New Orleans Republican., 1868-08-04
Governor WarmOth Gains the People,
HIS SPEECH ENTHUSIASTICALLY CHEERED.

learned that Rollins, the coloied
orator, attempted TO make a Demo
cratic speech in private rooms over a res
taurant at the corner of Customhouse and
Marais streets but it not being agreeable to
the propretors of the establishment the
latter extinguished the lights and closed up
his house Having no rooms to speak in or
from, Rollins made his way up to the Ba.
rome street cars, followed out of curiosity
by few colored men, who made no hostile
demonstrations against him, though they
did not coincide with his political views.
What followed was related by Corporal
Sullivan when Rollins was arraigned before
Recorder Becker yesterday on the charge of
carrying concealed weapons, "to.wit:
large pistol This is Sullivans testimony.
Was standing on Baronne, between Julia
| and Gfrod streets, about $3.50 O'Clock Satur-
| day night; heard q crowd Of persons calling
| out to stop that car; officer King and | ran
into the street and stopped the car; Rollins
| jumped from the Car and ran up Baronne
| street to Julia; there was a crowd of people,
| both black and white, calling out "Stop
that man-catch that man;o we ran after
| him; when about half way between Julia
and St. Joseph streets accused turned and
!
lear me / will kill him;' witness then ap-
preached him and put his hand on prisoner;
! asked accused if he had & pistol; hU an
swered that he had one in his pocket; the
| crowd followed the prisoner, shouting
Stop him' The crowd appeared excited;
I some of them had canes.
officer Kings evidence was about tie
same in substance. -..-
The charge made was carrying q con-
cealed weapon, and the pistol was found on
accused, yet Recorder Becker discharged
Rollins, and the pistol was returned to him.
On dischargng the prisoner Recorder
Becker addressed him as follows:
Il am Republican. No man in Louisi-
ana is better one. You are trying TO be a
Democrat. You might as well try to make
| yourself white by rubbing on yourself
coat of whitewash. 1t would run off in the
ram in five minutes. You are Republican
in heart. But you have right to express
| such opinions as you choose. You have
| called Governor Warmoth thief; you have
called the Recorder Of the First District
| 7calawag. No matter for that. | discharge
you"
Saturday night, at the time Rollins was
searched in the Central stationhouse, the
| pistol taken off him was examined, and it
recently discharged. The driver of the car
asserts that he is quite positive that pistol
was shot of by some one inside the car, but
that driver was not summoned to appear as
witness. lady living on Baronne street.
who saw portion of the difficulty, asserts
| she saw a fash from the car.
| Rollins, the colored orator, was defended
yesterday in Recorder Beckers court by
| Messrs. ssmbola, Braughn, and Rogers,
| eminent lawyers of the Democratic per
suasion. After he was discharged by the
graceful speech of the Recorder, which his
counsel properly acknowledged, the Dem
ooratic colored orator was escorted by qnjte
a number of his political friends toward the
hall Of the Constitution Club on Canal
street, near Dryades.
The large escort Of the champion of Democ-
racy naturally attracted a crowd, which
the Times estimates numbered about fifteen
hundred, of whom some five hundred were
| coIored. No violence was committed, but
there were indications Of an attempt by cerss
tain turbulent parties to create riot, and
when knowledge of the threatening aspect
of affairs reached Governor Warmoth at his
office, he Immediately hastened TO the scene
to quiet the excitement which was rapidly
| becoming more fearful He proceeded to
the scene, and was greeted with uncompi.
mentary expressions from the angry crowd,
who exclaimed, "Who in hell are your
where did you come from" "What do
you want etc.
| He addressed the multitudes from the
balcony very briefly, but had hardly COM
menced his speach before he was greeted
with cheers from all parties assembled. At
the close of his speech, he was Justify
chcered by the Democratic Club which had
taken the colored orator under its especial
charge.
MY FELLOW CITIZENS: If you want 9th
| ers to respect your opinions, you must re-
speet theirs (cheersl; every man, white or
| black has a rightAo be Democrat or Re-
| publican as he may choose, and no citizen
| has any right to interfere with him.
| (Cheers.) The black man here, who claims
| to be a Democrat whatever may be his mo-
| tive, must have the protection OF every Re
publican (eheers), and | call upon you my
| black fellow citizens, for whom and with
| whom fought as soldier, to stand by me
in protecting him and all others, in all their
| rights and privileges. lCheers and cries OF
1--WE will,n'"W Will.")
| And now, my white fellow citizens of all
politics., let this lesson teach US that re-
spect forlthe opinions of every man, however
humble may be his position, is necessary to
the peace and good order OF society
(Cheers.) pledge you, my fellow citizens,
| the whole power of the government repre-
SENT to protect you all in your opinions,
your rights, aud your privileges. General
applause) ! ask you to disperse to your
homes like good citizens, and all will be
well. (Cheers and cries Of "We will, 1--WE
will.O
The gathered crowd dissolved quietly and
orderly, and in half an hour afterward a
stranger would have recognized nothing to
denote that an emeute had been imminent
or that citizens had been otherwise engaged
than in pursuing the paths OF industry and
happiness.
The Pieaanne and Times compliment Gov
ernor warmoth for his action yesterday.
The latter paper says the Governor was in
troduced by Messrs. ]. o. Nixon and ]. B.
Walton.
The newsboys of the Times in selling the
evening edition Justify cried out, HERE'S
Governor Warmoth's Democratic speech n
and many Democrats were zealously con-
tending that the Governors utterances were
on that occasion Democratic, claiming that
free speech was one of the cardinal Demo
cratic doctrines. The point could hardly be
discovered, taking into consideration the
hazard heretofore to which Republicans
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