The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-07-22
SPEECH OF H. N. OGDEN.

Judge Egan said: introduce to you
a gentleman belonging to family lOag
and q worthy REPRESENTATIVE Of that
honored family. tCheers:I
MI. Ogden said: Ladies and gentle
Ouachita, 1T would be utterly impossible
tor me to tell you how much pleased
am to, meet upon this occasion such a
my first visit to your parish, and in one
sense am a stranger to you but let me-
tell you that feel perfectly at home in
in my own city, and consider to-day
that am surrounded by friends. whose
interests are as dear to me, and with
whom am as safe as with the people of
New Orleans.
Fellow citizens, although have never
before visited this parish, and never had
yet have carriedin my heart, from my
early infancy. a map of the State of
exery ney as town NTH ana ev CITY e
bracing all her people, complete unit.
and without the slightest partiality for
very. well an Intensely interesting Pc
rod in our history, when referred con-
stantly with pride to the fact that was
Louisiana; her record was dear to me
then. and is dear to me still. 1 have
thought it proper to say this much, be-
the
CITY OF NEW ORLEANS WAS UNDERrAK-
ING TO DICTATE TO TILE COUNTRY.
and was pressing upon you q course of
action not in the interest of the country
parishes, but exclusively of that city.
ibis charge has not gone cor from ron any
preferred by those who are in opposition
to us, and who desire to break down the
for the deliverance Of our people. / tell
you, fellow citizens, that SO far from die
tation or from q spirit of dictation, we
We have desired only to eoneiiate you;
and IN whatever steps We have taken,
whatever course we have adopted, we
patriotism, by motives looking to the
best interests Of our common State, and
under the impression that the country
and act upon It as as sacS Rays newsr
for one moment Thought of debating to
the people OF Louisiana: but we have
determined, in the presence of the dam
gers that now threaten, upon q certain
line of conduct. In a spirit of genuine
patriotism, and without the least refer
ence to self, we have determined upon q
certain programme, as we conceive. for
your interests and for the interest of the
state; and we have offered y you THIS n] PRO,
Throughout the State, and which must
work out in the approaching contest the
dom in which they have been bound for
the last four years. Cheers.
Fellow-citizens, am here for the pur
pose of addressing myself to nothing
except
YOUR REASON.
What want is an open mind; a mind
ready to receive the truth a mind pre-
pared for the fair discussion of great
and momentous issues; a mind ready
to receive the truth if it be presented,
but ready also to reject the statements
that l, or any one else may make, unless
they will bear the closest scrutiny. I
come before YOU for the purpose of dis
show yon that to-day in Louisiana there
is no course open to the people. indeed.
that there has been no course open to
her people for the last two months ex-
cept the course adopted by your COM
1nittees which yon are here to-day for
the purpose of ratifying.
In the month of February last
after we had had in New Orleans n most
/ disgraceful and humiiiatiug exhibition
| OF tyranny on the part OF the Chief Ex-