The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-06-29
LET US BE PREPARED.

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Respect is due to ali the opinions and sug'
| gestions that we read or hear, but while Try
ing to learn something from ell, we are unde'
an equitable obligation to heed and ponde'
upon the convictions expressed by the elder
more reflective and more conservative class q
men. Our conversation with such upon polit-
ical topics has shown to us that their general
conviction is that the only way in which the
country can get rid Of its many embarrass'
ments and be brought back to the great thor.
oughfare Of prosperity, is to get rid Of the
domination Of the party which has 80 long
and 80 disastrously governed They are salts
fed that the Radical party must be deposed
from the seat of power which it has abused,
and they are equally satisfied that this depo-
sition and reformation can only be accom-
plished by an effort in which all the elements
of anti-Radicalism shall be united. They
therefore believe, and express their belief
very earnestly, that all those who desire to
get rid of Grant and the Radicals, and to re-
store our great country to the enjoyment OF
her heritage of constitutional liberty must
join together in one party and work together
with might and main, wholly regardless ct all
triAing issues, to secure change Of policy
and of administration.
These conservative minds find in all the
States, in all the cities, in all the countless in
all the towns, and mall the villages and pre-
cinc.s of the whole republic party fully Of
ganized, party as old as the Constitution, q
party ofmost distinguished antecedents, par
ty identified with the most prosperous and
honorable days of the nation, a party which
numbers in its catalogue Of great men, phi!os-
ophers, orators, statesmen and heroes, party
that adopts as its tenets the truths which come
to Us with the sanction of century's
experience, party Of glorious memories
and most glorious hopes. They, therefore,
very justly conclude that all who desire
the defeat of radicalism will bring
their voices, their influence, their strength
and their eloquenoe to the best account by
joining with those who are right in opposing
those whom they know to be wrong.
Their conviction is right, and we applaud
it, but at the same time, we must not sit COM
placently at our ease and be satisfied to know
that all good and sagacious men are with Us.
We have something mere to do. There is
work to be done, and plenty of it, between
this date and the November election Of 1876.
Measures must be taken now to prevent
worthy anti Radicals {. from committing
and pledging themselves to spurious organi-
cations under specious and delusive titles.
Political tricksters and bushwhackers are
working diligently to seduce patriots from
heir allegiance. to the only true patriotic
party. The specious pleas and blandish-
ments of independence are set forth and the
attempt is made by cunning men to lead our
people astry. Every seeming error Of Demo
Gratis in other States Is seized upon with in
tense eagerness. and paraded in thousand
false lights Every means is used to bring
Democracy into disrepute and ridicule.
Every argument is urged against the great
Democratic party to prove that its glory is
passed away, that its power of usefulness is
snded, and that its claim to patriotic adhesion
sxisssno longer. ~ ,etsT l,aloa nsss
All this admonishes us to vigilance and
work. The struggle is some months from its
bat we know that'it is COM
NO, and therefore 1t is well to get ready and
Keep ready for it. We must know upon whom
We can depend. We must know. early who
re for us and who are against us. We must
rnow one another. We must not be
taught asleep at the eleventh hour. We
must not let any ally Of the enemy carry
IF any OF our forces or resources. Prepare
ion is more than half of victory. Let us give
'ssurance most absolute to the Democrats Of
very other State that the Democrats of Lou
sisna intend to do their whole duty.
Therefore let as organize betimes for the
,reat labor that lies before Us. The nearest
lection is sixteen months of. but we can as
ure our friends that they have no time to
ose, if they wish the electoral vote of Louis
ana to be given to the Democratic nominee
n November, 1876. We need to know ono
mother and to get accustomed to acting in
concert. The principle of association is
mighty in many things, and not the least
.mong them is politics. There is no time to
ose, nor is there anything more important to
10 attended to. The issue is vital and we
cannot know too soon who are for us and who
re against u.s.
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