The south-western., 1870-10-19
The Sneakina Last Friday.

Gov Warmoth, Gen. Sheridan and P. B. S. Pinch-
back addressed quite large audience more whites
than blacks yesterday from the stand at the corner of
Market and Texas streets. We gratifed to see
that the crowd orderly and gave respectful at
tenon to the speakers There was less disturbance
than we have been accustomed witness in political
meetings before the war. No one replied the part
of the Democratic party, and knowledge of this fact
gave the speakers large latitude in their assertions
We shall not review the speeches arguments, but
would remark that Gov. Warmoth is young man of
rather attractive personal appearance, has good de-
livery and is very plausible debater. He is much
more youthful in appearance than we had supposed.
His line of argument attempt to prove that the
Radical Legislature had been less extravagant than the
Democratic one Of 1861. He incidentally paid very
high compliment to the carrying capacity of himself
and colleagues by the that they had not
stolen than they could carry.
Gen. Sheridan, the elephant of the caravan, is
goodnatured looking personange INDUCES largely in
anecdoe, for which he has undeniable talent and
OCCASION rises into genuine eoquenee. He is unques
tionably good stump-speaker His attempt to create
an antagonsm OF the poorer classes against those
whom he called rch because of the law OF the late
Confederate Congress exemptng from military service
those who owned twenty slaves in mserably bad
TASTE and added nothing the strength of his argu
ment. All know the object of that law to secure
supply of provisions for the army, which were as
essential to the prosecution of the and
arms Moreover men who were rich before the war
are poor now and aice ger&o, So this chaff caught
no birds
Pinchback followed Sheridan. He is a very bright
mulatto showing very little of the African blood. His
language and manner are very good, and his speech
much more logical than that oeher ofhis predecessors
He claimed that his mission to heal the strife be-
tween black and white; but to bring about proper
feeling OF mutual good will, it necessary that the
whites should recognize the right of colored man to
drink at the same bar put up at the same hotel, ride
in the same car, and send his children TO the same
school with the white He seems to have spe-
cial love for the Radical party per Sc and evidently
felt no dread Of the party lash; doubt fully appre-
ciatng the nsncerity of the carpetbag fraternity in
preaching equality and yet refusing practice it, He
may have heard of little incident that occurred at
the Brooks House upon the arrival of the Warmoth
party. Mr.. Brooks, no doubt, innocently supposing
that the Governor could have objection such an
arrangement, was about putting his coIored drivers in
the same room with him. when he most earnestly pro-
tested against it-asserting that lie couldn't stand
that.
We have given fair though very brief sketch
Of the meeting, and will close with the remark that
We doubt if single convert was made. The speeches
of Warmoth and Sheridan full Of sophistry and
bold assertion. The Governor in claiming that his
hands were pure, failed to figure out the difficult prob
lem of how man yearly salary OF $4,000 could
honestly accumulate in three years. quarter of
million No effort was made by either speaker, to ex
plain away the Slaughter House bill, the Ship Island
Canal BILL or the outrageous legislation which has
fastened upon the State increased number of office
holders who must fcourse be fed from the public crib
Sheridan daintiy touched upon the$hattanoosa Rail
Road BILL because this was the least Infamous, and be-
cause it was honestly endorsed by few honest Dem
ocrats in New Orleans.