The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-10-26
Facts and FiQures.

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~ the State against Kellogg and
his party, we would commend the
following extract from a speech
delivered before the Pinchback
convention by its President, Gen.
I'll. J. Campbell, while urging that
body to form an alliance with the
liberal convention:
-"But let me talk to you more
seriously. An alliance with the
white people of the State is the
best 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 in 1868, with this differ
ence, that then military law was
supreme, and now cival reigns,
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.
By the census there are 500, 600
black people, and 10000 white
people in this State. With the
ordinary ratio of five to one, there
is voting population of 1880
blacks, and 72,400 whites. The
strongest republican vote ever
polled in this State was in 1870,
90, 000-of this about 10000 was
white, leaving $1,000 colOred re-
publicans voting, as the highest
ever polled by you in this State,
thus showing that at least 10000
colored 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 $4,000
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-
tives in the liberal convention,
what will be the effect!. Discour
aged at the defeat Of the hopes
which they had entertained, and
of the promises held out to them
by your friends among us; disgust
ed by your want of courtesy and
lack of appreciation of the crises
in your OVID condition, and Of the
kindness of feeling and sincerity
of purpose which mas 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
with the white people of the State
in forming 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 postoffice employees. The
white vote this time will be fully
polled. Making the proper allow
ance foP absence from the polls,
from any cause, and there will at
least be IS, 900 white votes polled,
This, against your $4,000 white
and black votes, will defeat you
by $4,000 or IL, 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 a commissioner OF
election and registrars, which will
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 general
throughout the State. Nor have
l taken into account the fact you
will not make a canvass in this
State this election. You will only
go into the river parishes and
those near the railroads. In a
vote of black against white you
will not reach the interior counties
of the State"
Futher on in his speech, in
speaking of Mr.. Pinchback, Mr.
Campbell siadi:
81 asked himlwhy he would take
a place upon the Kellogg ticket in
the face of probable and sure de
feat. He answered that the adj
mission they made by placing him
there at this time would contradict
their statements to President
/ Gront loot r-ao. 49, L L..