The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-08-24

IVY COHll MOI 40 1t. They said
VIII nominate a good square old
for Governor Ljeers and
1lsseSJ and a white Republican Yo1r
lAleutenant Governor.
u is with deep regret that | take Issue
with my old friend General CnmnToII
he has been an ornament to the Rtnnh'
ilcTah partyo OF Louisiana, and TO his 9rrnt
!alelltS W" owe much, and I have fold
nm that to his talents we lo0kc1 Fn',
Tnllcl more good services to the Rrnub-
party, opposed his course and
pleaded with himnOtt to follow it fmr+bnr"
as 1t put a weapon in the hands Of onI
enemies, who would say, look at tho"n
negroes how they drive a white man 0Tt
OF their party, or ON the Otherh hand. that
the carpet-bagger finding he cOuId no
longer rule was determined to ruin 1Is
L state now, gentlemen, while he and hin
Wnlte friends arc here, and ] hope there
VIII not be many of them lcavethis con-
EGhtl"n When it indorses II. S. Grant,
tremendous and prolonged cheering,1
tllat TOT nearly five years the black m4,n
nave SF"0o il S0lId unit under Gerf ii
Cahlphela ana his class, and if ataEhis
time our friend General Cams Md
see tit to differ with lis, it isSs9sS8s Eht
that he should submit to the nf
the majority of this convention, | tell
him as | have told everyone of his class
III this State, that If he has II consid-
Grafton whatever from the natiye-ho1n
L~onlSlanlans, he owes thatcOnsideration
to the very fact that he has been Duf intn
position by the black men. And whilc
his idea may be Il correct one, while Lis
theory may be the true theory, saw m
the same time that the very same motive
which makes me waive my Judgment.
ought to appeal to him in tones Of thnn,
der to do the same. Side hv side he has
risen With me i'll this State. We were
ON the same ticket, aud he got even a
higher vote thanl did, andthat from the
colOred men. lnthe subsequent election
also, the people rallied as OnemantO his
support and again placed him in p0si-
tom And sir, | appeal to you by evprv
sense OF right to recant. | say to Won
now IN public that the Republican party
needs and hopes to have you i'll it. You
the New Orleans Times. the P]iravTn"
and the Bee to applaud your course. but
you are entering on Il road that has de-
vlnus and tOrtuOus windings, andis dark
ana uncertain, for as OOn as these white
people KNOW that you have mott power
tul black organization atyOur back, thew
wont have anything to do with 0 n
carpet-bagger.
Why, Sir, do Won suppose that that
convention of Southern chiyalry which
did me the proud hOnOr-and | call unOn
you white people to hear the fact-tO
tender me, through it's committee, tho
nomination for Congressman mt large.
did it because of anylOvc fOrmeq TCripS
OF no, mol No., never, I'm still with
them Pinchback the incendiary, the vag-
abond, the vagrant. But they thought
my name on the ticket would bring n
host OF C0lOred people to itssuppOrt, and
for that reason they were willing to sup
port me, supposed corruption and all.
LCheers.I Their conduct has convinced
me that they were not in goGii faith'
What prevented them from nominating
Republicans and nominating a black
man as Lieutenant Governor, and me M
Congressman at large? | did not say I
would refuse their nomination, / said,
make a ticket that / can advocate, and
I'll support it. But they did notdO this;
they were not sincere they were acting
upon eXpediGncy and policy, and trying
to cajole the people. They may say I
am a knave ii they please, and | care
not, but they cannot say | am a fool, and
I don't intend to give them any chance
hereafter to say SO. [Cheers.]
Now, I have diverged from the subject
under consideration for the reason that
| felt it my duty to reply to the remarks
of my friend General CampheI.) will
now take up the subject under discus
sion, namely, the substitute offered by
my friend, the gentleman from Assump-
ton. He offers as a substitute q series
| of resolutions, if | underestimate, indoors
ing, Greeley and Brown, and the Cincin-
matt and Baltimore platforms.
IMr. Swords, inte1Tupting-NOt Balti-
more, Governor; that is left Out.l The.
| Lieutenant Governor proceeded, Now.
[ have studied that subject carefully. I
| have written and telegraphed to all the
| influential men in the country, in order
that | might make no mistake. | have
even solicited the opinion of Charles
Sumner, and of all the eminent cOlored
men in the country. ! communicated
with Mr.. Summer, because | wanted to.
know exactly what he is going to do. |
| didn't intend to have Mr.. Summers dis
patch printed, but bysOme circumstance
for which [ am not responsible, it was
published. ~
am here to oppose with all mymight
and main the proposition of my friend
from Assumption because ! belieyeitwill
bring about the very result which those
gentlemen tell you would be the result
of a white mans partyin Louisiana.
Every man in this convention knows
that / do not like tOswallOw the Kellogg
ticket, OF a portion of it, butTather than
adopt this substitute, ! would sugarcoat
it and swallow it whole, and it, as it is
proposed, some of You 60 out OF this
convention / shall move that h eremain-
der Of us adopt the ticket intact-Kel-
| Loom Ar+niun a1A oil In mot inland
to bid for Congressman at large, and |
mean to show this people that there is
one MAI at least in Louisiana that puts
his principles above Office. [Cheers.
My friend has appealed to us in pow
erful language to remember that for the
first time in the history of Louisiana tho
white people have offered terms to the
cOIOred men. | go further. 1t is the
first time in the history of American
politics that q convention almost exclu-
sively of white men have met and ex-
tended the olive branch to the black
people. [ recognize that factas another
indication that the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ciated by the founders of our country
are marchingineVitably to theirconBuIn-
nation. | believe that it is another evil
dence that the rights of man will even
tually he recognized by every man on
our soil.
| come down now to his Excellency's
part-the II I would fain have passed
over. 1t has been my pr0vincc to be his
friend the past two years. l am his
friend vet, and intend to continue his
friend on the same principle that my
friend Carter isl Grant man, and it amt
his friend till the end of his administra-
ton the fault will not be mine. know
and appreciate the work Of Governor
Warmoth in Louisiana. I know that
demagogues and designing men have
made him unpopular, but he has done
much 0nnd-ennngh good, in my iudg-