New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-15
ORLEANS, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15 1872
THAT INDIGN .TroN CooLs.
From One Hundred Take rhlrty-one

/ From One Hundred Take Thirty-one.
Pursuant to adjournment, the committee
Of one hundred met in the rooms of tbs
Chamber Of Commerce to devise ways and
means of proceeding to Washington and
laying the grievances Of the people they
represent before the President and Con
| gress according to their statement).
Mr.. Adams, president, said at the start
that if there was anything wanting to
| convince me of the great Importance of the
| undertaking we have esp0u5ed, it would be
found in your presence here to-day, having
left your business to give your support 70
the cause. 1t will be impossible for any
Of us to leave before Monday.
While the departure question was under
going discussion, Mr.. Summers stated that
they could be put through in sixtyone
hours.
Mr. McCIoskey-It we leave on Monday
we leave TOO late. We must all go on one
train, and if not, I for one will not 60.
Unless there is a large number going at
once, there is no use in any ono going, and
then l am unwilling to be made q cats
paw Of.
Mr.. Adams-It is understood that the ex,
penses of all will be paid.
A Member-Paid by whom:
Mr.. Adams-Out of fund to be raised !;
each one departing to pay his pro rata.
This has been done in order to put the com
mittee upon a similar footing.
The vote was taken whether to 90 or
Sunday or Monday by calling the roll A
number, among whom were Messrs. Gaines,
Gardner, Labatt and J. Ad R0zier an
swered cant go" Mr.. Summers answered
he was unwilling, if seVenty-tive men could
not be had to depart on the same train.
David Wallace sends a substitute, accord
ing to previous understanding
Thirty one to 60 Sunday-the remainder
answering can't CO." Mr.. John Chaffe, the
prominent cotton broker, declining to go.
A dispatch from Richard Taylor alluded
to on the previous day as one who had the
ear of the President, was read,
MIR. McCloskey-I think it very ridicu-
! lous thing for thirty-one to go. Let it be
Published who will or who will not go, so
tHdG every oOuJ may hAoN WIZ Will anu
who will not stand BY our people in this
their last extremity.
For awhile there was no second, and
finally a motion was made and carried to
lay Mr.. McCloskeys suggestion on the
table.
Mr.. Rozier's resolution, "that the peoples
committee of two hundred citizens do main
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such time as may seem proper for the asser-
ton Of the rights Of the people, which, hy
lawful means, may be secured. and the
principles Of republican liberty maintained;
that vacancies be filed by the chairman" J"
was laid over until called up.
A resolution was offered and subsequently
Withdrawn that the whole subject Of the
present difficulties be remitted to the courts,
and that the committee await the decision
Of the Supreme Court Of the United States,
"that last bulwark of American liberty"
Mr. j. Ad Rozier was opposed to the last
resolution, and said there was ian absence
Of unity among US i'll the last campaign that
was to be regretted. We are now shoulder
to shoulder His point was, after he had
given his views on the case, that a commit
tee Of seven would DO epough. I'VE may
have Judge Bradley here, who will reverse
and upset the whole Of the Durell decision,
and place matters exactly where they were
before. We arc fighting for our liberties.
If national court has a right to say who is
the Governor, and who shall or shall not
enter into the State House, say all our lib
critics are gone. We should use every
effort to influence Congress and set the
question right before the people We
should go at this matter in a prao teal
and business way. We want the govern
ment in the hands of the virtue and the il
telligence Of the country. instead of being
in the hands Of the horde Of plunderers that
have mismanaged it during the past Sour
years. | say the United States army is
here to enforce writ Of court-a writ
which it is possible to set aside, for all the
argument before the Supreme Court was to
prevent its hearing-it never touched the
merits. Now, as you are not of as much
Importance at Washington as here, COM
mittee of seven is sufficient to transact
business. | can not believe this decision
will be maintained; if it is, then | am
slave, the shackles are on my limbs, and
there is an end to republics, l will give
my mite to this work. Let us appeal to the
courts, and in the end we will all be righted.
MIR. McCloshey-I agree with everything
Mr., Rozier says, but having proclaimed the
fact that a committee of one hundred had
been heralded as coming and that a small |
committee would not have the effect
More discussion was had on this point
A momber-In my opinion, we all bound |
ourselves to 60 in the signing of the memo
rial, and now that the one hundred have |
down to thirty-one. think we
are in bad place.
Mr.. Charles E. Fenner-By the act of re-
fusing to go and present the memorial, a
nember ipso facto yacates his position on
5he committee. Suppose a gentleman should
near that his daughter was to be married,
)r that testimony was to be given involving
! large amount of property, would you
lear Of any objections to 80 to Washing
on?
To find out the effect of Mr. F'enner's
quarter of an hours speech. q motion was
made to call the roll to see If any one had
hanged his mind
To this a gentleman exciteilg objected.
aging he had declined to go and could not
o, and did not intend 80 goo He could aid
y money
Mr. McClogkey-Can sou son8 a eu65;i.
ute2 and the member answered YES.