New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-05-16
EVERYTHING REDUCED TO TAXATION"
LIBERALISM REPUDIATRD

ready gone, and night set in, and the seats
| Of the parquette were not near filled, the
majority of the audience being on the outside
! listening to the footing of the horns.
! 1t was mentioned before the meeting was
| called to order, that the Young Mems Dem
| Ocratic Association, under whose auspices
| the call was made, would not commit them
| selves to the question about which there is
| now considerable curiosity, that is the nom
| nation of Horace Greeley; and that there
| would be no resolution expressing the
/ sense of the meeting" This turned out to
| be the case, the sentiment being that the
! party here would possum on the national
| question until the national convention
should pronounce the. creed which their fol-
| lowers would obey. There were several
| ladies present, and the meeting was of that
respectable character for which the indoor
| gatherings of the unterrifed are so famous.
The musicians having taken their al
| lOtted place in the orchestral space and
| played the overture, Mr.. b. 4. Jonas presi-
dent, called the meeting to order, saving
| that it had been called to open a great
atic-cOnservative canvass, having
no new views to present and no novel prin-
ciples to announce. 1t appeared some por-
tiOn of the press had questioned the right,
or at least the prOprety of cOnvOking a
mass meeting, and hence the explanation. Q
Mr.. j. B. Eustis said the weather was too
warm to make an extensive speech, and he
had accepted the invitation because "he
was glad to mingle with the Young Dem
ocracy, and to offer suggestions with refer
ence to the alarming condition Of our suf-
fering State" Parties had been of the im-
preston that this meeting had been called
to kick up general row in the Democratic
household; that the giant baby now being
rocked to sleep by that good old nurse, Mr..
Greeley, would be walked up and be heard
all over the country from sea to sea. He
was mot going to sit on any gentleman's
white hat, notwithstanding he had the con-
st1tutiOnal right, If he so chose, to buy and
wear black one. Applause
No Ill feeling, he urged, existed between
the Democrats of the city and the country
he had cast his energies in the late cOnven-
tiOn to shut the door forever against all DOS
sible compromise with the Warmoth Re-
puhlicaDs, and had signally failed. He had
said, when told of his defeat: Eyes, but
gave you an awful scare, and in future YOU
will be'cOmpelled to admit that | was right
and you were wrong" He impugned the
motives and questioned the purposes of no
opponent, but he disagreed with the policy
OF the Baton Rouge resolution providing for
a union with the Liberal Republicans, and
so instructing delegates. 1t was not advis-
able, considering the weight of the pivotal
States of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio
and Illinois, to instruct Louisiana delegates
to vote for a particular candidate, inasmuch
as this candidate might not carry these
States, and it would hence be placing our
delegates in false position.
There was no indication whatever of any
i'll feeling or misunderstanding between the
Reform party and the Democrats. 1t was,
according to DR.. Jonas, who had been called
in consultation, only labOTing under a nerv-
Gus attack, from which it would soon re-
cover, and he felt convinced that he could
promise long career of eOniugal bliss be-
tween the two parties, who were in the
same boat. The Liberal Republicans, re-
versing the old order of things, had made
the attempt to swallow up the great Demo
cratic party. 1t was Jonah attempting to
swallow the whale, instead of the whale
swallowing Jonah. Seeing in the woods, in
one of his journeys, snake in the act of
swallowing frog, he could not get further
than one leg, Notwithstanding all his trials
Said he to the snake. MY friend, if yau
knew as much of the shape of that frog as
do, you would give up the attempt"
Laughter
He urged moderation and calm coun-
selling in this matter, that, as in a legal
case, the one who in an argument fought |
and fumed did the very thing his adversary
wanted him to do. He was severe on the !
Liberal Republicans; not enough of them
could be found in the State to put in
street car. He meant not the Democrats who !
believed in Mr. Greeley, nor the Wings. but !
those who followed the fortunes of Governor
WarmOth. 1t stood in the same relation to
the party that pair of deuces does to four
kings in poker. He called the government 1
a mushroom despOtism," and objected to |
kissing the palsied hand that held a sceptre !
which would smite you ''were it not too |
cOwardly." He rejected, repelled repud1a- |
ted and denounced any surrender of the |
banner into the hands of the Liberal Repub-
hcans, though he would not object to even |
that great and good man, ParsOn Conway" |
should he come in at the tail end of the !
party and vote the Democratic ticket. The |
party opened its arms to admit all who !
would come in and vote the ticket
PoETICAL FLIGHTS.
Mr. Eugene Waggamann said it was a
pleasant sight to see long suffering people |
meeting together to counsel over their |
affairs, and though it seemed the yoke was
far too heavy to be borne, still there was
one point lower than the rest, which was
when 1.-The people refused to rise and strike
the blow which would make them freemen."
He held that the people were dOWntrOddeD.
and overlooked the field backward as from
Mount Pisgah, going back in memory to
former times, when fields of wa wing green,
fat cattle, rivulets, mail carriers, great
pouring their wealth
INTO our fair city of New Orleans, then
let us reflect upon what she is. He
the scene of prosperity of old,
irawn in the pOetical language, with Lou
siana as she is, :'at the feet OF an Oppresser,
imposed on as by the bayOnet," hOnOrs
bought and sold with gold, ETC. Was it not
lime, in view of looking upon this picture
and then on this" to combine tOgether-to
Use? He called upon the ladies, to whom
le alluded in the warm eulOgium of pOeti-
,al talker, to bring their influence to bear
lpOn the young men of the day; for if there
,ver was time when they were called !
lpon to do their duty, it was now.
After the above briefly sketched intro
luction he reviewed the field, saying the
,arty commenced with a vote of $1,000 7
men, unimpaiIed by political vicissitudes,
md he could also count upon a reinforce. /
nent from the RefOrmers, VINO had nrA-
,iously not taken any interest in public
fairs. Besides, there was the colored ele- I
nent, from whom he expected they would
overcome their timidity and poll 5000 addi-
lOnal votes, making grand total OF 10000
votes, and they could hold their own with &
his force; there would be no catering to =
heir oppressors, no crawling at their feet,
10 cOmpaniOnship with the devil. lie was
.trong in urging the straight line OF the old
Oemoeraey-nO compromise "We must
rave unity or we will fail" There was too
much difference of opinion; too many lntlma-
ions against those who differed in opinion; {
Oo much dissensiOn. There were men whose
'ntecedents, and whose bravery, when IL
vas needed, whose lives were above sus-
,iciOn, who honestly differed; and when
uch men were found they must keep their .
rood position in our hearts until undisputa-
lie facts prove they are unworthy of our