The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-28
LOUISIANA REPUBLICANS.

LOUISIANA REPUBLICANS.
The New York Times is nightly set ii
fwith the prospects of tho party In Louisiana
and especially with the tone and temper o
the late charirnri at the Globe Theatre Th
Times Is wonderfully surprised at tho loft,
patriotism Of the platform. 1t had been cup
posed by the Northern staIwarts that Lousi
ana Republicans were emhittered agninst thu
administration on account of the cold -bIoodet
abandonment IN 1877. and they were prepared
to SEQ this sentiment assert itself In the plat
form and proceedings of tho late chairman
/ Yet, says the Times, there was not bitter
word spoken or a venReful feeling expressed
On the contrary the spirit pervadIng the
| assamhlage was one Of the Hottest states
manship, the purest humanity.
| From beginning to end. there ie no mention
| or blood. no mention or revolution no aIusion
to hideous violence. no hint TINT another war II
| necessary. no call for a Northern conuueror tC
dictate terms of another peace. These exciting
themes are reserved for Northern platforms
The men who now speak for the Republican
party In Louisiana have no relish for tactics
designed toiriitata one anction md 70 excite the
passions OF another. While faithful to their
convictions. and TO the principles upheld by
their party they assert their claims tn u tone
Calculated e win SUPPORT, In quarters which
partisan violence hns ordinarily made unnp-
pronohah'e. They assert their right to u free
ballot 10 m honest count. and to all the priyil-
eAes Of republican government.
Nomention Of blood or violence, indeed Yet
the article goes on to say:
They address themselves to the self interest
Of the planters ~ reminding them that n con-
tinuHnca OF fraud and violence at elections will
drive from the State the labor on which its
prosperity depends.
This contains no alluson to violence, OF
course.
But let us not attack the details OF this
lovely picture. The Times thinks 1t will pro-
duce profound impression upon the age and
we consider 1t only fair to let 1t stand for
what 1t is worth. There Is enough and more
than enough material for us In the criticism.
For example. the Times draws the following
beautiful moral from the situation
The action 0: the convention is the best evil
dance or The response given by Republicans to
this appeal. The ticket Is composed Of bona
hle Southern men. men Ct substance and char
aeter, identified with the interests OF the State.
free from all faint arising from past party
In the State. and possessing the
Respect of all classes
Yet we find quite different result In the
first place Judge Beattie, the head OF the
ticket does not seem to command the sympa-
thy Of his felowcltizens In this undertaking
to any conspicuous extent. Whatever may
be thought Of him personally that Is by
no means question disposed Oft Is certain
that he receives very little encouragement In
his canvass. The account of his reception at
IhibodauN, his homa, which we publish In
his mornings DEMOCRAT, goes to show that
The welcoming was confined to two dis
bar-keepers aud crowd Of idle
negroes, mostly women, while the rest Of the
community stayed quietly at home. 1t may
% that cautious Republicans remember
Judge Beattie's furious tire-eating Confeder-
ate predictions In the past. or have heard
he story of his changing the spelling OF his
lame from Beatty to Beattie because the
kentucky Beattys, his blood relatives, were
Jntonlsts during the war. Perhaps the eau
| rus Republicans do not trust his conversion.
However that may be, we do not see that the
of Judge Beattte has awakened |
my tumultuous enthusiasm In the party, or I
ofty sentiments which SIC found expression |
It the convention are largely cherished by |
he rank and tile
Another unfortunate accident Is that Col
ames NJ. Gillespie a prominent planter OF
-ensas upon whom the faithful relied heavi-
= for moral effect and a campaign contribu-
ION, has positively refused to accept the
domination for the second place or In any
ther way 70 give aid and comfort to the
lchtt. This circumstance Goes not argue
cry el0quently for the lovely condition OF
fairs as seen and pictured by the Times,
NJ when It IS remembered that Mayo, the
ominee for Auditor, is understood to be Tom
man. and that Kennedy, the nom
lee for Secretary of State, is known to be
messenger or assistant doorkeeper In the
5nited States Senate, kellogg's colored
ackey, On the Custom House rolls as an in
pector and the hero OF a particularly disrep-
table escapade. there would seem to be pre-
Ous little left OF the Times beautiful vision
Louisiana politics from Republican stand
oint.
Further than this. even If all that Is said
Judge Beattie and his confreres were true,
would still remain fact that Ii ulsianians
low the majority of the late convention to
J as notorious set OF scamps and raseals 1
ever assembled IL the rankest times OF
armoth or Kellogg, and know that with the !,