The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-10-15
A GRANT REPUBLICAN FlzzLE,
80 Mourners Present.:
Speech Of w. P. Kellogg.
Pinchback on the Situation.
Sound Advice given to Colored
Men.

In accordance with the announce
ment made through numerous fam
ing posters, distributed far and wide
through this parish, the Grant and
Wilson Republicans, assembled at
the Court House, on Wednesday
last. Having heard so much talk
relative to this meeting, We conclud-
ed to be present SO as to chronicle
whatever occurred for the benefit OF
our readers.
At 10 o'clock A. NJ, Judge Rel
logg, Lieut. Gov. Pinchback,. A. P.
Fields, G. ". Lowell, Col. James
Lewis and Capt. Barrett, made their
appearance at the Court House. They
were followed by a Brass Band, who
Immediately struck up lively tune,
| to attract u crowd, we suppose It
continued discoursing fine music til
| half-past twelve o'clock, when by ac-
tual count, we ascertaincd that SO
| black men were present, out Of this
number, about 20 were from Pointe
Coupee, and dozen more from East
Fe!iciana. -Four white Republicans
swelled the number present to 81.
The ball was opened by E. l..
Weber, candidate for State Senate,
who nominated Robert Taylor, can
didAte for Sheriff, for President. The
crowd seemed to be opposed to Bob,
and consequently several others We're
placed in nomination, but to no pur-
pose, as the Boss declared Taylor to
be the choice of the meeting. John
Dula, candidate for Recorder, was
elected Secretary.
The President introduced Judge
W. P. Kellogg, who spoke for about
three-quarters Of an hour. He launch
ed at once into the discussion Of the
Enforcement Act, and seemed to
sway his line Of argument first, from
the constitutionality of the law, then
to its application, and wound up by
asserting that if the law was unjust
and oppressive, it could only injure
those who lay themselves liable
That the most Objectionable fea-
ture of the law to Democrats, was
the suspension Of the writ of habeas
corpus. Horace Greeley had cen
sured those Republican in the Sen
ate and House of Representatives,
who voted against this law, and yet
MIR. Greeley was to-day denuncia-
tor Of this same law, and candi-
date of the Liberal Democratic par
". The speaker then predicted the
overwhelming defeat of Mr.. Greeley.
On the subject of taxation, the
speaker grew ironical. Sneering-
" he asked the crowd what
they cared about taxes. They owned
no land, but few of them had horses
and cattle, What to them was taxa
lion ? nothing /! But their old mas
Fers who were the principal land
owners of the country, they were
he sufferers by this taxation. His
hearers, only paid indirect taxes
or education, at which they ought
lot to complain. But Warmoth, the
peaker tried to impress upon the
audience, was. the cause of all the ,
goes the people were SUFFERING /,
Would they vote for Warmoth !? Ga
ew noes, lost on an almost unani- =,
nous yes.) To vote for McEnerv ,
nd Penn, was to vote to sustain the {
administration of Gov. Warmoth, (
Tho had bankrupt the State of Lou G
'lana. Mr.. Kellogg charged that
'ol. E1cEnery, as member of the e
louisiana Senate in 1866, voted to e
Ak every colored man SIS, also for i
1e passage Of the vagrant act where c
y colored men were to he appren- S
ced and treated as in days of old. t
t this point Mr.. Kellogg, appealed 3
the lowest prejudices OF the color T
1 man, talked to them of the DAYS il
hen white men and their former n
'asters hunted them down with the G.
|ood hounds, and said he hoped e.
lat those now present would think el