The Donaldsonville chief., 1876-10-07
DIR GLORIOUS CAMPAIGN.


small, are teeming with misrepresen-
tations respecting the Republican
canvass and belittling the proportions
and character of the mass meetings
held throughout the State, it is re-
freshing to find one journal--and a
leading one-with candor enough to
acknowledge and speak the truth,
though distressingly ominous to the
prospects of it's own party. From an
editorial article in the New Orleans
Bulletin of September %, under the
CAPTION of Packard's Campaign"
we make the following extract:
1t seems to us that latterly The Democrats
have been indulging over much in confident
but rather general and vague assertion 1t
is high time that we were getting down to
particular facts and the stricter accuracy ot
tigrres There can be no doubt that the Re
publicans have inaugurated, and are carry
ing out with unwonted energy, popular
campaign upon scale they have never hith-
erto attempted. 1t is not to be supposed
that they Would have persisted for so long a
time in such a canvass had they met with
no encouragement whatever. They certainly
| have no lack of able speakers, and these are
addressing public gatherings in every regiou
| of the State however remote and maccessl-
| bic. Our information, and 1T is derived di-
| rect from the most reliable sources, Is that
they are gathering large meetings wherever
| they appear, and are greeted with no lncon-
siderable enthusiasm. These facts are quite
| rs important, quite as worthy OF consldeFa-
| ton in forecasting the final result, are the
accounts we receive daily of the tumuituous
| emotion the country darkies display at the
| Democratic barbecues. The barbecue en-
thusias,n of negro is as deceptive, as false
and illusory as loves young dream. We
have pinned our faith to it before, and had
| it to prove but as the mirage in the desert.
We commend the above exhibition
| of frankness to Mr.. Conservative,
| the yeracious Ascension correspond
ent of the BGEletin, who declared his
determination of making only faith
| ful REPRESENTATIONS and Immediately Y
after said that Mr.. Packard and party
addressed "abont colored
vote,s y at the Donaldsouville Court
House. =" Conservative is but IL type
of the genus correspondent infesting
all parts of Louisiana and daily pa
rading in the public prints ridiculous
exaggerations and misstatemelts rel
ative to the campaign aud to Repub
licans individually and as party
Every Democratic assemblage, how
ever small, is magnified into a CRANE
outpouring of hundreds and thousand
of people; while upon the other llant
every Republican meeting, howeve
large, dwindles down TO "about
seventy 1--we colored voters" or such
a matter, women, children aud Dem
ocrats generally forming the bulk o
the audience.
We have the satisfaction of know
ing, however, that these campaign
SANDERS gain no votes and that tn
vigorous canvass on paper' whicl
our opponents are conducting is not
truthful reflex of what is transpirini
among the people in the various part
of the State. The Bulletin has bu
confessed the truth. Our speaker
are gathering large meetings where
ever they appear, and are greete,
with enthusiasm. The Republica
campaign is one of unwonted energy
and it is one which is drawing to Ou
standard not only the solid Repub
lican vote but that of large elemen
which has heretofore affiliated wit
Democracy. We have organized q glo
rious fight and we are fighting to win