The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1883-09-15

display OF. bunting aroused in the 4
beasts fthis people ouldb be no small {
Inderti i'm. TT were an emprise sing ii
lyarlyS like thatof artieulatlng the
leattseed ones o. a thoasand dead
heroes. and, besides,
|" TT we're vain to tell thee all feel"
If tie Old Ticket, be not coming
again, Part I of our subject, that is to
say the lying swan Of Greystone, may
u permitted, as 10 our present pur.
pose, to -slunaber quietly where the
Wormley Conference laid him and
where lie. was contentito he placed. 1t
is to be observed, however, that Gov.
Tilden, though positively asserting he
will not accept presidential nomina'
.tion, lis nevertheless being urged upon
the people, as also upon himself, as the
most available candidate the. Demo.
Gratis can select-which God, in Ills In
finite, goodness, forefend.! /: l-s: ,s..5
sssWhere's Brom butcher ?" inquir-
ed Rip Van Wrinkle after his return
|' tses' his his twenty 'r, ~ ''"""'s''
H "Ob,. he went off 10 the arm. ~ The.
beginning Of the war. some say he
was killed at the battle of Stony Point
Others say he was drowned in. tnt'
squall, at the foot of Antony's Nose: l
don't know--he never came Back.
lagain." -- j
Aud may Brom Tilden, himself in
sight OF the kaatskill mountains, and
fguratively rs venerable, if net as
tricky, never come back again as n
presidential nominee
+ Respecting Part II of our theme,
i the case seems to present more dis.
tinct phase, and may be summarized
by saying that Gov. Nichols having
failed to say No, when .categorically
interrogated whether he would accept
the Democratic nomination for Cover
nor, the plain inference is that the
Governor means Yes. In other words,
silence, often as eloquent as speech,
means, here, assent. And this seems
to be the conviction Of our cotempora'
ries OF Colfax, of Abbeville, the Re.
view ofiNatchitOches and some othcl
Journals who have placed the name OF
Gov Nichols at their respective
I Observation-Disclosures one of our unfortu
nate brothers who has enabled thu
head of Ogden at our his masthead
Whether, or not, this brainy species o
support kills Gen. Ogden, ii is likcwis
: to he inferred, that, should the Gene
raj survive a nail through his head, a
: he does survive the great conflict o
J; the 14th of September, he will live, a
it has been charged by the Times
Democrats and in-other papers, only +
} have his scalp taken, if possible, b!
Gov. Nichols, now the General:
ardent supporter, and by Reform
Mixing the SMILES somewhat, it shoul
be observed, concerning this species c
reforming, that substituting the bat
t TALON In reserve for that engaged, ha
always been regarded as a hazardou
move, if, in fact, ii has ever been sue
cessfully accomplished, oven by vete
rams in command, rs are both General
Nichols and Ogden. But we nre, W
should say, no further up in militar.
evolutions than the Confederate edition
of Hardee's tactics, and may here be a
fault, especially as one not having
borne any conspicuous part, or an.
part at.all, In the battle of The 1Ath @
September. -, s,..s -. D.
Assuming,-what Is in effect fact
as shown--that Gov. Nichols is run
ming, or being run, as II candidate fn
tho Democratic nomination for Cover
nor, we shall proceed to discuss Part
II and III of our theme, as you ma.
say, in close alliance--or, in homel
phrase, AS if they were as "thick q
two in q bed" Eliminating Samuel J
Tilden--as what progressive .Democrs
has not we have remaining, thor.
fore, in black letter,
%NICAGhLS & REFORM"
), locked in the embrace Of hopes expire
), and departed.
!, l. II will he remcm bcrpI- il ev.