New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-10-08

OCTOBER g. 1876
POLITICAL MOTIFS.

POLITICAL MOTIFS.
General Nichols writes to q lot of scurvy
negroes who have christened club in his
honor, that if elected, he will sec that
"their rights are amply protected" He
makes this assurance in campaign letter,
and Is the Democratic nominee for Cover
nor.
The colored people have not been fur.
nished with an opinion from General Mich
oils showing what he considers their rights
to consist of; but he has given emphatic
expression to what he considers is not their
right. He has solemnly sworn, after due
! deliberation, and when free from the ex-
elements and temptations Of political as
pirations, that the colored people have NO
right to share in the underlying principle Of
our government-the right Of the majority
to select their own rulers. He has made
solemn osth before God to his belief that
even:
If the blacks of this State have ma
jOrity of 10000, the control of the State
government belongs to the whites.
There can be no doubt of General
Nichols sincerity in making this emphatic
declaration. Nor have we been furnished
changed his convictions. He comedies the
privilege to negroes to vote for him and his
colleagues; but to have no share or part in
the offices. The ''control Of the State gov
ernment belongs to the whites" he swore
less than two years ago; and tke ticket
which he heads to-day is q practical at
tempt to enforce that unjust class discri-
minating and unrepublican doctrine in
Louisiana. :.
Colored men! recognize your danger, and
manfully determine to avert it!
The twelfth is now dubbed Resolution
ward" because each days edition of the
Democratic papers contains fresh batch of
"whereases" and 'resolves." The latest is
pronunclamento against the Peoples
| ticket. They "denounce" the Independent
movement; they "denounce" any man who
would run for Office in opposition to their
favorite candidates; and. apparently, think
all that is essential to carry tho election is
to vigorously "denounce'' whatever does
not suit them. They may continue to .'de-
nounce" until they find they have got the
great American bounce.
The Democratic feud in St. Landry par
ish, which the State Committee sent special
emissaries from New Orleans to heal, has
broken out again with redoubled fury and
acrimony. Singularly enough, the pretext
for this second split is the expected coming
Of General Nichols and staff to preside
over barbecue. After considerable neg O.
tiation joint committee to receive him,
representing the courthouse and the Variety
Hall parties, reepectively, was selected;
but pyomFtly proceeded to fall out, and
each faction went to work preparing for q
separate barbecue on the same day. By
superior tact or energy, the kobertson- -Esti
lette (courthouse) wing got the best Of the
scrimmage, and drove their enemy from
the field. And this Is no inconsiderable
victory, considering the strength and ad-
vantsges OF their opponents.
The Variety Hall crowd publish q numer.
ously signed and very indignant protest,
but endeavor to get over their discontinue
as smoothly as possible by the following an.
nouncement of patriotic motives:
Two Democratic barbecues on the same
day, and within four miles of each other,
with the dilemma presented to General
Nichols and party Of choosing between the
two parties of the parish, presents q situs-
ton not sought by us. and, to arrest the
possibility of such an unpleasant occur
renee, We at once retire from the field.
1t will DO seen that in st. Landry, as in
Orleans, Webster and half the par
ishes of the State, the Democracy have cast
aside all pretensions to reform or any other
motive in the campaign than possession of
the spoils. While the Democracy is every
where splitting and disuniting in . scramble
for the offices, thef Republicans allow no
interests to detef them from their main
duty of triumphsntly electing the Hayes
and Packard ticket.
No local Independent candidate that we
remember, has created more of . sensation
among the voters than Mr.. John G. Roche,
who claimes that he was cheated ont of q
fairly won nomination on the "What is Iti'
ticket. by supplementary and unfair de-
cisions of the convention chairman. If he
should be elected, ring politics would re.
ceive timely setback.
We have been furnished q copy of the
resolutions on this subject, recently adopted
by the Carrigan Guards, of the eighth
ward, q club which embraces in its folds
majority Of the Democratic voters of the
ward. They read a. follows:
RESOLVED, That the members of the Car
rigan Guards denoupoe the action of the
president of the late Democratic and Con-
servative parish convention, in permitting
wards not interested to vote upon the Roche
and Chastant CASE. :.
Resolved further, That we recognize John
G. -R0che as Sthe regular nominee of the
Democratic and Conservative party, and
ask our friends, of the upper districts to
vote tor him ss the regular nominee.
What has become of the Finnerty ratifi.
cation of the "Whst is, tt" ticket This
interesting performance Of crow eating was
billed to take place sr the st. Charles
Theatre. but was postponed mysteriously.
It Is shame to thus deprive an expectant
public of their little fun.