The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-09-08

LOUISIANA.

phets-Seym0uros Election FOrctOld In the
Book Of Daniei-Tw0 Hundred Darky
Voters Waiting Instructions from the Holy
Ghost.
TRENTON, OUAcHITA PARISH, Sept. 1, 1853.
There was barbecue and Seymour ratification
| meeting here on Saturday. Two thousand people
presenrhaf Of them negroes the other half the lead
ing planters OF Ouachita and Morehouse parishes,
their wives ana daughters. Flags and banners, and
an immense decorated tent for the speaking. Huge
quantities Of beef and mutton roasted in sections
over trenches, very appetizing to smell and taste,
but in appearance horribly like bad railroad acci-
dent. Music by genuine niger minstrel troupe
ACCORDION, banjo, bones and iddle No burned cork
about them-and very little music. Enthusiasm,
good feeling and not the least disturbance Of any
kind. torchlight procession, and general llu-
mination at night.
But the DID, Old misfortune of the democracy that Of
learning nothing and forgetting nothing which they
share In common with the other Bourbons, must rear
its head. series Of ordinary and unobjectionable
ratification resolutions were submitted and were
about to be passed when Mr.. G. W. McCranie, one
OF the exdelcgates to the New York Convention
and proposed resolution characterzing the exist
ing Legislature as revolutionary, proscrlptlve and
insupportabe, and pedging the meeting to 'resIst'
the extravagant and corrupt expenditure by the
Legislature of the peoples money. A member of the
executive committee implored him to withdraw It,
but the redoubtable McCranie point blank refused to
bulge saying he feared nothing for the effect of the
resolution. He regarded Mr. Seymour's election as
a forsgone conclusions the only question was now
how large the majority should be. Driven into o
corner the managers Of the gathering had to swallow
the amendment to save the harmony Of the meeting.
1t was adopted unanimously. "Resist-how ~
asked the perplexed chairman; "where are we to
sftup Tha cxvap
speech OF General II. Gray, Of Claiborne parish, the
white orator OF The day. " Let us,n he said, eek
haust every legal means Of defeating the monstrous
and unconstitutional taxes imposed upon us by
those rascally carpet-baggers, and when those
means fail, then let us 'see' the man who dares
attempt to seize our property"
This General Gray Is old politician of the State
lie ran for United States senator against Pierre
soule and came within one vote OF defeating hat
able visionary. During the war he had charge OF q
brigade under Dick Taylor at the mutual skedaddle
OF Mansfield. Ho was far more prudent IN his gen.
eraslip than he now Is in his oratory. One or two
flowers cuIlcd from his address may serve to show
its character. Hero they are:-
''The gentlemen WHO have preceded me have not
been sparing in their commentator OF the cand-
dates OF the New YORK Convention. cannot follow
them IN their praise. accept the candidates as
necessity, since for the present can have no bet
ter, but cannot join IN the praises of an enemy"
Again-" too have lost son in our noble cause
the nobest cause in which sword was yer drawn
and can say with tho old Duke Of Argyle, Il ain
prouder OF my dead son than any man can be OF his
living son.'n Again." In conclusion, let us pay
martyr OF our country now in exile In foreign land.
NO man slhce the days OF Sydney ever presented
holder front IN good cause ind II nothing but his
blood will satisfy the magnity OF his radical perse
cutor5 am certain he can say with Sydney, Il
thank Goa am found worthy to die for the great
Did General Gray express the sentiments Of the
meeting2 think not. The great majority OF the
thinking Intelligent men present deprecated this ILL.,
timed sa.ainaldersm and regretted the prominence
into which 1t had been brought. How was 1t with
The negroesY Well, tne seven or eight hundred dar-
m
cleered, laughed when the white folks laughed ana
mad good time generally. The numerous mules
with the cheering, and never missed, which reminds
one Of fuckers of Tennessee theory, that on every
VI services during the war--the mule has as good
claim to the right of suffrage as the negro Con-
after the next election; for the negroes Of LOUISE
ana are going largely democratic--sure, and
no more than the mules what are the essen.
tial differences between the radical and demo-
cratic platforms lnost Of them call It the demo
into their woody crafta, and hold on TO them pretty
tight:-f'irst, that the radicals promised each Of
that somehow these promises have always
ended In taking up lite subscription of four bits,
just to help along the good cause Secondly--That
have to look to their Old masters for food and work.
and that radical Niger don't stand half SO good
chance OF getting employment and assistance as one
who belongs to the democratic clubs. Dozens OF
darky orators are stamping from plantation to plan
hymns about It, and sing them at their camp meet
inss. One runs to the tune Of ''Greenland's icy
Avuntans,' and the second verse Isl
What tho de acks OF Congress
frociaims de rights oh man,
Don't ali dc carpebaggcrs
One ne smart ~ 0, chap be made s, money
AN now eats eats bread and SSGR honey
In Victor's hne saloon.
Chorus Uancy Greencnd's icy mountains wi h chorus
ohaee and rags and plaseIs
Wen bSnish from de land,
When we an our old masters
l. marching hand IN hand.
'f' s yo"r I biyac aao ey ns iD swear
i'se boun' TO keep shoutin' d
For Seymour and for Blair.
As stump speakers some OF these darky democrats
have no mean abilities. There were two at the bar
becue on saturday. The first was Kentucky mu.
latto, and to Judge by his pronunciation, CON-
haps protege of the Kentucky shakers. He thee'd
and thou'd with much earncstness and perfect arti-
cuaton, but had strange peculiarly OF putting an
'.r before every verb beginning with vowel. Thus
he brought his (oored friends to Reject President
who would r'allevate their condition and who would
undoubtwardly take or the heavy taxation which
the radicals had rimposed upon them. .srlat man,
he said with vigorous emphasis, els the one am
and Remember his name-.Horrytoe Seymour Don't
forget Horrytoe Seymour Is the man ~ Aside
from these pecularitles the speech was well put to-
In regard to the rascaltes OF the carpetbaggers Of
Northern Louisiana and the impostions which had
been practised on the freedmen by the former bu-
But the orator OF the day was local negro
preacher, Old Jer. Stations Such an extraordinary
mixture OF quaint humor and religious fanatcIsm, Of
sound sense and ridiculous misinformaton, no one
but al old darky preacher could ever have gotten
of, well delivered too, with all the case and vigor Of
born orator. lie interpreted prophecy with all the
assurance OF q theologan, and drew from the book
Of Daniel conclusive proof that the democratic ticket
would DO successful. There was the great contest
between the kings OF the North and the South In the
eleventh chapter, when the King OF the North came
against the King OF the South ''like whirlwlnd,
shipsn and ovcrfowed and passed over many coun.
tries possessing himself Of the treasures Of gold and
silver. "But tdings out OF the East and out OF the
North shall trouble aim: therefore he shall 20 forth
with great fury 10 destroy and utterly to make
away mony:N and finally the Archangel
Micnael-query, Horatio Seymour 9--interferes and
rescues the children OF the people, To these
passages old jed pointed riumphantly as indicating
the result OF the coming elections, then made .