The weekly Louisianian., 1872-06-01

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shall Always naeasot to 5speal
kindly of him, and.I believe that
he btasatstl u the hiahposidan TO,
which he has been nominated. bt
will give us q fair and honest GOV.
tfnment; but I would pot vote 70,
him because I believe it would be .
precedent for The breaking up O:
party. lines in this State, sveaAcl
would be highly iniusious:s~.
These two"c4pf9sios.s halsfxcd
my status as. far as natioaafapolitics
were concerned, and / hefspublicly
announce thaksI will advocate and
supporttheR ilila4lslphia convention
because It is in keeping with the
true principles OF my party, and I've.
canss 1 loelive that it will neaaiuate
a man who will be .fairer. to MY race
than the Cincinnati nominee.
! have the speech Ut Mr.. Voor-
bees, before, me where Le says
that under no contingency will be
support Greeley, ind that lie will
Try. .Als best to prevent the Balti-
more convention from iadorsing his
nomination, aeadL T., believe that Mr..
Voorhees, .lr~epresents the views OF
the greater portion of the Demo
cr&tAs There IRE q 1nulln1tbter Of hon
est and good men who may 20 so
far as to- vetesfars Any one than him.
The numlar, Of these. however, is
Insignificant compared with those
who take the other view Of the
question.
The policy of the Democrats since
the passage by. Congress of the re-
construction acts. has been a mis-
taken one. Had they taken the
colored people by the hand ut that
time there Hould&hare been no need
Of any turmoil in the State. But
they adhered 1T Is Their old policy,
and made wa1sup1Hu III. and the re-
suit was that. We looked for such
white men as would assist u III
the exercise Of our political rights,
aud, therefore, many aliens have
been put into the high Offices of the
Statey, If We take the utte1ances of
the paper whose accusations I was
unwillingly forced to answer this
afternoon, l fear they have learned
no lesson from their past expert
ence. Bat. if they have, and are
willing to benefit by it, I have no
doubt that we can shave a fair and
honest election, and can return sucl,
men TO office as No one can COM
plain Of
Whether we shall succeed in har-
monizipg the Republican party is q
question that is wrapped up in the
womb ct the future, and which
none can forctell, but it is to~b be
hoped that a spirit Of Cancellation
will characterize al your delibera.
tons and be III all. your actions, SC
that we may enter the camlaign
with 4 fair chance of success. But
if We fail in this, I fear the future
Of my party is IN untold i'll. !
know what it is to live in q State
where our enemies are supreme.
It is not for the sake of the Office
itself that I demand it for the col
ored people, nor for the sake of the
pecuniary benefits arising ,herefrom,
but for the sake of the moral recog-
n;tior. Show me tile State where the
colore'l people hold high Offices, and
l will show you Il whe:e thcil
social standing is equally improved
As there fare many more who will
have to address You, and as we shall
all have plenty Of opportunity tc
get rid Of the supertiuous gas with.
i'll us, I will not dctain You longer
After the reception you have given
me, 1 feel more than ever Ike max
ing sacrifices for my people Fol
the respect you have shown mt, !
give you my thanks. I trust that
my course in the future may be
such as to insure my continuing in
your good graccs.
Mn WI Blackburn being called
upon, made a few remarks, as also
did MI. Conway. Both were loud.
ly applauded, and listened to with
much attention. Governor War.
moth Was loudly called for, but lie
not appearing, the large assembly
quietly Dispersed. ..,
At the. conclusion of these re.
marks, Hon. W. Jasper Blackburn
was called, and he responded in
appropriate terms.
After Mr.. Blackburn, Hon. T. W.
Conway delivered q terse and COM
prehensive address on the exciting
questions 81 the hour.
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