New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-10-24
TIE INDEPENDENT MOVEMENT
HALL AND FAREWELL!
Yesterday the Republican members Of
the conference committee met and received
tho following communication:

Yesterday tho Republican members Of
the conference committee met and received
the following communication: .-
HRADQUAxf1Rs OF THE P1oPLB's
.z1- Independent Conservative Ticket.
New Orleans, October -, le56.
To B. F. Joubert. 1sq.. Chairman Of the copfer.
ference COMMIT ee delegated by the R%pub-
Hcan Parish Convention:
SIR-The object Of this communication
from the conference committee Of tho Pe0.
plo's Iodependent Conservative ticket 10
respectfully 10 submit to your considers
ti0n the following report in relation to the
Independent movement: gss isrl ffs n.
Corrupt and incapable political men have
invaded our Offices of trust, confidence IL
destroyed, taxation oppresses us, and COM
merce lapguishes. 1t appeared that energy
and desire for the public welfare were
alone required to eradicate the evils that
had grown mp among No, and We looked to
the Conservative people of our city to COM
bine in establishing . good Democratic and
conservative government. expelling there
BY public disorder. intimidation and def
ance Of the laws. It was thought that an
independent party would succeed in free
ing our citizens from the th.sldom Of the
ward clubs aud these political cliques that
produced tho late Democratic and Con.
sentative Parish Convention. which, BY cor.
rupt practices, bartered away the rights OF
the people and placed Offices of trust and
honor in tho hands Of incompetent favorltes,
defeating to great extent the purer and
better class of candidates.
Before the late Democratic convention
assembled the conduct 1t the primary cleo
tions caused considerable uneasiness in the
public mind, and judging from the delegstes,
it was feared that the Democratic and Con-
servative majority vote Of the city would
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OF their fitness or of any benefit to she COM
monWealth. -
Under these circumstances, several Gen-
tlemen Of tho city forsshadoWed . pro-
gramwe which it was proposed to carry ont
in case tho nominations Of tho convention
should prove unsatisfactory.i st ~
Tho Republican party having conceded
that the majority vote Of the city was
Conservative sud Democratic, felt disposed
they could enable the Independent party to
secure good local government Of proni.
nent end upright men, whose political views
would accord with the majority of the peo-
pie. After confefring with some distin-
gujshed Conservatives, it We further con-
ceded BY the Republican party that
provided the nominations were unexcsp-
tieneble, they would support IN Independ-
ent ticket. =. 20 ,-,--,F s..5s
The Democratic and Conservative CON-
vention having fallen far short Of making
good nominations, the outcries became
deep and loud, and then it Wa that the In
dependent party csme to tho front, boldly
declaring their in1oAtioa Of avefting the i'm
pending evil. . -,..
A committee was appointed to call upon
tho most distinguished citizens;- it wae con-
chinery. Of ward clubs was corrupt, and
failed 70 give expression to tho wishes Of
the people ut large. 4 change w. deemed
neoessAry, and after receiving the greatest
encouragement, we placed ourselves In
Communication with sosae Of the best oiti-
izens, men standing high in the community,
and in whose hands We considered the
eaaire Of the city could be safely intrusted.
After laying clearly before these gentlemen
was willing to act with liberality in support
of the movement, they gave their consent
to be placed 40 candidates On the Independ.
emit ticket, and pledged Themselves to 90
cept the nomination if it was rendered to
them. s"..r e..--t-.-..
More than once communications were
made with the selected candidates, and
they stood firm. Hence it was that our
committee placed before your conference
servatives and Democrats. Although your
party was p0intedly excluded tr0m the
ticket, it was accepted without murmur on
your part, aad You ratified it BY yoaf CON-
vention, which then adjourned sine die, in
accordance with your pledge. You have
kept faith with 10 in ell things, thus remov.
ing any suspicion On the public mind that
at the eleventh honr you would put Re-
publican parish ticket In the Held.
We have now 10 approach you in . differ.
emit frame Of mind. We regret to say that
20 soon q the nominations were publiahed
some Of tho candidates Wero approached
by the leaders Of the Democratic party, and
were submitted to undue ind0ence and
pressure In order to coerce them into with
drawing from their pledges, and tho free-
dom Of citizens was thus trsmpled under
Of . party ring. a3 Ii
Honorable recognition il duo to those
gentlemen who have kept faith. the intimi.
dators knowing full we'll those whom they
dare rot spproach with propositions of .
dishonorable withdrawal, and those whose
weakness rendered them easy victims.
Tho shortness of time between this and
the seventh of November, and the intimi-
dation which drove the majority OF our
probably be repeated were other gentlemen
selected to fill the vacancies, has made 10
decide to withdraw from the contest, leav.
ing the shame stamped on those Democrats
who are sustaining this reign of terror, 20
detrimental to the success of our State
ticket, and We ask you to accept back from
our hands the trust You 60 generously con-
fided to us in friendly spirit toward the
Democratic and Conservative party.
Amid all these sad reflections there is
still some light. We have in our possession
letters from honorable citizens, brave and
influential, who have pledged themselves
to defy this intimidation; but tho time 10
too short. and further perseverance On our
part would expose tho Democratic party to
great censure before the county, which
might, moro than it has already done, en-
danger the election of General Nichols.
We ask the gentlemen Of the Republican
party not to believe that oil Democratic
aud Conservative citizens are opposed 10
good government, but they unwisejy shrink
from any public demoustration rather than
bring down upon themselves the assaults
Of those who imagine that they embody the
whole Democratic sentiment. We frankly
admit that We have been defeated BY the
intimidation Of . portion Of our nominees,
and BY the strangling Of public opinion.
We accept the defeat - honorable TO the
Independents and disgraceful to the In
timidAtors.
We have entered into some details which
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