Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-01-09
"UNiONsSu" ~ NEW ORLEANS.
Character OF the "vn,onists."
Correspondence Of the New York World
INV ORLEANS. December 81


NEw ORLEANS. December 81
We are having some amusing capers cut
among the rev converts To radicaism just now
told you in my last of the assembling of the
delegates from some twenty clubs of Union asso-
Citations. which declared themselves permanent
convention Tor the achievement OF what they call
freedom. The delegates from two of these clubs
were colOred men. aud. with very little discus
son under the overpowcring mandate of I J
Durant. Military Attorney General and Register
Of voters, they were admitted ~ delegate. To
our utter astonishment the negr0philist Era
came out IA condemnation of this. IL said
that the Era was INSPIRED The Era did not
condemn the act. but though, it might divide
the Union men. meaning only the abstioni-t-.
OF course, for the original Union men OF this
State are counted oat now. as they we're all
shareholders. and oppo. ed To disunou and aho-
litOn too The only Union men in the Official
eye nov are those formerly secessoni~ts who
have come over and been baptized into the new
faith
On Monday night this llustrious BODY had
another meeting. The Era's report shows sim
DIV disagreement OF the cOl0rel question. but
private ndvices declare that it was a complete
division of the concern One set of delegates
declined 10 act With the cOlJred brethren, and it
Is understood that some nineteen Others. having
IN vain attempted 10 induce the residue To declare
the seats OF the c0l0red delegates vacant left the
fold: these will. however. be whipped in By due
time. was the Times by the Era, and become
rs plant in principle and rs debased in habit ma
the mast hearty anal "a mationst ct them all
Do not suppose that | think that these people
would IN the slightest degree degrade them-elves
by assocatug With honest negroes One of their
delegates enjoys tie unenviable reputation whe-
Their Justly or not. do not know, OF having been
convicted wears ago OF felony. in swiudiing the
United States Government; another has been
auction Veuder Of brass jewery; another has
been a travelling adventurer. leaving bills behind
him. unpaid al every place in which he stopped: .
another has house full of colored children; and
rs for the chief of the assemblage. man OF supe
rior talent and great requirements. his ruling
motive is a long-cheished private luminosity
against John Slidell; he was himself slave
holder in small way, but year ago-enough
10 mike him as much sinner any else ia
th,, respect-aad he now comes out n rank Jn-
Goblin OF the school of RobeSperre. in religion,
morals. bl0odthirstyneSs. and raptcitv.
In fact the negroes and colored people behave
much better than their would he friends An
instance how low anu contemplate white metz
can act who degrade Themselves 10 the level of
negroes, was given the other dly by certain Off
GERS OF the So called Corps d'Airiune and
civilian. whose own family rem1ined here with
out disturbance when he suffered punishment
from TIE CITY Mrs brand. an Engilsh lady, who
has shown much attention to the sick and
wounded of both armies IA the hospital. but who
is decidedly more favorable TO the rebels than the
others. occupied the house of y : Jennings.
Esq. The civilian aforesaid being applied 10 by
the recruiting officers of the Corps d'AfriQue To
assign them place for their headquarters. ia the
presence Of the fact that the leyee. the most
suitable spot, l. ful of unoccupied stores. could
hud no place To send them to other than TO send
them, without notice warning To- the house OF
Mrs Brand. where. in her absence. a. they tell
themselves. they took possession of her parlor.
examined her private Jurisprudence, fumble
over her books, hunted objects Of curiosity over
the house. AMI spent the night. after her
return. on the floor OF her parlor Why they
were suffered Ia keeI. possession | do tot know
POSSIBLY because Gen. Banks cannot interfere
with the pet measure OF Stanton art Halleck
even To make it decent in behavior No we'll
raised Southern negro would think of acting in so
III bred n manner "a this