Year: 1876

which are ingeniously calculated to infame
the passions of its toe confiding patrons,
and stir them up to deeds of lswlesaness
and disorder. Here is sample:


The parish of East Baton Rouge has but
few able bodied negro men left; about 2oO
from that parish having been placed in the
third ward, and another 100 in the Sec
Ond ward. The third ward has also 100 or
more from E East Feliciana, and another 100
from Morehouse, and every ward IN
the city is provided with a many or more.
This is the statement made by the negro
Radical who is managing the location"
business in the third ward, that individual
stating during the past forty eight hours
that unless these men were permitted to
vote on election day, there would be the
''damndest hottest time erer seen IN Neac Or
leans"


The fact is, as shown by the figures of the
third ward registration ofice-to which the
Democrat certainly has access through the
campaign committee of its party-that
there has been large excess of white over
oolored voters enrolled; that in the first
three weeks they had registered in pro-
portion of three to one. In the past two
weeks, only 100 colored men have registered
in the ward, against 1863 white men. The
"negro Radical" informant of the Democrat
is either q myth, or one of q small class Of
unscrupulous colored men who are taking
Fmo1ey from the Democratic managers for
the lies they can invent or the mischief they
can do.


The ninth ward people are enthusiastic
over speech delivered to them on Thurs.
day night at the clubroom Of the Packard
and Burwell Defenders, by Hon. William
NJ. Burwell. He gave them truths such as
are seldom heard in political campaign,
and they are determined, as far as in them
lies, that the national Congress shall have
the benefit of his wisdom and experience.


Mr.. Burwell is now making the canvass
Of the parish of Plaquemines, and is meet
ing with great success.


Ten days ago the general sentiment
among Republicans was adverse to putting
Q party ticket in the field for municipal
and parochial officers. The 5000 solid Re-
publican voters of the parish of Orleans
were satisfied with . policy of inaction;
were willing to cast their united and organ
,zed vote for peoples independent and nom
partisan ticket The result is known. A
political convention never acted with more
disinterestedness and self-abnegstion than
did the body which indorsed those lifelong
enemies of Republicanism-Judges Abel
and Tissot-fcr district judges last Thurs.
day. And what have they got for it' Even
the Democrats whom the Republicans
pledged their votes to, had the party whip
cracking over their backs within twenty.
four hours, and they were forced to repu.
diate and resent the compliment that
pleased them so well the day before.


The Democrats have made up the record,
and the Republicans can and will hold them
to it, It is probable now that the Repub.
lican conference committee will meet on
Monday and proceed to complete the ticket
There is every chance that the ticket will
be made of strong and unexceptiOnsble
material. And there is a strong tide Of
public sentiment setting in in favor
of freedom of action, untrsmmeled by po
litical leaders spewed from the corner rum.
mills of the city-a sentiment that would
have hardly had birth but for the AFRO
gance and impertinencs of the Democratic
spoilsmen-that may carry it through to q
triumphant issue. Who knows9