New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-03-19
TWELFTH WARD DEMOCRATS.
Speeches Last Night-The Refsrmers As.
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concluded in the good old Democratic fash
iony the speeckmaking began, the motion
to- adjourn at this early stage Of the pro
ceedings being. Indignantly frowned down.
Mir Charles Chapotrie was appointed presi-
dent, and, of course, was elected by acela-
nation Mr.. Charles Livaadais was ap-
pointed secretary
The speech of Colonel Eagene Eagga-
man which followed these pnelimina ries,
was'tatN OF the sane complaint with which
this gentleman has iabored for some time.
He felt it to be his duty in these remarks to
allucsB- to the good old times, touching
upon his own election to the Legislature,
and drawing para Ne between those times
and these, much to the advantage OF those.
Mr. TVaggaman allu aed to the people IS in
state Of bondage. political sertdom, and
called the roll of grievances under which
they labOred, which were enormsus taxation
and such like. His allusiOn to- the late un-
pleasaatness was tull--.'then ws Were tree
men, now we are slaves
The speaker descended gradually to Lsl2,
about which the clsb looked for eluci-
dation, and handled tie Reform party Eith
great peliteness and afrigid ooldness. He
Appeared to think thsy had not at previous
trying times done tkeir whole duty had
not worked actively IGith the Demo Gratis
they had too much money 10 make to 90
around and attend TO. their political duties
Are such men, he proceeded to say, worthy
to be leaders, men- who are not even
registered! In the whole Committee of
Fifty-one but eighteen were registered.
1t Was their duty to Ito open the eyes
OF these people and bring them back to
the told" He advocated the policy of wait
ing till the convention should assemble. as
the only organ which had the right to speak
There was time enough to beside between
the Reformers and the Democrats. He ap
Deared to think that some of the Reformers
were sowing firebrands in ths Democratic
ranks who had only to unite together and
sweep the State. We must be united in
car mode of action" he went on to say.
The causes why I'VE had so signally failed
before we're from the use Of force apart
from the apathy which had been manifested
the cause was fcrce that had been used to
prevent success. But there Is a
point he said, when torbearance
ceases to be a virtue hasn't somebody
heard of this hefore,) "a point where if
we longer submit, we will have deserved it.
when we shoald meet force with force: not
in the paroxysm of rage which would dash
| aside the cup of bitterness because too full
to bear more. but in the calm and quiet
determination to right our wrong" The
speaker concluded by saying that in the
event of failure lit only remained to die
| for country we can not save. From the
uproarious applause it appeared as if the
| latter part of Mr.. Waggaman S discoarse
was more agreeable TO the meeting than
| the first.
/ AR L. John Ellis was loudly called FOR,
but appeared and offered as a substitute
Mr. John S. Tully. our Seymour Knight
president and Mr. Z. Howard MeCaieb.
who would address the meeting in his stead.
! The next thing the club knew NJ. Z. How
! ard McCaleb vas before them. and. rolling
up his sleeves. went tor the Ret0rners IN
! the spirit of one OF those handy speakers
who can l..ake & speech from the top OF
a barrel on the corner or from a pull
pit with equal gusto, and similar in
/ spirit Mr. MCaleb said ne happened
! into the late mectin. Of the twelfth
wartlcrs held back of town, where some
| of the club voters were "colonized" from
the neighboring eleventh ward. He found
u,
midst ofmen who didn't look like Demo
Gratis" and after some humming and haw
lug, they raked in twenty-three votes tC
call it Reform meeting. Mr.. McCalet
now borrowed Hoods lines to illustrate
how he would hold an inquest over the Re
formers. He would
take them up tend;.ily.
! ft them with
Fashioned 50 ,lenderiv,
Young and so fair.
SO he proceeded to do. after his own
hammer stvle We'll" said he. again
going for a well known incident, "Mohome,
said if the mountain will not come to No
hamet Mohamet will go up to the noun
tain" His intention was, in this origina
remark, to show that the Reformers
WAYS and among the by-ways of lite, tC
bring the Democratic party into their fold
as the Democrats would not come, they
would 90 over to the Democrats. Even
| now, he went on TO say, it was contem
plated to postpone the assembling of their
<I,n
parishes could not be relied on. That.
said he, sis Just it. The whole move
ment does not extend over more than foul
or five wards Of the city, "outside
people knowing nothing about it, lie
didn't like the word reform for the name O
a party. 1t might do for a thief, for in
| stance, to reform when he has stOlel
enough for a drunkard to reform wheI
there is nothing mofe to be gained by dram
drinking but the name would not do FOL
such party as the Democratic, which
needed no reform. and had done nothing o
which it should repent. His estimate of the
members of the Reform party was not very
high. Some of them were the bank presi
deLts who had subscribed money to buy w
the Legislature" EHootings and yells.
The principles Of the Democrats and the 50
called Reformers had usually been consid
cred as about the same until recently
But they now go one step further
than the Democrats. who, believin
in giving the negro all his rights and all
his civil rights, still would not, as the Re
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