The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-08-23
con Underwood, East Baton Rouge

Warmoth appeared and addressed tn
convention as follows:
GOVERNOR wAkMoTn's SPEECH.
| thank you for the affection witt
which l have been received. Whe,
consider how you have stood by me
feel that affection yelling up. w
did not raise protest when there wa
called a convention to be controlled. b,
United States officers, and which dar
not to be seen. We raised no contest
when they called a convention in. tn,
summer; when they did it they sen
out letter to poison the minds of Re
publicans. They said to the blacks
you must not trust the whites; sent
blacks to the convention; they circu
lated falsehoods against every maj
who has led us to victory.
The result was, the Convention wa.
called, but no place named until +:
week afterward. We said, sstell u.
where you are to hold it, and we vii
be there" They notified us yesterday
and also that no one would be admit
ted without a ticket. We did not con
test.
They said if we made confusion they
would put us out. This morning We
went to the Postoffice for tickets; some
got them and some did not. Mr.. Lo
well said Packard had no right to name
the Postoflice as the place for tickets
Some got tickets and went to the hal
and found the doors barred, and ever
commercial men could not enter with.
out tickets. The Government sees fiji
to suspend its business that its pecu.
liar friends may transact their peculiar
business. / was finally allowed to en-.
ter, followed by ninety delegates. We
mounted the stairs and found fouI
companies of United States troops
with guns and lightning rods; they
said to us: packard, Casey s. Co
are determined to convene, and if We
we would be turned out
with bayonets.s A friend of mine had
a conversation with a Spaniard il
Cuba. He told him he heard there
was contest in the United States fol
President. Said the spaniard, "or
which side is the army?'
In Spain, as army goes, so goes cleo.
ton. Our boast has been that the ar.
my has nothing to do with conventions
This is the first instance; may it bt
the last. In this State there is no Re.
publican that has not been in favor OF
Grant. If a difference exists now, he
must attribute it to his officers and
the army.
May we hope this its without the
knowledge of Grant, but if it go tc
the people that he has sanctioned this,
| tell you he will be responsible and
the people will repudiate him. We
want liberty for people, both black
and white. We want no black man tc
have rights that the white HASN'T
This is the landmark of the Republi.
can party, and the beacon light which
has carried us through war, and dis
truction. We have reached the point
shall we turn back? (Cries Of no !,
The Republican party is unit, guided
by its old doctrines, and that no man
shall talk about organizing q black OF
white party. (Cheers.)
We know the people will stand by
us, if this army come to disturb and
destroy us so that the enemy may reaI
the benefit. We will insist they give
place to others. Let us act as become.
delegates; let us stand by onr man.
hood, and adopt such ideas as will bt
of benefit to us.
Allow nothing of an individual char
acter to prevail. for that would be (,
destroying OF the harmony of the Re
publican party. No man has RICH
to say that ne is to be candidate un
less the people say SO.
We have carried the party thus far
and VIC will carry it in the future. LIE
these men get up their mandates, an,
the people will repudiate them an
spurn them.
PINCHBACK'S SPEECH.
Loud cries for Pinchback then fol
lowed, when that worthy took the foo
and spoke as follows.
This reception has lifted off loa
from my mind. l have never felt S
since the first gun was fired announc
ing the secession of South Carolin;
The same feeling overcame me whe
| went to the Customhouse to-day an
saw U. S. soldiers placed there.
Is it possible that we are to be pr
down by the Government we hav
sustained If that be the case, til
sooner this Government is torn dow
and a monarchy be built upon its ruin
the better. These soldiers were thel
to beat down legal representatives t
the Convention. No such thing h;
been heard of. l was elected unan
mously as delegate. l went Their
and yet, when | applied, was toli
you can't come in" The reaso
they gaye.was: eve ain tready, we'y
already got caucus.n Who ev.