The Colfax chronicle. (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1876-1877, 1876-11-04
The Pending Contest in, Louisi-
ana. -

From the Homer Had D, ifH
We are glad to see that the Ia
dependent newspaper press of the
North rightly understands the pres
ent contest in the South, and ia
speaking out on the subject in a
proper spirit; and many straightout
leading Republican journals there
are also doing the same thing. We
are glad of this for two reasOns--it
may save the party there, and it
does Justice to true Republicans
here, and vindicatcs their course in
the present campaign, particularly
in this state. We feel this point
eddy ina personal sense. Our very
heart blecds to s<e the Republican
party OF Louisiana 81 maugled and
brought to such depths of degrade
tiOn, and our only relief ia found in
the fact that the Republicans of the
North know and recognize tue causes,
and do not blame Republicans Of our
class are in fact doubly proud to
know that they advise us to do and
to act precisely as We are doing and
acting. They tell us to support
Hayes and Wheeler, and let the
party here at home, under its pres
ent organization and leadership, go
to pieces -tle sooner the better.
We have however striven and hoped
fervenrly to avoid this; have in tact
followed in the tracks and train of
political imbecility and unwortli-
ness-downright reckiessness and
heartless yenality, not, to say bra-
talityTlong and patiently, in the
hope and belief that change f0r
the better within ranks would
finally come; until now, III the. midst
Of this campaign, Republicans here
in the South--liere in Louisiana
of our antecedents and purposes,
having u proper respect and care
for the original aims and purposes
of our party, find that we cannot
any longer follow after the vain aud
lying. promises of this shameless
train and wake-nOr will we. The
Republicans of the North tell rs not
to do so. They tell us that il not
expected of a decent Republican of
Louisiana, who supports HAYES and
Wheeler, that he should also sup
port the present State ticket, and
sustain the present organization of,
the party here. And we repeat, We
are not going to do it; Republicans
who stood firm here in the South
against Secession and sustained and
defended such men as Charles. sum-
her in their glorious sentiments of
freedom, should not, and. mi st not
e expected now thus to stultify
their record. "Is thy servant a toT
that he should do tllis thing p. No.
he is not dog, and he will not take
a dogs place, nor do the dirty work
Of n dog. : IL il aard efi.,sgh for apy
Republican,, with any. proper self /
respect, to haze to support the Ma
tional ticket. with the present Flee.
tOral ticket of this State; and II ia |
~ contempt for portion of this |
ticket that we have taken down |
from our masthead the names of |
HayeSland Wheeler. The Re,,ub|i- |
san Electoral ticket of Louisiana. as
whole, with all the circumstances
,f its formation duly considered. il
PERFECTLY intolerable, and u most /
DOL and wicked outrage. And
'ltogether, we do not hesitate to
Wy that it would he better for
.'''Iisiana in the end. and better for
he whole south, if not for the entire
Nation, that Hayes and Wheeler
hould be- defeated, with all the
resent Republican programme, than
hat all should be elected together.
wonid be most wretched and de- |
'ased and debasing triumph. ,aHlgt
But we shall all soon see how it
nall all terminate; and in the
ieantIme We shall go aIead-orI /.
tand still aDdarS to perform our
est possible duty to our whole
ountry, regardless alike of the
nrest or promises Of the smalll
and low trimmers OF ali
srties and of all factiona