleans is TO be deplored by the
patriotic and non office-seekinr
people of the State, and we regret
that the differences between these
two parties could not have been
amicably adjusted and unity of
action had in the coming election.
From the birth of the Reform par
ty we saw that a breach had been
made Ill the ranks of the white
people, which we always hoped
was only temporary, and we are
free to acknowledge that it was
our firm conviction that when the
two conventions would assemble
that mutual concessions would be
made and harmony and concord
would be the guiding spirits of
their deliberations. In that We
have been sadly disappointed.-
The end reached being widening
OF the breach and the creation OF q
chasm over whicb. neither party
can leap, and we believe how that
neither party will attempt to
bridge or use any effort to cross.
The suicidal course pursued by
the old stagers and whippers in
of the Democratic party to force
nominations at time when 80
much discord and division pre-
vailed, is deserving of remon-
STRANGE and a protest from those