New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-25
MeerIug Cd dc Tangipahoa LiberaI Party.
ANTE CITY, July 20, 1872.

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johnson was nominated and elected secre-
tary. The president, on taking the chair,
stated the objects of the meeting to be the
election Of delegates to the fifth Of August
convention, and to take such other steps as
might tend to the furtherance of the Lib
eral party movement.
On motion of Colonel Terry, an election
for delegates was entered into, and resulted
in the election Of DR. John kaufman and
Captain w II. Lillard as delegates, and G.
H. Mooney, A. J. Johnson T. NJ. Terry, j
M. Moore and Larry Cooper as alternates.
On motion of Colonel Terry, the presi-
dent was authorized TO appoint parish eX'
ecutive committee, consisting of two mem
.bers from each ward. The following names
were suggested and appointed, viz: Cap
tain w. H. LiIlard and Edward Kicks, for
the first ward; Charles Singleton, for the
second ward; DR.. John kaufman and A. J.
johnson. third ward; w. A. Chambers and
J. Murray. fifth ward; E. r. Manard and
Thomas W. Watts, sixth ward; G. II.
Mooney and j. Joiner, seventh ward; John
Stanga and B. H. Robertson, eighth ward.
Said committee to meet at AnIite City on
the call of the president of this meeting, at
as early day as possible after the adjourn
ment Of the State convention.
This finishing the regular business of the
meeting, Colonel w. II. Walsh, Of New Or
leans, was then introduced by the re-i!ent,
who addressed the meeting as follows:
Fellow citizens-It is with pleasure
that | respond to your kind invitation to
address You, and that / welcome by the
hand SO many strong and earnest co-work-
ers in the Liberal party. ! am glad to see
your parish aroused, and your presence
here today, notwithstanding the Indictment
weather, is an evidence to me Of your sin
cerity. Our country is great one-great
in men, great in products, great inswealth
and great in size.
Ii is not in the power of words or the
thought of man to exaggerate the import
anee Of its position among other nations, or
to Overrate its Influence upon their des-
TIMES. Who does not love America Who
is not proud of her stars and stripes ! And
what citizen does not feel safe under their
protection
This nation is the beacon light in the
stormy ocean of the commissions that are
now and long have been heaving i'll the
bosom of society. 1t is the polar star by
which the strivers after liberty, without
the compass of just government or the
chart of their own constitution, direct their
course. The history of this constitution,
in the bOldness of its conception, III the
motives and causes which led to it, and III
the character of its projectors, is not less
without a parallel than is, by universal ac-
acknowledgements the vastness of the efforts
that have flowed from il on all earth This
nation, it. has been said, spraug into eXis
tence like .Pallas from the brain of Jove,
armed and indebted. The comparison was
well made. The offspring of the father Of
the gods could not have been more perfect
from the beginning. The government Of
the children of the Pilgrims and Of the
proud and Independent settlers of the
South had not to pass through feeble i'll
fancy and dangerous youth to gain the full
maturity of strength and power. Let us
not be accused of vain pride and idle boast
ing in thus TecOunting the glOrles of the
past. Ours is in principle no strange case.
Look through the records of Phwnician
and Grecian and Norman. emigratiOE-ln all
YOU see the great traits Of character in the
parent stock more fully developed and
nourishing higher purposes and nObler
deeds than when left in the sluggishnCss Of
stationary inactivity.
But let us pause and see whether the sur
Vey Of the riches Of our inheritance is to as
a cause of pride or shame. What merit is
there in us for what our fathers did Shall
we Americans, the keystone OF whose instr
buttons is the natural equality Of all men,
laugh to scJrn the pretensions of birth and
pride of ancestry, shall we be content with
what has been done, and be satisfied to rest
our claims to the worlds respect and the
consideration Of pOsterity on the transmit
ted and reflected glOries Of our fathers No
generation, no people ever received so rich
an inheritance. Where but a few years
ago was all a wilderness, now stand large
and mighty cities. The mOnarchs of the
forest have been converted into mansions.
and where once was heard the reverberating
echoes of the savage war-whOOp, now re-
sound the voices OF patriots and statesmen.
Fellow citizens, there is a miserable feel
ing now peryading all communities on the
subject Of party spirit, and / fear it is being
carried too far to result in good. The worst
of human passions is now at work in the
minds of the public men, and there is a van
dalism of deeper and more damning die
I nan any before exhibited, which, if not ar
rested in time, will gnaw out the very vitals
of this republic. Let it not enter into the
temple now being erected by the Liberal
party, where virtue alone should abide
Let it be, rather, banished forever; the
name is too dear too sacred. With us
with this generation of the American peO-
PIE, rests the cause of universal liberty
We love it, we cherish it, we boast of it, and
we come to rejoice that ii still lives in all its
blessings.
w e nave COlle 10 lulS place " IGCOIu our
homage to those men who framed our plat
form, our gratitude for their services, our
admiration for the virtues therein con-
tanned, and our attachment to those prIn-
ciples of civil and religious liberty which
viii encounter all the storms of abuse
and dangers of defeat to protect and estab
lish We have now reached "the time of
the reformation and with our gallant lead
ers, Greeley and Brown, we turn from a
bitfap mast m the 1rDu1igp Of hriO Inf
and happy future. Four more such
years as we have just passed through,
aud France in her reign of terror and
Jacobin rule could hardly show as
dark a picture. Looking at the i'm
mediate situation and seeing the imminent
danger ahead, the American people have
risen ia [he majesty Of their own might, |
east aside the political rings and |
rngieaders, and said in stentOrian !
voices, We will rescue ourselves. They |
have Ignored and denounced the Radical |
organization for its tyranny, selhshness and !
corruption, and the Democratic party for |
ITS inability to comprehend and adapt itself |
70 the condition Of the country, for its bitter
preiudICes and prOscriptiye tendencies
They have called for Liberal party. based |
on cordial harmony with and acceptation Of |
achieved results, and a determination 10 |
MAINTAIN the constitution as il stands, and |
reouke tyranny, maladministration, nepot- |
ism and corruption. The great body polite |
mas oeen dlsintegratcd, and the call has |
oeen answered by an almost spontaneous |
rush INTO the Liberal fold Ii is a resnonse |
OF the good, honest, law-abidiu~ and mo. |
gressIve men Of all parties. with the desire |
10 give peace order, security and good gov |
erument To the States; it is a discrimination |
TO close the useless and diStrActing strug-.I
giles about accomplished results: il is 10 |
overcome the spirit which soWs distrustand |
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