The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-07-06
Gov. WarmOth'S Speech.
From the Baton Rouge Gazette-Come

From the Baton Rouge Gazette Cometl
Thursday evening last Governor
Warmoth addressed quite large as
semblage of citizens at the Court
House Square. He began by stating
that he was q Republican in principle,
but was not a Radical. After review
ing briefly the mighty leaders of Rad
icalism who recently run the machine
at Pixies Theatre, he proceeded to in
yestigate the causes of their opposi-
ton to him. The facts he stated on
this point are very well known to
most OF our readers-tley being en-
bodied in his vetoes of many of the
legislative, schemes for plunder in
which Messrs. Packard, Casey, and in
fact nearly all the federal office hold
ers We're alike interested. The Gov
ernor stated that that SO long as he
kept his eyes and ears closed to the
schemes of these demagogues he was
a very fine fellow, but just so soon as
he began to pull the check rein to
curb their plundering ambition, he at
once lost their friendship and they
concluded howl for reform was nec-
essary to oust him and screen them
selves from the perfdies practiced
which they knew would come out ON
them sooner or later. He argued that
so long as the laws were administered
i'll their interests they were pinks of
perfection in their eyes, but so soon as
it was known that the laws were to be
administered in the interest of justice
and equality, they became very sud-
denly arbitrary, unjust and sorely
needed reformation. He did not hold
up much of the past legislation as wise
and prudent; to the contrary, he
thought that an honorable and intel
ligent body of men in our next Legis-
lature could and would give satisfac-
tion in that respect to the whole peo-
pie, disregarding the lines of distinc-
tions in politics or race; he thought
if the people would burn their preiu-
dices and unite under the Liberal ban
ner for this campaign, that at the end
of the next administration they could
be able to thank God for the good
they had done for themselves and their
py oNtCl1 Ills SibCcCu
was listened to with profound atten-
ton, and at the close of which he as
serted that, for himself he had burned
his ships and was now marching for
ward to defeat a military despot and
to re-unite the States of the Union so
that every one could feel that pride in
American citizenship so long and hap
PLY felt in the glorious past. He
wanted this to be a country of freemen,
with not a single slave-political or
otherwise-and he was determined to
do all in his~power to make it thus.
which: could only be done by the de-
feat of U. S. Grant, and the triumph
of Greeley and Brown. For himself,
he cared nothing for political prefer
ment,s for, said he, eff there is one
man in your State who has tasted its
sweets and supped deeply enough at
its bitter cup, that one is myself" At
the conclusion of his address Colonel
Ed. w. Robertson stepped forward
and moved that the thanks of the cit
izens of Baton Rouge be rendered to
Governor Warmoth for the able and
satisfactory address delivered them ON
this occasion, and proposed three
cheers. for Governor H. G. Warmoth,
which were heartily given.