The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-05-28
MASS MEETING IN MOREHOUSE

MASS MELTING LIN MOREhOUSE.
At mass meeting of the citizens Of
; Morehouse parish, held in the town.of
Bastrop. on Saturday, tho 14th inst,
on motion James W. Boatner, Esq. j.,
was called to the chair, and Eugene
McFee was appointed Secretary.
The Chairman in few brief and
| pointed remarks, stated the object of
the meeting as being for the purpose
of giving expression 10 the views of the
great mass of our citizens, in regard to
the present political condition of our
Parish and State, and enjoining upon
all the urgent necessity of unanimity
of action on the part of all who are in
opposition to RadicoLisn,, regardless of
all old political issues and party pre-
JUDGES; after which J. Harvey Brig
ham, Esq, addressed the convention,
at some length, explaining fully the
great issues which the interest of the
State of Louisiana has upon US, urg-
ing that liberaiity Of spirit and unity
of action so necessary to protect that
interest and calling upon all, without
distinction whatever, white and color
efforts in overcoming the presentpollt-
On motion the following were ap-
pointed a Committee to draft resolu-
tons expressive of the views entertain
ed by the Convention, viz: ). Harvey
Brigham, J. H. Broadnax and G. B.
Wheeler. After the Committee had
retired the Convention was addressed
by Mr.. w. P. Renwick and W. H.
Compton, Esq, both of whom discus
sed in an able and eloquent manner the
political interests of our country, fully
enunciat ting the true principles of the
Democratic party as it now exists, at
ter which the COMM ttee came forward
and presented the following
PREAMBLE AND RESOLUTIONS. .
In view Of the present political con-.
dition of our country. National and
State, your COMMITTEE beg leave to re-
port
lst That they have particular line of
conduct to recommend to the people Of this
Parish in regard to their relations to the Fed
eral Government, except it be respectful
submission to recognized law. The United
States Government EN- crying from the throes
of a mighty revolution, seems to have been
| unable unwilling to lay aside those revo-
lntionary exped dents which gave success IN
war but which are inconsistent with the spirit
of a free government in time of peace. The
! sword of the conqueror conld not or would not
yield to the once broad, flaming sword OF
justice and equality. All the hitherto re.
cornized rights of the States, res umed and
iunreserved, as well those sacred tenets
of ndivld ual liberty admitted from time imme-
mortal as the fixed and Interchangeable landmarks
between freemen and villains, have been alb
rogated or ignored. The whole force Of the
Govern has been exerted in attempt
to change the immutable laws of God in regard
to caste and the condition of human society.
resulting in incalculable evils. AS citizens,
therefore, whose political status is that Of
quasi vassaiege, we are compelled to ADM,
these things as existing facts and bow with
81 omission to the laws that brought them
about, ndu!ging ever the cheerful hope of
speedy change with the returning dawn OF
sober reason.
snd. That in thus avowirg our ready COM
pliance with the Law and issues brought about
by the arbitrament of the sword I'VE, citizens
of Morehouse, utterly disown all that deep
contrition for past unmanly follies lately pro-
mulgatcd by few Of our liberty-loving cIti-
zens, in an address clothed in the ecstatc dIct'on
OF the old priests of the higher law aud derog-
atory to the people of this Parish, that a few
arrogated to themselves the right to speak for
all and did speak of unanimity Of feeling and
universal sentiment which every man knows
does not exist; and further derogatory in this
tina. it asked the people to stultify their man
hood and honesty by admitting that they were
wrong in 1861, in loving their country and
defending their families and fireside in that
hour o: our common peril, and inconsistent in
that they claimed to be conservative, while
their address breathed nothing but hatred.
prescription and calnmny. The innumerable
test oaths and ingenious constitutional devices
of :he Radicals have never asked more than
this. Honest men have hitherto spurned the
nauseating dose when offered by regular
Radical physician, and will continue to do so
when offered by Southern quacks!
3rd. That hord of political cormorants and
greedy Adventures have forced themselves in
to almost all the official positions in the State,
Executive, Legislative and judicial. and have
brou ght upon our State financial ruin and po-
litical and social degradation. That the wild
est isms and theories nurtured in the Radical
hot-beds of the North, and ever considered
impracticable even there, have here become
organic law.
4th. That it is the duty Of every good citi-
zen to arouse to determined and united action
and to place the control of the State and its
vast resources in worthy hands. and to accom-
pIish this most desirable object sound policy
dictates that chould bury all past differen-
ces Of opinion and unite with that party in
supporting unobjectionable men which gives
earnestness Of the greatest strength and power
to accomplish this end. Therefore, in view of