New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-04-28

but as he had served an apprenticeship in
being abused he was used to it, for ~ OLD
times ho had been called Black RepuD-
lican, Abolitionist, ETC., and it did him no
harm. He then read q number of humOr.
GUS articles in regard to his letter. ana
some of different style. He was wiHlng
that any one should add to the fund OF wit
and humOr that could be found IN the
but the Language used by
some Of the papers were not the words OF
gentlemen.
The Governor then reviewed his official
career, and plainly intimated that he never
held an Office by which his BOOK account
was much increased. He referred to ar
ticles in the Chicago journal and Post in
reference to him, and said that while he
was in the army and at the front, those
gentlemen were in positions of safety and
nlenty. and basked in the sunshine Of peace.
He then referred to the party ties that so
strongly bind men together, and said it was
hard for true man to break the party
ranks, but when it was found that the ques-
tions which had united them have become
obsolete. then it was time to dissolve these
ties. He thought that the wants OF this
hour should dictate the acts Of men, that
parties, like men, can not always SURVIVES;
that the issues that were once alive were
now dead and useless. How strange would
it appear for him to make a speech against
slavery now, when slavery was dead, or to
ask for volunteers to go South to fight the
rebels, when there we're no rebels to fight.
To-day the naked question is, shall the Otfi-
GERS Of this government be honest and in
corrupt! He did not charge any political
party with the corruption of the present
day. 1t was no doubt brought about by the
lavish expenditures during the late war,
and had created q species of corruption and
that was fearful to behold. He
then referred to the Office held by Leet, of
New York, and said it was one of the most
corrupt things of the age. Now the war
has closed, he insisted that all the depart
ments of the country shall be filed by
honest and ineOrrupt men,.
The principle that all men should be
equal before the law was q fundamental
one, and one that the Republican party
taught and should practice. He then re-
ferred to the status of the people of the
South, and said that the true Republican
doctrine was that all restrictions and inc
qualities before the law, and political disa.
bilities, should be removed, and that all
the people of the South should be, in every
respect, equal to those in every other part
of the country. He then read his letter to
the Republicans of Kentucky, written over
q year ago. in which he strongly favored
the entire repeal Of the disabilities which
rested upon any portion of the people of
Kentucky or the South.
He said that he did not question that gov
ernments could exist with corruption, but
could q republican government exist with
the corruption of the present times!
He then referred to the military Occupa
ton of Chicago, the action Of the General
Assembly upon it, and made about the
same argument that was made in his two
on thatsubject.
He then referred to the vast power of the
President, in his patronage and distribu-
of that, but only that the President abused
that power and patronage to his advantage.
He was in favor of taking this power from
the President and placing the same in the
hands of the people, who should elect their
own p0stmasters, assessors, etc. He was in
favor of giving to the people very much
more power than they have. The great
problem of civil reform was not to give it
to boards of inquiry, but direct to
the people. He was not in favor of max
ing any change in the fundamental prin-
ciples Of this government, but desired to
keep it as it came from its trainers.
He then referred to the doctrine of States
rights, and said he was not States rights
man, but with Trumbull, he was in favor Of
the authority of local governments, and
thanked Senator TrumbuIl for coming that
sentence. He did not intend to let any man
here tonight know whether he was in favor
Of States rights or not; he only wanted to
say he was in favor of the people of the
States regulating their own affairs and adj
their own laws without any in
reference on the part Of the general gov
He then said he was not in favor Of any
man for President who did not respect the
laws of the State or the United States, and
be will support no man who will not assert
that at all times the military shall be in
to the civil power. He then
referred to the military rule in Kentucky,
and said he would not trust any man with
hat terrible thing called military rule, and
appealed to his Republican friends and
asked them if they could blame him for
against the military usurpation
Of General Grant in his military occupation
Of Chicago, and said that General Grant
lad violated all civil law in this occupation
IF Chicago.
He said his Republican friends desired to
know if he intended to act with the Cop
perheads! As for that, he would say he
did not know that there were any such
men now. There used to be, and there also
used to be abolitionists; but now where are
they! He said General Grant had APP
pointed rebel soldiers to offices, and to fat
,nes, and he did not know as he could do
worse than that. He did not think slavery
would be re-established if the Democrats
we're successful. He did not think the
Democrats desired to do this. and therefore
here was now no difference between the
parties on this question.
He then referred to General Grants poll
hes, and said he was not Republican un
Ill 1868, and he protested against the idea
If Judging him 1.-THE GOvernOr) by this
Of Grants.
The Governor said there wonld be two
national Republican conventions, one at
and one at Cincinnati. The
)ne at Philadelphia is what is known as q
: stocked" concern, and that it was fixed
that there Grant will be the nominee.
What the Cincinnati convention would do
he knew not, but he hoped that the nom
inee would be man that the North, South,
East and West could unite upon to elect.
The Governor said he had served his coun-
try long enough to be a free man, and he
wanted it distinctly understood that he in
tended to vote for whom he pleased, and
was not bound to any man or any party.
He then again referred to the Philadel-
Dhia convention, and said there was no use
Of the regular Republicans going there to
President-that was liked; but
here was a Vice President to nominate,
and he supposed they would have to go
here to do that.
He then referred to the dispersion of the
rec State conventions in Kansas by the
military authority. He dreaded despotic
men and principles, and said we could not
allow such principles to exist in this
country.
He then closed by inviting the people to
20 with him to the Cincinnati convention,
ind there nominate ticket upon which all
,he people, Democrats and Republicans,
Gould unite.
Governor Palmer of Illinois.