The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-05-12
PUBLIC OPINION.

If YOU are for Tiden. cay so If ven
are not for Tilden. say SO. but II you are
for him and are afraid TO say it. come
out TO Kentucky. where you'll find u
hundred and fifty thousand Democrats
ready to back him against the field.
They'll put little courage In you.
louisville Courier-Journal Dem.l
Grant quotes tho example Of his pre-
decessora in office TO Justify his absentee
lam. It's pity he doesn't try to imi.
tate some. Of their sterner virtues. -
Boston Post iDem)
The following resolution ought to be
adopted by the National Democratic
Convention that is to meet in st. Louis
on the 2lst day Of juno next
Resolved. That the candidates who
shall receive majority of the votes Of
this convention shall be declared to be
the nominees Of the Democratic party
for President and Vice President OF the
United States [Omaha Herald CDem.D
The average Arkansas Republican has
so much blood to spare that you can tap
him in dozen places and he won't die .
but IL you steal his demiohn you rob
him of his vital fluid and that Is fatal
brooklyn Argus Dem.)
An honest man IL necessary. Of course .
but there il some danger that the very
urgency with which honesty is insisted
friends OF reform. Honesty liz not
enough. There must be behind It. the
energy and skill to mako 1t effective If
wo elect next November n man who Is
only honest, tho condition Of public
affairs will DO little better than 1t il now.
The demand of the time Is for an honest
man with head. IN. Y. Post tRepl
For its own part. tho Rcpnbhcdn will
be delighted 20 sec Cincinnati and st.
Louis put out tickets of such equal eS-
Coleuce in reform quality and promise
that good citizens shall be fairly puzzled
to choose. They have had often enough
TO choose between two evils. and have
found the choice perplexing enough. A
choice Of the other sort will be a pleas
ant change. There IL increasing reason.
we are glad TO say. to be getting ready
for IT, springfield Republican lIndl
Senator Anthony reflected severely.
but not Intentionally. Of course. on his
own party when he said. while condemn
ing Investigations. that witnesses were
discharged employees. broken down
contractors, Illicit distilora and disap-
pointed Office seekers. The penitnnii
AIRY and mad-house had given up their
dead in this general resurrection of false
swearing and perjury That IS the
kind or timber I,adicalsin H. Louis
Vile Courier-Jourpal Demo
Blaine and Bristow seems to be n very
popular ticket in some quarters nota-
bly, in Pennsylvania and parts Of this
State. A good many Republicans begin
10 believe they want both these gentle
men, Buffalo Express Rep.)
Senator Thurman has one chance for
the st. Louis nomination. and that de
ponds upon taking his own State into
tho convention. But Ohio has a sad way
of Strengthening her fayorite sons, and
the butcher knives for the slaughter of
Thurman are being whetted on his un-
clc's shin bone. Cincinnati CONNER
cial Indl
was not a symbol of freedom to the
Southern people. II was the sign and
token Of social disorder. . violated Con
stitution, robbery and plumber. In its
name crimes were committed. IL bad
no charms for those who were girded
with chains. II was moclsery OF free
dom when II protected the bayonots ut
the throats of the people. But time has
produced n change. Fitzhugh Lee
marched under the flag last year, and
commemorated the spot where Warren
fell, and henceforth the Fourth OF July
will be national holiday in the South
We hope Tennessee will take the lead in
this patriotic movement w. Memphis
Appeal dem,
The message OF President Grant in
reply to the call of the House Is n
strange specimen Of petifoggcry. To
leave game Of croquet at Long Branch
lust long enough to sign a prepared
order that places free citizens in an en-
tire State under stern military rule, is
not what makes people think that Grant
resembles Washington. Boston Post
DOM
Yesterday indianapolis was controlled
Ivy negroes. There are some two
thousand negro voters in the city, aud,
on an average, they vote three times |
apiece. They went in cavalcades. whoop- |
ing and bowling. They carried their
bludgeons, their razors and their pistols |
to the polls 1t is safe to say that at
least four thousand fraudulent negro
votes were rolled, while a thousand or
more Democrats were kept from the
polls by the rioting negroes. Indiana
polls Sentinel ,Dem.1
We would lay fast hold Of New York,
New Jersey, Connecticut, Oregon and |
California, and say to the Democracy of
those States name the man you want
and he shall he our choice. Concede |
New York to the enemy, and Connect
cut and New Jersey keep her company,
and despair end the contest at once
( Richmond Wing DEM
The man who is hardest to find is the |
one who has an office" particularly if
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