The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-07-12
PACKARD AS AN ORATOR.

The oracle has spoken at last, and ex-
pectant humanity having struggled In
vain with the utterance, gives 1t up.
The crushing conviction dawns upon
the average follower of the silent and
moody imitator of Grant, that, In the
matter or brains, Packard Is O stupen-
dous vacuum. In that murky space,
the different particles Of speech jostle
and crowd each other In the most be-
wildering and inextricable confusion.
1t is hard TO refrain from assassination
when one is told that he has s'numer-
ously assembled" but when he Is told
that his State platform CONSISTS with
your national PLATFORM" 1t makes mur-
der pastime. and gimblet knives and
brass knuckles necessary luxuries.
The wisdom OF division and silence :"
seems to have forsaken the Radical
leaders, both In this State aud the ma
tional field. Grant "slops over" on
tho Cincinnati nominees, and Packard
attempts to use English instead Of Cat
lin guns. 1t Is usual among the style
OF great men, whom Grant and Packard
typify, to select men of brains to write
their letters and speeches. We are fully
satisfied from "internat euidence," that
Packard himself wrote the drivel read
before that ratification meeting. III the
classical Macaulay, on reviewing the
Rev.. Montgomery poetical efforts, was
ashamed of his species" at that
authors imbecilities and bad English.
what will appease his ghost at the fol-
lowing:
:. rejoice TO see the enthusiasm with which YOU
have numerously assembled To ratify your State
ticket. You have good platform. that consists
In every respect with your national platform.
and have selected candidates who mean. a. In
your fellow citizens, Irrespective of party.
But the ambitious leader of Grantism.
who came from the schools OF Maine to
instruct the people OF Louisiana in the
true inCdrdness of Radical politics,
breaks away in one final gusb at his
peroration. 1t Is difficult to determine
which is the more false and reprehensi-
BILE in this jumbie, the crude and vicious
theories or the unmannerly English !.
but we give it to the world just as he
read it,
DpmQrrafV
equally TO comply with the demands of good
manners. The candidates of the Republican
party of the nation and the State should receive
the votes OF those who desire the aid of the Fede
raj Government to build rp our levees to con
struct our railroads, to. open the highways OF
who would have Justice nT vSSenee tS
handed assassin, reeking with the blood OF his
victim, who would break down and eradicate .he
for opinions sake; of those who desire wide
establishments aud MAINTENANCE OF a salutary
public school system; and finally of those who
believe that every man whose guarantees are
lodged in the constitution, is member of the
civil brotherhood Of Louisiana and entitled to
equal consideration. : II elected shall esteem
isiana.
After the splendid opportunities of
classical education, paraded by the Rad
ical press In their notices of their nomi-
nee, it is little discouraging to dis
cover that the calm results OF midnight
toll on his part. carefully reduced co
writing, and deliberately read to one
hundred and eighty-seven, numerous
ly assembled" followers, should fall
short of the requirements Of respect
able English.
What pity 1t is that "the Boss" hath
not the sagacity OF Plnchback. Our
friend Carter could have written such
elegant English and thrown in some
political conumdrums that would have
bothered the Democrats and left the
"civil brotherhood Of Louisiana" quite
as wise as Packard found them. We
hope Packard will speak often during
the campaign. We always did likethat
style OF oratory-on the other side.