New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-08-28

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Mississippi L0uD0D.

Mississippi Lnn,es.
l Nj. L. G. G. Lamar IL candidate &of Con
gress in the first district. of Mississippi.
His stumping ground is the White line sec
sioa u bis State. and he stands before his
people much o. Horace Greeley, the violent
sbolitionist. stood before the fire eaters of
the South. He will get their votes because
/ they thinl they caa alect him, end rhey
will thus ysts for him for policy's sake
Ihe nondsscripts who assembled 0t Jack.
son and sominated Mr.. Henmingway, the
Granger, for the position Of State Treasurer,
assembled as White Line politicians. The
resolutions Of Lovndes apd other counties,
insfluctiDe delegates indicated that they
desired the formation of White kan's Q
party for cenductisg che campaign. The
Vloksbnrg Monitor Aow places ct the
head Of hs columns She 'Consepvstive
Democratic ticket," aud beneath that
what it calls the "Whits League plat
form.", The acknowledgements, Con-
sePvatives and White 1eaguers--is bs@u-
tiful trinity, forming ons bad body. The
white line element xas ehokea off ia tho
jackson convention by M. Lamar, who is
said to have made the best speech Of his
life in depicting the suicidal policy Of A.
tempting to make White Line campaign in
State nournfully regarded by Jef Davis
as hopelessly Republican. Mr.. Lamar 10 .
liberal man. While he agrees with the
white line advocates that nome but white
men should hold Office, he at the same time
is willing that colored men should vote for
him; and in hurling anathema at white line
heads it lie possible he secured for himself
number of colored votes. 1t vas skilltully
done, and the White Liners swallowed ID.
Mr.. Lamar, in his jackson speech, greatly
condemned the President Of the United
State Treasurer for Republican Mississippi,
and the presidential campaign was not d.
rectly before the house. but abuse Of Presi-
dent Grant is always . safe dose to give
anti Republicans, and Mr.. Lamar filled his
hearers with what pleased then, If il vas
net quito fresh.
Although he il not . good oAe, Mt. Lamar
may be called . Republican, trying. 10 get
Democratic votes. His eloquent eulogy of
Charles Sumner, the great statesman, whose
dying words we're prayer for bis civil
fights bill, is still Remembered. The Re-
publicans Of Boston yet regard Mr.. Lamar
kindly, for the praises and kind things said
in their midst Of their leader. With this
feeling when they organized National
Union party in Boston, with the ultimate
object Of drawing of the Democrats most
nearly allied 10 honesty, and nskine n. P.
Banks Presiden'. they chess l.. Q. c.
Lamar, of Mississippi, for Vice President
and have eets thousands Of circulars
through the country advocating che claims
Of those two gentlemen soy Republican and
spproxims stively. honest Democratic cot
sideration: In some places Mr.. Lsmags ,
name has become a colored household
word. a. might be inferred from the an
nounoemehs made BY Pennsyivania paper
that ''Lucius 9. C. Lamar (colored) has
been nominated tot Congress in Missis-
sippi.~ OF course che gentleman is not col
ored, but commenting on the Repnsylvanis
papers notice she yicksbure .-Aonits,;
White Line organ. says: ''Lucius had better
be little more positive hereafter that he is
white, and true ss steel to his own COLOR"
the dissatisfaction Of the White Liners with
Mr.. 4amars course; but it is not likely
thst they VIII pus up another candidate,
and men who could vote for Greeley of |
Blair certainly can. not complain of the pol
itics Of any candidate for Whop they ere
ordered to cast their votes.
Fortunately for Mr.. Lamar. he has q
record which the White Liners of Mississippi I
can not tarnish. He is no carpet -bagger. |
TO be sure he is not native of Mississippi, |
but he was born in Georgia, State enjoy
ng the blessings of the institution of |
slavery, and became go prominent that he
was elected to the Legislature of Georgia
Is early as 1853. In 1854 he vent to 1afay-
,tte county, Mississippi, and was elected
% the Thirty fifth and Thirty.sixth Con-
,resses of the United States. In those
lays there was little opposition to men
joining from one State and getting I
elected to office IN another. In 1860
dr. Lamar severed his connection with
he United States by resigning from Con
,ress and taking his seat in the secession
which was to take his adopted
;tate out of the Union, with the assistance
f Jefferson Davis. In 1861 he <vas made
olonel of the Nineteenth Confederate Reg
ment 1t is true he lost no limbs in the
ong struggle which followed; but having
he favor Of Mr.. Davis he was sent ss Con-
ederate minister to Russia in 1863. In 1866
o obtained by election situation ss pro-
essof of political economy in the U1iver-
ity Of Mississippi By political economy
nd on the strength of his ''old-fesident"
nd war record Mr.. Lamar hopes TO 60
gain to Congress, and possibly to be Vice
resident. His success as q congressional
sudidate depends upon the temper OF the
White Liners and the votes of colored men.
TIE Old Way. /
The Democrats of North Carolina having
cen equarely beaten by $4,000 majority on
,e convention vote, and having failed to
,cure enough delegates to tinker the con-
tuition of the State into Democratic BY
Iws, are endeavoring to accomplish their
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