New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-31
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OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF The UNITED STATES
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF NEW ORLEANS
Address Of General Allen ThOmas-He Re-
pudiates the United sthte Ticket and
Calls upon the People TO Join the Lib



eraJ Party.
IFrom the DOnaldsonville Chiefl
At the mass meeting Of the citizens OF
Ascension parish fayOring the election of
greeley and Brown, held at the Courthouse,
Donaldsonyille Saturday, July y, General
Allen Thomas being called upon for an adj
dress, spoke as follows:
Felow-citizens Of Ascension, Democrats
and Liberals-fOr today / see before me
men of all shades Of opinion, men who have
put the past behind them with all its sOr-
rows, who are kecnly alive to the future
and determined to live up to its necessities;
and this is the part Of wisdom and patriot
ism. and as It should be, for the love Of the
good IN government or men belongs to no
monopoly and is in the keeping Of no self
chosen guardians. Thank God that it should
be thus for this is the cencnting link that
has rallied around the standard of Greeley
and Brown Republicans and Democrats,
men of every color and creed, swelling
host fixed with a determination 10 redeem
The country before it is too late, and who
have laid upon her affairs all differences and
preiudices, and sworn to forget the past
TO such we say, as did the Crusaders Of old
to those who rallied beneath the banners Of
the cross, Welcome, thrice welcome TO the
holy work; for this thy political sins are
forgiven thee, even though they be as scar
let and thou art regeneratcd and Olsen
thralled."
And here, gentlemen, before / proceed
further | must ask your indulgence that |
may briefly account to you Tor the trust
cOntided to me as q delegate to the Demo
cratic convention, and that ! may give the
reasons why [ consider myself absOlTed
from supporting the united State ticket:
First-Because the ticket nominated by
the Democratic convention has been with
drawn. and then put forth with some old
and some new names.
Secondly-Because the central commit
tee have assumed the right TO declare
platform for the party, which the cOnyeH-
ton expressly refused to do,
Thrdly-Because the central committee,
in nominating a State electoral ticket with
out consulting the Liberal party, has
placed itself in opposition to the friends OF
Mr.. Greeley in this State, and to that eI-
tent separated itself from the National
Democratic Convention that nominated Mr..
Greeley In effect, if not in intent, nom
nation Of this character is so hazardous to
the success of the Greeley ticket that it
might be the work Of his disguised enemies
seeking to divide the vote so that Grant
might succeed by plurality vote.
Ourthly-Because the committee does
not represent or reflect the sentiment Of
the Democracy throughout the State, and
ia its action has totally disregarded the eX
istence and wishes of the country parishes
'Fifthly-Because the candidates on the
united State ticket have approved and in
liorsed the action of the central committee,
and thus hold their nominations, not from
the original vote of the convention, but |
from the simple action Of a committee that,
IN our Judgment, has transcribed its pow |
ers, and therefore, can not claim that it is |
our duty to sustain them.
These are some of the reasons why / con. |
slider myself absolved from any obligation !
TO support the ticket; others might be ad- |
duced, but these are sufficient
The editor of the Ouachita Telegraph +
asked me if / did not support McEnery |
because he favored cooperation. | an |
srV,,red frankly that did; and as this was
Colonel mCEnery's well known position in
the convention with Ills name at the head !
of the ticket, / deemed it might st"l be ac
cOmplished; and / never then or now
Thought that he could be elected without
cooperation. If he has changed his views
regarding cooperation, so have not l. /
would here add that for McEuery | have a
high personal regard, If lie could be
elected he would make a Governor that
the State might be proud of and the other
gentlemen on the ticket are. believe safe
and good men, but our business Is with
the salvation and well being Of the
State, not that of individuals You
will rec ollect, gentlemen, that when elected
bv You as n delegate to the Democratic
convention. / was instructed to use my best
90 Grant in this State. To the Consumma-
ton of this end, | can truly say, the ma
i0Stv Of your delegation labOred earnestly
and faithfully: hut that strong opposition,
emanating chiefly from the Orleans delega
ton, defeated its attainment This OppO-
sition was ascribed to various reasons. BY
some it was thought that New Orleans was
so sure Of obtaining all the offices within
her municipality, that she cared not to enter
into any coalition that might compel di-
vision Of what she already considered as
secured; others thought that the friendly
rBlatiO that sprang up between some OF
her poll tiCiaus and the CustUmhOuse officers |
during the trouble last winter might have !
exerted an influence against il hnt the |
chief reason | heard urged by the Orleans
politicians themselves was that it would
embrace an alliance with WaTmoth. Now, |
il is not our intention to inquire which OF
these is the true reason, or whether they all
or siugly accomplished the result. We VIII
exercise a greater degree Of charity than
they. and not claim all the virtue and purity
of motive and patriotism and dlsavow and
ignore the two first counts and contine our
selves solely to the objection to Warmoth.
These gentlemen have implicitly confessed !
that either they are weak or that Narmoth
is very strong. otherwise why fear contact
with him} Is it because, as they allege, |
Warmoth is corrupt and would sullY the
honor Of thepartv Can it he that the great !
Democracy, so hOastful and impregnable
in its purity, fears contamination and
pollution from the mere proximity of evil
If so. God help it; its virtue must he of a
sicIylv growth. and not like that of Caesars
wife, above suspicion. But was ii their
hope, while denying him all fellowship with
the saints and damuing him with all the
Oaths in the vocabulary, to leave him no
other resort than to immediate himself upon
the affairs of their erection If this be 50, 1t
nresupposes in Warmoth a greater degree
OF patriotism than they themselves were
willing to exhibit. But should the preiu-
dice-be it founded IN fact or fancy-agalnst
one individual be allowed to initiate against
4be general good Is this polite or states
n1anIilxe WarmOth is but one man; the
liberal party is a great and growing party,
and numbers in its ranks men Sd1tS Pea, 81
sans YeprOChe. who are no more under
the influence of WarmOth than these OBJ
jeetionists themselves. If the State OF
I louisiana is worth saving. I say that II is a
folly akin TO madness that precedeS de
struction to fritter away the strength that
nioht be made available for her redemp-
tio1 i'm idle ordinations and determinations.
Who shall say when such an opportunity
far her redemption shall present itself
again Who shall say that there will ever
he a division again in the Radical ranks
When again will you have Republican
Governor willingtO unite ana act WIN you
The fates have thrown IN the way OF your
salvation a combination OF circumstances
that may never again occur; IeJ pIlue VI
oninion. LET prejudice, let a dett rmluat0n
TO rule or ruin govern this people; ana
I louisiana is lost; lost to your chhureh
children; lost beyond hope of redempuopi
for this is no ordinary election, 0ut upon
the result hinges our well-being for all con-