The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-11-19
WHITTIER ARE WE TENDING


State, and which we contemplate with grave
apprehension. There no longer remains o.
doubt that tho leaders of the Citizens Asso-
citation are mastering, organizing and disci-
plining political party which will contest
the supremacy Of the Democracy In Lousi-
ana and New Orleans. Many Of these gem
tlerren may disclaim this object; they may
blind themselves to the inevitable conse-
d,ence Of their course; but none tho less they
are working to an end as clearly obvious as
the sun Ia the midday heavens.
Let ,lB then analyze the theory Of this ex-
'traordinary political departure. Mr. Hayes
dimly contemplated the inauguration of such
q movement throughout the South, when he
entered upon his fraudulent Administration,
His scheme was to tole off from tho ranks Of
the Southern Democrats the old Whig Gle
mont and the most highly conservative
elemetit, md organize them into moderate
Republican or administration party. 1t was
assumed that tho bQndholders and monopo-
fists, with large numbers Of wealthy mer-
Chants, property holders, bankers and plan
ters would constitute the nucleus Of this or
gapization and that the great mass of the me-
groes would compose it's chief voting power.
Such division of parties Mr.. Hayes supposed
would give responsibility and weight to
Republicansm' iii the SoHth,, with voting
power in several of tie States to defeat
the Democrats Such q party would
of course represent, here, as the Repub-
Iican party does In the North, the money
power,a It. would weaken and divide in it's
very stronghold the party of tho people and
the constitution; hnd, that accomplished, the
autocrati6' com bination Of bankers, bond
holders, government contractors and Office
holders may look serenely and confidently
forward to d fill quarter Of q century OF
power s,y..,y..y rsr,,
= This scheme Of The FrapJulent Administers
tion, however, has been so far @ total failure,
An independent candidate Here hnd there
Throughout tho whole broad South has been,
except Ii this State, Ill the fruit 1t has pro-
dueed. But In this city II has assumed more
formidable proportions. The Citizens, Assoc
ciationtparty is just such q party as the
Fraudulent President set Quito organize In
Che South. Now let us see, where this move
ment will carry the State Ii 1t be further
prosecuted. fga.r4tt -. .11.,Aa4H.il#t
IF 1t were possible 10 organize the purity In
tgtrict conformity with the Administration
Scheme outlined above, there might be- q DIFF
ference Of opfhion Between patriotiG men rel
try. But 1t is utterly Impossible, IN the nature
Of things, to organize any such party. The
Citizens Association may, and IL they persist
In pursuing their present 1ihe will certainly
organize thefhselvqs intH afp6IiticaL factidh
composed Of highly respectable citizens. But
whore are they to obtain the. voting strength
to achieve victory Of any consequence
TheNWilk have, lin their own organization,
votes sufficient to, weaken, the Democrats in
New Orleans and imperil an election. But
nothing morn.3 ! jEhey will mot be ,ableito eap7
ture, organize and WELD the negroes as a
Iyoting ngBiush the Democratic MASSES;
unless they %maass, CONCESSIONS ihcpnsisten
with III igs protested principles. 7'S47' ''s
HI Il Nc lateo ennpass they left NO means
nneriggoEo bring to. btheir'9 Support HH1e
Radical vote of :the city! An address waB
issued to tho negro voters; conferences
we're held with the tsadital ledd6ffBB: prop!
ositions wqre4s, pade ahd disctiisgss66d 70
withdraw the Nationalaor Republican Ticket;
and form ticket which aaE elements of
opposition to the Democratic purity Gould
support. But in vaif iHhef scheme Of con1-
bining the negroes and RIepub1icans geheral1y
with the Ctizensin an opposition party Under
the dictatorship of the latter was, is and will
cohtth,tot TO DC i1npracutablG for some yoars
yet, And for this reason: The Radicals num-
Der amongst their leaders in this State many
of the sI,rewdest and abIest politicians in the
Stateal politicians able, ambitious and unscru-
puIous. Men 1ikt Ludeling, Wells, Ahdet-,
son, Smith and Leonard, and we might men
ton fa score OF. others, do not propose to SUR
render the leadership OF bhenegroes into the
hands of the Citizens Or of any other organs
ization. Hd'@&!'2- "'1}'%7t"' III s'zz' t">2E
The stalwart clement Of the National Rep1ub-
lican parity has again assumed its leadership
Hayes has abandoned his scheme Of q con-
servdttye opposition party IN. the South;
Grant IS looming up as the Republican candt-
date IN 1880, with only such bloodyJshirt
statesmen as Conkling and Blaine in the ring
against him. III 1880 the Republican, party IN
Lousiana will be, organized On the most ex 3-'
treme Grant basis, and It VIII have no use for
the leadership or counsel of such men as those
who centrof tho Citizens Assdeation.ccIt will
wait leaders and spokes1ne Oh who can lie, and
steal, and siahder, andcheat; IT will want fts
old chiefs Who are skilled and Experienced IN
all its Ways; twill want ,Warhioth, Kellogg,
Wells, Ludeling, Anderson, Leonard and
their old confederateJ. &'1'hese men will
not retire from the field; they wifi lead
their, parity They will accept the S5votes
of the, Citizens or their Cooperation, as
an auxiliary Association, =" or they: will
applaud another ihdependent 1naoYernent on
the part Of. the Citizens against the Demo
cratic patty as theshighest and noblest mani
festationof wisdom; patriotism and political
coufagte and virtue on record: But Wells,
Anderson "a Co..will not yield the leadership
,f tho ,,aproac to thaETitiyensJ cEfG
What then, must be the. result, If the Citi-
zens remain id the Held as ali Soorganized oppo-
siion to thel DemeeEacy,2 They cannot CAP
ture, the Radical party and its voters but
they can divide the Democratic vote, Hence i
they remain Ia the field, the Radicals will take