New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-11

well chosen language, the position we
have taken in Louisiana. Let me say this
have been five weeks engaged in assisting
in this canvass. and have heard from eyery
parish in the State; and, | believe know
pretty clearly how every election was held;
and state upon my word, my most sincere
conviction that the Republican party, re-
presented by the hundred and odd dele
gates here now. is against these men. Pack-
ard, Lowell 81.Co., and have carried the
State by three-fourths or four-nftns major
ity, and that these men represent no one
but the Customhouse employees and few
revenue officers. [Applause]. Throughout
the State wherever the people have
been permitted to express their will
ac the same ballot box as they, VIC
have beaten them. In the city of
New Orleans, in the five wards IN which
there was no contest whatever, our candi-
dates were elected by large majorities. /
tell the authorities at Washington that
these marshals' bayonets and Customnouse
officers do not represent the Republican
party of Louisiana, but represent a number
of men who are determined to put the Re-
publican party under their heels for their
own selfish purposes. CHEERS. But they
The Republican party win rise and crush
them in the name of liberty and Republican
institutions. lCheers.l
General McMillen, in reply to repeated
calls, came forward, and made one OF his
happiest addresses. Claiming right to
address the Convention, though not mem
Der of it, by virtue of his having been for
many years member of the Republican
party, whom they now represented. The
General spoke of the Importance of the oc-
casion in the interests of free speech, and
said that the action of the federal officials
this day would be condemned by the people
at large to all time. His fSRharks were fire.
ouently and warmly applauded.
Rev. T. w. Conway followed, and pleas
antly filed up the interval until the solid
business of the Convention commenced.
After Permanent Organization.
Senator P. B. S. Pinchback, on assuming
the chair as permanent president OF the
convention said:
I thank you for the compliment you have
conferred ON me, and hope our proceed
ings viii be harmonious. We have met I'M
der different aspects to what we expected,
but we need not therefore change our Pre-
gramme We have met of our own accord,
freely to. consider the interests of the. Re-
publican party. We have exacted no tickets
of admission from delegates, nor even from
spectators We have simply met as all de-
Lucrative bodies ought, in my Judgment,
to assemble. We have met in the eyes
of the people where they can see what we
are doing, and if they don't find us worthy
of their confidence they can repudiate our
action. The attempt on the part of certain
gentlemen in federal positions in our city TO
control the Republican party has resulted,
in my Judgment, in what they will claim TO
be division of the Republican party; but
from what know of the feeling of the peo-
pie of the different parishes of the State,
am of opinion that there is no split in the
Republican party. [Applause.l have ar
rived at this conclusion by careful observa-
ton.
I know here and there you viii find adj
herents of the Customhouse wing, men sent
out on leave of absence to cry up. and cry.
down certain men; / know you will lind
these in every ward in this State, but /
know if you go around to the people you
will find them everywhere in favor of the
administration. [Cheers.l | have been a
peoples man from the commencement; it Is
only recently have been found sustaining
Governor Warnoth personally, though ever
since | have been elected | have been an
administration 1aan; l did not think it
necessary ! to fight Governor War
moths battles knew him free
man worthy of the steel" of anybody,
and believe him more than equal TO these
men You see then,, there Is some excuse
for the comments made by the Democratic
papers, SON Pinchbaek at last becoming
supporter of Governor Warmoth. When
we went into the campaign told the peo-
pie / went in as an independent RepubI
cam reserving the right to criticize any pub
lie officer. When Governor Warnoth did
what didn't approve, / always took occa-
sion to tell him did not approve of it,. but
because do not Ike some specific act is
that a just reason why as a citizen should
oppose the administration of which he is the
head TCheers.l Is that any reason why
a convention should assemble for no other
purpose than to put the Republican party
under the control of men whose sole object
it is to destroy Republican rule in Louis
lama They talk about federal bayonets
controlling the State election In 1872.
don't believe there are federal bayonets
| enough to keep the State from going Demo-
cratic, without the aid of the State govern
ment [Cheers.I You have not forgot
| ten the condition of affairs in 1868, how
| many men fell by the hands of assas-
| sins throughout the State. call upon
| you to show me single solitary
| instance where the federal government has
| come in and avenged the murder of one OF
| these men. If you go into an election de-
pending alone upon Marshal Packard and
| his assistant deputies, and the few troops
| the United States government will send
| here without the protecting arm OF the
| State government you will have made
| the most egregious failure you ever made
| in your life. [Applause.l Therefore, it
| becomes you, as the representatives OF
| your party, to so act in this conven-
| ton. as to command the. support and
respect of your constituents. When you
| shall have done this, and when we
| come out with our records of this
convention, which is the legitimate conyen-
ton of the Republican party, and these
| gentlemen come against us with their black
| record. tell you there will be no stopping
to consider which will be the choice of the
people of this State. You will find them a
1 solid phalanx on our side and the Repub-
| lican party of 1872, led by the men who
| have organized this convention, will have
| glorious success. IGreat applause.J / have
| never been opposed to General Grant. /
was one of the delegates that had the honor
| of nominating General Grant for the
| Presidency, and from that time down
| to this, ] have been an answering,
uncompromising Grant man. / would
not have voted for Governor Warmoth
| if | thought he would have gone back on
| General Grant; but in no speech, in no
| paper can be found one word of his against
| General Grant. / charge back, then,
that this thing has been done to
make capital for those men at Washing
ton, and say again that If what has been
done in this Customhouse has been done
with the sanction of General Grant, with
all my love for him, | shall go out OF TINS
convention his deadly opponent. lGreat
applausel
A Boston correspondent of the San Fran
| cisco A Eto has been to General Butler, to as