New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-11-23

Democracy. The speaker then went on
to speak of the aggressions and demands
made by the slave power of the South, and
the concessions made to it BY Northern men
from the time of notification in 1857, wnlcn
was put down by that old school Democrat,
and son of an lrishman, Andrew JACKSON
[applausel, to the breaking out OF the re-
bellion during the Presidency OF that piiant
tool of modern Democracy, James Buchan-
an, Tapplause and bissesl, and of the po-
sition taken by the Republican party to
save the Union from destruction.
Thus far had Judge Lynch spoken when
there was a movement among large num-
Der of persons in the house. They rose in
their seats, yelled and Kissed, cried out
''three cheers for Seymour" and were
evidently determined not only not to allow
the speaker to go on, bat, If possible, to put
him off the platform and inaugurate a meet
ing after their style. The speaker in the
meanwhile stood firm, his eyes flashing in
dignation, and informed his disturbers that
lie was not terrified by them, and would not
be if they were so many devils; but he ap-
pealed to them as his countrymen to listen
to him.
Patrick Tormey asked what the meeting
was called for, but before any answer could
be returned by the chairman the disturbers
renewed their shouting and yelling, and
several moved toward the platform occu-
pied by Judge Lynch.
At this juHcture Inspector Folk, who had
watched the progress OF events, and en-,
| deavored to preserve order, commanded
| the disturburs TO sit down or leave the hall,
| and seeing that they would not sit down,
directed his officers to put them out, add
ing that if they would not go peaceably to
| give it to them Immediately about one
| halt the audience left in a body, cursing
and abusing the speaker and all Republi-
cans as they went. Paddy Keenan,,
although protesting to be ''some" on his
muscle" did not resist an urgent invita-
ton extended by the Inspector to "get
| out
After the disturbers, who had constitn-
| ted about one-halt of the audience, had got
out into the street, they met under a lamp
post, where resolutions indorsing General
| Slocum and other Democratic nominees
were read and adopted. These resolutions
had been prepared with view to having
them adopted after the disturbers had
"ousted" the men who called the meeting,
mobbed Judge Lynch and Others, and OBJ
tanned control OF the meeting; but the pro-
gramme was changed by the police, and
the resolutions went to the lamppost for
Endorsement Several persons made ring
| speeches, and the mob yelled and shouted
as loud as possible, evidently with view
to disturbing the meeting up stairs, but
without avail, for the meeting in the hall
proceeded, and the audience soon num-
bered nearly as many as before the disturb
ance.
Judge Lynch went on to tell his hearers
what the Democratic war cost in money
and martyred dead, and ruin to the South.
He then appealed to his countrymen to
stand by the laws and liberty of their
adopted country, from which only they
conld ever hope for aid to free their own
MATHS land from oppression. At present
they did not deserve that aid. They pre-
sented to the world the anomaly oil PEG.
pie fleeing from oppression, and espodsing
here the party of oppression and slavery
| They had been the main support of the
Democracy in the espousaO OF slavery, and
bad become the laughing stock of the
world. They were the tools Of the Demo,
Gratis, by whom they were often used to dc
dirty work, such as procuring fraudulen
naturalization papers. Now, Angus
tus Belmont, the man whom, the speake
said, had failed to pay owe
a large amount of money deposited witt
him to help the Fenisn cause, proposed tt
run the Irish vote in the interest of Johr
T. Hoffman, man who would not attend {
meeting to aid sufferers in the county o
Kerry, for fear he would give offense to thu
British Government. These Democratic
leaders looked upon the Irish as chronic
d-n FOOLS not worth conciliating. In tbs
South, Democracy now meant secession ant
Know Nothingism, and the election of th'
Democratic standard bearers would result
in disunion and ruin, Judge Lynch sale
that he was Catholic Irishman, and was
Republican, because that was the party o
liberty, freedom and equal rights, on thu
side Of which his countrymen would soonel
or later be arrayed. He concluded by urg
ing them to stand by the party that would
stand by them, and to vote for Grant ant
Coltax, and for John A. Griswold.