Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-08-03
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| That our readers may understand the
hspirit on the Radicals that was at the botI
tom Of the late New Orleans riots, we give
below some of the speeches made just pre-
Vious to the outbreak. The crowd to which
they We're addressed was mostly composed
of blacks. We,copy fromthe New Orleans
Commercial: sl n0tug1adW Gi tUu'o
| Hons, Michael Hahn, the, President, on
taking the chair, spoke as follows;
u FELLOW CITIZENS: Although it isllot my
province to address you on this occasion,
cannot resist the temptation to express to
you my appreciation Of the honor which
feel in being called to preside oyer this
meeting. The days of the slave -Oligarchy,
of Confederate provost narshals, when
colored men could not come together to de-
liberate over rpublic affairs, has, thank God,
ceased to exist. [Applause.l ana gtr- .,fr,
| AS President Lincoln and the Union army
were unable to restore the Union until the
coloFed men came7to their aid, so the Union
men of this State feel that they cannot
maintain heEprinciples of union OF the
States .without.the aid of patriotic colored
men. Applause. l remember the day
when the teacher, of cOlOred school in
this city was ruthlessly arrested, and died
! in prison, on a charge of being an AbOli-
| tiOnist; and every time L pass that old
church where he used to teach, feel that
there are men still living who have the
spirit that animated him. [Applause.l
1.-THE cause which we are here tonight in
augurating in Louisiana is great and
| holy cause, and the rebels are trembling In
| their shoes in consequence, They are real
| izing the fact that Ctiis Is a. coIntry to be
ruled by loyal men, both wliitS and black.
There was time when the BERN! sAbOli-
| tiouist"Yas considered as a shame; but 1
stand before you tonight, raised and edu-
Gated as have been in the South, and tell
| you that glOryin beingan Abolitionst and
d Radical [Applause WhenI went to
| Washington last tall my Union friends in
| Louisiana did not come up to the mark of
| universal suffrage, but when came back a
| few months later, the Outrages which had
| been heaped upon them by the rebel Gov
ernmeDt here had broght them to tue mark,
/ and now no man can justly claim to be a
| Union man unless he tavors universal suf-
frage. One of the greatest arguments used
| against the right OF suffrage TO the cOlored
people, by the Copperheads In the North,
| is, that il you are allowed to vote you will
be controlled by the planters and old slave
holders. Cries of "neverpl i did not ask
| you that question, for know you would
not be controlled by them; as they failed in
thinking you would fight for them, SO they
| will fail in suppOsiDg you will vote for
| them. The Question IS not this alone, but
whether you will be allowed to hold Office
as white men do. / say you'are entitled to
| this right, and L would rather every Office
in the State was in tue hands of colored
men, than in the hands of unrepentant
rebels. Il Applatse.1 1t is to you that the
| loyal menOfthe South mustlook, and when
yOu separate tonight make up your minds
that from this day forward yon are as good
! as any white man in the State. tGreat
| cheering. p" ''' 'HL ."'3t'v 'i.l
Colonel A.P. Field next addressed the
meeting, in substance as follows: VIA.
FELLOW CITIZENS: The war is over, and
yet we are now passing through the most
| trying ordeal of our country's history.
This meeting is called to indorse the right
| of universal suffrage, to be extended by
Congress to all who have been made eiti-
zens, and to Yindorse the reassembling of
the Convention of 1864. Congress was not
| satisfied with the results accomplished by
| the Convention when it last assembled, be-
| cause it withheld from you the right of
| suffrage, and therefore 1t meets again, to
! conform to the wishes Of Congress in that
respect. The people here, who say they
| ''accept the situation" have gone from one
| step to another, until at last they claim the
| right of being elected to the very offices
they vacated when they commenced this
war. But these men ought to tarry awhile
! at Jericho until their boards grow out
| We want to do exactly what Tennessee has
done. These men have no claim to rule
you at all. They tell you even now. that
what they have done they think Is sright,
4 ana would do it again If therew a chance.
Why should not Louisiana, like North Car
olina, and Tennessee and New York, allow
| suffrage to the colOred people on the prop
| erty basis? say 1t should be done. But
| you must be patient and firm. Thepeople
| will become better informed from time to
| time, and where you have now 5000 white
men in this city to advocate your rights for
] suffrage, you will soon have 10000. You
| do not want to fight for it, but you will
| have it sooner or later. The Convention of
1864 assemblies next Monday in this hall,
and they will triumph without revolution.
| When they meet, that boon you have long
expected will be given 20 you, and when
| you enjoy IL, exercise it in q manner be-
coming free and loyal citizens, OF the Uni
7 ted States. say, in conclusion, let us join
| in three cheers for Governor Wells and the
| Convention of 1854! Great cheering. ldi
Rufus NAPLES, Esq, next addressed the
meeting: 1t is truly rejoicing, after so long
a period ofinaetioli on thepart of the Rad
icalstto meet you here so earnest and der
| termined in the cause. l think we now can
1 see the dawn of better day In Louisiana.
4 Our purpose In meeting is to consider the
| policy of Congress in relation to the South
| ern States, and also theaction of the Con-,
yention about to assemble. Wherin. does
| the policy of Congress differ from the Pres
| ident's policy? 1t is this: Congress re-
eognizes the right for thelpeoples in their
primitive capacity, in those States destroyed
| by the rebels, tn make their own organic
| law, and submit It, to Congress, and leave
/ It for Congress to decide whetherit be CONF
! sistent with the organic law of the Reptb-r
7 lie. The 4 Presidents, policy seeks not to
leave, this matter to the people in their
| primitive capacity, but to ignore the ques-
| tiohs OF the war, and ignore the fact that
I the eStateorgauizationsh have been destroyed
byleleyen, of the States who took up arms
l against the Government,, yrbjaqns5 fl..
4 In other words, Congress holds. that the
i States are now as they have been during
4 the.last four years, and that It, requires
4 those people to make, their constitutions
4 anew, before they can rejoin their, proper
4 relation. The President says all these
States have right to send their Senators
\ and REPRESENTATIVES, to Congresses as before.
4 If this, were true they might dhaye sent
them during the, war as well AS now, The
i rebels claim In effect that there has been
! nd war. 'Butle them look around at the
\ des0Iation they have caused, andtthsy will