The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-27
FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR.

senator Ia the Congress Of tho United States
lIa II fprty-aeven years of nEe. and. IN th'
fpfiina ~ life retains unnpnlreh tbs rntlHt
nealth and vigorous manhood II hE youth
tho phyaicaI etrength necessary to eneta'f
tho laliors Of faithful. dillgent and yiglIan
senator
lila wife and numerous Chlidrcnarn lntlisi
unions. whose intorceta anil aneclans II,
linked with tho fortunes. good on bad q
Louisiana. His father Henry q MeEnery
! was brave and intellectual ltiah gentleman
1 who emIarated to America aud married II
Virginia. John MeEnory IL q Souiherner ~
birth and education, and waa one of tho frat
to pnter the field IN defense oF the Southern
nnuse IN the late Interstate war, and
his title Of lieutenant COLONEL and his
honorable scars affect that no I'D hla men ~
| tho midst of hsaing mlnlra and ah'ieklng
shells. Al tho cnan oF tho war he settled
| town ut hia home IN Monroe 10 pracire his
| profession. aud proved hlmanf aloGesafui
| lawyer aiuuucnt advocate aud faithful conn
4alor Such wAa tho estecm and confidence
| ia Which hn was held is hla nciGhhnta. That
| la waa elected the representative ~ nuachta
parrish ia tho Legisaturo which met IN Nav
l
| rntlneuea vas great He there acquired
| hat legislative experience That know
edge 81 pai llamentaty law end ST tho
mcthatla and mannorn Of dellbcraiive aaanm
titles. which Is 50 rtQuieitn fug ru"uee7 IN tho
,nsraas of the United Sta,cs From 1885, L"
1873 ho was Tho active. ardent. uniting anil
| jealous loader "f tna Democratic purity IN
Huachits and adjoining parishes. and III IVA
uo wa nominated ~ Governor Or Le'lslans
hy the Democratic party, Soon aftrwRfd
the 'FHainn wac made hoiweu the Demo
ataia i,si tho I,ihersla and ,TDhu NcIn"r,
WA nado their joint candidate ~ Governor.
liz rauyasa.d the whole state ie iraa NJ
naphahly .irfci
And thra hogan thoao etupendnna frauds
ueui patians and orpreealpua which deprived
/, maiana of her rightfnl government far
-Four years. aud kept ttIh truo and knlghtr
Governor from tho toise nf tho ppw'ra and
duties and nom tho enjoyment of tho honnls
of hi exalted atatInn.
ThrNlgh bout NIL thnaa weary and drasry
ycait John Mti3nery remained true e. tE
cstrt.a or hi4 people t,ua u the Party which
had eey atr,l him % rule over them run {,
cher magetracy iIn never auaml 10 be tho
Governor ~ Louisiana. though ha power
was III exile M shadow 0f turning frl |
aoroaa hia pathway. il front Or rear NJ
align of yielding. 10 aoftening 10 nlemica |
uo planning for sHf" or profitable retreat. u" |
-oeking for Golf In tho zpnith III hI4 ati,"rta |
rtea triumph and In the depth of hta own IL,
fent
Iheaa were the great times or RafIcalism
In I,nuiaiana. when many Dasnocrata yisltni
to Compilation and fel away from Tho part,
pr became lukewarm but John Mctnor,
zavn his time. his labor. as zeal and hia pri
vate fortune to his party and his State, and
III the darkest hours remained unfaltpriugly
steadfsst to hIs prinelpIes. hls duty and his
honor.
The Democratic party failed to renominate
Iohn WoE tcry for Governor 10 1876 not be
}ause he DID not posaass tho Confidence 81 the
,artv and the love 81 tho people, but hecausr
{ WAS thought that. II re- elected. he would
W deprived again or his oIiaa. 1t was be-
ieyod that Cen. N1hoIls possaased tho pno,l
lar qualifications. reletouships aud infIu
neos which would enah, him 10 become
ctuaiiy the Governor Of Iauisiana, AMI thr I
eaut sr"ved tho wisdnm Of tho party
ohm Melinery. at this juncturo. did not
etire to his tent. like Aehlns. and parnIt !
ho war TO rage around him. undm
h" wslls of Troy. with hIs armor ofr and hla
pear idle. LIte Phillip Schuyler. who had Z
repaired tho grnnt victory of Saratoga and :
lrn found himself sllpnrsnfod by Gon GatNa =
II the eve nf battle. he did his fnll duty In a =
lbordinate position, because he atrovo. not I
II himself or HIS own glory. but for tho coun I
81 he loved 50 we'll. John McEnery can. q
fassad tho State for Gnn. Nichnlla IN 1870, as n
9 did for hmsolf IN 1879 lie agreed with =
Ia party I'll the oorreetncss Of tho prudential r
pltpy which le to tho nomination Or Cen U
icholla, and no entered heartgly Into his b
snvass. In 1912 dow. Moisnnry saw that a =
Nv constitution must sooner or later ho given n
, Louisiana and he know that tho agitation II
that subject would leai 70 tho division Or D
II own people ms long as the old constitution v
'maIned. llr. therefore. favored tho calling d
tho Constitutional Convention, which haa II
ven the state the now constitution Though n
,uoaed 10 reputation In any form, Gov Il
emery knew tho inability of the state TO &
~ the whole per cent interest on The State Il
III adoption Of tho dent ordinances" OF thu 8
wv constitution ~ H. fair settlement with our
!.
when tho timo came to sole II n Democratic b
ndtdate iur Governor III 1879 Gov Me =
merry was y warm irlend or Gen. Fred N Il
<deD between whom aud himself the closest 2
IcndIy and official relations bad existed. /,
III he joined In advocating thc nomination OF "
an Ogden. But he was also u personal il
lend ofthe Hon. Louis A. Wilt. and when =,
IN Ogden wrote his letter declining 20 be- u :,
uddate for the nomination. Gov. MrEaery IL
We his support to Gov. Witz. After this !,
Was made he again canvasspd the y
hole State. making the third time that he !
i canvasaad the State OF Louisiana for the n
moCratic State ticket. "
John MoEnery Is the sndidate Of both the y
y and the country. He ia the most hon u
cd and best beloved son of North Louisi- "
a, where his childhood youth aud middle fa