New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-01-22
INMATES OF THE SEE.iTE.
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FRIDAY. JGLGaiy ~, -. :.
Ny. riu;!;;cl. On calling up the reso.u-
ton introduced tv hlu so!re two OK three
DAYS since in reference TO the press deicg"i-
ton now Oh &. visit 20 this city. SAID N
,roduce,! I! IS resolution WI /. view OF !: av-
irc ;lIi~ ,ress delegation. j: possible. made
!n.l.itii ~ tie conduct .: the othe: press
delegation tia. visited our city little over
a wear ago. deemed I ;,rope. to cali their
attention 20 = by way OF resolution. mas
much as they Rad the cGlirtesies of the Sen
ate extended :o.hcm by resolution. although
il was thought d. the :,lI.e by -one Senators
70 be withou; rreceGeE.. did not mean il;
Is :iR insult 70 them ana Il had thought
tina. any man would have construed il as
such certainly should not have offered 1t :;
iuI VIII say here ,and l am proud 10 be
able 20 say ~, tina. the E,elnbers OF that
dele cation treated me " tn as much courtesy
as they did any Senator with whom they
came in con,ac: while they were on the Sen
alto floor. And noticed that they also treat
ed every Senator Of the same color "a my
SELF with the same degree OF courtesy. l
accepted that IA an evidence that when
they went to their homes IN the West they
, would speak Of US as they found us. Now
it seems that my position has been mlscCn-
strned or wi.lfully misrepresented by one
OF the leading Journals OF this State and
city-viz: the New Orleans Times. In its
evening edition of the eighteenth, it says:
Senator Piuckback icoloredl is so sers:-
tive in regard to the bogus metal OF which
the State Legislature is composed, az 20
offer, in the shape Of a resolution, Crat,l-
i.ous insult to the members OF the Press
Association Of the West, now On d viz: u
our city
| suppose every Senator has lca.. tbs
| article, and will notnpccupy the time Of
the Senate in reading The balance OF It.
would remark. however. tina: it seems
strange that this paper, OF nearly every
occasion that presents itself, willtully mis-
! represents the position assumed by certain
Senators. and might say, certain members
Of both branches of the General Assembly.
Il takes occasion. in nearly every issue,
| to call the attention OF the world t. the
fac, tina: this Legislature is wofully
corrupt; and il says l was so
sensitive myself on the question Of the cor
ruption OF this body. that thought would
smooth it over. ! don't know that it
actually means that; but presume that The
| object of that paper was, and IS. to make a
little capital out OF this. think it wants
TO make it appear that because am colorcd.
desire to insult these gentlemcn-taklng
the position that hold as q warrant for The
insult. Now. venture 10 kay that there IS
not "a man Oh the floor OF this Senate. nor Is
there Il citizen Of the city Gt New Orleans,
black, or any other color, who does not.
know tina: in my personal department an!
always courteous. | Can say, III fact. ti,a-
il has been asserted by the most prom inent
Democrat in this Senate, IL its past SEES
sions, tia: was marked tor 1ny courtesy,
and ne ;.ili,drd to me al that respect IL com
plimenta,v terms. This having been said
by q; member belonging to the party that
that ;,apc- represents. it cannot be CON
sistentiy asserted that | would use my posi-
ton as /. Senator for the purpose O! throw
in. a grAtuitous insult Ill the faces
of these gentlemen. When it charges
upon this body, and upon ne. sensitiveness
on the subject of corruption, am forced 70
say that !: this body is corrupt, that paper
and come ot its attaches are rs respon-
sible for that corruption AZ any other party
| know that I have been buttonholed here
time after time Ivy the representatives Of
that paper. TO support n measure that has
been characterized as the most ini9ultous
that was ever passed by any legislature.
This charge OF corruption comes with q very
bad grace from that source. There is q sen
tence in the Lords Prayer land believe it
is the most sublime sentence IN it,, which
reads: Lead us not into temptation and
will say that if ever ! have BEEN sorely
tempted while / have been occupying Il
place here, it has been when l have been
approached and asked to support some
measures in which some Of the gentlemen
connected with that paper were deeply
interested. Now, am not sensitive
at all upon the condition Of this Legis-
lature, or upon its materiel l be-
leve ] am as humble rs any man