New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-20
First Ward Republican CIub-Jinl Ingra-
ham Athirst for Blood.

! ward, an audience of thirty men collected
in the wigWan corner of White and Mel
pomene streets, to hear the distinguished
speakers" who were to exD0und the views
| of Republicanism from a Customhouse
standpoint. Jim Ingrahanl, the same who
held the gavel of the Baton Rouge split
| convention, gave his views "tO some ex-
tent" He went for everybody-against the
CustOmhouse ring, where he is surveyor of
the port He was magnanimOus. "If the
safety Of the party required it, would give
up my Office of surveyor tonight" said he
but silence and a dead hush stealing over
the thirty hearers at this sudden expres-
sion of patriotism from such source, he
went on to say he only desired the
triumph Of Republican principles. His
point against the McEnery and Jonas ticket
or q the Democrats" was that it was not
safe for colored men to support it, they
could not live here in security under such
rule. He then corrugated the verb is safe
am safe, you are safe, etc, and talked
until he was hoarse on the blessings of the
CustomhOuse rule where he was a catspaw,
a faototum merely following the lead of the
g-masters-knOwing full well that his
soft spot wouldn't be worth anything to him
if he spoke his real sentiments. He said if
the Democrats ''got into power" the scenes
Of 1868 would be re-enacted that c0lOred
men would be shot down on the streets and
and your children washed into the
baDquette." No mans life would be safe.
As a proof OF what it would be under
Democratic rule, he cited an incident be-
fore Democratic recorder where, visiting
that functIOnary to get man out of jail
he was painfully reminded of his own safe
y by having a fist put so close to my face
it nearly took my nose off. l don't like
that" 1t would be similar, said he should
we have Democratic judges and recorders
in the next election. The rights of the col
Ored men were not perfect. In late voyage
he had taken on the Pargoud he and his
friends were put in the ''texas," where their
meals were served, and he noticed particu-
larly that some of his Customhouse friends |
who were with him kept him company,
playing cards, and such like cheer
full entertainments, but when 1.-THE bell |
rung for dinner 1 noticed they all |
got up and went down stairsg' |
[Sella Martin says that when Jim first |
went into the Cust0mhouse his friends |
there had such high opinion of his artistic
talents they gave him a whitewash brush |
and bucket and sent him into the water |
closet 80 go to work. He could not expect |
much better treatment from the people |
among whom he is now shining light, con-
5idering the way they trOt him out to do the |
3pOuting business a5 the clubs. As his
speech went on the indefatigable thirty (alI
loWn on Jim Lewis prize gift LIST did the
and struck the heels of their
Orogans on the grouAd in regular beat. He
larped on that one string, Democrats in
power" throughout his whole discourse,
md swung his arms wildly abcut when he
recalled the scenes of '63.
Il didn't come up here ono't," said he
They invited me, but 1 didn't come
Laughter This was Charleston to
ne, and l didn't care to show
ny head If the Democrats get
ntO power" 10 coIOred mans life
IT liberties will be safe. The point he
made between Greeley, lifelong Repub-
lean and an original abolitionist on the one
land, and Grant, lifelong Democrat and
newly converted Republican, on the other,
was "that Greeley was a Republican, but
S now Democrat, but Grant was a Demo
3rat and is now Republican Applause
him here and he repeated it,
though his audience could not see why
Greeley should not be trusted as to his Re-
Dubli0anism more than Grant since the lat
ter nominee Of the Philadelphia convention |
was revival Republican. He said he was
obliged to keep shady as to his proclivities
under the administration of Mayor Monroe
but now the goose hangs high.
Maybe ne wasn't down on Pinchback
Here the "bloodshed" dodge came in, but
the boot was on the other leg. 1t is the
ordinary practice Of orators Of this scheol |
to say Il hope and trust in God there will |
be no blOOdshed," and then go on to incite
the hearers to its committal. Thus Jim |
said: IF the members of the Pinchback
party wish to bring about personal attacks,
say we are ready for it. If they want
oloodshed we are ready to let them have it."
This brought down the house, and Jim
went on to boast and puff out his
cheeks at the readiness and the de-
termination Of Jims crowd, led by
himself, to do or die. Having gone one
step further than the class Of speakers who
do all Of the blowin' but none of the
ightin - Jim found himself out of wind,
md turned for a new supply to a glass of
water, realizing the truth of the old remark,
4 never knew before that water would run
4 wind mill" What he said of the Liberal
ticket was that the colored men could not
Jwallow it, bringing in the story, accom-
panied with African grinaces of vomiting,
If the Frenchman in his vain efforts to
swallow one oyster, and also saying, in
to Governor Warmoth, "If a man
leceives you once, it is his fault; if a second
ime, it is your fault"
1t is believed full justice has been done to
Jim, for what he said, boiled down, would
lot amount to much. Strained through an
intelligence it simply meant:
Don't let the Democrats win, or look out
or yourselves" and for the Pinchback
nen blood, blood, blood. Selah.
The Greeley Guards.
A special meeting of this sterling organ
zatiOn was held last evening at their club |