New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-06
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came from distance of from thirty to forty
miles. 1t should be stated that the New
Iberia band has accompanied Senator Kel-
logg's party since leaving Vermilionville
up to last night Before sunrise this morn
ing the people came tlocking in from all
parts of the country, and before twelve
o'clock the streets were crowded in the vi
cinity of the courthouse, where a handsome
ly decorated stand had been erected. The
scene was enliyened by band from New
Orleans, which arrived last. night.
Several gentlemen, who came up from
New Orleans, said they had not before ap-
preciated the magnitude of the meetings
Senator Kellogg had been addressing dur
ing the past thirty days They had heard
that the meetings were large, but seeing
was believing. 1t is needless to say that
the attendance to-day was very large, COM
posed to a great extent of white citizens.
No one will deny that it was at least six
times larger than the meeting McEnery &
Co. had when here. Hon. G. B. Darrall
presided and, in introducing Mr.. Kellogg,
made a few appro pirate and well-timed re-
marks. Mr.. KeIlogg's speech to-day, as
usual, had most happy effect in fact,
many think it was one of his best,
He discussed briefly the national issues
showing the origin Of the Ku-Klux and en-
forcement bills; that he and other Repub-
Iicans in Congress did not support some of
the features of the Ku-Klux bill, but that
those who did not were condemned by
Horace Greeley, who urged upon Congress
to pass both of these bills, and insisted that
Congress should make them Gveb more
rigid than they were.
:. He showed the relation and effect
og the policy of the Demo mocratio party
upon the question Of pr effective tariff on
agricultural interests against the interest
OF the people Of this State; how the policy
of that party and their present plat
form initiates directly against the
sugar interest; how j2 puts the
f>Ianter and those he employs and
the whole business community interested
in sugar growing, directly in competition
with cheap West India slave dabor He
showed the record of the Democratic party
in Congress upon the sugar and rice in
terests, and how a President and Congress,
elected pledged to the policy, would mill
tate against these great interests
Mr. Kellogg then showed that the general
complaint of high taxes was not attribut-
able to the federal governme Mt, but to the
State government. He then impr essed upon
his audience the Importance of electing
good and capable men to office in order to
secure good, iuse and wholesome laws. To
attain this end the white people are inter
ested in encouraging the colored people to
habits Of industry; to husband their re-
sources; TO accumulate property, and thus
become taxpayers, and equally interested
with them in securing good officers and
good laws
To encourage the colored people TO be
quiet, industrious and contented, they
should be allowed to enjoy all their rights,
and be protected and encouraged in the en-
ioyment of those rights; among them the
right to register and to vote for the candi-
dates of their choice. He then advised the
colored people to cooperate with the white
people at all times, to secure good officers
and good laws, to the end that all may
prosper. His advice to them regarding
local offices was received with universal
appreciation from all sides.
1t is impossible to give even an approxi-
mate idea Of this portion of Mr.. kellogg's
speech without reporting it in full. His
manner of treating the question of the rela-
tions of the white and coIored people, be-
fore, during and since the war, and what it
should be in the future, met, as it has every
where with especial and universal com
mendation. The ground he takes upon this
question alone makes Mr.. Kellogg hosts oi
friends wherever he goes, and the colored
people, as well as the white, everywhere
show how they approve and appreciate it.
Mr.. Kellogg then went on to disseet, in his
peculiar way the fusion ticket and combi-
nation.
The manner in which he handles this sub
iect never fails to make profound impress
sion upon the white people, and as he goes
on TO show the.origin, personnel, evident
intent and object of this combination, his
auditors often look absolutely astounded,
Mr. Kellogg showed that the ticket, though
admitting that there are doubtless some
good men on it, on the whole IS Trojan
horse, under cover of which the wire work
ers and schemers of the old Sidell regime
hope again to impose upon The public con
fdence and get into power. 5paugurating
the same old proscriptiye Qolicyo the
policy adopted by the Legislature of
f865-a policy which svas Sn dnany
respects worse than what they say is the
present State administration, ana calculated
to keep capital and emigration from coming
to the State, and drive out much of what is
now here; to array the white man against
the solored man, and inevitably S@taGd the
future prosperity of the State.
Mr. KeHogg's manner of dealing with the
finances of the State, and she gay to en-
hance our credit, and inaugsrate good gov
ernment. and secure prosperityo meets with
hearty approval on all sideso
In answer to the question. often
asked him, why he does not
condemn the Liberal movement more,
Mr.. Kellogg says he regards the move
ment as having done much good inothis
State, and afforded sufficient pretext for
many good men to come out of the old
Democratic party organization and identity