New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1878-09-21

senGs them IN Ghem0st utter fashion.
We learn that this year, Governor
Alcorn, who is both an able and
popular man, expressed his willing
ness to run if he could receive any
encouragement from the Republican
National Committee. Unfortunately
for such a desired result as member
of Congress from Mississippi, the
"solid South" for the purpose of
securing a "solid North y policy,
prevailed in the Committee; the re-
quest of Governor Alcorn received
negative response, and. SO far,
there is little prospect of a canvass.
We only cite this instance as sam
pie of many others.
Since the result of the election in
Maine has been made known-a re-
suit which has decapitated the Chair
man of the National Committee him.
self, we have INDUCED the hope that
a more sensible policy may yet be
adopted and an effort made to defeat
some Of the worst elements of De-
mocracy to be found in the Union.
In Louisiana there is a better
prospect. In two districts already,
strong candidates have appeared,
whom nothing but outright fraud can
defeat. We allude to the Fourth and
Fifth Districts. In the former that
sterling, answering old war horse
the lifelong foe of the sham Democ-
racy, lex Governor Wells, has buckled
on his harness; determined to win
or die. At first he announced him
self as an independent candidate,
thus mourning singly all the risk and
expense of defeating the Bourbons.
Lately, however, he has received the
enthusiastic nomination of the Re-
publican party, and has chance
almost amounting to certainty to
come out with success unless he is
cheated out of his election.
The Republicans of the Fifth Dis
trict have nominated Hon. John I.
Ludeling lately, and still, if every
body had his rights, Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court of the State.
Judge Ludeling is one of the ablest
men in the State-the equal of the
ablest men in any State, and his
election to Congress would reflect al,
honor upon Louisiana not to be
achieved by the success of any man
the Democrats can find in the Fifth
District to run against him. His
fidelity to his party; his strict ad-
herence to the law and the rules of
jurisprudence of Louisiana, while
on the Supreme bench, naturally
aroused against him the envy and
spite of little men, who assailed him
in every possible manner. This vim
dictive spirit was not confined to the
ordinary channels of warfare, but
must be carried even into the sup
posed sacred precincts of the SUI
preme Court of the United States.
Our readers are familiar with the
indecent Obiter dicta, which one of
the solemn old fossils who wears the
robes of a Marshall or Mclean was
induced, at the instance of one of the
attorneys, himself bitterly opposed
to Judge Ludeling, politically, in o
certain decision rendered in one of
the cases which came up from Lou
isiana, to incorporate into his opin-
ion. But they are not so familiar
with the more creditable fact that
upon consideration the full bench of
Supreme Judges ordered the often
sive language copied from the law
yers brief to be stricken out. Our
amiablel Democratic papers have not
thought it worth while to inform
their readers that the Judicial libel
against Judge Ludeling found no
place in 0ttO's reports, and that an
implied censure was passed. upon his
traducers. It is not the province Of
fanatical Democratic journal to
deal in anything 50 prosy as doing
Justice to worthy Republican, an
able judge, a true patriot. q
thoroughly good man.
Judge Ludeling will, no doubt, be
elected by a large majority, and may
yet, if he thinks proper. move a
resolution Of inquiry into the con.
duct Of an Associate Justice Of the
United States Supreme Court who
had the weakness to allow an i'm.
proper person to write his opinion
for him in an important case. HI
lives in district overwhelmingly
Republicanj viii command the full
strength Of his party and is sure t.
be elected. Whether he will b
counted IN or not remains to Be seen
III the Sixth District, no Repub
lican candidate has yet been an.
Ia "a 4. Il n y.