New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-08-02

frequent expression among the infiationists.
LOGAN.
Communicated
Suffrage Without Representation.
New ORLEANS July 81, 1876.
EDITOR REPUBLICANS:
l noticed in the proceedings, published
yesterday, of the Baton Rouge convention,
| among the addresses is one delivered by
that indefatigable aspirant for guberna-
torial honors, the Hon. John McEuery.
With his usual gusto, be attacks the
present State government; lauds, in un-
| measured terms, the standard bearer of the
Democracy, General Frank T. Nichols,
and, among other items, after declaring
himself, and pledging the Democratic sup
port, in favor of the protection of the
rights. civil and POLITICAL of the newly en-
franchised negro; recognizing him, in all
respects, the political equal of the white
man, says, in substance: "Ours is q war OF
aggression; we must drive from power,
and out of the State, every csrpet-bagger
and ecallawag, and leave not vestlge of
radicalism remain"
Now, Mr.. McEnery must mean some
thing, and let US see how consistent this
desire on bis part is with his declarations
so tar as the negro and his political rights
are concerned.
He does not make any charges against
the carpet-bagger or scallswsg of dis.
honesty, but simply says they must be.
crushed, presumably because they are car
pet baggers and soallawsgs.
The term scsllswag has been applied
by the Democratic party to all Southern
men following the destiny and fortunes of
the great Republican party and those i'd
vocating and maintaining the equality be-
fore the law of all men irrespective of race
or color. Yet, in the face of all this, no
(Mr. McEnery) now assumes all the respon-
sibility of the ecallawag by his advocacy
SO obnoxious, and brought upon them 60
much opposition from him and his party.
But Mr.. McEnery would drive them from
from the State for doing " hat he and his
compAtriots at Baton Rouge now SO will.
ingly and with go much fervor propose to
do.
How there can be any consistency in con.
demning man for doing in the past what
he lMr. McEnery) and the Democratic
party propose doing in the future is one of
those political problems which Mr.. No
Emery and that great confusion of princi-
pies, the Liberal Conservative Demo cratic
party alone Can explain.
1t may be all the difference in the world
to Mr.. McEnery whose OK is gored, and
acting upon the idea that ito the victors
belong the spoils,,' he would assume the
principles of the scalawag. forgetting in his
desire for power and official honors that
sincere desire for reform and honest gov
ernment can not for one moment fail to &C.
knowledge that honor belongs to whom
honor is due. l fear, though, Mr.. McEnery
and his colleagues, foreseeing the downfall
and utter rout of his former white princi.
pies, is perfectly willing to radicalize him
self in order to purchase the negro vote,
only to enliehten them hereafter as to folly
and ignorance.
The advocacy of the rights of the colored
man in 9 theoretical point of view presents
but very little hope for the negro, and it is
at best all the Baton Rouge convention
offers, disregarding the idea that any large
body of voters must have representation
as . guarantee of good faith, otherwise
they must choose, if it be between two
evils, the least.
That the Republican party has recognize d
the colered man as entitled to representa-
ton, the ticket presented by them is an ex-
ample, and be tween the theory of the Baton
Rouge convention and the practical action
of the St. Charles Theatre convention, the
colored man, and indeed all Republicans,
Can not long waver which course to pursue
in tho coming campaign.
The Republican party can not be divided,
nor can any large number of colored men
be captured by any such course as Mr.. Nc
Emery proposes, but on the contrary, will
serve only to unite them in solid body,
ready to vindicate the principles of the Re-
publican party for four years more in
Louisiana.
At any rate, November will decide, and
no doubt Mr.. McEnery and his latter day
saints will find they must take back seats
and wait until their time comes.