The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-04-17

is all right when they used to say they
were all wrong. The reason is that they
came back into the democratic party and
said II have been republican, but ] am
sorry and want to come back, and the
democratic party says "All right, OLD
sore head, come iG.' Grant has protected
us, and he is the only man that will pro.
tect US. II he Is not elected VIC will be
worse off than We were before the war.
We may all be killed of for what / know.
fSome one asked, "Do you know War
moth ~ No 1 don't is he the governor
He has not got any friends IN this conven.,
ton, Gcheers1 especially il he was elected
as a republican and is opposed to Grant.
lApplause.1 1 am sorry to have hurt any
gcntlcman's feelings from Louisiana, if
said his governor had no friends. Laugh
teri
Mr.. Pinchback called him to order.
Mr.. Harrison. I know that my friend
who has just spoken is sharp AS needle,
and now he sees this argument is going
against him, he wants 10 stop il [laughter].
Mr.. Harrison was called to order. He,
however, continued "business is business,
and mean business. l beg everybody's
pardon, II have offended everybody.
They are coming points of order, aud all
that sort Of thing, on me, wnen l don
know anything about them [langhter]
He was frequently interrupted and called
to order.
Mr.. Pinchback. The gentleman appears
to have undergone some excitement in re-
gard TO my remarks about Mr.. sumner
One of the gentlemen who stated that he
had been a slave, wanted to support Grant
against Sumner. Now, where was Mr..
Grant when Mr.. Sumner was the head
and support of the republican party? If
the Cincinnati convention was to nomin-
ate Charles Sumner Pesident, even if
there was forty thousand Grants, / would
sustain him. am not afraid to state my
platform, and i don't care for him any
more than IL he were the humbest black
man. The president of this convention,
who has been appointed an officer BY
Grant, has now in his pockets instructions
to see that the convention goes right.
Mr.. 1ngraham. l have no such instruc-
tions from Gen. Grant.
Mr.. Pinchback. do not suppose you
have them personally from him. / do not
suppose he is such mummy; hut you
have them from his brother-in-law. APP
plause.]
Mr.. Ingraham. I have not. l have
not.
Mr.. Pinchback. You have; you have
and intend to show Mr.. Grant and the
coored people that for one do not in
tend to be inundated by him. You have
dragged Gov. Warmoth's name into this
convention also, for the purpose of pro-
ducing strife, when you have no right to
do so; you have no right to do it, no sirs.
A gentleman has said that am needle
and too sharp. Have l ever practiced
any of my sharpness upon him
Mr.. Haralson. The reason that called
you needle was because you were sharp
in the defense of republican principles.
Mr.. Pinchback. have had CONVEX
sation with Mr.. Sumner myself, and he
stated to me, in answer to an inquiry of
mine, whether he would support the Phila-
delphla convention, that he was not pre-
pared to state whether he would support
it or not.
l then asked him il he would support
General Grant, If nominated by that con-
vention, and he emphatically replied, he
could not tell
A gentleman has stated here that there
is no one else to support but General
Grant. can not see why this is. can
name great many gentlemen of republi.
can principles much better TO support than
General Grant. He also says that he is
the only one who has protected us. can
not see this. We are free people and
must protect ourselves. Besides, there
are many things in connection with him
that l, as colored man, do not like
When Mr.. Douglas, u colored man, went
to see him, he snubbed him because he was
a colored man.