New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-10-16
JOINT DISCUSSION AT LAS
Walkers Positions Annihilat&
GENERAL SYPHER THE CHAMPION

The discussion ON the political situation
and the industrial necessities of the State OF
Louisiana, between the Republican and
| the Democratic candidates for election t.
| Congress in the First Congressional
| District of this State, appears to have
led to the result that the Democrats
of the parish of ST. Bernard did not take
| sufficient interest in the matter to hear
their own speakers; and their attempt to
convert and control colored Republicans
has utterly failed.
| Yesterday morning, large assemblage
| was gathered at the foot of Canal street
looking as if something was going on. As
| most of the number were members of the
Republican party, their interest was ac.
| counted for by the fact that the steamer
Campbell was lying at the newly constructed
wharf, putting and snorting, with the Amer
lean stars and stripes at her bow, freighted
with hundred and fifty members of the
Republican party of the State of Louisiana
on her upper deck. Among these were the
Union Republican band. with CAPTAIN
Wright as the leader. the members OF which
having fought for the integrity of tho
Union, are now giving their best endeavors
for the succuss OF the party by whose
efforts only. this Union can be made avail
able for the benefit of the Southern States
and the nation at large.
The destination of the steamer was
the parish of st. Bernard. and the
object of the convocation of Republic
ans aboard OF her was to meet certain Dem
ocrltic candidates at the parish of s.. Ber-
nard, and there try conclusions Among
the party on board the Campbell, as she
eral }. H. Sypher, Colonel e. w. Lowell.
Captain j. r. Beals. Colonel J. II. Ingra-
ham. Messrs P. j. Hussey. j. Rockers.
John jackson, Z. c. Morphy, Adolph
Mazet. Dupart, Dupre, Johnson. j. w. Nc
Intyre. +. Polk. Captain L. u. Lewis, ,Adolph
Barret and others.
At half-past eleven the Campbell ar
rived at Davidsons landing, some twelve
miles below the city of New Orleans, and
the company of Republicans landed and
proceeded about two miles into the interior.
where q number of prominent members OF
the Democratic party had arranged for "a
Joint discussion OF political views before the
assembled voters of st. Bernard parish.
Arrived at the St. Bernard Courthouse.
the Republicans found awaiting them their
Democratic antagonists, among whom were
A. W. Walker, candidate for Congress for
the First Congressional Dictrict, Messrs.
Tracy. Sambola. McCaleb, Waggaman, Cas-
tellanss. and others. There was an inter
change of gentlemauly courtesies between
the two antagonistic parties, significant of
the intention OF both to carry on the contest
in the spirit of gentlemen.
After arranging the necessary preliml-
naries, the first speaker for the Republican
party, Colonel }. II. Ingraham, took the
stand and opened the contest.
Colonel Ingraham said, i'll effect, that the
colored man never had any civil or political
right under the rule Of the party that now
claims for itself the title of Democratic.
Why it calls itself Democratic it is difficult
TO guess for, so far from being govern
uent of the people, it inaugurated the late
war solely for the purpose OF keeping in
abiect bondage an immense number OF
those who now comprise large proportion
of the citizens and voters of the Southern
States.
Colonel Ingraham said that he did not
want to attack the personal character OF his
opponents but he held himself free to dis
cuss their views of the political situation
and their pretensions. They talked OF
liberty, but they meant the largest liberty
for a small class only, and oppression tor
all other classes. When stakeholder, Mr..
Walker treated his slaves us he treated his
horses and cows, giving them such atten-
ticn only as might be necessary to make
them useful Their manhood Was never for
a moment recognized. He adverted to the
conduct of the colOred men during the war
of rebellion, while their masters were at
war. they took care of their families and
plantations; but this was recognized only
as IL man acknowledges that his horse
draws well or his COW gives milk. Colonel
lngraham's speech was marked throughout
by a acOmprehensiveness that showed how
thoroughly he had studied the subject.
Colonel c. w. Lowell followed Colonel
in9raham. He said he did rot want to in
dulge in personalities, but he would notice
one personality directed against him and
against other citizens of the country, who,
since the war, had chosen to make their res
idence in the Southern portion of their
country. He claimed that in the South. rs
in the North, he who chose could make his
residence there, and that he, with all other
good citizens, i'll making an honest living,
contributed his full share to the common
prosperity. 1t had been charged upon that
class of citizens of the South, whom the rebel
Democrats stigmatized as carpet-baggers,
that they came from, the Lord knows where,
and cared only to make enough money to
enable them to leave the South and gO-tO
the devil or anywhere else. He alluded to
the fact that the Southern country is mainly
indebted to men from other sections tor its
development so far, and if more men OF the
same kind were induced to come here with
their enterprise, their thrift, their
capacity of making the best use OF every
thing. the large portion OF Southern
country that is now as practlcaliy
useless as the desert of Sahara, would
II smoke
of the disposition of Southern Democrats to
cnvelop themselves in a cloud OF imaginary
superiority to all other sections OF the
Union, because, as a consequence OF lordmS
it over their slaves. they fancied for them
selves a superiority over all the rest OF
mankind; because they had been the pro-
prietors of human flesh and blood, OF hui
man bone and sinew. Colonel Lowell
showed how, with all their fancied superb
ority, the Southern Shareholders had been
indebted, for all that is useful in agrlcultu-
raj operations, for machinery tor the
appliances that make labor profitable to
the mechanical and scientific ingenuity OF
other sections of the Union, where mental
development is furthered by that freedom
that gives to every man the reward OF MS
labor. 1t is impossible to give in the space
allotted to this report full justice to the able
speech of Colonel Lowell.
As at the hour of going to press this morn
ing the remainder of the report was un-
written, owing to the late hour Of the re-
turn Of our reporter from st. Bernard parish,
we are reluctantly compelled to close at this
point.
The Shreveport Gazette says ut has peen
long said that it is an i'll wind that blows
nobody good The establishment of quaran-
tine at Galveston has diverted so much OF