New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-11-05

the oppositioh have become tired Of thu
! name Of Fusion and the many recollec.
tons associated with it; if they think i
has become distastefnl to the people, what
objections can they have to calling thei,
convention Democratic? There would be
no deception about this, and besides they
would be benefited, perhaps, by the pres.
tige the old party has recently gained in
Ohio. Of course these remarks are graf.
uitious on our part. They are given with
out charge or desire to offciously med.
die in the affairs Of the opposition. The
REPUBLIcAS simply desires to see the re-
spectability Of its opponents maintained.
in order to make the fght-if there must
be one-the more interesting. It will
reiterate, however. right here, for the in
formation of the people, that i. has been
opposed to the continuance of this politi-
cal contest because il thought il useless
and injurious 70 the best interests of the
State; thought it derogatory to State rights
and particularly damaging to the agricul-
tural and commercial interests just at this
time. The opposition, basking in the en-.
Joyment ofa different opinion and thirst.
ing for the flesh pots Of Egypt, have de-
| termined to keep up the political turmoil,
and the Republicans have 70 NEE. j: with
as little injury to the people as possible,
feeling satisfied .ha. when Congress comes
togethes it will speedily put an eztin-
guishe, 70 this contention tor Of
fee BY refusing 70 interfere fur
Their in the domestic affairs Of this State.
Until that time j: will be our duty to
watch the actions Of the enemy and
checkmate bis attempts 70 have the will
Of the majority in this State set aside
And this is the proper time to inquire into
the conduct 9: the opposition on last
Monday night. In the absence Of the
people what did the wouId-be leaders Go?
They came together and made thei, long
harangues, abusing the lawfully consti-
tuted authorities OF this State and OF the
United States, and then went through the
ceremony Of reading preambles and reso.
lutions prepared fos the occasion and de-
claring them passed. AS there was no
one to gainsay what was said OF done, it
was an easy matter 10 say the preamble
and resolutions passed unanimously, and
after that it was still! easier matter TO
hand them 70 reporters and have them
published as an expression Of the Will Of
the people. In this way the people OF the
first ward are made TO say great many
things we know they did no: say. For
instance, We know they did not say that
President Grant had conspired with other
high dignitaries 70 prevent the will Of the |
majority being heard in this State; nor
did they say that ''the army and navy and
courts Of the United States have been |
perverted from :heiy ases as de- |
tenders Of the people, go as 20 |
become instruments Of force and fraud |!
against the interests and lawfully ex-
pressed will Of the people" The men
who are contesting for the contro! OF the !
government Of this State against the will
Of the majority are the ones who say
these naughty things and publish them as
coming from the people, with reason FOX
knowing them to be untrue. II they
imagine that Congress, with all the in
formation it has received in regard to the
last election IN this State and the course
Of the President touching Louisiana az
fairs, will believe their statements, made |
1t very small political gatherings, in pre-
ference to the sworn testimony already
they are certainly mentally
weaker than many have thought them.
They have but a poor opinion Of Con-
5ress if they believe that body vii! re-
open the Louisiana case upon the fimsy
testimony produced at strictly partisan
meetings held in the interest OF men who
ire endeavoring to force themselves into
public Office. The convention Of the
wenty-fourth Of the present month may
.ome together, but it can not possibly
wipe out the weight Of testimony that
vas given in support Of the right Of the
present State officials to administer the
nor can it wipe out the law
which determined their right to do SO, nor
bliterate the damning testimony that has
ince been given by the ex-State regis
rars Of voters and others connected with
hat branch Of the public service in this
tate. For these reasons the convention
aust prove a dead future.