Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-08-31
Ass Army Wifho.ss Soldiers.

d 1888 VI WI GUD -NdS
! We attribnte this e three facts
First. that the Sprin,ipal nominee OF
; the ticker Is not t. SOM OF the move
, m"n', a~he should be; second, tha
: the nominations, AS "a whole. sio no
/ represent. AZ they should, the differerl'
CLASSES that ought to comprise tn,
r Liberal party and third, that til,
inoven mt seems to be without lead
; er sub us it should haze. Til,
, L." raj convention proceeded upor
The principe. that it would succeed
4, wttiil.'nt politicians to help it, aud il
put III the field gentlemen who p,O
pose to themselves to lie elected with
ont descending to the VANS that oti,e,
parties employ in winning elections
The very fact that the State has In.e,,
EilsSoverned for four years is c,pc.u.
Sive evidence that a Iarg plriion -
The people need something besides
s''lld Reason to make them actiy.
partis''iis Their prejudi,.es must he
m"liined or lnfiamrd ac..O ding 10 TIN.
necescitIes of the case, and fb;s ,..,,,
only I've done 10y handling them as il
they had no option but to follow or IN.
east aside. Herein is where tbe
Liberals f;lile,l, that hey attem,,t.d RI
c"nrf this crowd without going far
enough. The mob must either rule or
It must be ruled, and when the
Liberals a lowed the pIrju,lices of thu.
minority to drive it from the genuine
L'b"rel Republicans in ITS c;,,nn. II
sonld nave cut loose entirely. so AS
To br rid of tlic SAVIOR -. thar wH;,.b
the whole people unreasonable r.,,,s,
70 cooperate with. Nor ,ioing this
they should have shut their ears ~
70 the clamor OF the lobby, and pro.
ceete'i directly to put a real repres,.n.
taflve man at the had of their ii ,ket.
Ihls decIsenrss on their part wonld
have given them Il leader. and il
won'd have testified to their ,leterr,i.
nation to bridge the differences be
tween themselves and those whose
INTEREST and aspirations were identi-
ca' with their own. A leader .uch as
they might have obtained would have
given them an immense advantage to
start with, and their own satjsfactiu,,
would have eDthused their individual
lahors in the canvass. The la.t OF the
matt"r is. politics mnst b. ,iispcr,.I nv
politicians, and when the Lib. as pro. !
ceeded to act upon a different sngg. <. !
tion. they committed az grave "a lanIt
as'we womb commit if We SET abuDt
running printing office wi bout
printers. s Nrf -.
TIE Llbc.a! cTI.eiiii,r. s'n,ui,i uut t
have allowed Governor Warmot, tn
Withdraw his name from it's use. The
members assembled with the under.
standing that Warmotll was 10 he nut |
at the head of the ticker, not as a
matter of distinct consideration Il,
nm. nut because he was suppose, to
possess a specitic element 81 populari.
" IN a Quarter where popularity was
required. II was admitted that TIN.
white people might reject his ,romi,,a
t'on fora while, hut this rrb,cton il was
assumed, could aud would he over.
come when the Issue was narrowed
down To distinct issue between his
name. compiled with resp,nsilap tick
ct, and that of Mr.. Kellogg aud his
assoriates. The Liberals had made IN
their minds, throughout the State To
make the venture in this regard, in
order that they might secure that
strength in another quarter which il
was considered necessary to have.
The programme was well uuderx trM.
that Warmoth was to be uolnina ed m
order TO satisfy the dis;iff.rtel Re
pnblicanS that they were to hive one
means of helping themselves. This
polic". if it had been carried out.
w"uld have insured Louisiana to Cir e.
ley and Brown 4; it would have given
10 the Democratics sufficient force in
the Legislature to control tlie px-
of the State in the interest
NJ reform; and it would have enabled
me taxpayers throughout the parishes
~ redeem themselves from vicious
|oral officers. Governor Warn,otl,,s
rand'dary as Liberal Republican
would have divided the colore,l peo.
PIE. giving the better portion of them
70 me Ticket upon which he was
'oIn'nee: 1t would have gone far toI
IN 'mmcs!iate assimilation of all CLASSES
Of people into different ,mrties. instead
Ut beng divided as they are now mon
mere question of color: il wouli
have helped Greeley and Brown 10
Inc electoral vote of this Stat..: r.
""hid have divided the political now !
r SO as to insure legiSlat on from
'puse AMI 1t wOnld have put lead
r. at the head of the Liberal parry
who would have dashed fhrnugl, RI.
State organizing victory az he o,gan.
zed IT tor the Republicans two wears
'go IN the face ::of Mr.. Packarn and ,
Ills Customhouse tribe. s''o ~
AS the matter stands, it does nor
ven, iS'sSfole ior Penn to rally the
'uult'oI'ai force that is required to
asry tne State. We pointed out this !
''inru'1y with persistence. and fidelity ,
".oir NE convention met, and wet.an
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