Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-09-19

"dlgnity IN thcm, there lsa "Vh-
dcrful sight Of pith;
THE NEW ORLEANS REBELLION.
If YOU will take up the riot at New
Orleans aud trace it back to the radi-
cal Congress, [cheers, and cries of
"bully,"l you will find that the riot
at New Orleans was substantially
planned. Ifyou will take up the pro
ceedings in their caucuses, you will
understand that they then knew that
a convention was to be called, which
was extinct by its power having ex-
pired, that it was said and the intcn-
tion was, that new Government was
to be organized, and in the organiza-
ton of that Government, the inten-
ton was to enfranchisc one portion
of the population, who had just been
emancipated, and at the same time
disfranchise white men.
When you read the speeches that
were made, or take up the facts on
the Friday and Saturday before that
convention sat, you will there find that
speeches were made incendlary in
their character, exciting that portion
of the population (the black popula-
tom to arm themselves and prepare
for the shedding of blood. A voice
-"That's so !" and cheers You will
also find that that convention did u.s.
semble in violation of law, and the in
tention OF that convention was to SUI
persede the recognized authorities in
the State Government Of Louisiana,
which has been recognized by the
Government ofthe United States; and
every man engaged in that rebellion
in that convention, with the intention
of fsuperseding and upturning the civil
Government which had been rccog-
nized by the Government Of the Uni
ted States, | say that he was a traitor
10 the Constitution of tie United States.
[Cheers.1 And hence you find that
another rebellion was commenced
having its origin in the Radical Con-
gress.
These men were to go there, q Gov
eminent was to be organized, and the
one in existence in Louisiana was to
be superseded, set aside and over
thrown. You talk to me about New
Orleans and there the question was
to come up when they had established
their Government, n question of polit-
ical powers, which Of the two Govern
ments was to be recognized. A new
Government inaugurated under this
defunct convention, setup in violation
of law, and without the will OF the
people. Then when they had estab-
lished their Government,and extended
a universal and impartial franchise, rs
they called it, to their colored popu-
lation, then this Radical Congress was
to determine that II Government es-
tablished on negro votes was TO be
the Government of Louisiana. Voices
-"Nevcr." Cheers and cries Of "hur-
roh for Andy."l
SO much for the New Orleans riots.
And there was the cause and the
origin of the blood that was shed, and
every drop ofblood that was shed is
upon their skirts and they are respon-
sible for it. N.t
THE NEGRO BUREAU.
Slavery was an accursed institution
until, emancipation took place. 1t was
an accursed Institution while one set
.ofmen worked them and got the
profits, but after emancipation took
place they gave us the Freedmen's
Bureau, they gave us their agents to
go into every county, every township
and into every school district through
out the United States and especially
the Southern States. They gave us
commissioners, they gave us twelve
millions of dollars and placed the pow
er in the hands of the Executive. who
was to work this machinery with the
army brought to his aid, and to sus-
tain it. Then let us run it with twelve
millions as a beginning and in the
end receive fifty or sixty millions as
the case may be, and let US work the
four millions of slaves.
In fine, the Frecdmens Bureau was
n simple proposition to transfer four
millions of slaves in the United States
from their original owners to new
set oftask-masters. Voices, "Never p
and cheers. | have been laboring
for years to emancipate them, and
] was opposed to seeing them trans
ferred TO n new set of tasls-ma ters, to
be worked with more rigor than they
had been worked heretofore. TCheers. I
Yes, under this new system the would
work tho slaves and call on the
Government TO bear all the expenses.
and, if there were any profits left, why
they would pocket them. Laughter
and cheers. Yes, you, the people,
must pay the expense of running the
machine out of your own pockets,
while they get the profits of it.
THE FENIANs AND soLDIERs-BoUNTY
AND PLUMBER.
1t has been my misfortune to have
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