New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-08-21
SPEECH OF GENERAL II. j. CAMP
BELL,
Al Republican Meeting in Carr0ilton,
Saturday August ~, 1870.

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Saturday August II. 1870.
At tie republican mass meeting which
was held at the Rev. Mr.. Peterson Church,
CarrolIton, there was q large and enthus-
iastic turn out Of the rank and file Harry
Gibbs was chosen as President and Major
Mckay as Secretary. After a due organiza
ton, General Hugh j. Campbell was intro
duced to the meeting, and spoke substantial
~ as follows
General Campbell referred TO the early
campaigns of the party ana the trlals It's
leaders and followers had endured, and to
the success which had crowned them with
fruitful issue. The party had its disaffected
and boiling faction as it has now, but the
rood sense of its members had allowed them
to defeat not only the foe that was III front
but the treason that showed Itself IN tne
camps. The blessings OF that triumph had
fallen to the lot of the treacherous as well
as the true +; and now, after two years OF
progress. the disloyal element is again at
work sewing the seeds OF discord in the
| same field where If once before met with re-
| huke and defeat. Taking advantage OF the
| harvest which others have planted. they are
| willing to rob both themselves and rs OF
| the fruit which is now rlpenIng on every
| hand Distrusted at home, they Valnly
| hope to ally themselves with the enemies OF
| RepubIicanism in order 10 obtain that fatal
| helm which will devour both OF Us when 1t
| has used them Let us read these men out
| OF the party. They are dangerous III our
| camps. and they can not hurt us when we
have driven them where they belong, into
| that party which is so unialthtul that II
| honorS treachery.
The Democracy is never so dangerous as
| when il smiles. Its designs are deadly, ana
even while it hands us the token of friend
ship it has poisoned the gift. Acknowledge
ing the amendments, it intends TO evaae
| them 1t is the enemy of color and the toe
TO labor With success begged At our hands
it will create disabilities which will disfran-
chise nine-tenths of the colored people.
Suppose it demands that no man shall vote
unless he can read. how many OF you Will
yotes Suppose it enacts that every voter
shall nav an annual rent of 500, how many
of YOU will pass to the ballot box These
are not vain and idle suggestions, but they
are questions which the past history OF the
Democracy should make you impatient TO
guard against. =.
The administration at home and at
Washington has deserved well OF the people,
and will continue to do so. Both the Presi-
dent and the Governor have kept their
promises, and they are bound TO continue
| in the same path From the inception OF
the Republican party it had never taken
step backwards. Always advancing, some
times with rapidity and at other tunes
| slowly and with stern and steady arms
against powerful opposition. it has set its
mark, and is now as ever, pressing on to It's
, great and glorious work. The dark days
are almost gone, and the full noon-tlde
comes on with its meridian splendor
: Caste and color are fading before the re
lentless intelligence which Is bent on break
ing them down. The work is not one OF
day. 1t has been III progress Tor nifty years
and its final success is still delayed by the
t stiff and stubborn pride OF that Democracy
, | which. failing to defeat, now seeks 10 I'll
vide YOU 1t is true we have mad bad mel
in our party, and great rascals have sue
i | ceeded by using Republican votes. Bu
I | our Justice never stops. True to our plat
, form. steadtast in our principles, we nav
hunted out OF Office the dishonest we nav
elected. There is not party i'll Louisiana
with such record as that presented by IN
o Republicans, in this respect. It IS our piId
s and boast that we have turned out OF ono
. every rascal We could prove 10 be corrupt
And we intend to contine IN tins same "
j. right course. No man can steal from III
t public treasury without steaHnS 1foll III
= and you.
d Democracy viii not find il so when the
/, come to meet our solid phalanx IN NoFen
:, Der. Under the flag of united country
l, under the amendments which makes MAJ
p hood the test of citizenship; under the pia
d form which proclaims peace and justice
% black and white, we have enlisted Tor u
g war, and when the flag IS planted "he
n the constitution is vindicated, when law
t established, we shall meet and stack OF
T. arms in order to enjoy the glorious victory
1t The speech OF General Campbell w2s
? ceiyed with the widest expressions OF a
re plause, and its conclusions Were assent'
TO with that vim which told how firmly D
truths were implanted in the breasts oi
hearers.
IF General MIDGET concluded by overha!
X ing the Democratic address, ana tearing
Id rotten Illi1oers 70 p-ece7' ''i''1