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

Evening Session.
The convention met last evening at eight
o'clock in Turner Hall, P. B. S. Pinckbaek,
president, in the chair.
The hall was crowded to. its utmost
capacity. Among the spectators there was
quite sprinkling of the Customhouse adj
herents, who, no doubt came to see for
themselves how things were conducted.
The contrast could not have failed to i'm
press them-the absence of any tickets OF
admission for delegates, the absence OF
armed deputy marshals, United States
troops under arms, Gatlin guns, and the
admission of all to see and hear the pro-
ceedings.
The roll was then called, and one hun
dred and seven members answered to their
names.
Rev. Mr.. Armstead offered up prayer.
The reading of the minutes was dispensed
with.
The committee on resolutions reported
progress and asked for further time.
Mr.. Harris moved that the committee be
'aIlowed until tomorrow at Il NJ. Carried.
Mr.. N. Underwood offered the following
resolution
Resolred, That the convention do create
an executive committee for the Stat2-two
to be elected from each congressional dis
trict, and ten to be appointed by the presi-
dent of the convention; the president to be
| ex-otficio chairman of the State Central
| Committee.
Il IL VdrlAT mo a
the resolution be referred to a committee of
| five.
| Mr. Carr offered an amendment, that the
| resolution be referred to committee, with
| instructions to report in one hour:
| Judge Dibble accepted the amendment
The resolution, as amended, was car
| ried.
The chair appointed II. C. Dibble, o. f.
Hunsaker, N Underwood and Oscar Gro
| sier. and one member whose name we did
not catch.
FL. Heron offered the following reso-
| luton: :.
ResoIced. That Senator j. r. West be
| requested to introduce a resolution at the
| next session of Congress, calling upon Pres
| ident Grant and other officers OF the gov
| eminent for all the information in their
possession regarding the use OF the United
| States Customhouse in New Orleans Tor the
purpose of holding State Convention, and
the authority given the United States
Marshal for the appointment OF deputy
! marshals, and bringing into the Custom
| house United States troops to suppress the
| sitting of the convention. Also to furnish
all verbal information given the President
| by Collector j. 4. Casey on the same sub
| iect: said information to be published, that
| the Republican party may know who Is re-
sponsible for the action of the federal
officials this day, with reference to their at
tempt to break up the State Convention by
the use of United States troops.
| During the absence of the committee on
resolutions the convention took a recess.
and Senator A. B. Harris addressed the
convention few minutes, after which Mr..
| Sella Martin was called upon to address the
| convention.
Senator Pinchback introduced Mr.. Mar
| tin in few forcible and eloquent remarks.
| He said;
went from here to the northern part of
| this State; in 1856 | went up West; was
| there soon after Fremont was nominated,
| where the cry was freedom, free speech and
Fremont. / took part in that agitation l
| had not much experience, and L encoun-
| tered many dificulties-one of the most
Formidable of which was, | found there
was an iron giant in the valley of the Mis-
| sissppi, whose arms extended all over the
North, and he was able to find out and
| seize slaves and return them to slavery.
| have been .jeered at, seoffed at, pelted with
| eggs. whose odor was not savory. | have
| seen plenty of outrages in my time, but
| oil 1fpar
[ saw today. That large building on
Canal street stands on property coded to
| the United States. Why were we invited
| TO 90 into convention IN such a building,
| filed with armed deputy marslIals and
United States troops, when, for an angry
word, or the slightest trouble, the meanest
deputy marshall might arrest man and
lock him up9 and there he would have to
| STAY until q United States judge could be
found to release him. Now, what was it
that brought these people together in con-
| vention According to party usage, it be-
| came necessary to elect new set OF men to
represent the Republican party and to
manage its affairs. Throughout the State
this was done, and when they elected their
representatives they gave them piece OF
paper-their redentials-whieh, according
to custom, are presented to the convention
! itself Packard says they must be pre-
sented to him, and as his power ceased
when the convention met, he might put
| them in his pocket and walk off
| with them. and there would be no
remedy. Why this unusual proceedings
Who brought these United States troops
here2 / am-told it is reported this evening
that the men who did it are denying it.
Already they are ashamed of their acts.
| New, if we had gone into a convention
| under such circumst ances, with such men,
/ what could we expectl The soldiers would
be bound to obey the orders of the men who
brought them there; they are iron men,
whose only duty is to follow orders they