Thibodaux minerva., 1855-09-08
The Lockport Barbecue.

hessr'. Eaitors:-on Wednesday, August
29th, the Anti Americans held grand Bar
becue at Lockport hoping no doubt therebv :.
dissipate some of the fogs and mists and i,
huenees with which the [K] night of Amer.
cansm has invested public opinion thereabou,s
We are inclined to believe that they found III.
atmosphere of the locality unsuited for spoh
efforts and that they became convinced tb,.
the attempt was hopeless. But we anticipate
The place of meeting was the beautiful pror.
in which the late American Barbecue was hold
and the number present rather larger than on
the former occasion. A few minutes after -
o'clock the meeting was called to order and
organized by the appointment of the usuo,
number of officers. 1t was amusing to observe
the calm, unmoved bearing of several of tha;r
officers; steadfast and consistent members os
the noble American order
Among them but of them'
l have omitted to state that free discuss;o,
had been invited:
The Hon. Jos. s. Williams first addressed ~.
assemblage in an able and telling speech in ths
course of which he sketched the origin Of tho
American party, gave an exposition Of 1t.
principles. depicted the evils resulting from tbs
immense and constantly increasing emigration
from Europe, showed that the very existence q,
the Union would ultimately be endangered
thereby, and proved the importance of PASSING
measures to check this evil. He did not stand
altogether on the defensive but s'carried th.
war into Africa" proving to the Democracy
that they were vulnerable at many points
Space will not allow me to give even rough
synopsis of his address, which showed that be
has the elements necessary for making that
peculiarly American Orator, stump speaker
He was followed by Major Heron, ready
debater with good command of language but
all of which availed him but little in his assault
on Americanism. / very much fear me that
the gallant Major will 60 down with that plank
of Democracy when it sinks in the November
storm.
Louis Duvignaud, Esq, the Apostle of Ameri.
canism, next took the stand and the enthu.
siastic greeting he received, plainly told that
he was welcome speaker. and indicated that
he had the hearty sympathies, of a majority Of
those present in the noble cause which he 50
efficiently advocates. His address was in
French, and am, therefore, unable to give you
an outline of it, but the repeated cheering and
the enthusiasm which pervaded the assembage
clearly proved that it was eloquent and to the
point.
Mr.. Jean Jacques Roman made the next and
closing speech lin French.) Religion seemed to
be his text. He appeared to be engaged in q
severe tilt against what he must have deemed
a demon or an Anti Christ, but those who
looked through the glasses of reason and truth
mot his) plainly saw he was running his lance
through Myth. After the closing of this
gentleman, about o'clock, the meeting resolved
itself into a committee of the whole to discuss
the Dinner question. On rising all agreed that
the subject had been well handled and that the
documents provided were sufficient and salts
factory.
The depressed looks of the Anti Chiefs made
very apparent their consciousness that they had
been worsted in the days fray.
The Herron's plumes dropped low as he took
his course up the Bayou. and in this connection
it may be observed that it was remarkable that
in so large crowd of Creoles, hunters by
education and calling, SO few Marhs-men could
be found.
We are told that "The noblest Roman Of
them all - in the olden time destroyed himself
with his own sword The Roman of to-day is
killed politically by his own acts (axel.
SAMUEL