New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-10-22


Warmoth, who was received with cheers.
Governor Warmoth said he congratulated
all on the peace and good order that had
characterized this exciting campaign in
New Orleans. 1t was strange that at such
time, with attempts to divide and antag.
onize the two races, in q city subject to
such feverish excitement, such kindness
and good will should characterize the dis.
position of both parties to each other. Both
Republican and Democrat are to be congrat.
ulsted on the good order, good feeling and
good will that has seemed to prevail dur
ing this lingering campaign in the city. But
it is q matter of regret for both parties that
the same is not true of the whole
State-regret not merely as Repub-
Lcans, but as citizens. For one of
the primary questions now is whether
we are to have an election at all OF not.
If it appears that an election is not peace
able, that respect was not paid to every
mans right Of opinion and liberty of ex.
preston, il it eliminates in violence, or
Is carried by organized cajolery, bullying or
intimidition, such an election can not be
the election our fathers intended. Such
order as is maintained in New Orleans
alone can cause proper expression Of the
popular will.
fhave not been among you during this
campaign, but have heard from both Re-
publicans and Democrats how in many
parishes efforts are made to curtail the
liberty of opinion and deprive q certain
class of the expression of it at the ballot
box. l hope that before the election
both parties will combine to ensure
in every ward and parish full, Tree
and fair expression at the polls.
Knowing the people, as 1 do, 1 believe
that on the day of election all bitter
nosa wi11 hauo noaaa6 awov on1 fh "a
right of opinion in peace and quiet will be
guaranteed to every man in the State. The
momentous questions before us to-day are
the reconstruction of the Southern States
and the administration of the government
for the next four years. 1t is q eingular
fact that on these points the principles
agreed on at Cincinnati and st. Louis are
almost essentially the same. There is no
serious difference between the platforms.
On finance there are differences of detail,
but on the cardinal points none.
When we remember that the Cincinnati
platform is the same as that of Chicago of
1861, repeated at Baltimore in 1864, in Chi
cago in 1868, and Philadelphia in l872-all
identical, in almost the same language-and
that the Democratic party has by one step
at time at least crawled onto that plat
form, we may congratulate ourselves that
we have been right for sixteen years.
Al 1OOA ~ OoWVCI0t WOUU u8V0 0&E00U
with you in your construction of the declar-
alton of Independence. Every one insisted
this was white mans government alone.
In 1864 the Democratic party declared the
same political principle. In 1868 the same,
but more and worse than that, and through
the letter of its candidate for Vice Presi-
dent, Frank P. Blair, that these govern
ments established, where white and black
voted alike, should be destroyed. Only in
1872 they first got on . Republican plat.
form, and gave to two Republicans, Greeley
and Brown, their solid vote. By 1876 they
may have forgotten all their follies and
come on the right side.
In 1872 there was q difference between
me and the Republican party, but it was
only that wanted to vote for one Repub-
lican and they for another. Horace Gree
ley was born q Republican-conduct0r on
the underground railroad, abused the DEM
ocrats worse than Christ abused the devil,
vet the Democrats were 80 educated in the
schools and forum that every devil crawled
on the Republican platform and voted for
q Republican. Why are not the principles
of the Democratic party the Same to-day :
Ingersol says the Democratic party bears
the same relation to the penitentiary that
q Sunday school does to o church. They
have the same platform but q different man
on it.
In 1872 they nominated Republican
Lieutenant Governor and Q negro Secretary
of State. Yet, two years after, at Baton
Rouge, they resolved it was Q white
mans party, and that NO carpet-bagger
negro or scalAwag should hold Office
In 1872 they voted for Uncle Sammy