New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-07-28
THE LAST DITcHERs DITCHED.

| the White Leaguers dissoived-the White
! Liners blackballed Never has there been
such an unexpected uprising Of the men
whose safety of person and property were
so palpably at stake as on the nomination
at Baton Rouge of Governor, who zen
ters public life for the frs. time, and
who processes doctrine perfectly repub-
| ican
Assuming that these professions are
| sincere and that they will stand the wear
| and warp of a Louisiana campaign, we
ask the public abroad to note this
extraordinary defeat Of the Cou-
shatta Democracy by business in
terventlon. These last ditchs-s laid
out the campaign. They wished the race
of 1872 run over again, with the same
White League entries. They took the
| lead and held il. A violent attack was
made upon one competitor because he
recognized the validity of that election,
| by taking his commission from its official
authorities His zeal for the revolution
of September was questioned, because he
did not throw the whole moral power of
the Common Council into the movement.
A system OF bullying was adopted in re-
gard to all who manifested conservative
! tendencies. The press was preoccupied
with the proclamation that the White
League and Coushatta Democracy were
prominent and dominant and no mod
crate candidate was anywhere.
The yesterdays headings Of the Pic1yune
indicate the bluff Of the Leaguers, but the
body Of the dispatch shows the usual and
utter discrepancy between promise and
result
Wilt goes into the battle with li7; Nc
Emery CLAIMS l00 the Nichols enthusiasm
slightly aba.ed
The third ballot demonstrated the su-
perior strength of Nichols, the White
Leaguers surrendered to him, and their
defeat was recognized by acclammation.
We find indications that the business
men of New Orleans have taken hand in
this "White League Stop" The Demo-
era. took the alarm. It had been very
indignant last winter when sixty odd bust
ness houses protested against the impeach-
ment Of Governor Kellogg, and reflected
severely upon the want Of patriotism in
those who could at such an hour prefer
the sordid sale of goods to street fight
and revolution. 1t opens its indignant
eyes at the possibility tina. these audacious
sharpshooters should continue to inter-
fere with the projects Of the gentlemen
of Louisiana. Under the head Money
in politics the organ says:
We are loath to believe that our CORE
spondent At Baton Rouge was correct in
his statement that the Cotton Exchange of
this city had telegraphsd 70 their friends az
the convention urging the nomination Of
General Nichols, ana coupling with this
advice the promise that, in the event OF his
nomination, they would furnish campaign
fund for the coming election.
The White Leaguers had educated the
ward hummer up to the standard of a
volunteer soldier ready to turn out armed
and equipped at the tap OF the bell. The
latest ward elections alarmed the business
men, who dread the lawless element. The
Tines perceives that the Baton Rouge
convention has awakened ''tLe business
men to a sense Of the necessity for their
taking some interest in politics.
We may congratulate the country upon
the success OF this White League Stop by
the business men Of louisiana. If the
record of Mr.. Nichols holds good, he
will vindicate the courage and integrity
which he processes in the extract quoted
from his speech. he will guarantee
right to all classes. Then an immigrant
or colored Republican may walk the
streets and 60 to the polls Of CoUshatta
with safety. He is trammeIed by no set
or clique. Then must the White Leaguers
wait in the ante chamber. He will en-
force law without regard to race, color or
previous condition. Then let the regu-
lators Of Clinton, where the suspected
murderer dies by the cord and the muir
dered man may attend the funeral, look
out. He will give office to no man simply
because Of support given him (Mr.
Nlcholls). Then those competitors who
made his nomination unanimous have no
claims upon him for that reason. He will
do his duty, and make others do their
duty. He would appoint none to Office
except those who had avoided, not sought
nomination. He would have square
and peaceable election.
= We may imagine how the crest feathers
of those who had failed to defeat the
nomination Of Mr.. Nichols and then
unanimously determined to come in and
run his administration for him wilted at
such declaration. There has been
like this shock to sycophants
since the dissolute companion of Prince
Hal was rebuked in his pretenses to EN-.
ploy the patronage OF the crown under
King Henry Ii, under the election of
MIR Nichols, there is to be no intimida- |
ton. assassination or mutation for poIit-
lcal noncontormlay, no p-estimos levied
upon bankers and dry goods men, no sine
cure Offices assigned upon which gentle
men can subsist, and 10 armed bummers
allowed to clean ont an obnoxious admin
stration, we should Like to know in what |
he White Leaguers can interest them
selves in this campaign. The Coushatta
mill ka~r;l,le Aos1