The morning comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-1856, 1856-07-03
THE GALLO iND1aNAr1oN MEETINGS.


The GALLO INDIGNATION MEETINGS.
For some weeks past, Indignation
meetings have been held in the Ores
cent City, by portion of the French
citizens thereof, which at this distance
look very strange, OF course, people
there as elsewhere, are 50 given to lie
(Which is the result Of prejudice,
and the press is so given to getting up
strong articles-articles of fire and
birthstone, to feed the fame of aat.rE-
lar ezciteu4Gs: titat il ia a.tlic 81 to
arrive al the ruth 70 come nj it,,
we have necessarily to d0erage The diff
erent accounts and statements tLaf
are made.
1t il much to be lamented, that any
eyeut should arise, TO mar tho good
foili0g that has ever existed, between
the French people ond our citizens
We arc bound TO them in debt Of
gratitude, Tat cannot be forgotten
whilst the name of Lafayette lives,
and we opine that the sympathy they
have manifested for US ia our struggles,
for liberty, and their repeated efforts
TO establish q government, after our
own model, will ever hold US to.
gether.
Some weeks ago, n Frenehman Of
the name of Girara-tranco Girard.
was 1t seems killed suddenly in a coffee
house melee; Creole by the name
of Pardon, is charged with the off
ence. Pardon, made his escape and
has not to this time been arrested
II Is not strange, that snch an event,
on the heel of the municipal election,
should take q political turn, and be
use by the demagogues of each party
for pc itical effect. Perhaps the last
" demonstration y took place the other
night, of which the following is an ac-
count, from the Crescent:
A portion of the French residents of
this city have wishin the last two weeks
past held several Indignation and SYM
patby meetings about the killing of
Francois Girard, III coffee house on
Orleans street, one night, y Arthur
Pardon, u Creole, and the failure Of
the police to arrest Pardon.
Their proceedings consisted of reso-
buttons declaring the city to be in a
state of anarchy, organizing "yigi-
lance committee" offering reward
for Pardon's arrest, and subscribing
to build a monument to Girard; togeth-
err with petitions to President Pierce
and the Emperor Napoleon fer pro.
lection, and demand for the French
Consul's recall, on account of his
friendship for our Creole citizens,
etc., etc,
Yesterday another, and we presume
the final demonstration took place. It
consisted of a mock funeral and atten-
dant ceremonies. A herse and coffin,
covered with velvet pals, headed a
procession of about four hundred men,
who we were told, were all French
men. Immediately behind the hearse
was band Of music, playing the
French dirge of Moarir pour Ia patrie.
After that came the French flag, en-
veloped in Grape then the American
flag, also enveloped in Grape; and
then the main body of the procession,
all wearing Grape. Four-fths of the
men in the procession were humbly
clad, and were evidently men who
work more than they think. After
marching through the principal streets
Of the Second and Third District
they sighted the First District alto
gether--they stopped at St. Louis Ca
thedral, where q mass was said and
dirge was sung, with due solemnity
great many spectators having assem-
bled to see the unusual procession, and
the ceremonies in the church. The
ceremonies over, there was general
dispersion.
When we consider that Girard was
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