New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-10

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of bOmbsheu in the convention. The fol-
lowing are the principal points OF demands
Of che petition:
Honest officials and honest elections.
Election to the Legislature of men in
wh nm the people have confidence.
Revision of the acts of the Legislature,
and repeal Of all obnoxious laws.
Combining the powers of the executive to
the same field as before the war.
State debt revision.
Revision of the city charter.
Abolition of fees and perqUisites.
Abolition of city assessors-State assess
ors to Go all the work.
Reduction of the number of offices.
Enactment of laws Furnishing bribery in
Office-the briber as well as the bribed.
No removal of judges unless for incOm-
petence or mi5demeanors.
Scrutiny of jury lists-thOse not conyers-
ant with the English language to be ex-
Guided.
1t is not the desire of the trainers to force
the approval of these resolutions on the
convention. They simply
A member-There should be a seven
teenth point, and that is the total annihila-
ton of the CustOmhOuse party.
The petition was referred to the commit
tee on resolutions, when appointed.
A wait for the conference report now en-
sued The committee was out in process
of negotiation with the opposing parties.
In the meantime cries for favorite speakers
rHng through the house, and Governor
Warmoth was brought to the front.
Mr.. president, gentlemen of the cOnVen-
ton and fellow citizens-I thank you for
this hattering reception at your hands. 1t
is gratifying to me, not only as the repre-
sentative of a great political power in the
State, but personally so, and as evidence to
me that you do not believe the lies and SLAM
ders which have been circulated against me.
have too much respect for your intelligence
and the virtue Of the people whom you
| represent to think you could entertain the
belief that am guilty of all these charges,
for certainly did you believe them, l could
not expect you would have accorded me
this reception.
do not appear before you now to make
a VindicatiOn of myself, for you have
| higher considerations to discuss than the
| truthfulness OF falsity of what has been
said about me. / will hereafter have the
opportunity and the pleasure to meet you
and the people of this State in the coming
! campaign, and then l will convince you,
one and all, that these accusations are as
malicious as they are false Considering
myself in connection with this great move
| ment, find that have beenmade the bug
bear to brighten the people from it. l am
| prepared to declaim the falsehOOd, to vim
dictate myself and to vindicate the people.
The Liberal movement was instigated by
the necessity for another party than that
which has to this day failed to redeem the
| people from the corruption which has ruled
| them. We do not organize parties for
| glory, nor 90 to the labor of getting up
| new party for the mere name; but this
movement was begun because the Demo
cratic and Republican parties have been
unable to relieve the people. In view
of this state of things it is necessary
II. l.
| intermediate platform and organize a
| new party to make q common fight under
| a common banner, to elect acOInmOn ticket.
| Thousands would vote for the Republican
candidatessimply because they are Repub-
| hcans, and thousands of Democrats would
| vote for their candidates because they are
Democrats. By removing the prejudices and
feelings which have separated them, you
| give them common platform, and on that
| they form a unity of the honest elements for
| the purposes of an honest government. / be
| lieve that this sentiment beats strong within
| your breasts, and finds quick response from
! the people of the State, who want these prin-
ciples to endure. l believe that now there is
| presented an opportunity to reconcile the
conflicting clements, and as firmly believe
that such an opportunity for reconciliation
will never occur again, believe this con-
ventiOn has the wisdom, the courage and
the patriotism to see the exigency, and to
use all means at their command to bring
about the accomplishment of the desired
end.
Let us indulge in no words of reproach
or acrimOny; let us not say that these gen
tlemen who are denOuncing and abusing
you and me and the party are what they
say we are. Let us rather say that they
are mistaken. They will soon see their mis-
take, and feel more heartily ashamed of all
they have said than though we denounced
them.
For every man in this State l have
| nothing but feelings of kindness. am
young, and l well know how easily the
young are led away by their impulses and
enthusiasm to do much which eventually
their better judgment condemns. l tell
you it is easier to denounce a man out of
existence than to prove him out of it.
However, we expect that these gentle
men will soon get off of their high horses
of indignation, and then they will come
| down to facts Then it will not be enough
for them to indulge in denunciation, but
! they must not accuse us unless they have
| clean hands themselves. / may be respOn-
| sible for much bad legislation, but how
/ about our Democratic members of the Lee
| gislature!
| They say that under my administration
! the debt of the State and taxation has been
largely increased, but l will ask them was
| it not done by a large majority of Demo
! cratic votes in both houses l challenge
| them to show a single instance of increase
| in taxation that was not put in force by
! vote of both parties. Every monopoly
| they cry out against was created by the
| solid vote of both Democrats and Repub-
| licans. l do not charge the Democrats
with any crime. l simply say, eve
| have done badly in the past; let
us profit by our experience, and do
! better in the future" All l ask of the
| Democrats is that they will do me simple
| Justice, and charge me with that Of which l
am guilty. / am responsible for enough,
God knows. / do not start out with the
| proposition that l am one of the saints, nor
! do l admit that they are to be named in
| that category either. Since our starting
| out we have all done wrong and made
many mistakes. Let us take our lessons to
| heart, and do so no more.
| / want to feel that l am one of you fire
mendOus and long continued cheeringl, not
| that have just become so, for l have been
! labOring hard five months, working up the
| movement which has eliminated in this
! glorious convention. / would ask you to
! take nv advice in this Only-in the con-
| structiOn of your ticket not only select such
/ men whose sympathies are WiCh the best
! interests of the State, but those who will
! best contribute to the success of yOurparty.
! l have no ambition which will lie in the
way of such an accomplishment and what
| / have before said l now repeat to you,
| you have no hOnOTs to confer " Ugh can
! accept [Cheers long continued
| The Governor retired on the presence of
! Mr.. Lawrence Of the conference committee,
| being announced.
| Mr.. Lawrence stating that the president
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