Year: 1876

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proaches for nominating our State


ticket, have been surprised that more


has not been said about 1t by leading


men and Democratic newspapers. 1t is
OF the utmost Importance that we have
a ticket that will win, and to do this we
should put forward our ablest and truest


men for every place on the ticket. We


have such men, and It behooves the con-


vention when it assemblies to lay aside


every other consideration and nobly do


its duty to the State and people, regard


less OF every other outside influence. No


man 10 a patriot who fails to do this at this


juncture. Personal motives aud parti-


san ends must be sunk out Of sight in


the general and now universal desire to
redeem our State. That is the primary
and sole object for which we should or
ganize and labor with that zeal and de-
termination which will know no such
word as fail. We cannot afford to make
a mistake at this time, and | desire TO
feel and write as one who had share Of
this responsibility resting upon him.


Many good men are spoken OF as
suitable to head our ticket for Governor,
and it is by far the most important nom1-
nation TO be made. We must have u
true and tried man. Of universal popu
iarty, sound on all the issues of the
day, whose name is above reproach, and
who will create an enthusiasm which
will carry the State as with whlrl-
wind, and who has power on the stump
and among the people. | do not hesl-
tate to say that that man is Gov. John
McEnery.


Possessed of more than Roman hero
ism and endurance, under the most try
ing circumstances he has never faltered
for one moment in the great battle he
has waged for the rights and liberties OF
his State and people. Had all been as
steadfast and unselish as he, the
usurper, with his gang Of thieves, would
have long since been driven from the
capitol.


The noble fight he has made for con
stitutional government, despite the faint
heartednesS of some whom the people
thought would prove true, gave TO our
wrongs q national character, and has
done more to hasten the doom of the
Radical party in the Government than
the action OF any other man. Follow
ing close after his manly fight with the
usurper and dispoilers, came the fall
elections OF 1874, and the outrage done
Louisiana under bayonet rule, as ex
posed by him, was the keynote to vic
tory, and brought the Waterloo defeat
which gave twenty-five States to the





people we'll remember, and which l
urge them never to forget. We owe
Gov. McEnery lasting debt OF graft
tude, and palsied be the tongue and
withered the hand that would detract
from his name or pluck one laurel from
his brow.


A denomination would be but a paltry
of the debt due to
him, and he should have that by 0ccla-
nation. 1t Is his just due, and the re-
buke to the usurpers and despoilers who
would overthrow States rights and re-
publican government, will not be CON-
plete, unless he is again placed at the
head Of the ticket, and triumphantly
been robbed by fraud, midnight orders
and Federal bayonets. The nation will
expect it, and the people demand it as
an act Of simple justice, as he is indis-
solubly connected with the insult which
the whole State received, and their SYM
pathies and love for him are quickened
by the memory OF these great wrongs
inflicted upon the State and republican
through him. That he did
not hold the position to which the peo-
pie elected him, was due to no lack OF
zeal or fidelity to principle
on his part, for no man could have done
more. He had his duty to perform, and
| defy the world to show nobler self
sacrifice and devotion to principle than
has been exemplitied by him from be-
ginning to end.


Will the State reward him for his
Will the people, in convention
rise up as one man. and say,
he shall be our Governor? l still have
an abiding faith that amid these selfish
and degenerate times-amid the schem
ing of politicians and place hunters
the people will rise above all these
things and reward the honest, the true,
the able and the patriotic man, who has
never deserted them or their cause.
There should really be no other candi-
isiana is solid for him, and there is not
name mentioned for the place, indeed
not name In the State, which could
everywhere SO completely rally the
people to the support Of the ticket as
that of Gov John McEnery Ii renom-
mated he will everywhere be hailed
with enthusiasm by the people, who
look upon him as a true and tried
patriot. and who feel that the outrage
done him was a crime and an act OF OPP
preston against the whole people OF the
State and blow at republicanism itself,
and that they can never be righted un-
less their leader is righted. His name
will be tower of strength at the head
Of the ticket, and all other aspirants
should withdraw from the contest and
give place to him who can successfully
lead us to victory in the ensuing contest.
He is the most available man in the
State, and for this reason, if for no other,
he should have the nomination. He is
available because he is known and loved
by the peoples Of them, and insfull
sympathy with them. Take a new
or untried man and this enthusiasm will
be wanting, for the people will not ap-
prove injustice. Can we afford to run
this risk Whatever mistakes may be
made by the convention, let US not com
NIT the grave error of placing any other
name at the head of our ticket. With
him as our standard bearer, we can
guarantee the State by twenty thousand
majority. The Democracy. and all the
elements of the State, can
and will unite on him more heartily
than on any other man. Ii there IS


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