The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-10-12
LOUISIANA.

| Lively Times In tho Legislature-The Cover.
nor and tho Carpct-Basgcrs Denounced by
the Nesroes-Triple Division Of tho Negro
Forces-Daugerous Tewper Of the People
Subsidins Of tho Waters.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. %, 1858.
Governor Warmoth's veto OF Isabele's Social
Equality bill seems to have allayed public excite
ment for time and STAYED or the danger OF an i'm
mediate resort to violence; but 1t has produced a
considerable breach In the radical ranks The CO.
lored vote Of the State 10 divided into three sec
tions-the negro democracy, who denounce the car
pet-baggers and win vote with the resident white
peoples the negro radicals who denounce the carpet
baggers and will vote for themselves and the negro
radicals, who remain under carpetbag tutelage
and will vote any way their new masters
tell them. The last division remains nu-
mcricaly the strongest and leaves no doubt
that Warmoth's action win be sustained by the
Legislature. The public sentiment against the bill
liz intense that s passage over the veto would be
the signal for the immediate appointment OF vigil
lance committee and the cleaning out'' Of every
white radical In the state OF Louisiana. II speaks
volumes for the iniquity OF the legislation which has
followed the reconstruction OF the State that among
the people generally feeling is gaining ground that
h will be better to make o clean sweep at and
go back to military government In perpetuty, III need
be. II 1t were put to the vote OF the white people
tomorrow whether Ben Butler or the carpet-baggers
should continue to rule the State 1t would be close
contest. Phil Sheridan would have good chance
and Hancock, Buchanan or Rousseau would sweep
the state, and yet In order to get rid OF military
despotism the white people OF the State allowed
construction constitution to be foised them when
anything like united effort on their part would
have defeated 1t.
islature Saturday 1t was received with howl Of
indignation. Murrell tcolored, of Lafourche, de
cared that Warmoth by this message had violated
his oath and betrayed his party, and Isabelle the
muatto, who introduced II he did not originate the
6rumo i ascpees us 9Ign 70 aeep posca
that he would carry on the tight till the bill was car
red and then when that was done and when colored
democrats were returned to Congress he would
say:-sLord, now ettest thou Thy servant depart
| in peace for mine eyes have seen Thy salvation"
To-day, when the debate was resumed in the Lower
| House, the lobby crowded with white men-a
| circumstance which has never happened be-
i pack Of the speakers chair Governor %armoas
| listened eagerly TO the debate. The Sunday had
been actively employed BY the radical leaders Many
nrst indication or the influences brought to bear,
| MurreL, who on Saturday denounced the Governor
as traitor and said he must have been drunk when
he declared some time ago that he would rise fall
with the black man, now patted Warmoth on the
BACK All he had said against him and promised 70
sustain the veto.
Denis Burrell sback, also upheld isI the veto, and
poser would shake under him like Belshazzar's
| when he read the writing on the wall. He (Burrell)
snated thenext moment but, then, he was neither q
demagogue nor was he anxious to run for Congress,
The supporters OF the bill were not to be thus
choked on, however. Hall, bright mulatto, OF New
Orleans, rose and made terribly effective speech
against the Governor and the carpet-baggers HAD
democratic Governor presented this veto,' he said
~ could have understood It; but Henry Clay War
people OF the State OF Louisiana-the man to whom
we looked up as radicalism personned; the man
who occupies the position on the front bastion; the
man whose language TO us has always been stand
to your ground: we wfl put You In the proudest po
sitIon Of any Anelo-saxon In the state-ths Is the
much OF o pettifogger TO become statesman
lie says the laws OF the state gave us these rights
What chance have we TO enforce them before Judge
Abel2 Does he suppose that or any colored man
can go to victors restaurant or Johnny Hawkins
Be ssyed Hove %nec law hSS nSn
ak democratic judges ont OF seven In New
orleansf The Governor says THIS , Dill makes that 2
that language before his own electonf have heard
hfm use language more perncious and more incen.
| diary than / have ever heard from o colored mau
yet. Why does the Governor preach to us about his
knowledge OF those communities where the highest
| respect Is paid to the rights OF all menS There are
communities here which, In my opinion, would be
| much benefited by his absence. No class Of men
have ever prosed by yielding 1n The ,, more We tn,
from us. II we had only stood firm by that tried
true friend OF the colored race, Mr.. Thomas J.
| Durant we should not now DO msrepresented by
| Governor warmoth. appeal to you, my colored
friends, to support the bill IL the Governor goes
back on us and the Senate goes back u.s. In Gods
name let stand foot to foot and battle not only
hero but to all eternity for our just rights"
Holland (quadroon OF Tensasl delivered on almost
equally telling address, and from his frequent refer
ence TO q Ms. In his hat would seem to have had q
prompter at his back. He characterized Warmoth's
veto as an attempt TO whip the devil round the
stump and to evade the real question at issue
Social equality was what the colorcd man did not
want. There had been too much OF II already. Blu,
| they demanded and meant to have the same right:
a. the white men OF Louisiana enjoyed. He In
| voked the memories OF the lash, the bloodhound
| the slave pen and Fort Pillow and said II the Gov
ernor's veto was sustained he trusted the telegraph
| would fash the news from one end o. the Continent
TO the other that new rebellion had broken out In
| Louisiana.
Isabelle closed the debate with speech Of charac
terstic ignorance concet and absurdity. lie denied
that the colored race inferior to the white IN
| any respect but In education, and wound up most
astounding peroration by declaring that II this bill
was only passed the community would not I'm times
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