The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-09-28
Facts and Figures.

his marty. we would commend the ;
following extract from a speech
delivered before the Plnch0ack
convention by its President, Gen.
HI. Campbell, while urging that
hody TO form an alliance with the
liberal convention:
-tBut let me talk to you more
seriously. An alliance with the
white people of the State is the
hest and sureSt guarantee OF your
rights. 1t is not only the best
way to perpetuate them and make
them permanent, but it is the
only safe path, the only possible
way. If this convention were
unanimouly to endorse the Gus
tomhouse ticket, the two wings of
the radical party united cannot
win in this contest. The fight
would then be black against white,
as it was i'm 1868, with this differ
.ence. that then military law was
supreme, and now cival relgns,
and that then the white people |
STAYED away from the polls, and
now your people will stay away.
But let me show you futher, why
such a ticket cannot be elected.
BIZ the census there are 266, 600
black people, and 10000 white
people in this State. With the
ordinary ratio Of five to one, there
is.a voting population OF $500
blacks, and 72,4OO whites. The
strongest republican vote ever
polled in this State was in 1870,
65.eee-of this about 10000 was
white, leaving 5000 colored re-
ppblie4as voting, as the highest
ever polled by you in this State,
thus showing that at least 10000
eolored people at each election
have either absented themselves
from the polls or voted the Demo
cratic ticket, which is the truth.
You may put down safely 10000
votes as the utmost limit OF your
voting power in this State, a black
race voting altogether. Now, If
YOU persist in refusing this ALI
,.ance offered to you by the white
,people through their representa-
stiyes i'm the liberal convention,
what will be the effectl. Discour-
aged at the defeat of the hopes
which they had entertained, and
adf,the promises held out to them
bywour friends among US; disgust
ed by your want of courtesy and
dack of appreciation of the crises
an yourewn condition, and of the
kintinessof feeling and sincerity
of purpose which has actuated
them, and impelled by the strong
contrary pressure which has all
the time been exerted upon them,
they will take from the ticket
your representatives and unite
witk the white people OF the State
In forming a solid white party.
The Kellogg ticket will then
combine simply the black vote OF
the State, with 5000 or 1000 white
carpet-baggers and Customhouse
and pesteffice employees. The
: white vote this time will be fully
polled. Making the proper allow
ance for absence from the polls,
from any cause, and there will at
least be 65,000 white votes pOlled,
This, against your $4,000 white
and black votes, will defeat you
by 12,90O or 15, 900 majority. Let
me give you another reason why
YOU will be defeated. l have not
hitherto taken into account the
effect of the State patronage and
the control of the election, which
is visited in commissioner Of
election and registrars, which viii
this time be in the hands OF the
liberal party. Nor have taken
into account the lukewarmness
and apathy of your people, which
have reason to know, and you
know, is becoming very genera
throughout the State. Nor have
/ taken into account the fact yor
will not make canvass In tins
State this election. You Will onl!
90 into the river parishes ant
those near the railroads. In
vote of black against white yoI
will not reach the interior counties
of the State.n
Futher on in his speech, il
speaking of MIR. Pinchback, MI
Campbell siadi:
q asked himIwhy he would tax
aplace upon the Kellogg ticket
the face of probable and sure d.
feat. He answered that the az
missiea they made by placing hlr
there at this time would contradlt
theirstatements tn PresidentGraI
last year, that he and his friend
represented no one. But L aske
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