New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-04-12

never more to be seen on the Western contl'
nent. Then came time after Sumter when
We volunteered under Cassius M. Clay at
"Willardsr to protect the city from inside
enemies. / was one of that eXtemporlzeo
force. Your distinguished journalist, COLO.
lei Forney, will remember IL wen. ne
vouched for the recruits Presenting me 10
Mr.. Clay. Colonel Forncy said. here Is
Philadelphia Quaker Abolitionist ready TO
fight Go in, said Mr Clay, aud take
Gun, Il has come TO that now dln,nt know
= -ct about guns. but took one. L remein'
mr. that ibs : ext day The Honorable simon
Cameron. than Secretary OF War, salo 10
me we WiIi have q Jore wax, WISH ou1
peop.e could see il as do
Ne was right. As VIC passed over the road
TO Philadelp hia that day, the blood OF the
men OF massachusetts still redeemed the
streets of Baltimore
Another memory 10 Of the Baltimore Con.
yention and the denomination OF Presldent
Lincoln. | had the honor to be one OF the
delegates from louisiana. Our deleSauon
called to congratulate the President on his
nomination. and it was said to HIM that we
meant TO nomin ate and elect him, untl the
! nation vas restored, 80 that it should never
| he said that there was an interiegnuin III on,
| government. VIII rein any one President uio
| not rule over all the States. he repheo
Vt be- :sBp9YS9fassad We thonsnt 1t was hos
so we held on to him till the nation gets
! over.
Mr. President it is six years since that
| day. I have not been hore until now. From
that time until tnis l have been steadily
laboring in the South to rebuild our shat
tered nationality and TO restore the waste
places. Standing sgain in your MIDST, ana
Oh such an occasion, you VIII realize now
! these "reminiscences and thousand DINERS
| stir me.
| l fad new mon here, with few of the
old. Mr.. Lincoln has passed to his rest,
| ana to impershable renoWn. In his place
sits our soldier President. went to see
him, to see if he looked as he did at Cairo
or Paducab, when / ranked him; or as he
| did at Eicksburg when he ranked me and
| every body else.
| want nothing, and therefore can say
what like. 1 conclude that he IS as good
| A President as he WAS a General. The pres
sure of an empire soldifes and toughens
| him. He will not die. He has in him the
element of continuance. He will not
| change. 1t is easier for him to go straight
along than to shift aside. He will fight it
out on his present line of justice and mod
| Grafton. 1t is his mission to carry the ma
| ton from war over anarchy to permanent
| peace. proper work for great general.
There is force in historie parallels. The
| proclamation of emancipation reelected
| Lincoln. The proclamation Of the fifteenth
amendment will re-elcct Grant. lie Will
| begin the campaign with eight hundred
thousand voters, the balance of power in
unbroken column. Well may he say to all
| rival aspirants, "Shoo-fy, don't bodder
| me-" Laughter and appiausel.
MIR. Sumner is still in the Senate. growing
| with Massachusetts,, and Massachusetts with
| him. ] was once mobbed for saying that
until Massachusetts should rule on the
| Gulf there would be no peace in this coun-
| try, OF course, l meant the rule of ideas.
| Today her ideas are not only ruling on the
| Cult, but she is the leader of the Senate, the
| holder of the national purse strings and the
| expounder of the laws
| In the House l see General n. P. Banks,
| of whom Burlingame said 'he Is the pest
pariamentarian in the world and L may
add, the best brain and the deepest thinker
| in Congress.
There alss is Judge Kelly, still keeping
| the faith OF freedom.
Senator Cameron | zee in the Senate strong
| and we'll from the reiuvcnating conscious
| ness that he never failed either friend or
! his country.
| On the bench Of the Supreme Court OBJ
| serve Mr.. Chase, not as he 1coS, but as he IS.
| He belongs to the past. and OF him it ls con.
| sidprate to be silent. Trusted by you find
| the Paul of this Blessed be the man who
is CAPABLE of conviction, and who has the
courage to act upon it. am glad that 80
much ability and experience as he possesses
| is on your side. Fremont is here, the path
| finder OF the Rocky Mountains, aud the
| pioneer leader over political heights as we'll
| / see, also, the able aud indomitabie Butter,
| yigilsnt for your interests. And you have q
| new force, the "National Executive Com
mittee of Colored Men" When Napoleon
| said 'sthe black race is q new element of
| power" possibly even he did not antici-
pate It's complete organization in SO few
| years. With all these forces to aid him, 1t
| will be strange, indeed. il the colored man
| shall fail 70 be power in the civilization.
| Mr.. President, whom Texas was 50 be an
nexed TO extend the area of slavery, | was
! active TO exclude her. Now, she is com
| plet;ng the revolution by coming with all
The amendments, freely adopted, TO resume
| her place in the nationality. Texas Is
| greauDd nobe.domain. There are few who
, appreciate ner extent and resources. am
! doing what l can. by ali fair means, TO bring
| her under the dominion Of new ideas. She
| is not SO wild as is said. Her people are not
| SO bad as is their reputation. A frontier
| State. larger than all New England, New
| York, New Jersey, Pennsy 'vania and Ohio
all together; lying thousand miles on the
| borders of another nation, sparsely settled,
| ana Without TallIUSus VI ttiCSi apps, w AuCh
extent, it is to be expected that she will be
rougher than New York or Ohio. Let the
peSple of the North come and see US. We
| have ali climates and every variety of pro-
duction.
We have elected noble Radical for our
! Governor, and have sent the same sort TO
represent us in Congress, with one excep.-
| ton, and we allow him to remain as speci'
men of what we have to contend with. Her
people have received aud honored me. aud
snail try to reciprocate by making fair
statement of her condition and her wants,
and by helping in whatever | can to make
her, "a she should be, the Empire State OF
the South.
Again, thank you. MIR. President and
friends.
The remarks Of Major Plumly were fire
auently interrupted with applause, and at
| their conclusion hearty cheers were given
for one who had truly been their friend,
| when friends were few indeed.
Mr.. West, on behalf of those present. then
rendered the thanks of the meeting to Dir.
Plumly; and after music by the band, the
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