The weekly Louisianian., 1872-11-23
ME9 AND UNDER ALL CIRCUMSTANCES.
MEETING. Of GeLoRBD MEN.

/ =. 4EETlNc, W NlOKED 4EN.
l IMPORTANT COMMITTEE APPOINTED.
In accordance lEith the brief a1
. nouncement made n our last Sa
. urday's paper, about one hundre
. prominent aad intsnqstsd -colore
! men from the e,ty and parishes me-
Lieutenant Governor Pinchback .
his residence on Sunday last, at l
O'Clock, neon. zs7@ 7s9.r
On the. suggestion, that. for th
orderly procedure Of the basinsa
in hand, q presiding and recordin,
officer should be selected; Col Ja<
Lewis was unanimously called t
the Chair, and Col. James H. In
graham chosen as Secretary.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR pINcHRAcK
then proceeded to explain the mo
tives that prompted him in request
ing the meeting, and in substance
said:
He desired it to he distinctll ll
undafatOo6 that in the assembling
Of the representative colored mer
Of the State, they contemplated nc
conflict with the native white people
Of the State Of Louisiana. Under
any circumstances such would never
be their desire, but situated as they
are, any such attempt would be
suicidal. ~s.-~ - * e.
We're the assembly before Linn
the representatives Of naturalized
Irishtnen, Germans or emigrunts
from any nation, an exhibition Of
violence, regarded in its worst phase
would be considered q riot, and
nothing more. But at the slightest
show of resistance on tho part Of
the colored' men, their enemies
would instantly proclaim it ga war
Of races" and friends and foes
among the whites would bo COM
bined against them. -.
This, he reiterated, 9 is not a
movement against the native white
residents of Louisiana, but a COM
bination against certain political
wire~pullcrs who propose taking
::::om US a part Of the common
the right to vote. They
have refused us the right Of regis
tration, and prevented our voting,
by making that registration only
partial
He suggested tho appointment Of
q committee, fully authorized to re-
present tho colored men; Z desul-
tory discussion would not amount to
. great deal. There were many
grievancss to be represented, and it
would require q committee to put
Them in proper shape, to hear COM
plants, take testimony, put the same !
in writing, aud to submit it to the
proper authority.
Az tho case stood, politically, this
mad been pursuit Of Office. The
politicians had struggled for it,
many of tho Reformers followed
heir example, and the people dis
,usted' with the conflict had little or |
1othing to say.
He would second any motion to
,ive white aud colored residents
,qual rights. That sentiment Of
between the races would
,ave been moro enlarged had it not
,een for the press, but he thought
time was coming when people of
III classes would better understand
.ach other. tf
The colored people must come
ogether through Z committee with
to speak for them. They
must be represented by their own
acc; they should no longer rely
N white men to do their work for
hem; but they should act out the
maxim they chat would be helped,
must help themselves
The fifteenth Amendment 81 the
Consultation of tho United States
,roclaimed that none Of the rights !
# citizens OF the United States
ihould be abridged, and the rights
Il the colored men had not only I
,een abridged, but had been as
much denied as il no such provision
,,xkisted uron tie statute bools.
East Baton Roiug5J Mirteen