The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-02-23
NUMBER ls4.



The conservatives Of Jefferson parish initiated
the organization Of a Democratic party in that
parish last night. A numerously attended meet
ing was held in the City Hall at Jefferson City.
Some OF the most substantial citizens of Jefferson.
Boslieny and Csrrollton we're present
An old citizen of Jefferson, Captain w. r.
Greathouse, was chosen president, and in few
emphatic words he enjoined upon every conser-
vative citizen the duiy Of joining hands with tbs
great and growing Democratic party, to uproot
rsdcslsm to assert that taxation and rspresenss-
calamity impending Of negro rule. s.
The president having concluded his remarks,
Major Fry. Dawson Blanchard and H. G. Brown
we're unanimously elected secretaries. -
number of vice presidents was chosen from
the pazish ct large, and others from particular To-
calities, and the latter are charged with the duty
Of Organising Democratic clubs or committees
IN their respective precincts. The list is sub
For he Parish al Largs-Jsmes P. Freret. ].
T. Aycock, A. q. Brice. Adam Drott Adam Welt
ner, M. Winter, 8. L. Hill, John Yeager, +. ]. La
zaire. John II. Hanna, Patrick Dowd, NJ. Lethique.
ond ward, John UImer; third ward. John j.
Krsidsr fourth ward. Wn- Bsskiafori ffth ward.
xeJt SBdst..-E. L. Bower.
cdrrolton IF. Fisher, N. Commandeur, r.
Gretna.-L -Lohn Linden. John Kaiser.
Berctdrid and Gheniere- William Berthune. L.
Gldss Works.-John Fessende.
KenneTrile. SteahI.
committee on resolutions. 10 report at the
Messrs. j O. 4. FelIowes Pafr;ch assl,sghsr Jahn
Barter, Thomas @. Bell and Charles Huff.
The meeting having been thus organized, Major
Fry, an officer Of the federal army during the
ment and who was of6cia,ing "a secrersrv ,n
response to call from Ali parts of the bonse
Addressed the assemblaee = = - .
Major Fry said he was exceedingly gratifed to
his fellow -cisizeps assembled on this OCCASION II
is. the major Continued an evidence Of the dean
feeling of the people that. on holiday. when
all wish to enioy themselves. and at a
time when 50 III, many are hesi'ss,ng tS
around me sucb an sssemh,,c ce .s III. -Tbsre
are men who vaver now. as there are men WIN
wsyer At every CRISIS. but when NV -oonntrv
TO give them. Perhaps thew NAV be needed
sgsn and n thew are needed thev viii bs
given -(Apblsuse.j Copseryatige Rspublicsn-
ism and Conservafive Democracy are the same.
Democracy and Republicanism both come from
the people and the men are conservatives who 90
for their connfrv without prejudice and without
antipafby. This is conservatism. RadicaIism Is
the extreme of prejudice. ... ...I ..~.,,
plifhed. That purpcse was TO make this Union
one and inseparable. We may have differed at
the becinnjna Of tie war. hut 1 believe we are
sll nov of one mind that this shall be great
American nation. On nv side we did not dQhs
to make an EpeIishman, a Frenchmsn. much
less an Ethiopian, 9 citizen; bat we wanted
that this country should be the abode
of American citizens, native and adopted,
and all united under ore government All con-
flicts Of arms must result in a concueror and
conquered. The South, and say ii not unkiudly.
il the CONQUERED. hut the CONQUERED has a rirht
which II is the duty OF the conqueror to respect-
the right to clenency. You have the right to
law and to constitutional liberty as you
had them before the strife Commenced. Now
az 10 another matter. : In the politicaI
struggles In which l have participated.
/ have not always been successful in electipg
INV candidate for the presjdepcv. but once q
pfesident IL elected respect Lis snthoritx ana
viii nrhold him ID the death In The iawfnl eyer
else of his fupctiops will uphold him whefher
he be A Ceorce Wasbinrto An Abraham lin
COLI. or an Andrew johnson. loot mon this al
q meeting of conservatives .<do have the in
terests Of the conntr,r AT heart yho
are loyaI and wis visb fhe fr,;oo
10 he one ma .,osenarable and a. sncb
am Win n. 6rm;V resoiYed fo AZ NV dnfv
Major Frv having CLOSED bis address NJ Iohn
Tabor was called npon and smoke
MIR. Tabor said he did not come to tbA meet;no
exrectina 10 make a speech. but this wss' An %,
casion when eyerv one could talk. for an felt ana
when : feel " q are full Of onr snbisct m there
ever VAS = time vhen a nsn,s ,oggye cen snest
this IA the time. We have not msnv nriv,jegas'
hut wa have etill left 70 us the right N
exrress our op;nons Ana now feIiow.
cifizens. with this much Of preface lei me sav 70
Won thai have INIT one advice 10 offer ana 3bst
i that everv one bo feels An Interest in The
ssrvation ~ free govsrnmert In iihersv reonls,sa
nv ia~ h Law s1sns,;ng from, ;n,cii;5 ana r;.e
bis siieeiarce IN tb;s isemocrss;c S','
The fnndsmentai nrncio,a ~ smsr;cen govsrn.
meptr is a. vonr cha ,rmsn >has sngresteJ thst
there shs,i he no "A rston vv;,hout rsnressoss,,c
That vas fba rsliving crv ~ onr fore ess,hs-s
in Their strsg siss ass;nst Rr;,;sh dom;nat;or
Thev nettionsd and nsiifjeaed tbs throne snd
sopeht mes cesbIe redress unfi thew fon,S res,sss
vss not 40 he had nesccahiv' The s'sshsrn
peopie are reduced tc ibe same extrem;tv simost
becsuse that psonIe who are 10 he Clio wsd rsore'
serfation nnder The ,sconst,,e,;on s.,s 80 ~
tares wb,le ,La neonIe -vh,s ,s ~ ~ - fsy ~ -
are denied renrerentation frrssst ' .nn,s ,aT
NJ nroae.sv reast h ,ro,ae,aA a. .,, app,.usst ~
scn n ;s more ;maortsnt az, mv ,,rnn, oy ps.
shon,d ha p,ossctsd han n "a Ia, No fSpp,s,y:,
should. for NV nroner,v NAV ha sto}sn 4. ths
nisbt h,t can sefs,S nv Ehsr,;es r;,h ~ o.~n
rs,son- The bas;s of The America n eoxerc,ne,t
q inteIl,gence and af,er that nronsstv Tadsr
Ike recoIsfrnction laws neithef infslliyyence nor
pronertv Il represented. We are now organizi,g
bere ,a,tv ~ cosjercs v;th sha, creaf ,aesv;n rs
wnc ons,s ~ e'e T ~ sha. p,o.svslon sh We