The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-11-06
LET US HOLD WHAT WE HAVE WON,

tLhI w hVhU WHAT WI HAVh WIN
1t was said Of the Southern Generals during
the late war, that they fought CALAMITY ant
won great battles. but that they never fol
lowed mp victory, and therefore lost the full
benefits Of their splendid successes.
Shiloh and Fredericksburg are specially
cited by critics of the war, as instances
wherein the Southern armies might have
crushed and perhaps captured the opposing
forces.
We incline to the belief that there is much
truth in the criticism, and as it is the part Of
wisdom to learn by experience, let US utilize
| now the severe lessons taught us during the
| war,
We have fought a great political battle
under most Instantaneous and discouraging
circumstances, and our efforts and struggles
have been crowned with the most wonderful
and brilliant success. The enemy has been
routed, horse, foot and dragons, and left us
in possession of the field, SO to speak. They
have fed from the open country, but have
betaken themselves into their strongholds-
the Custom House and the State-House, both
of which are guarded by Federal soldiery.
In the dark recesses and chambers of these
fortresses the leaders have assembled, and are
preparing for another CONTEST contest in
which every trick and artifice known to Radi-
cal political warfare is to be resorted to, in
order, if possible, that they may pluck victory
from the very jaws of defeat.
To drop metaphor, however, we are credibly
informed that the Radical leaders, driven to
desperation by their overwhelming defeat,
have determined to cheat the people out of
the fruits Of the victory they have won, by
throwing out as many precincts in this city as
may be necessary in order to give the Radical
ticket small majority in the State.
This is their proposed plan OF operations.
A few days before the election the Assistant
Supervisors Of Registration, acting under
orders from Packard, and Immediately under
the supervision of that self-confessed perjurer,
B. P. Blanchard, arbitrarily struck from the
registration books the names Of thousands of
Conservative citizens, gentlemen about whose
right to vote there was no shadow 1loubt.
This was done secretly, q red Ane being
drawn through the rejected names, but in.
formation Of the fact was conveyed to the State
Central Committee of the Democratic and
Conservative party, and Major Burke for the
committee at once wrote letter to Major
Wright, State Supervisor Of Registration, re-
questing that the registration books be kept
open on election day in order that corrections
could be made, and parties improperly
stricken off might be enabled to cast their
votes. This request was granted by Major
Wright, and the parties so stricken of, upon
making proper representations, received GER
ti6cates from the State Supervisor and voted !
In the face Of these facts it is now delibe rately
proposed to throw out all such votes, on the
ground that the names Of the voters are not
Upon the original poll lists, as made up from
he registration books. They hope in this
way to throw out enough votes in the city to |
overcome the Democratic and Conservative !
majority in the State. In other words, they |
deliberately propose to steal the State from
he people.
We have been cheated and robbed enough |
lready and this tremendous theft, this pre-
act of treachery and fraud will not |
'e submitted to. The voice Of the people has
'een heard and the mandates of the people
aust be obeyed. Let not Messrs. Packard and
Kellogg delude themselves into the belief that
hey can again by any species of legal Jug
lery or by any artful manipulation of the
otes. trick the people out of their hard won
ictory.
We tell them plainly that any such attempt
ill be promptly checked We demand, and
e have the right to insist, upon fair canvass
the votes cast. If the Republicans have
on, to them belongs the victory, and all that
ictory means, and if the Democrats and Con-
srvatives have won they mean to gather the
uits Of their victory.