New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-09-24
POLITICAL NOTES.

l fOAxxxCAL NOAGSs
In certain criees it behooves the non-par
tisan to retire to his study and reflect upoI
what is the best attainable good. This ide:
applies, too, directly to Republicans where
as psrtisans, their success is uncertain.
The facts are: l. A united Democracy vii
put into the Offices of government any crea
tures Of their nominating convention.
The Republicans have no possible chanc,
of electing ticket placed in the field unde
the sole auspices Of their party. 3. Tn,
present Democratic nominating convention
is compound of fraud and chincanery
and has no right to exist, because it i
without an uncontested quorum of mem
bers.
| From such dishonesty can honesty b,
born! Does any honest non-partisan be
heve an untrammeled, unpledged parish
and city government can come out O
such trading, bartering, knavery and fals,
swearing as now leave their imprint a
every step Of local Democratic politics9
The Republicans pay their taxes and ar,
interested in the faithful expenditure O
them. If they can not have an honest anG
efficient government of Republicans. lei
them take pains to secure an honest and
efficient government at any cost ct direc
party pride.
We are at the point where honest mer
are at a premium. The people will nc
longer take the stamp of Democracy as 8
| guarantee of integrity; and, what is more
if man is called knave simply because
he is Republican, they ask for proofs,
The Democratic New York Express de
clares tina, the New Orleans REPUBLIcAs
| is filed with announcements Of property
! sales by our Democratic sheriff. and the
people OF Louisiana groan under this i'm
poverishment." And the Picayune prompt
| ly proceeds to grosn-at the reminder thai
these advertisements are not in its owl
columns. Never mind, neighbor, when thu
reform party gets full control, you shall
have q chance to assist in selling out th,
recalcitrant taxpayers. But lay in Ions
| stock of patience.
high compliment was paid at Indian
| aDolis to the Union Veterans Association
of Louisiana. The latter adopted, il
August last, a preamble and resolutions
declaratory Of their loyalty in the new con
tiict for the preservation Of the Union, and
their determined opposition to Tammany
rule as embodied in the nomination of Til
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platform Of principles by the Union sol
diers and sailors in mass convention as
sembled.
Should the nominees of the parish cor
vention not prove satisfactory, the Pcoyuat
broadly intimates that it will not support
them. 1t is opposed to the formation Of a
third party in this parish, but our opposi
tion is not altogether unqualified" On the
other hand, number of the delegates who
are threatened with rejection, and who are
not clad in silks and fine raiment, and whose
hands are hardened with toll, but wnom
the populace have selected to represent
them, declare that they will not support a
ticket conceived in such gross outrage upon
popular rights.
Here are two horns to the existing Dem
ocratic dilemma, both Of which the conven.
tion wirepullers will hardly succeed in
grasping and controlling. The eplit will
tend, however, to the selection Of good men
by both factions, SO the average citizen and
taxpayer has cause for satisfaction at the
I;uooronr<pnor< IF bo
The Democrats Madison parish CORE
spondent and recruit, Bill Murrell, is trying
to sneak back into the Republican party.
The Democracy promised him nomination
on their legislative ticket, but finding that
he had no following except in his mind,
they incontinently kicked him overheard
Bill is played ont in Madison, and will have
to skip to pastures new.
Some good man ought to be promoted to
the captaincy Of the Madison militia com
pany-if that organization still exists-be-
fore William departs.
The Shreveport Times, following the ex-
ample of the Mansfield and Bossier Demo
cratic press, announces that this thing of
gratuitously advertising candidates is op-
posed to it's ideas Of sound finance. On the
seventeenth it announces that in it's next
issue the ticket will appear in regular form,
and thereafter "the names of those candi-
dates who fail to pay will be taken out" AS a
large part of the Democratic ticket is made
up from this parish, we insert this caution
ary notice in the most friendly spirit-and
don't charge nickel.
We enter protest against any possible
disappearance Of the naturalization records
Of the Second District Court The recent
exposures in the REPUBLICAN have produced
naturally feeling of alarm, but Mr.. Pace
must see to the keeping of these DEGREES
of the court, ,chether signed or not, if he
would maintain himself clear.
Surely the world moves, and enlighten-
ment is penetrating even the Democratic
mind. Says the Alexandria Democrat:
The Radicals have chosen w. M. Bur
well, q gentleman and scholar, to fill
Warmoth's vacancy in the first congression-
al district. We are at loss to divine
cause in Mr.. Burwell's part which should
cause him, at his advanced sge, to be made
q target for Radical sacrifice. But there is
10 telling what day in the politics of
Louisiana will bring forth.
Mr.. Burwell is admitted to be Repub.
licsn and "a gentleman and a scholar"
Well, well.
Religious Notice.
Mr. Hartzell will discuss the subject