The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-27
cor. yACE WHARTON TO THE FRONT.


The Bulletin Of Thnrsdsy favorss its
\ resl lfs with long Dhtsr( Pw with ol.
JsSk WhartnA the ehef Sbject Of VI ch
ITO prese6E scthe public PM auth{ tic
Iexpositiouo of thu pf>sent political 6tti'-
tudes Of Gov. Warmoth and Col. EfIing-
ham Lawrence, and OF himself. The
able Colonel, who 10 one OF tho bcst talk,
efs In this State, occupies'A d politicAl po.
sition whici dsmsnds~ the cxorcise OF
all his lwonderfuli ingenuity and tplausis
bihty to qualify him for the thsk he has
assumed. "As a friend and adviser OF
Kellogg, and . prominent Office holder
under him. 1t would appear to all un-
sophisticated minds that bis political
antagopism to Warmoth was ofthe most
decisive sort . The latter, It ID we'll
Iknowb, proclaimed himself before nDd
after his ,entrancs into the ~. Charles
Convention an inhexible adversary Of
Kellogg. In case he had been nomi-
mated for the governotship, or as q can
didate for any State Office. he declared
his purpose to can nvass the State with
Gen. Sheridan, and to denounce Kel-r
logg's administration as n corrupt and
incotnpetent one, whose imbecility had
been oonspicuously displayed In Its
failure to enforce the laws and protect
the oolored people in their equal rights.
Secondly, Warmoth, In the same Ut.
Charles Theatre Convention, denounced
Packard for his abuse of tho Federal
power and bayonets In controlling the
conventions Of the party, and for perse'
cutting Warmoth and his friends. For
like reasons he avowed his bitter hos
tility to Grant, who for years past had
held him (Warmoth, down with
mailed hand. .
1t does not appear that these terrible
wrongs, misdeeds and shortcomings OF
Kellogg and Packard, in the view Of
Warmoth, have ever been atoned for, or
that the still greater villainies, of which
| Warmoth and Col Wharton were promi-
nent victims, in 1872. by which Kel-
logg q usurpation was established, with
the aid Of Packard and Grants tbayo-
nets, have ever been forgiven or for.
gotten by either Warmoth or Wharton,
aud yet these gentlemen, according to
Col. W., are now willing to fall into the
ranks Of tho followers or subalterns' OF
the army led by these usurpers, op-
pressors and prosecutors Of themselves
and thdk friends and associates. and
| upon such frivolous pretexts as those
assigned by Col Wharton, to wit;
/. That some hasty and excited para
graphist published In one OF our news
papers a suggestion that the old and
long abolished system OF star cars be
restored; whereat Wafmoth "shot off
his mouth" In card In which he called
on certain Democratic chiefs to come
out and proclaim their opposition to
the idle and impotent proposition. The
said chiefs were not so eager to see
themselves In print, or to imagine that
the public had any interest in the ques-
ton or In their opinions thereanent,
and they did not respond. iJt Ijefs
2. The convention ut Baton Rouge In
1874, aggravated by the extreme and
violent course Of the Radicals In en-
eouraging the colored people to organ
ize on the color line and inducing them
to reject all proffers OF cooperation with
the honest white people Of the State,
inserted the word white" into their
platform.
4 No one understands this better than
Warmoth and Wharton. But they had
not the same patience and forgiving
spirit for their Democratic allies and
confederates of 1879 which they have
shown to the usurpers and oppressors-
with whom they hastened to make their
recent alliance at the st. Charles Thea
tire. without asking, certainly without
receiving, any restraint or atonement
for the foul wrongs and misdeeds they
had perpetrated on Warmoth, Whar-
ton ct ais. .ae .r'tJt
They had been kicked, cuffed and spit
upon by Packard. Kellogg, etc., and yet
could forget and forgive 1t all rather
han remain any longer In party which
had committed the foul wrong OF per-
mitting newspaper, paragraphist TO
throw out the suggestion OF return to
star cars; and popular convention,
literally forced into a defensive position,
to insert the word white" Ia fact in
their platform, though adopting In the
fullest phrase their recognition OF the
equal. civil and political rights OF all
citizens, without distinction OF race,
color or previous condition. 7e, r{
4 Now see how the facts expose the In
I consistency and illogicality OF these
impetuous politicians; II gat bn.
The star car suggestion was never
4 needed by anybody. Itfell still born, or
eyaporated in the gas which produced
} it. And the Democratic Convention
which met at Baton Rouge in July last
emphatically in the platform OF 1874
reaffirmed the principles and ideas anc
} the Identical platform OF 1872. 1t die
more, it nominated for Governor
gentleman who had never given the
slightest countenance to any alterations
b rf tho namocr;,tic nartV-- ..s.-. ~ i rr|