New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-07-30

ties, ought to be elected to Congress. He
would prove very effective disputant in
some such controversy as Henry S. Foote
and Thomas II. Benton used to engage in.
The Bulletin informs US that Mr. Ogden's
opposition to the New Orleans and Pacific
railroad is only professional. As he as
pires to a place where he would be very
formidable enemy, it would be interesting
to know if this professional hostility is
likely to continue for the next four or five
years. Gentlemen in his line of business
are much in the habit Of subordinating
their personal and political preferences to
their professional duties, and it is more
Interesting to know on which side they are
retained than on which their sympathies
are.
Park Goodwin thinks if Tilden were
elected the taxes would be reduced one
half and the currency question disposed of
by gentle and imperceptible means. Petro-
troleum V. Nasty and Sam Bard entertain
equally hopeful views on the subject of
postotfices in case their cross-eyed patron lie
ever permitted to do his squirting in the
White House.
There is not the least chance in the world
for any change on the Republican ticket.
Nobody desires any change except i. may
be some of the friends Of the Baton Rouge
candidates; no one has heard anything
about such change except the Times, and
that rockety paper simply dreamed it. To
paraphrase modern instance, Those who
bet on such an event have no chance to
win, and therefore can not lose" So make
your bets freely, gentlemen; you run no
risk
The city Democrats imagine the big fuss
and noise they have made over their own
defeat by their country cousins at Baton
Rouge has frightened the Republicans. On
the contrary, we are all delighted to find
the Democratic ticket to be so respectable
and consequently so weak. The old Bour-
bon element, tho White Leaguers, the tax
rasisters, the bulldozers, and the law re-
siste rs of ali sorts are to be put under
matches. while General Nichols is trying
to sail an honest ship Tnis will never suit
the pirate crew, who expected to rove in
quest of plumber. The ticket does not rep
resent the Democratic party; the platform
is entirely new to the ''trsditions;' Gen.
eral Nichols speech is a reDuke, which
either means what King Henry said to Fal-
staff, or nothing; and i: is altogether as sat
isfac.ory to the Republicans az they could
wish IT, with the promised good behavior
on the part of the Democrats and the aid
expected from the North, the Republicans
do not carry this State next fall BY 10000
majority, they do not deserve success.
An Associated Press dispatch gravely in
forms us that
Evidence is cumulative that the President
has no present intention OF interfering with
Marshal Packard.
As it takes a good deal Of evidence to
proys q negative, why not attempt the
other sidel Can anybody show that the
President ever had any intention Of inter-
fering with Marshal Packard A little Gu
mu.ative evidence on that side Of the ques-
ton would be interesting.
Lieutenant Governor Antoine has been
playing one OF his practical jokes upon a
| Times reporter. In conversation between
the two, the latter sought corroborat!on
| of the Times foolish report of the breaking
up of the Republican slate. The Govern
| or, in order probably to hear what his in
! terviewer had to say, pretended to treat
the matter seriously, and declared. in the
most positive manner, that he, fo- one, had
| no idea of giving way. The commissioner
departed, fully persuaded that there was a
rupture in the Republican party, and the
waggish Governor beamed smile on the
retreating coat-tail as it vanished out
through the door. Next.
| The New Orleans Democrat says:
| We have not yet heard that any particu
| lar position with reference 10 the New Or
| leans Pacific railroad is necessary to lden'
| .ify a man with the DemOccatic-C onserva
tive party.
| We have yet to learn that the advocacy
of anything for the benefit of the State was
necessary to identify man with the Demo
cratic party. To be sure, the Baton Rouge
| platform says:
! We declare ourselves in favor of the pas
sage of the Texas Pacific railroad bill, now
| pending before Congress, and recommend
| our members of Congress to advocate lts
passage at an early date.
| But that is a platform platitude, signify
ing nothing. So far as urging or opposing
| ANYTHING for the good of Louisiana is con
cerned, Mr.. Ogden or any other man is left
| entirely untrammeled, and at liberty to ex
press his personal bias upon all subjects
and all occasions.
! The "poor whites feel that the rewards
| of their begrudged toll is cut down because
their products are brought into competitio,
with the cheap, well organized labor of thu
negroes, conducted on scale to which they
never even hope to aspire. They hate
therefore, the negro and the system which
his service renders possible. For once, anC
for q political object, the rich neighbour
have Withdrawn from the negro their pro
tecting influence, and joined with the de
spised ''poor whites" in assisting him. Th'
alliance has conquered the negro, but a.
the same time has destroyed the influence
and command of the wealthy class, formerly
absolute, over the other-his temporary
ally. A common violation of law-mora
copartnership in crime-has male then
EQUALS. We need not point to the evil
that will grow from knowledge of power
and immunity from punishment among tn