New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-06-08


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The Democratic Convention.
aa9 New ORLEANS June z, 1872.
EDITOR REPUBLICAN,:
happened at the Opera House yesterday
evening during the session of the Demo
cratic convention, and it was my luck, if
luck it is, to witness one of thoge grand
scenes so well described by lamented
French author, and which are seldom met
with outside of Bara's or Paul Niguet's so
cial establishments; and yet was told that
1 was in the very temple of modern Democ-
racy.
One gentleman, quite at a distance, spoke
a few words, which must have been mighty
good if may judge by the general laugh it
created all over the convention, from head
to foot; but it was not my treat to join the
merriment, being unable to tell up to the
present moment. whether he spoke in
French or German, although some one near
was kind enough to inform me that it was
''plain English"
Another gentleman held the floor for a
couple of hours. He was very much against
binding the delegates to the Baltimore con-
vention to any special candidate in the
| coming Presidential contest. He was not
in favor of Greeley, and yet he could not
support Grant. He opposed Greeley be-
cause Greeley had done everything in his
power, through his propensities for aboli-
tionism, to bring on our late disastrous
struggle, and asserted that he had greatly
contributed to the production of the XII
Klux law, etc.
Now l would like to know where and
from whom did PR. TuokeRg get his informa-
ton about Mr.. Greeley favoriug or ever
tutional law as that of which General Grant
is the father, and, as he acknowledges him
self, proud of being so.
AS to Mr.. Greeley's propensities for aboli-
tionism, were not both of the Adams, Dan
iel Webster, and many others, the stars
and pride of our political American records,
of the same belief on this national, domes-
tic calamity And admitting even that the
slavery question has been the principal
cause of all our late Southern disasters,
la pierre de touehe upon which revolves the
history of the most gigantic revolution
ever recorded IN the annals of nations,
putting the question direct to Mr. Tucker
himself would he, at this present day,
sweeping away from our sight all the horrors
of our Iong-eontested struggle, fUrding back,
knee deep, to his "former home the
streams of blood that separate 1861 from
1872 would he, 1 say, gaze once more with
moral satisfaction upon the 'liberal insti-
tuition of slavery!" 1 dare say he wo uId
not. He supports, however, Gre eley in
preference to Grant.
At this point of the deliberations a gen
tleman stumps the assembly and boldly
holds up his banner for Greeley on the ma
tional, and II. G. Warmoth on the local
ticket He is Kissed by some and applauded
by others. Standing his ground, and sup
ported by a majority present, he, Demo
crat, addressing a Democratic meeting,
is about to be denied the right of free
speech One of the members, thunder
struck at the name of H. G. WarmOth being
mentioned in the ''sanetum" of Democracy,
and looking around on the walls for the
'Mane Thecel Phares'' of the Balthazer
feast. gathering all the pulmonary strength
of which he is capable, threatens the audi
ence with the interference of the Metro
politan Police. ...
Such is the Democracy of 1927 What a
parallel could be drawn between that and
the principles held up by.our fathers of
l776! In that memorable assembly where
submission to the mother country had been
advocated by the most influential of its
members. and, l may say, Of the land, one
man stood, and stood alone, for rebellion,
and that was Patrick Henry. He says:
1T often happens that different persons
often see the same subject in different
lights; 1, therefore, hope that it viii not be
thought disrepectful to the gentleman Mr..
Adams) if entertaining, as l do, opinions
of a character very opposite to his, l should,
upon this occasion. speak forth my senti-
ments freely and without reserve" His
sentiments prevailed, and the colonies stood
separated.
Let the Democratic members who favor
denomination of Governor II. G. WarmOth,
and are bold enough to come forward and
speak forth their sentiments freely and
without reserve, stand fast to their cOlOrs,
and my head for football that the ticket
they nominate is the winning ticket in No
yember next.
CHARLES PROVOSTY.