Year: 1871

The Monroe MteNigencer, in noticing the


election of Senator Pinchback to the posi-


tion of President Of the Sente and the Lieu.


tenant Governorship, says:


Mr. Pnchback has been prominently be-


fore the people of this State since the con-


stitutional convention of 1867. of which he


was a member, having been elected mem
| Der OF the State Senate on the ADOPTION of
! the present constitution, and reelected last


year.


Last winter, prior to the meeting of the
Legislature. in caucus OF the cOlored MEM


bers of that body, he was selected as their


choice for United States Senator, in prefer


ence to the late Lieutenant Governor. Mr.
| Pinchback, as a writer and an orator, has
shown decided ability. and unless we are
greatly mistaken, the positive elements of
bis character are such as to give him a de
cided leadership, where negative characters
would not be equal to the occasion. His
speech in favor Of reform has been followed
by an act which shows that he means what
he says. We allude TO the cancellation of
printing contracts throughout the State by
him and Governor Warmoth. BY this means
number OF papers that had no standing,
no influence and but few readers, will be
swept out of existence.


In making this assertion, we do not in
clude all papers whose contracts are can



LO"isianian, State Register, Atokupus
Register, Madison journal, and others.
will be able to sustain themselves without
any aid from the State. 1t was q we'll
known fact at the press convention last
summer that the circulation of five or six
papers represented there exceeded the con-
bined circulation Of the rest.


We hope that such reforms as are prac-
teal will be preceded with.


The Baton Rouge Jour,a, says on Tho
Victory of Principle"


The elevation of Senator Pinchback to
the high position of Lieutenant Governor
OF this great commonwealth is a Just tribute
OF respect to his worth as sound and hard
working political leader and q thorough
going and staunch Republican, Not ONLY
this but the election Of Mr.. Pinchback was
indeed great Republican victory: it was
grand triumph over the corrupt faction-a
perfect Waterloo defeat to the combined
enemies, and settling the question as to
which party the lifelong enemy of Repub
licanlsm, Democracy, was allied. 1t is graft
tying beyond expression to have gained this
victory. and to know that not one single !
vote OF the enemies Of the great reform
party was necessary to accomplish the OBJ
Ject. 1t was in truth, the adhering to prin- |
clple. and not money and OtEer corrupt |
modes which were used by the CustOmhouse |
clique, that gained lis the day. We all |
know that money was freely used by the |
CustOmhouse faction. 'Uncle SANS" cash
box was perverted to the use and benefit of |
bad and sOulless cOnspiratOrs against our
State government. The strong box of the
CustomhOuse alone was a fund much larger
than could have been produced by our State
administration, if the State had wished to
have stopped to such base means of action:
but no, thank God. it was as we said be.
fore, principle, and principle alone. that
won the day.


After contemplating this great achieve
ment OF right over corruption. what be-
comes OF the. oft repeated tale-concocted
by the wicked clique-that the Governor in
tended to sell out to the Democracy
What becomes of the story that the Gov
ernor wished Democrat to be elected to
the position WHICH Mr.. Pinchback now occu-
pies. and which position he will undoubted-
~ I'LL with honor and credit to the State
His excellency the Governor. it was said |
wanted q white man. and that it was the
Customhouse alone that desired cOlored
man. Who was it that put forward the
white man and who was it that put in
ION is easily answered. 1t was the genuine
Republicans who stuck to principle, and
hey compose the make up o. our State adj
All those wicked slan,.ers
by the recreant officials of the
general government must now revert with
shame to the Orisinators. The venom and ,
o light, and We should think that with such
! vile record they would now yield. and de-
'art to some cline where they were not
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