Le Louisianais. [volume] (Convent, La.) 1865-1883, 1868-08-29
Democratic Mass Woetinps
in St. James.

Campaign in our Parish. Que meeting wa.
held IN the forenoon, near the mansion of Mr.
t>tcrbro' k, on the Right bank, Speeches, o
which a "compte-rendu' will be lnnnd in an
other column, were delivered in French anc
English. The meeting in the afternoon. took
place on The grounds Of Mr.. Louis Chene,-
the IeBonrgeois plantation Of times past. The
principal speakers We're r.. pocha Esq Judg,
A.. Gastinel, J. Geulil Esq, w. Rollins, anr
Squire b. Johnson - HE last Two, citizens
ewIy-enfranchiscd.
The meeting having been duly organized b,
The appointment Of Jules Druilhe, ESQ as pre-.
sidenf, and by the nomination of several vicc-prc.
sldonts. Mr.. PoclIa was introduced to the
audience, and was greeted by boil, classes of
citizens-whi,c and b'ack-(most Of whom have
known him from his childhooA) with loId &C.
claims.
Mr.. Poehe made an able speech as re-
markab!e for elegant diclion and forcib,e
delivery, as for the comprehensive details
wh1rh.lt embodied. The origin and progress
OF the insatlate and Unsuitable Radicals: their
encrnachments on the. Constitution their
wicked efforts 10 destroy The State Govern.
men's the ncfarions meodaci,y and sclemlnr
by which they cndeavor to keep up the de'u.
sion to which they have subjected the freed
men Tie saziio|, p%a'j.ica', material. ana Gnan.
cial min to which they have reduced HE conn-
try all these, together with the relative and
| cOrrplatIvp uI1h.ijpnS pinhronaJ Il, , o,ne,l,.,
ton OF the respective platforms and candidates
now before the American people, were reviewed
IN a manner at once clear and convincing. and
vel calculated 10 enli.hten lie least inteli
ge"t Of Mr.. Pocht's attentive andi,orv.
W.. Rollins, the celebrated colored orator
whose liair-breadth escape from the murder
Gus designs of The Radicals, is a fine iilus,ra.
ton of the "freedom" they have prepared for
US. was next called to The stand. Rollins is
'oQnacions and humorous, and provided with
a considerable fund Of tia, spccies of anec-
dote which formerly made the sole plantation,
ring with mer'iment and loud laughter. His
efforts, on this OCCASION, wore directed chiefly
to his tellow-trcedmen, who, he assured them.
would De as certainly the dupes of Radical
'%ascali'y as he himself was. AS he continued
10 illustrate, by bis personal experiences. The
world noted Yankee tricks as he rccoun,ed
the Yankee lying aud cheating, tie broken
promises and peffdious deccptions, which not
only robbed him of the reward of lis yearly
toll, but brought him deeply into debt, The grin
excited on the conn,enances Of his culorcd l.l-
low.cl'lzens, by his ready, though somewhat
rough W'tiIclsms, soon Iela xeu into a serious
contemplation Of their own creduIitv. The
tween their reluctance to yield the false homes
by which the Radicals have been 50 long and
so cruelty fooliug them, and their conviction
OF the home truths which Rollins Placed before
them, But even with their immalured intelli.
gence Truth prevailed. The evidences of this.
were too p~alpable in their satisfied looking coun.
to be, for a moment, mistaken.
Judge Gaslinel of New Otlcans was pointed
and practical in his remarks, which nbouoh,
OF course, to'al'y different, in style and phrase.
ology to those of ROLLINS may, Justly, be termed
the supplement to the Radical circle Of palpable
'nIqnities which Rollins had Just described in
telling though rough hewn sentences. Judge
asked the freedmen to look at The
question from a common sense stand poin,.
Where, said he, is the realization Of all The
hne promises the Radicals have made Won ?
where, The lands and %tenemen,s. by the hone of
which the cunning rascals ,ickled you? where.
he comfort and material happiness, so profuse
IN Yankee lying fps when seeking your votes
or tat offices, for which they have neither ca.
nor knowledge, nor experience +? The
recdom they promised you, continued the
in so far as personal freedom is con-
;erned, is good per Sc; and Of that no South
I'm man would now deprive you, if he could
or the South is a unit in the belief that YOUR
reedom is an unqualified advantage to the
White population at.all events ; and would be
mutual advantage, if the sordid. ayaricious,
'e't'seeklng, dollar-loving, Yankee had not OBJ.
s'rucfed and nentraliZed its beneficial effects
bnt the selfish Yankee imbued your susceptible
minds with the freedom of expectations never
destined to he realized and they know it. This
$ a part OF the deep.laid scheme by which the
Yankee hoped, and still hopes, TO rob and
'lunder and confiscate Southern homes, and TO
ad hbunm, their carpet bags.
In concluding, Judge Gastinel admonished
he colored people there present, that their
rue interests consisted in Identifying them
selves with The permanent inhabitants of the
south, and not with strangers in translu be.
l"eeh depleted pockets and depleted brains,
lu'l.stnfed carpet bags; that true freedom
OF them, as Tor all others, is the freedom Of
in good faith, for an honest living,
and OF enjoying, in a rational way, the fruits of
.he'r labor and that the Southern whites were
only ready, but anxious, to help them, 10
them, to foster them, and 10 prove
o them in every possible way, what none bu,
knave will deny; namely, tina, the common
'ood can be promoted only by the harmonious