New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-25
HINTS nP A Piston.

HINTS OF a FUSION.
The Picay,ne hints mysteriously of
proposition for a fusion ticket on which
Messrs McEnery and Jonas are to
have prominent positions. The wish is
doubtless father to the thought, and that
is the sole basis of the hint. But after
having brought the bantling into exist
ence, it is dressed in swaddling clothes.
1t is asked:
If such a fusion has been contemplated
what is it that will make McEnery and
Jonas more acceptable to the Liberals after
the fusion than they are at the present mo-
menti
To which we answer, nothing under the
the sun. eff such a fusion has been con-
templated, which, of course, it has not by
any one authorized to speak for the Lib
eral convention, it proves that the Liberal
movement is merely a ruse to humbug the
Republicans into the support Of the Dem
ocratic ticket pure and simple. That is
Just what it means, and nothing else. Tiff
teen or twenty men are to be conceded the
privilege of making the State ticket, for
which all must vote, unless they can al
lege some specific objections against the
selfnominated candidates, we practically
become an oligarchy, and the people sur
render their right Of suffrage.
Now as this idea about fusion originated
with and is onfned to the Last Ditchers,
it proves that they desire ''union of all
the elements opposed to Grant" If they
are-sincere in this, they can accomplish it
by going to work in the right way. Let
them disband their corporals guard, with
draw their bogus ticket, and submit to the
authority and abide by the decision Of the
Liberal convention. The Liberal Repub
licans, two-thirds of whom are opposed to
Grant, will meet them there and if wise
counsels prevail will ratify the new ticket
on the ninth of August
But if Messrs. Lasere and Randolph eX-
pect to have their little junta of self-ap-
pointed delegates received upon an equal
footing with the recently elected represen-
tatives Of the Liberal party, they err
egregiously. Their little conclave will be
ignored altogether. 1t is bogus. 1t is in
fected with heretical political opinions.
It's members are stupid, bitter old bigots,
whom the people can not entrust with the
power to do any more mischief They
are greedy, selfish, dictatorial, pompous,
and all in all frauds of the first water
They are enemies of the State and the peo-
pie feel it intuitively An alliance be-
tween these Last Ditchers and the Repub-
icans is simply impossible and none but an
idiot would propose it.
Therefore all the talk of such fusion is
confined to Democratic headquarters,
where it originated. We have heard
nothing Of the kind. That is, we have
not seen a Republican or Liberal who
would entertain such foolish proposition
for a moment. And their great anxiety
to save the head of their ticket by giving
McEnery and Jonas prominent places"
on the new one, thereby sacrificing the
tail, and sending Messrs. Ogden, bennett,
Lafargue and Lusher adrift, exposes their
weakness, and the fact that they know
they are weak. The Bourbons are evil
IDENTIFY playing their old game-trying to
win all the world for nothing, or if they
can not get all, then to be content with
less. But by setting out with exorbitant
demands, they hope to gain the more
when it comes to the 'fusion" business,
the very idea Of which is an invention of
their own,