New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-19


A number Of the colored voters Of this
city having made an application to the
/ Parish Liberal Executive Committee for
assistance in establishing a Greeley and
Brown campaign club, to be known as the
Greeley Tribune Club, assembled last night
at their hall on Tchoupitoulas street, be-
tween Julia and st. Joseph streets, for the
purpose Of efecting temporary oTganiza-
ton.
The meeting was called to order by Judge
Sloanaker, who, as chairman Of the Parish
Liberal Central Committee, stated that as
an application had been made by number
of the colored voters of the district for the
organization Of colored Greeley and Brown
club, he had great pleasure to be present
and give assistance for its starting. Al
though the gathering at the present meet
ing was not great, yet much might be ex-
pected from it. He knew of political clubs
where there were not more than four or five
at the first meeting which eventually in
creased to formidable body.
He would be very glad to see cOlored
men getting into offices, provided they had
the necessary intelligence and virtue. He
referred to a certain class of men who had
arrived from the North with no other mo.
tive then to make use of the cOlored votes
for their own use, and after that they cared
nothing for the voters. The speaker then
went into the history of Horace Greeley as
an old abOlitionist at the time when Grant
was strong pro-slavery man. He advised
those present not to be at all discouraged,
although at the start their numbers were
few; yet that little drop in the bucket
might eventually bring peace and frater-
nifty in the land. The Judges concluding
remarks were about as follows:
The workingmen viii support Mr.. Gree
ley. He has always been, and now is,
workingman. He was not born TO fortune,
/ he received no education at West Point or
any other place at the expense Of the gov
eminent. The great editor, philanthropist,
philosopher and statesman, was once an APP
prentice boy. By his own energy, integ-
rity, industry and talent, he has acquired
/ his present high position. For thirty years
Horace Greeley has devoted his powers to
what he has thought the best interests of
the workingmen. Where in the United
States, can they find man so intimately
connected with them and with their inter
ests as Horace Greeleyl He has not made
his money by purchasing land at low prices
and selling it to them at high prices. They
will certainly see the propriety of voting
for Mr. Greeley. 1t would be very unwise
in them not to do So Mr.. Greeley is Iiv-
ing example of what a workingman may
become in this free country. Franklin was
a wOrkingman, and because Mr.. Greeley
possesses many Of his characteristics, he is,
with much propriety,. called the second
Franklin.
The white people of the South will sup
port Mr.. Greeley. His bailing Of jefferson
Davis, his advocacy of general amnesty,
his desire to bury the animosities arising
from the warahis consistent advocacy of the
right Of every white man in the South to
vote and hold office, his insisting upon the
rights of the States under the constitution,
in opposition to the centralized power, his
protest against military rule, his denupcia-
ton of the Ku-Klux law and the suspension
of the writ of habeas corpus, his sterling
honesty. which all admit, his goodness and
benevolence Of heart, his entire freedom
from vindictive feeling, his desire to pro
mote peace on earth and good will among
all men, his exposures of the frauds. cor
ruptions and usurpatiOns of the present
administration, and his desire to promote
the prosperity and welfare of the South, as
well as of the North and West, will insure
him the support Of the whites Of this region,
excepting the Grant offce-holders and
ofice-seekers.
temporary organization was then
effected, when Mr.. Willis White, as tenn
porary president, and Mr.. David johnson,
as temporary secretary, were unanimously
elected.
The constitution and bylaws of the Parish
Executive Committee being read and
adopted, Judge CuIom made a short but
telling speech, which seemed to greatly i'm
press his listeners in favor Of the Liberal
movement.
The meeting then adjourned, subject to
the call Of the officers installed.
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