The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-04-25
THr WARMOTH MOVEMENT.

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ticians who believe he will get the nomi-
nation. and probably prove the strongest
candidate his party can put Forward.
We shall not be surprised II 1t turns out
that Warmoth Is tho representative n
head OF q movement which may prove
more formidable to the best interests Of
Louisiana than a straight Radical or
canization. It Is generally conf
IDENTIFY believed that In n square con
test between the Democratic-C onserva-
tive pnrty on the one hand, and the
Radical bummers, mobs and thieves or
the other. the State will be carried by
the former by u very largo majority.
Warmoth Is u shrcwd politician and
fully realizes this fact no Is not
likely to make o campaign IN which oil
tho chances are against him, and he Is
working with indefatigable industry TO
mako u combination which will draw n
large following from the Democratic
Conservative ranks. We are very much
mistaken IL tho standard OF revolt
SO recently raised in North Louisi-
ana by q gentleman OF some
prominence there. Is not u part
Of n programme to organize n third
party in which Warmoth and other ex-
Fusion Radicals and ambitious ana
DISCONTINUED Democrats are engaged.
Perhaps the third party programme OF
Mr.. Leonard, the Southern Republican
Club Of New Orleans, Pinchback's
recent extremely conservative and re-
markable ~utteranCes, n Warmoth's
letters sent to leading Radicals. In his
interest, all over the State, recommend
ing them to select for their local tickets
some good men in each parish, oil tend
to the same purpose-the disintegration
OF the Democratic Conservative organi-
zation and the absorption Of It's moro
facilo elements into a mongrel or bas-
tard party, tho aim OF which will be to
turn over the offices and patronage OF
the State to its chiefs and leaders.
The situation seems to encourage and
promise success TO such q movement.
The State, impoverished by the admins
trations Of Warmoth and Kellogg, is
filled with hungry Office seekers, many
Of whom are ready to join any party
which will promise to crafty their de-
sires. Reluctant to join tho Radical
party, they hail this specious combina-
ton with JOY as n which gives
them an opportunity TO desert
their colors and their people with
out mourning the odium Of becoming
Radicals. Proligacy in the Government
b,, l,,,,rnIi1aJ ,,,,blin continent md
a disposition. falsely termed conserva-
tive, has grown up which would fain
acQuicsce in all the vileness and corrup-
ton Of tho time rather than make an
aggressive canvass against the enemies
OF the public good. And finally, there
are quiet, timid men, OF that class who
never believe that any evil a be rem
edied honest, conscientious men, con-
servatives Of the class who believe
It better to surrender the cita-
del to any foe that demands
It than to make o flght-who
may be counted on to form a
combination through a process Of com-
promises with all the political iniquities
OF the day to work out tho glory and
prosperity OF the State without a con-
test.
The leaders OF this now movement
have recognized tho existence OF all
these elements, and their purpose 10 to
combine and use them to defeat the
Democratic party; retain the patronage
Of the State In the hands OF the class OF
men who have controlled It for eight
years, and prevent tho establishment OF
those reforms imperatively demanded
by all the honest interests Of the State.
Tho allied forces OF Radicalism,
of~lce-seekers, profigate and weak
Conservatives. are to be rein
forced by Offering some OF the parish
Offices to such good" Democrats as
can be induced to accept service in this
wretched combination for such compen-
sation. These latter are to aid the weak
conservatives in giving character to the
combination, and it is to these the
papers and leaders Of this movement are
to refer, as the good men Of the State
who are acting with them.
There is nothing but shame and ruin
for Louisiana in m success OF such q
movement as this. And luckily its chiefs,
though they have seen the elements for
combination, have not measured them
accurately they are neither so wide
spread nor resolute as is supposed.
Such a combination may do to make a
bluff on, but 1t is not worth a cent for a
fight, and we are going to have a fight
such d fight, too, as will arouse the
hearts Of the people. No third party
will be formed in Louisiana; the
struggle will be between tho Democratic
Conservative party on the one hand, and
the Radicals upon the other. The combi-
nation Of office seekers, ring men, disap-
pointed politicians. and ,milk-and-w water
Conservatives, will be broken up at the
first sound Of the bugles. and Warmoth.