The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-10-29
THAT GARD.

The Citizens committee charged with hay
Ing secret negotiations with the Radical lead
ers ut The Custom House, are very careful TO
avoid denying the fact itself, TO wit: The So
cret negotiations with the Radical leaders.
There Is IN emoIlient excuse that the state
rnent as to what occurred then and there is
incorrect In the matter Of details, and Is er
roneous In the inferences drawn. But what
Of that The negotiations proceeded In con-
clave, and their intended secrecy may readily
account for any Incomplete on erroneous state
rnent which may be given to the public.
Does 1t not occur to the Citizens committee
that all negotiations fsecret Or open, but more
especially secret, carried on with the repre-
sentatives Of Radcalism in New Orleans, are
offensive to the public sentiment Of this com
munity2 Does it not occur to the Citizens
committee that these Radicals are common
enemies enemies com mon to all conservative
people Of this city, whether affiliated with the
Democratic Conservative party or any other
conservative association
DO not the Citizens committee know that
there can be no possible alliance, understand
ing or agreement with the Radical faction.
except upon the basis Of Injury to this people
through defent OF tho Democratic -Conser-
vative party?
DO they not know that the Radical leaders
here, acting under the instructions Of Repub-
Iican eonsprntors nt Washington. contem-
plate primarily the defeat Of congressman
Ellis and Gibson, In view Of the possibility Of
the presidential election drifting into the
Federal House of Representations?
It Is q well known faot that the Repub-
liCans In their National disguise, are prepared
TO make nny concessions, any sacrifices In
order to secure the election OF q majority OF
the Congressional delegation. Their whole
movement, including the Red Warrior or
ganization, means nothing eIse has none
other object, than the election of Cullom and
Castellanos and the defeat Of Gibson and
Ellis. The accomplishment Of this design
may not ieopardizo the actual Demo
cratic majority In Congress, but there
s another complication which we must
keep In mind. This we have already sug
gested-it is the necessity for Lelisana
to have u Democratic majority In her Com
gressional delegation. in the event Of the
Presidential election being referred to the
House Of Representatives. Let our people
boar this fuct in mind, and however they may
vote for local candidates let them vote for
Gibson and Ellis.
Tho moral Of all this, we fear, s that O fow
headstrong leaders In The. Citizens movement
nre attempting TO load their organization
into questionable paths; but in this there
| must be % failure. Tho good sense the patrt-
otic motives and the intelligence Of tho I'M
sophisticated masses Of the Citzens' Asso-
citation will revolt against tho unnatural al
lance with our common enemies. simply for
the satisfaction Of defeating or imperiIiug
the cause Of tho Democrntic~Co ~Conser-
vative party. TO this feast they
were not invited. The association
Was formed, not In antagonism to the DEM
| ocratc-C conservative party, but, on tho con-
trary, to come to It's rescue in the matter Of
iniudicous Or improper nominations. Now
tho nttempt is 10 rear q ful plethoric polti-
cal organization to fight the Democrniic-Con-
| servative party itself in deadly conflict
A stop further, the desire to bury that glo-
rious old party prompts an uuholv alliance
with LOUISIANA Kndichlism.
Conservative citizens, pause! VIII you
allow yourselves to be led like the blind to
the decision Of this momentous issue?