The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-07-06
THE RADICAL TICKET.

the Louisiana Radical State Convention
has ut length delivered itself and
brought forth ticket. The offspring is
worthy OF its paternity; it has all the
characteristics OF its breed:
THE buzzard does not hatch n lark"
And like the infant OF Aaron, the hid
eous Moor, the ticket may smile upon
its parent as II 1t would say
"Old lad. am thine own
The Radical ticket, from top to bot
tom, is a defiance of the people OF Lou
isiana. and an insult to the whole coun-
try which has denounced and CON
demned the policy and leaders OF the
dominant party in this State. Ii IS
broad and insolent declaration that the
purpose Of the Radicals Is to continue
the reign OF Grantism and kelloggism
in this State, or go under in the fight.
There is to be no reform II this ticket is
elected: its success will mean that the
intelligence and virtue of the State are to
be still longer prescribed, and that the
people are still to be plundered for the
benefit of scallawags, carpet-baggers
and negro politicians.
| A man more loathsome to the people
of Louisiana than s. b. Packard, the
head Of the ticket, could not have been
found i'm the ranks OF wicked and
profigate organization. 1t Is said that
he Is personally honest; that In all the
time Of his power in Louisiana he has
stolen nothing. Grant that this is true,
what does 1t amount to? Robbers are
not the worst enemies Of society. An ELL
cient police. an honest judiciary and Sc
cure prisons, can protect society against
thieves. It is not the thieving OF car
pet-baggers that has ruined Louisiana.
It is true they have stolen upwards Of q
hundred and fifty millions OF dollars
from our people; but FIVE years OF hon
est and efficient government will restore
the beauty Of the waste places ana
make this once more rich and pros
porous State. If Packard were mere
political thief, like most OF his par
tisans, we might feel less repugnance to
him. He Is hated by the people OF Louis
| lana because he Is the most bitter, mal1g-
nant and INSCRIPTIONS enemy they have
had throughout the long and shameful'
era of reconstruction. 1t is he who has
kept all the machinery of Federal tyran-
ny and outrage in operation IN this State.
1t is he who sent out his emissarles 10
hunt down our citizens In Grant parish,
and to drive them TO the woods, or
handcuff, insult and imprison them
in North Louisiana. The Packards,
tho DeTrobriands. the Phil Sheri-
dams and the Dog Merrills have
been far more terrible enemies OF
this State than the sneak thieves such
as the Dibbles, the Soaers, the Davises,
the Webers, the Levissees and the
Deweeses.
Every act of Packard's since he has
been in authority here shows that he Is
the cold blooded, cowardly. and, there
fore, vindictive enemy Of this people,
and yet he has the audacity to aspire to
the Governorship of the State. Does
this man propose IL elected to be the
Governor or the Master Of Louisiana
Let his record answer the question.
But is it true that Packard is person
ally an honest man? Nay; even that
praise cannot be accorded him. II he
has not pocketed the plumber, as did
Warmoth and Kellogg, he has been the
organizer of the plunderers, and has
supported them in all their schemes OF
pillage. He has been the power which
enabled every Radical thief in Louisi-
ana, from parish constable to the
Governor, to rob our towns, parishes
and State. When the American Ambas-
sador complained to the King Of Tripoli
Of the depredations OF his piratical
navy upon American merchants, the
King smilingly replied: my dear sir,
do you not know that my people are a
band Of robbers, and that | am their
chief?" We doubt if the King ever
shared in the booty. of his pirates,
nevertheless he was the biggest thief
in the gang. What other reply
could s. b. Packard truthfully make to
a complaint against the robbers who
compose his party? They are band OF
robbers and he is their chief.
Poor little Antoine, the candidate for
reelection to the office or Lieutenant
Governor, is a better and truer man
than Packard. No one can censure him
for his aspirations; he is an intelligent
and, we believe, good-natured little
negro, who is proud OF the position he
holds as q representative of his race.
We doubt if his hands are clean; but
nineteen-twentieths of the white men
in his party in his place would have
plundered to ten times the amount that
he has. A rather ordinary negro, with
the weaknesses Of his race and sur
rounded by the vilest and most corrupt
ing influence, he deserves much credit
for being no more corrupt than he is.
The nomination of the negro w. G..
Brown for reelection to the office Of
Superintendent of Public Education
gives us an assurance that the public