New Orleans Republican

The real parties to the contest in the next election will be the united Republican party on the one side, and the Democracy, reinforced by such factions as they can bring to their aid, on the other. Outside of this city the general result is not doubtful. The opposition may carry a parish here and there, and occasionally a little town of some local note. Calculations are made in certain quarters, and by well informed men, that Kellogg and Grant will come to the city with from 20,000 to 25,000 majority. One-half of the lesser number will secure the State for these candidates beyond a cavil. We believe they will receive a majority in this city, and will not, therefore, need anything more than a vote equal to that of their competitors in the country. But this is given, not for the purpose of creating an excess of confidence and a consequent relaxation of effort, but to stimulate our friends into a generous rivalry to see whether the city can not do as well in proportion as the country.

The Republican nominations for this city and parish have probably nearly all been agreed upon, and some have been formally announced. We are glad to know that the candidates already named satisfy the party generally. So far as we have heard any discussion on the subject in the brief time that has elapsed since the first nomination was made, there is an unusual degree of satisfaction in the party in consequence. For there is a vital necessity for success in this contest. The Republicans have only half worked their way up to the point of full recognition by their enemies in this city. It is yet fashionable to speak of our party as an ephemeral, temporary organization, soon to be swept away, like any other nuisance, by a wrathful and outraged people. Such sentiments come from aspirants for office, whose souls long for the flesh pots of Egypt. The general public is disposed to accept Republican principles as the best adapted to the public requirements; but an artful, unscrupulous partisan press, by persistently charging every mishap, whether a deluge or a drought, a dull season, short crops, a low river, an unexpected gale of wind or an overflow, upon the Republican rulers, they succeed in stirring up strife and infusing a vast amount of causeless discontent among unthinking men. But when it comes to a fair and square comparison of principles, of men, of records, and of administration, when details are called for and must be forthcoming, the Republican party shows its superiority. It has twice triumphed in the State, and once in the city, and will do so again two weeks from to-morrow. For we shall present a ticket that will compare favorably with the best that our opponents can bring into the field.

It is not clear yet who the Democratic contestants will be, as the conference has now been engaged for two weeks in trying to construct a ticket that will even stand alone. The five or six organizations have been able, so far, to agree upon only about one-half the candidates, and some of these hang on by a very frail tenure. The friends of the disappointed candidates feel no interest in the fate of the successful nominees, and many of them will embrace the opportunity to rebuke the fraudulent practices which have been resorted to by voting for the Republican candidates. Our party is fully organized. There is no attempt at fuss or parade of any sort. We do not employ young boys to march through streets at night, carrying pots of burning camphene, benzine or other inflammable substance: but each Republican man has a full vote, which he will cast for the right men at the right place. By continuing in this course until the sun of the fourth of November sets, the dawn of the next day will bring to the thousands of our readers the glorious news of a sweeping victory. To this end the wise men of our party are working, and to them will be intrusted the conduct of the campaign. The Republicans are alive to the fact that it is the votes that give the victory, not boasts and promises of impossible things.