The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-07-06
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in the interest of the Customhousp, O
tllat 1t shall be ruined by that interest.
The worst enemies General GranE"Sstas
are now in the CustomhOuse.
\ YoIce-Can't swallow him.
You'll have to swallow worse mcmillan
he-the CustomhOuse, replied the speak
er' ana then said, if you don't like Gem
Loud cries of no.
Now, L tell you if General Grant has
any friends in this meeting ""9
Loud cries of Moves
4 yoice-0, go long home.
oNeprOpOse to repudiate Reinforcement
OF the convention at Baton Rouge.
shrieked the Judge in a frenzy.
A hoarse vOice-Hurrah for Warmoth.
Let me appeal to the German element
ty the ties Of their native country, by
flle tles OF their adopted country, to come
forWiard and support Grant.
Cries. never. Sudden d~isaDpearance
OF the speaker. and the tlrong on the
platform closed i'll on him as the a
over a stone.
MIR. WilsOn-YOu have heard from the
city and from the country. You will re-
member that at the surrender of. yicks-
burg the generous terpSS&eral
Grant. luxurious yells and jeers. he
speaker alludedtO Grants magnaniM&y
as witnessed at Appropriations Court
House, but was interrupted continually
whenever he touched on Grant, and he
wound up III the introduction of J, II.
Perkins, Il bald-headed colored man,
whose appearance was greeted with a
chorus OF jeers.
The voice of the speaker was a bad
one, and the first interruption was from
Il voice, go home to China"
Mr.. Perkins kept pegging away at his
task. II don't believe,n said he, "that
the voice of the people was heard at
Baton Rouge: | firmly believe it. We
are tired Of Mr.. Packard ruling us. We
are tired of the CustOmhOuse clique
thoroughly tired. Idon't want any office.
want anyOtfice at the giftof the Custom
house! We don't want anymore of this
internal gOuglng. You talk about War
moth-La tremendous crowd, 5000 pres
entl--you may betyorr life that Kellogg
will be defeated mt the next election,
We want no more stuffing." n ..
You'll find that the State of Louisiana
is not confined in that great big granite
building. Now | leave General Grant
in the hands of his friends, and if his
friends don'ttake betterca of him than
the people IN the CustOmhOuse, God pity
him. .. =
1t was sheer im%p0ssibility to hear the
remarks of the speaker from the number
of jeers and jibes from the vast crowd
/ IL front, and a whirlwind of ieers
arising the speaker was swept off to his
seat. =
Mr.. Wilson had no better success. as
he took the stand and said that he was
glad Mr.. Greeley had the confidence of
the Southern people for he was a Life
long Republican. la--r ..nF
He closed q pretty speechb by the intro
duetlon OF Mr.. Newman, Of Straight,
University, who, after an introduction
IN similar terms to.a schoolboy cOmnD~
sition, read the following Tesoiutions:
Whereas, The fundamental prineinle
of free government is that government
originates from, by and for the people :
as a eoFTollarE to this principle it is
true 1T is the inllerentright of the people
freely to select their rulers, and what
ever tends to overawe the popular,
wish is to be deplOred and denounced
and
Whereas, At the recent State eonyen-
ton, held at Baton Rouge, the lamenta-
BILE spectacle was presented of q set of.
federal officers taking possession of the
convention, and, by a~rtiice, by intimi-
datlon, by threat of loss of positions.
and byprOmise of gain of positions, con-
trolling the action OF the convention i'm
the interest of a clique, and, I'LL the i'm
terest OF said clique preventing a prof.
fered reunion of the party, and thWart-
ing and s~tFangling the choice of the Re
publican people, and f0isting up0n the
Republican party q ticket headedb Nv the
hon. W.P. Kellogg, which lis, from the.
manner OF its selection, revolving to the,
convietionsofthe great Republican party.
OF this STATE andWMs in our opinion, he
attended with defeat; and
Whereas, 81 Packard, United States
marshal, James FL. IngTahhm,
of the port of New Orleans, were chiefly
instrumental in neFpetrating this high
handed outrage, and were therein aided
by james + Casey collector of said port,
all belhgl largely effected by them through
the patronage derived from the Presi-
dent OF the United States; and
Whereas, The interests of the Prsst-
, dent, as candidate for reelection, antl
! the interests of the Republican party III
\ this State and elsewhere, have heem tri-
; lied with, and putinje0paF2y therefore,
! Resolved, That IN the interests of his
success for reelection, and as a rebuke
TO such unworthy use OF patronage, SO
] derived. the President be requstedto re
! move Messrs, Packard, lngrallam and
) Casey from the federal offices Whiels
! they respectfully hold, and to appoint
! successors who viii administer their Of
! fees, andthe patronage incident thereto,
IN good faith, or will not thereby inter-
/ fere with the free action of the people ;
and will not, by their action, tenatO put
upon the State an oligarchy0f iTrespOn-
sihle federal officers.
, |, Resolved, That in order that The Re
publican party OF this State may be re-
! 1eved from the embarrassment which
! attends, andthe prospect of defeat which
! awaits It's, with the ticket SO sel4eteai in
the field, Mr.. Kellogg be requested te
Withdraw rs a eandidatef0rthe Govern
: orship, o.the end that with d. candidate
to be selected upon fair principles, and
! by a just method, and with the concur
j renee and co-operafioHo f all the Renu5-
: leans OFT this slate, the harmony and
triumph OF the party may be secured.
E Resolved, That d COMMITTEES, to- con
sist of twenty persons, be appointed by
: the chairman of this mass meeting, To
J whom shall be added the chairman OF
= this mass meeting, To communicate with
the President upon the situation here,
to confer with the various Republican
organizations, clubs and committees
2 throughout tile various parishes oft fstis
{ State, and to take such action, eitlaer by
I calling convention or otherwise, as will
unite the Republican party OF this State
] In q solid phafanx, and pla.5eitin d stu
] alton which will render easy IL glorious
success at the November election.
? Mr.. Wilson put the vote in the affirm
Y alive, and the crowd answered without
invitation in the negative, andin d mum
Der of grSans.
DR.. K. /. Cromwell was next introdI-