New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-06-06
WHOLE NUMBER 1880.

gentleman has told you he was going to
save you, but in spite of the rhetoric used
ne did not tell you how. Faint applause. ]
concur in the estimate of the gentleman
OF the Republican party, but am unable to
see now he can aid us if he is not going on the
Ilcket. Perhaps by some inscrutable means.
Ihls parsonage! The gentleman is right !;
no suen parsonage can go on the ticket, be-
cause OF ms many acts of tyranny and op-
presslon. But the plan is to put some friend
OF ms on the ticket II would be himself in
| dlsguIse-the substitute would be the tool
OF the original. Get rid of him by elevatiag
him into office; get rid of HIM by sending
| him to I'LL the place where Porter and Liy-
| ingstOn sat. Never. ICheers1 | have
shown you the fallacies of his argument,
and do not see how an astute public man
Is to yield his most potent support when he
| is to get nothing for it. He is not to place
| the executive on the ticket. Unless some of
the sons Of Louisiana are placed on the
| ticket it will be defeated. If you will choose
one of your own people, honest as your
| selves, and form no combination, all will be
well.
Mr.. Walter H. Rogers-I have been
handed a communication which, in some
! manner, refers to the argument of the gen.
i Uleman. desire the following document
be read. The document read consisted of
| the same fusion project published yester-
| day morning | desire to be understood
| that the communication was only Just de-
| hvered to me. have learned from the dis
| cussion that the gentleman is opposed to
| Governor Warmoth, and opposed to every
thing but what is contained in the report of
| the committee on resolutions. He advO-
Gates the selection of some good, honest and
vlrtuOus man for Governor. In that he has
no opposition. / have been born and raised
in the city, but still have sympathy with
| the country. l believe the voice of the en-
tire convention to be in favor of cOmbina-
ton. When / was told that it became
necessary for the Democrats in the Leg
islature to effect a coalition in order to Sc
cure political advantage, was with them,
though | have nothing to do either with
the CustOmhOuse or with WarmOth. The
accusations of those which are unaccOm-
panied with proof recoil on the heads of
those who make them; and l do not want
to be accused of impure motives because
hold views looking to a combination of
parties, l am unwilling, like Mr. Greeley,
to shake hands across the bloody ehasm. /
want to till it up; to build a mausoleum of
both the confederate and federal dead
When Colonel Fuqua tells us of the cOndi-
ton of things in his parish, under a
drunken judge when he tells us of other
parishes, and how all this may be avoided
in the future, the advice should be followed
There Is a time in the affairs of men
tune. When Judge Hunt sat upon the
bench he had cOmmisseratiOn for the crimi-
nal he sentenced to death, but none for
those who disagreed with him in his views.
l am told that to vote for this resolution
is to vote for infamy. If that is so in what
condition do we stand You have voted
with unanimity for combination with the
Reform party, which in session at the
Masonic Hall, has passed similar resolu
tiOn to unite with all parties. Then it fol
lows that a connection with the Reform
party is dishOnOrable. l will not discuss
tonight the propriety or imprOpriety of an
alliance with either wing of the Republican
party. Unless that proposition to confer
with all parties can be carried out honor
ably, | for one will not consent to it.
Mr.. McGloin-I will raise my voice in
serious protest to any attempt at a fusion
either with Governor WarmOth or the !
the party with which he is associated. |
There is not the slightest difference on this |
or any other question. l repudiate any
other idea than this, and the paper which |
utters them. I think the troubles and
miseries which these gentlemen labor under
have blinded their judgment. viii taking
up WarmOth reduce the negro majorities? ?
VIII it palsy the hand of the negro vote /?
A voice-We won't count them.
Then l say that had rather groan for
seven centuries under the heel of an op-
pressof unan resort TO such means to 90 in
power. Sending him to the Senate would
be to place the power in his hands by which |
he can assist to pass new laws of Oppres-
sion and wrong.
Though may be over confident, yet |
will not under estimate our strength. |
EightY-fve thousand Democratic votes |
were cast four years ago, and a success |
was the result. Are not the same people |
here now! Had the people, who were most |
strangely apathetic, done their duty in |
1870, the glories of 1868 would have been |
repeated. The whites exceed the blacks IN |
Louisiana by about 10000 if a fair count is |
had, but the census has not been fairly |
taken. In the coming campaign the people |
will come out, and victory is assured by |
the Democrats alone, without combination; |
but if you throw ont the idea that you seek |
success by cOllusiOn with such men as
Henry G. WarmOth, apathy and Indifference |
will return, and the election will be doubt |
full. [ am sorry / have taken up so much |
of your time. LGreat laughter.
Mr.. Albert G. VOOrhies having offered |
the following resolutions, the convention |
adjourned until eleven o'clock to-day:
Resolved, That although this convention has not |
hesttated to make Overtures to the Reform party |
for the purpose of etfecting alliance, it is
alterably opposed to making any Overtures of any
kind to auY other political organization in this
State, but that should any propositions be made to
the joint conference committee of the Democratic |
and RefOrmparties, the members of our committee,
IN whom we place implicit confidence author |
lied to listen to the same and report to this
ventiOn; provided, however, that under eIrcum-
stances should said members entertain PROPOSE |
tiOns having in view the placing of a Republican |
on our State ticket.