New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-08-24
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Special to the New Orleans CraseenGl
NEW YoRK, August 16, 1865.
g The undersigned citizens of or lately residing
in the State Of Louisiana, and who have been
identified with the cause of loyalty and freedom
in that State do hereby invite the good citizens OF
New York, who are opposed to the massacre of
loyEl men by pardoned but unrep entant 70 pels
and all who are ready to deuounce the crime Of
the Executive department Of the government in
not giving protection to those who have been
faithful to the flag and all who desire to express
their sympathy for the widows and orphans Of the
patriots who have been slain, and for the wounded
who are lying in the hospitals Of New Orleans.
to meet them ID the great hall of the Cooper In
atitute, On Wednesday evening, August 10, 1865
at O'Clock 5, :.
will deliver addresses.
e John McNaiF, late State superintendent o
pubhc5e education, Louisiana.
Thomas W. Conway, late assistant commits
sioner of the freedmen's bureau, Louisiana,
stP. B. Randolph, school commissioner, Louisi
sJ. p. Newman, D. d., New Orleans.
Or. G. Seymour, pastor Baptist Church, New
Orleans
aR. Il. shannon, United States commissioner,
New 0rleans.n
In accordance with the above call your CORE
spondent t" put in an appearance at the Cooper
Institute last evening, IN order that you might be
posted y N the d0ings and sayings Of some oil
the principal aiders and abettors Of the late roi
in your city. The meeting, as yeu will have
noticed above, was called for half-past 7 O'Clock
at which hour the audience was composed OF
about one hundred men and two women The
men were of all shades Of color, from an ebony
to White--the latter long and lanky, with hair
and WHISPERS Those that had either) turned grey
from early conversion TO the cause,n and look
ing as though the "spirit had moved all the
flesh of their bodies, as well as having left them
bare on their craniuns from, as IsuppOse, severe
mental excitement. After waiting some time,
about 8 O'Clock, one of the attaches Of the mis-
cegenatol organ came to your correspondent,
among other members of the press, Id d state of
excitement, to know if Isaw any prominent man
in the honse who would act as president, to which
/ replied that really did not see Q single
prominent man in the house, whereupon the
Inquirer showed a decided mark Of chagrin at
being connected with public meeting where he
could not spot o prominent man. so, standing
for a moment, he FIRST smiled, then turned pale
and amidst a great confusion Of his mental
faculties he eloped. changing his
bsse Of operations To the committee room and
dispatching small boy after Uncle Horace who,
SITTER awhile appeared upon the stage dressed in
bis livery Of nankaen pants, buff vest and black
mot blue this te1 coat With bis hair standing all
over the room and bis many goat beard sticking out
from under his chin, suggesting to me that with
ous doubt tho poorfeil0W had turned IN, and ON
receiving Ehe message got inside Of the first clothes
which he could find las understand he Keeps a
suit If satoye cIDthea,s and one for every day
except Sunday. Sunday he doesn't wear any but
lies ahed wh5le they are being waehed} and 'leg-
ged'tit for lie meeting, fearing lie might not Be
in tire 70 prevent tile sffiendsp from leaving in
disgust, and then his fig would be up,'i but he
was ia time and was accompanied ID his march
upon the platform By two c1lofed and eight white
e'dignithIiee,u Who circulated themselves around
each one Monep clizing three chaits, 50 that mo-
heay cenla nay fheSe were empty chairs on the
Stages but uni knnately for them, they were not
preminertN enough III any Of their parts to cover
up tho great number ii seats which were left I'M.
occupied One saan vino sat next to me stamped,
elappea, yammad DIS cans DIP and down, and not
satisfied, took an extra chair and rettled away
until he got black and blue IN the face. I en-
deavoren to learn this mans name but nobody
knew HIM BE was probably 'spronIinent man
Horace picked up On his'way TO the meeting.
The eminent citizens of New Orleans who
projected this big thing = we're seated aponthe
platform, and consisted of The Rev u p New
man, Rev. r. 3. Diossy, VIM. Fiske, ffreedmen's
nuEesuis Col: Eiason, Major Haggeity DR.. P. b.
Aanaolph Afrieans) together with Peter Cooper
and Horace Greeley 81 New York Rev. Fl. Il.
Garnet African, }of Washington, ana Rev. M w.
Geh84ysdate assistant commissioner Of the freed
mans bnresa ct New Orleans.
Ihe nesting was called to order Nv Rev II w.
Conway discriminating Horace Greeley as chair.
1aaEi vile vas pnapimeusly chosen. Mi. Greeley
amid " thunderAa aFpianse,i came forward and
leaving one al the coierea gentry behind 20 blow
the bellows which kept breath III Gfeeley's body
while he draWied out 9igh his tongue .iust a. it
walks with his feet
G Ladies and ssntlen4eSs This meeting il calet
70 listen 10 q Fsetl3i o. aels sEefn citizens OF New
Orleans refugees part Of them, from the Iates
uprising Of the rebel mob Of that CITY. Thes
men know, what to many Of you is merely hear
say-they know by personal experience what j
the outrageous spirit Of tAe returned and badl,
reconstructed rebels Of that city. Applause
And such is the spirit OF persecution which still
RACES, which is To-day dominant 10 that city, tha
tbs abest leading lawyer .of that city, Mr.. Darant
Nho was not in favor Of tlhs call OF the late con
Yention Which was made hle pretext for the lat
massacre, is to-day q fngih 'Yet aud expecting 4
30 Permanently driven from tbe city which s.
Kong has been his home. Il Is his opinion tina
thesaE IS ne Security for fhe lf,e and property Q
Nnlon men Of that city. lie anos others are nov
ReehHg homes il 0tner parts of the ceuntr
where 4 IS not deemed acrime to have been con
sistently ara 9egateay infaFor of,thA Union. Al
planse.l taEAans the short notice given of TIL
meeting, and tae inexperienced probably Of on
friends who called Il, have not enabled rs Il
bring forward those speakers whom we expected
We should have mad Gen. Butlel if we couiG havs
given him tHely notice. {Appiause1 He vii
doubtless speak to ns soon, and Gen, Banks BID,
assured Us BY telegraph, that Il we but allow i'm
time, he, who mas been for two or three yeari
commaadaat in New Orleans, aud understand.