The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-05-04
OUR NEXT PRESIDENT.

In common, We believe, with ninety-nihe
out Of eyery hundred citizens Of the SCUM
who are opposed to the so-called Kepuohcan
party now in power, we have no lndlViouai OF
sectional preference for any one OF the
| numerous distinguished men who have been
| suggested as worthy Of being the next lncum-
| bent of the White House. Provided the
statesman who is to take the place OF the
! present imbecile and corrupt Ring Master
is faithful, capable and patriotic American,
il matters not whether he halls from New
York Pennsylvania, Ohio or Indiana
whether his name shall! be Tilden, or Han.
cock. or Hendricks, or Thurman, or Davis.
In the coming Conservative. Democratic or
Opposition Convention which is to select the
standard-bearer for whom we are all certain
to cast our ballots in November, 1876. the
representatives of Southern constituencies will
doubtless take back seats and allow their
friends from the + ,st, the North and the great
West to agree upon the platform and the candl-
dates, and will wisely abstain from exercising
the slightest pressure in the matter. Full
well do we know that if any other course
was adopted, our motives would be misrepre-
scented, our Legitimate preferences turned
against the men we most trust, and the idiotc
cry of "rebel" supremacy used as
the solitary argument left in favor
of the rotten and dismantled ship which car
ries the perishing fortunes of that party
which has so long maintained itself in power
on the waning hatreds and the obsolete
prejudices OF the past. No Southern man Of
any eminence is an aspirant for place on
the Presidential ticket. and we do not believe
any one intends to be. This is just as well
understood by our political opponents as by
ourselves, although some Of the more venal
and abandoned Radical organs still weakly
and unsuccessfully try to create the impression
among certain class Of their most fanatical
and ignorant followers.
We fully concur with many Of the most in
tslligent and reliable organs of public opinion
printed outside of this still tabooed section
Of our common country-prominent among
which we would mention the New York
Iribune-in the belief that what is known as
the "independent" element is destined to
play leading part in the coming contest, and
that the views and the we'll earned influence
of such men as VIM. N. Evarts, David A.
Wells and the other distinguished citizens
who lately came together in New York to do
honor to Carl Schurz on the eve of his depart
ure for a short visit to Europe, should be
carefully noted and respectfully recognized
by every friend of reform and every advocate
Of publication Of that huge mass of corrup-
ton of which Grant is the official head.
These men are neither office.seekers nor
disappointed politicians they are simply
pure-minded patriots, who absolutely and
resolutely refuse to give up to party what
belongs to mankind. As was we'll said by the
distinguished statesman to whom the COM
pliment was paid, it is necessary ito secure
in tho new order Of things that support of q
friendly public opinion all over the land
which is indispensable to its prosper
GUS development, and to that end
to bind the . two sections of the
country together by wise policy of concilia-
ton, honesty and justice 1t is necessary to
return to sound principles Of constitutional
government, which, under the pressure Of
war necessities, and also without them. has
frequently been lost sight Of, and the disre-
gard of which is growing into habit most
damaging to free institutions and to the peace
of the country. It is necessary to repress the
spirit of rapacity, peculation and corruption
which, stimulated by the opportunities Of the
late war, now threatens to poison all the
channels of power
This platform is sound enough, and strong
and broad enough to hold all
true American patriots together, without re-
gard to past party affiliations, or to geograph-
ical or even color lines. Upon it we should
muster together, with a single eye to a return
10 the fundamental principles Of American
liberty, and upon it We are certain to win
great and enduring civil victory over that COM
bination Of ''rapacity, peculation and corrup-
ton" which has done and is still doing SO
much to bring disgrace on the very name Of
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