New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-06-23
CAMPAIGN sPEECHEs.

We publish this morning the speeches of
Hon. P. B. S. Pinchback and Hon.
Charles Hughes at the grand ratification
meeting in Lafayette square.
After the speech OF General Bussey, Hon,
P. B. S. Pinchback was introduced by Gov
ernor warmoth in the following words:
At the Chicago Convention there were
over six hundred and Fifty delegates, repre-
senting the loyal citizens of every State and
Territory in this Union. There was no dis
tinctiOn there. We did not ask man how
tall or, how short he was, nor
how ugly he was, nor how black he
was. We asked him Ii he was Black
Republican OF course we preferred to
have him as black Republican as possible,
and we preferred to have him as good look
ing black Republics as possible. The
Louisiana delegation Qresented TO that con-
Vention one of the blaekest and best look ing
black Republicans, whom will now iutro-
duce to you-the Hon. P. B. S. Pinchback.
Speech Of ATE f'Inchback.
Mr.. CHAIRMAN: In accordance with the
| request of the committee, will endeavor
to say few words on this occasion, though
- / am no orator, as Sheridan is,h and 9TH
| ers who have addressed YOU, and fear that
my remarks will seem 10 you "stale, fat,
and Improbable" aft9 their eloquent and
| humorous speeches.
The Republicans in his audience who are
identified with the raee SO long held in ig-
norauce and bondage must certainly be
grAtihed beyond measure to know that the
| leaders Of the Republican party in the North
| are determined to see that henceforth every
man upon every inch Of American soil shall
be free and independent citizen. The
lebel press Of this city have asserted that
the Republican party dodge the ques.
| g a1 =
that your humble servant sustained resolu-
tions fayoring the restriction of African
suffrage to the Southern States. My answer
to this charge is simply that they lie /!
| daughter and applaDse.) In the first
| place was not one Of the committee on
resolutions at the Chicago Convention, and
in the second do not regard the platform
we adopted as compromise Of that ques.
tion or an evasion of the issue. Its Ian.
guage is clear and unnistakable to any one,
except those carping critics Of the Times,
who seize upon the smallest chance Of max
ing little political capital as drowning men
catch at straws. And what better evidence
can give you OF the Intention of our North.
ern Republican friends to meet us upon
terms of equality than the fact that the
colored delegates to that convention were
received with open arms and treated with
| kindness and consideration that to me was
| a great and agreeable sarprise. tits true that
one member who had been told was 81 little
touchy on the Niger question" drew back
a little when l was Introduced TO him, and
perhaps little more when our friend
| Graham was presented, but that was an ex
ceptien; and the almost universal treatment
| of us seemed to indicate a desire that we
| should feel perfectly free and unconstrained
and to convince us that our color should be
no bar to an equal footing and influence In
the Convention.
The speaker then related an amusing in
cident which occurred upon the cars when
white member Of the delegation was pick
ed out by curious Investigator Of color as
one Of the ''nigger delegates
tell you Of our reception at Chicago be