The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-07-11
THE UNION Of FACTIONS.
Editor New Orleans Bulletin:

, The desire to unite all the conservative yo-
tiers of Louisiana under one flag for the fall
campaign in order to achieve a crushing vic
tory over our Republican opponents is GER
talnly commendable and praiseworthy But
, if this consummation is to be effected by the
surrender of one jot title of the time
honored principles Of the Democratic party,
ives hall vigorously oppose and denounce
t. The great mass of the white voters
OF this State and more especially of this
city will not again submit to have their
sutfrages bartered away by designing politi-
clans for the mistaken purpose of securing
harmony and unity of action and pacifying a
few mal-contents who refuse to be comforted
unless the most lucrative positions on the
ticket are given to them or their friends We
have had too much ''policy and erpe,lie,,cy
for the sake Of success" and mol eoongh pi'iaci-
| pie IN Louisiana since the ,rny
| In 1868 the Democratic p rty made no
nomination for Governor but advised its con-
stituents to vote for Judge J. g. Taliaferro.
more pronounced, bitter and unrelenting
Radical than his opponent, II. C. Warmoth
In 1870 the President of the Democratic
State Central Committee made some sort of a
bargain with little cotere of dissatisfied
Radicals, by which the candidates for Con
gress in the Second Congressional District
was given to Mr.. j. A. Walsh, Christian |
Republican In 1872 the National Democratic
party abandoned all its principles, went back |
upon its whole record and actually nominated |
two Republicans, Greeley and Brown for
President and Vice President. The writer of |
this was member OF the Baltimore Conven-
ton, and opposed as far as possible, the nomi-
nation of two Republicans by the Democratic
party, but without avail
The Iammanv Rinp Of Naw Vorl- o,J 4l,,.
Protectionists Of Pennsylvania, succeeded in
making the Democratic party strike its colors
and dlsgracefully surrender to the Cincinnati
Convention, composed of a corporl's guard
of Liberals After the nominations had been
made and the Convention adjourned returned
to the Barnum Hotel, the headquarters Of Geo
Francis Train, the peoples candidate for
President. On entering that magnificent
structure, met the great American wae. and
inquired Of him what he thought of our nom
nations. He replied, "When a crocodile
swallows polecat, there is going to be
frst-class funeral and when the Democratic
party swallows Horace Greeley, it commits
voluntary suicide. His prediction was full
filed
In Louisiana the ''last ditchers" had hoisted
the flag of the great unterrifed," and re
solved to fight it out on that line if it took all
summer; brit they, too were compelled to
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Convention and make fusion with Warmoth, {
Liberals, Reformers, Independents, and all \
other so-called parties, too numerous to men
hon. We all know the sad result of this r
strange combination. In every instance we 7
have mentioned above, failure, defeat, disaster 1
md disgrace have followed in the footsteps of
policy and erpediency The victories we have
gained under these strange banners have,
Like Dead Sea fruit. r
Turned to ashes on our lips !"
The sad lessons of the past teach US that
wen In this wicked world viewed solely from :,
! material standpoint is the best y
'ollcy. They who are always striving to be
N the strong side to float upon the flood
lde OF popular opinion, and to swim no mat E
er who sinks who are willing to barter away
heir honor, virtue and integrity for the pur-
'ose Of achieving temporary success-are C
most generally misled and deceived by their
hort-slghted reason, and frequently find 3
themselves stranded upon the shoals of de- b
eat and despair, without even the conscien- d
iousness OF duty well performed to comfort y
hem in their distress Policy men are mi =
ersal failures, and So too, are policy parties | O.
The greatest OF all mortal sins is wilfIll vice.
he most horrible crime is knowingly and deli
erately to do violence to ones conscience
nat sleepless sentinel that guards our every oe
ct and deed in life Political parties, to sue =
eed and reap the fruits of success must be
oneSt and consistent We therefore warn
lie diSorganizers and croakers in time that Al
he next campain is to be fought ON principles.
nd If they are so intensely preiudiced against
he name Democracy as to refuse to enlist under tb
banner, the great mass of the people are -
70 much devoted to the 'old flag" to ever VI
Jain desert it tor any other new tangled in
snia, with Policy and Expediency, the
atch-words Of towards, embLazoned on its
Ids. Druocp,-
The Virginia ladies-than whom there are Go
me more beautiful on the face of the globe off
we, it appears, given Olive Logan, the peri /
tetic female scribbler, the cut direct and Nv
i've, Woman-ike, takes her rexenna h .