New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-10-21
THE ENEMY WEAKEHs,

The Dem0cfatic CANVASS II fh3S State
which opened with fiery orators, LOUD
and hoarse hurrahs, torches and bands Q
music, has quoted down into miserable
and drsazy routine Of circuit speaking e
q few bored people, and dattened out il
stale1 ward club resolutions. Robbed o.
its bulldozing elements. found in few
country parishes. the Democratic party
dies q natural death. The boys havl
seen tho circus 60 by, and in broad day
light the spangles are tin and the animals
look exceedingly small. In one of hi
early epistles Manager Patton directed
his disciples to speak on all occasions q
if Democratic victory were q foregons
conclusion, q fixed fact. He showed
how the wavering could be held up BY
such hopes. The command to express
hope when there was no hope, was in itsel1
an evidence of weakness; and when w
hear Democrats speak of carrying the
State, we know their words are based or
Patton, and not on reason. The Repub
lican majority in this State is so large thai
it can not be fairly overcome, and none
better than the Democrats know this fact.
They admit it, when they say their only
hope is in dividing the solid colored vote.
That can not be accomplished in presi.
dental year, especially when the choice
lies between Hayes, who fought for the
Union and universal liberty, and man
like Tilden, who opposed both. Except
for the purpose of saving their lives, no
honest colored men have ever yet joined
the Democratic party in any of the country
parishes. They have been bulldozed,
threatened, mustered into clubs, given
holidays where Democratic meetings have
been held, given barbecued meat, and
have been dragged out to hear dismal
speeches, but they have not been con-
verted. If colored men are allowed to
live and exercise the right of suffrage and
free action they will vote for Hayes and
Packard to q man.
In 1872 the only colored convert to De-
mocracy was Rev. Sam Armstead. They
run him as Secretary of State on the white
mans ticket as an example Of their con-
sistency. Brother Armstead long since
repented, and is now q good Republican.
The men put forward in the present
campaign as colored samples should con-
vince any unprejudiced mind that the
Democrats are making poor Roadway in
deluding colored citizens to vote for men
who have wronged them from childhood
up. The Democrats have rented the small
talents and bad characters of Ward,
Flowers and Poindexter; they get poor
article for the money advanced. While
the employment of those men by Demo-
Gratis lifts heavy load from the Repub-
lican party, the load can not be 80 used
as to bring single voter from Repub-
lican to Democratic ranks. On the con-
trary, the presence and speeches of those
colored frauds where they are known will
drive hundreds of undecided white men
into the Republican party of progress and |
lecency.
The Democratic managers see the tide
setting against them, and they are losing
heir temper. They buster, and threaten
md blackguard, where they should only
,e Jealous, active and courteous. Mr..
Nichols has received the kindest treat
nent from the Republican press ever &C.
corded to a political opponent; the organ
ndowed by the Democratic State Central
committee, with official sanctity, has
roken its power in furiously attempting
, vilify Mr.. Packard; doing this against
u reason, and in the doing using person
titles and language simply disgraceful to
Intelligent journalism. Why all the fuss
nd hot talk if the race is to be only
alk-over and an easy Democratic VIC
ry? Every Democratic paper in the
ate, and every speaker on the
Jump, is appealing to the white men =
register as voters before it is everlast- .
ely too late; and the reports of agents
10 follow Democratic meetings for the !
lrpose Of sending the "Iarge attendance"
ID "spellbou1d" dispatches acknowl- !;
ge defeat They testify that Democ- 7,
cy is strong in spots, but weak in the 6
ng line which musters the whole State.
Democratic paper says with great emo. :
IN that colored man in the country -.
II go hundred miles and spend two :
Us If necessary in registering himself as !;
voter; but that hundreds of white men
AXE no effort to qualify themselves to \
te, having no interest in the matter.
e know this to be true; but we shall =
esently hear of frauds in registration,
d complaints that white men have been :,
barred from the privilege of voting
le colored man is alive to the import
&c OF this campaign, for he knows that O
republican victory in the nation and =
State is his only hope; while the white :
IN, put down as Democrat on account
previous Confederate condition and
absence of color, is comparatively in
1erent to general results. He looks r
NY upon the campaign Of his party as !
&c for Office, and believes that the Dem .
rats who expect to rake in the fat sala. q
IS should do the torch-bearing, sweat :
9 and voting. In the meantime the Re- /,
blican sky is bright, and the prospect :
ost encouraging. y