Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1879-10-25
THE RADICAL TICKET.

After y short session Of two days,
acting under the Instructions received
from National Headquarters, the Rad
ical Convention on Monday and Tues
day last, willie assembled in New Or.
leans selected state ticket. FrTn
the candidate for Governor down %
the last voter In the ranks, all ate
well aware that such u ticket has Mt
the ghost Of q chance Of being elected.
The men who compose 1t, howeve(,
are of the kind who are alive to bus.
ness. They remember how George |
Williamson became q minister tn
Central America, and how Packard
was appointed Consul at LiverpooH
For meritorious services to be reni
dered by stirring up the dying emberI
of the strife Of the bygone days, these
worthless will receive their rewarll
not In heaven, but through tho dis
pcnsation of the "Great Father'F
whom they hope to see elected Presi-
dent in 1880. And there will be, ly-I
ing around loose, they hope, Custom
Houses and Revenue Districts with !
out Collectors, Post Offices without
P6stmasters, and Circuit and District
Benches without Judges, etc, etc.
'For this arc We Doctors" Now let
us see who these men arc:
For Governor, wo have Taylor
Beattic Of Lafourche, a Louisianian,
by profession we might properly say;
man who in 1861, among the tirstto
rush in the conflict against the North,
returned home, one of tho most IN
compromising Of the unreconstrncted.
For time he remained true to his
people and to the traditions of his
State. When the dark days of gloom
and oppression hung over Louisiana
like funeral pail, and at the time
when her women and children needed
the strong arms Of it's bravest men
then it was that Captain Taylor Beat
tic of tho First Louisiana Regulars,
the former soldier, turned his back
upon his suffering people in an hour
more horrible by far, than when shot
and shell were blowing n pathway
through the breasts Of his devoted
comrades. We remember we'll that
letter TINT he addressed to the carpet
bag Governor, the sentences of which
stamped him forever ns M object Of
distrust and rs one who had been
unable to withstand the allurements
Of gain and personal ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
Under cloak of quasi responsibility
lie has gone on to this day, when he
throws off the mask, and appears in
the role Of leader Of that party whose
deeds are SYNONYMOUS with usurpa-
ton, unblushing oppression, and or
ganized pillaging. ...,..
All! his people have been free for
three long years. Louisiana is slowly
raising her bleeding form, she brcathes
again; sucn her fields will yield their
golden harvest, and the Crescent City
heal her mutilated brow. When the
new Constitution will have been adop-
ted, and that infamous law of 1868
consigned to the grave Of iniquity,
there will be permanent peace and
plenty, from the Arkansas line to the
Gulf of Mexico. But Louisiana must
not yet escape. 1t is time to hurl her
back into the abyss from which she
is emerging. And the man(g) who
will undertake to guide the hellish
legions, is one of her sons TAYLOR
BEATrIE of Lafourche
For Lieutenant Governor they have
nominated J. NJ. Gillespie of Tensas.
We don't know him.
For Attorney General, Don A. Par
dee, now of Orleans, but ut one time
the Federal Provost Marshall at
Baton Rouge. When we came here
at the close of tho war we heard him
described as one of the most arbitrary
and vindictiye military satraps, that
had at any time been assigned to this
post. What we are sure offs, that he
had succeeded in gaining the heartfelt
detestation Of every inhabitant
There are citizens here who we're
made to pay large sums of money un-
justly and without proper cause,
through his instrumentality and d.
rsction. Although he has assumed
the role of a moderate Republican,
incidents can easily be narrated,
which will show him up in his true
light. At any rate, Baton Rougeans
owe him one, and they'll bury him
under their votes when tho time comes.
The Secretary of State is one T. D.
Kennedy, Of Orleans. Unknown to
fame. "a
The Auditor, c. E. Mayo, of St:
Landry, is yet to establish his repu-
tatim.
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