The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-31
THEIR SCHEMES.

cculu easily cdTTY. III mas Deen really
pitiable to see them going around beg
ging for something to stand on. They
thought at first the great issue would be
money-hard or soft-but. unfortunate
ly, this easy issue faded away, early In
the canvass; then 1t was religion and
our public Schools" but this old Know
Nothing cry fell stillborn, and was never
heard out OF New England For time
the Radical party was thus left without
any issue save the Offices. until Morton
and Fitzpatrick struck the true note OF
the Radical canvass, "a bloody-shirt
campaign with plenty of money"
Our local Radicals ore in much the
same predicament. They are timid,
waiting, ,expectant-w watching the course
OF events with q doubtful eye; MS uncer-
tain OF their future course as the plat
form makers Of Cincinnati Packard
wanted nice. quiet, domestic issue,
" rice;" but the action of the Radical
Senate on that Hawaiian treaty has eY-
fectually spoilt his plank, and he and
his party will have probably to fall back,
like their brethren of the North, on
that old bloody-shirt so often waved,
yet never waved in vain.
But what they speak and what they
say have little interest for us; the great
question is, to us, by what means do
they hope to supply their want of votes,
to overcome our promised majority.
Do they look for troops, arrests, pros
ecutions and imprisonment Of our lead
ing citizens, do they hope, like War
moth, for negro soldiers to incite race
prejudice, riot and tumult, for cavalry
to scour the country, far and wide, with
q Merrill at their head, and assure the
doubtful polls2 Or do they trust in a
war OF races with all its horrors, OF
white against black, slaughterng each
other to perpetuate gang Of thieves in
officeP Or Is it to be registration q In
Warmoth such registration as will
give Now Orleans negro majority and
carry the State for them without sol
dier or o fight? Or, lastly, are they going
to let the campaign go by default, save
their money, their whisky and their
wind, and fall back on that old Return
ing Board-their hope, their stay, their
salvation-tha deties votes and laughs
at majorities as weak joke? Which
OF these schemes have they chosen for
this campaign? :?
Honestly, we believe. they have not
yet decided. They hesitate, like duel.
ist, which Of these weapons, at all Of
which they are 80 skillful, they shall
choose. They have postponed almost
all their nominations until Novemb Der !:
their canvass is weak, desuItory and un-
certain; their conduct waveriug and
doubtful-they are waiting for chance
to point out to them the weapon they
shall use against us.
There are objections, and serious OBJ
jections, to all OF them. AS for troops,
the Enforcement Lew Is unconstitu
tioDal, so says the Supreme Court OF the
U lited States. though our Radical eoun
try papers have not found 1t out yet,
and quote from it AS law; as for the war
OF races they have so often threatened,
that can only occur in districts over
whelmingly negro and Republican; for
our people are determined on peace and
quiet, peace, though it is to be obtained
only Dj OF armis and as for that famous
old Returning Board 1t is not in very
good odor up North just now. 1t turned
out too large % Democratic majority In
Congressman one Mr.. Wheeler, can
didate for Vice President on the Repub-
lican ticket. has already expressed an
opinion by no means favorable or COM
plimentary, Of 1t and its workings.
There remains only registration, the
the most promising weapon just now for
assassinating poor Louisiana: yet even
registration has this disadvantages that
many Of the negroes have become Dem
ocratic, and the doubly registered me-
groes may vote two Democratic instead
Of two Radical tickets.
AS the weeks roll by and their cause
grows more desperate we shall proba-
bly, see them essay every one OF these
many weapons; first, their registration !:
IL that fail, IL their frauds be unmasked,
ouSiA iCPchbCt5 plcSSchtDd, thCb
trickery made clear, then will there be
an end Of fraudulent registration and
we shall hear Of riots, White League
massacres and bulldozers, slaughtering
inoffensive negroes; II these do not be-
get the troops they sigh 50 for, IL fraudu-
lent registration and dead negroes bring
forth no votes, IL they have no other re-
source, then, and then only, will they
dig up again from the grave where it
now rots their Returning Board-dreg
Tom Anderson and Mat Wells out again
from their holes to go over once again
the infamy that has given them fame
over the whole Union.
Such are their cherished hopes; yet
every one OF these pleasing visions now
fitting before their eyes, can and must
be crushed An ever watchful eye will
save us from that promised registration,
we can have peace IL we insist on it,;
n1 fn al Daf, inc YI II