New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-10-20
4 TRIP TO BARATARIA
FruitIess Search for Christians "
THE REPUBLICANS WELL ORGANIZED
HARvel's CANAL,
Saturday Night, October Is, l81o-l p N

HARvel's CANAL }
Saturday Night, October Is, l810-l P. NJ
| EDITOR REPUBLICAN:
According to promise. | have jottcd down
q few items connected with our recent trip
to Barataria, Chenicre Calninada and
| Grantie Isle. Dame rlmor having said
that Barataria had drawn up articles OF
| secession from the left bank, and had been
| c;ioled into the belief that the Christian
| Association had overturned the balance of
the State. a few unbclieving Thonases de
tcrmincd to 90 down and see if the good old
lady might not be mistaken. So ID party,
| composed of Mcssrs. Stamps tnot revenue,
| hut T. 81, Morrison, Worrall, Gaudet.
| Martin, Kemp, Perkins, Gibbs, Brown, and
field band. started from the head of
Haryey's canal on Tuesday, the eleventh,
in skitfs, after first aScertiinng that our
| chief engineer had plenty of steam aboard,
with valves i'll good working order and
| that our pilot fully understood all the
! shoals and s:umps that lay in our path.
| After Il pleasant ride OF thirteen miles we
| arrived at the plantation OF Paul Osborn.
| pleasantly situated OH the bank of the
| bayou Baratara, when we expected to meet
| with a "Christian' reception thavng heard
that Mr.. Osborn had. through the citicacious
| prayers of Revs. Fisk and Chapman, be
| come n convert to their ta!th), but we soon
ascertained that. if he did not know how to
| come the Christian blarncY over It's, he
| knew how to receive and treat US rs Repub-
| licans. which he did. Al eight o'clock p VI
| We proceeded to a small church a few rods
| below the residence of Justin Bernard ESQ.
| beautifully situated ii the midst of q grove
| of live oaks. where meets the "Oak- Rest
Radical Republican club and there we
| had a meeting which gave the lie at once IL
| the old lady.
| If the meetings of the club at Barrataria
are usually SO well attended rs that night,
| | advise them to either secure larger
| house. or meet under the oaks, in old Druid
zeal fashion. The building was simply
crowded, the spaces outside were crowded
and. after the speeches of Jud ee Marti Il,
DIR. t. ID. Worrall, Hon. I. 3. Stamps, j. Il.
Gaudet, A. J. Kemp, Samuel Perkins and
Harry Gibbs. if there We're any of Fisk s
Christians hanging around, they were pretty
we'll crowded. too--so much so that there is
no room for them down there any more
The christian Association tiattcr them
selves that they have broad bottom to
stand for sitl upon. but when such grape
and canister flies among them as was there
poured ont by the speakers, they always
cry, Don't crowd the mourncrs,"
Only crowd the christian Association
with good Republican doctrine, and, like
the washerwoman's tub, their bottom
VIII soon 1dil out.
Next morning at eight 4. NJ. We started
for Grand Isle, chartering the small stern
wheel steamer Agnes, at the plantation OF
Judge Berthoud who chartered for us The
boat.
The Judge is Democrat, but a high
toned gentleman, and knows how TO receive
! and treat his guests, although they may
differ with him politically. II would be .
good idea TO forward occasionally a copy ot
the REPUBLICAN to George Rolls Captain OF
the Agnes. wlro is undoubtedly not aware
of the fact that the late war is over; that
slavery is abolished that the coored man
has rights. and is entitled to enjoy them
under the law. as he attempted to come the
deck passage" game on some OF u.s. Our
friend Morrison iwho. by the way. is the
efficient Register of Voters on the right
bank quietly informed him that this was
not Il Democratic crowd but company of
Republicans. Captain Rolls soon compIe-
hended the situation, and everything then
went on smoothly, we arriving at Grand
Isle at twelve NJ. at night. Grand Isle is
being registered and thoroughly. too, as
Morrison and Kemp know their business.
Here we found the people strongly in favor
of the success of the Republican cause.
From Grand Isle. together with the Board
OF Registrars and our band. We proceeded to
Cheniere Caminada where we received
the kind hospitalities of John B. Ducua
Esq. Cheniere Cam inada has about six
hundred and fifty inhabitants and one can
form his own opinion of the healthfulness Of
the place, when l tell you that on the whole
island there is not a single physician. Our
friend, the doctor. had 10 quit for the mo-
ment politics, and renew his profession as
good Samaritan.
After satisfying ourselves of the political
soundness of the good people of Caminada,
we returned to attend another meeting to be
held at Mr.. Bernard's plantation, arriving at
l0le A. NJ. Saturday. Here again we had
overwhelming proof of the errors of the old
lady, Dame Rumor. Hatch. Fisk Il Co.
NAV slide and shuttle around the other side
OF the river as much as they choose, it will
do them no good. Our kind host, OsbuIn,
upon whom they much depended (and were
trying to use as eats paw 10 pull chestnuts
out OF the fire with. will have nothing to do
with them, and he is Il power on the bayou.
delegates will place his name on the list for
the Justice of the Peace for his ward. No
better selection could be had
In consequence of some OF rs having to
take separate skitfs en- route home, the wri-
Ter was obliged to leave before the meeting
was over but left the Doctor pouring his
hot shot into the enemies Of Rcpublicansm
with his usual eainrstness and ability.
And here | am. quietly gliding along the
bosom Of the ''eyer raging canal, heartily
glad that our little company paid Barataria
a visit, t.r now we are sure ANA confident
that our friends there will poll such vote
as will quiet the friends Of Democracy for
ever III jefferson parish j, B. &.
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