New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-05-19

I'm no speaker, Mr. President.
Cries of excused, excused
I'm no speaker, but I'm worker
VOice-That's all right.
1 I'm sorry l have not the elOquence of
several persOns) that | might tell YOU the
deep, damnable and deplOrable condition
of our State under II. G.. Warmoth. He
said when he was nominated to the Legis-
lature because he would not agree to vote
for West, the 'inoubisses," vampires and
| miniOEs of Governor WarmOth would not
let him in, and he was cut out.
A vOice-SO was George DOlhonde, and
cut out, too, by that man Lynch, who first
addressed the club.
VOice-That's so.
Mr.. Lynch-pll have something to say to
| that man outside
The speaker continued on the policy of
| taking everybody in who wanted to come,
| but not give them the front seat exactly.
MIR. PinchDack did not begin speaking
! until quarter past ten O'Clock. The spirit
| of dissensiOn he had witnessed this evening
carries on its face defeat. He had hoped to
see different things. You may talk as YOU
please about the record of Grant, but if you
take the two men on their records alone,
Greeley would stand far above Grant, mas
much as for thirty long years Greeley had
welded his powerful pen against the insti-
tuition which kept you in slavery. Grant
was rank Democrat thirty years ago, and
so well known were his prOGlivities that the
Republicans nominated him in a hurry to
save the Democrats from doing it.
1t won't do to go into records. Men were
hOOted down tonight who were good Re
publicans. Mr.. Lynch, as Attorney Gen
eral. the man who had Just spoken was de-
MED the privilege of speaking because he
had decided cOlOred men and women could
not legitimately marry-that was his |
record. Another incident was in the Legis- |
lature. when Lynch voted for Mortimer |
Carr, knowing he never would hold his seat /
in the Legislature unless he did vote
A vOice-Was he elected2
Mr.. Pinchback-NO. No more than you /
we're, and he knows it. He would be d /
friend Of WarmOth now if he had put him |
out of Office. He himself belonged to "the /
$4,000 disappointed office seekers" to whom
Mr.. Lynch alluded The point made by
Mr.. PiDchback was that he would hold on
to any policy or give mp one; vote for Grant,
although he hadn't treated him right nor
his people right, rather than throw this
State into the hands of the Democrats.
Were he the bone of contention, he would
go out of the State. "Do you want me to
go out and hang MYSELF"
Cries of "no."
If you want me to I'm not going to do it.
A vOice-YOu're right.
No one had ever heard him say he would
uOO fUJo 1OE OEauJJ Nc ulu uOG sign GlG call
to Cincinnati; he could do no more than he
bad done to show his lifelong devotion to
the party.
Mr.. Pinchback proceeded to detail at
great length the result of the committee on
conference, for harmOnys sake, between
the two parties, represented by two COM
mittees, and said that Ingraham. Carter
and Lowell had been nominated the har-
mOnizing committee; neither of them were
Ill HnT- !
saying the pressure of other duties pre-
vented him. The committee rejected their ]
own proposition; refused to harmonic or
heal the breach between the parties.
Do you know why they don't believe me
when say | am not candidate, nor do
want any Office They think I'll get in there I
and appoint Mr.. Quinn to this and Mr.. Bar
rett to that office, and that there will not
'be enough offices to go round" He went ]
On to show how fallaciOus this reasoning
was, and brought it up as an evidence of
the intent on the part of the CustOmhOuse &
people not to admit of any arrangement
and union between the two wings. They [
want and intend to run the machine them 7
selves and in their own interest. Governor J
had been alluded to as "a political i
ushWhacker that was the most dangerous I
Kind of an enemy. 1t was one who struck a
4 blow when it was least expected; who, I
covering his stroke and misleading his
enemies into a fancied security, sud
lenly appeared, finging into their ranks
error and dismay. Taking Mr.. Lynch at
lis word, the very epithet showed the
lyle Of opponent with whom they had to
ieal. He then went on to give an account
# the position taken by Governor War
moth, saying that he had cast his fortunes I
With the Liberal Republican party, and
hat he could be found hereafter on that
lido. He went for Packard in true hard Q
isted style as the man who would use and
.buse the confidence with which the col 1
red men entrusted him. S. B. Packard 9
vas the man who cheated +. e. Dumas out 9
# the nomination for Governor by manu- q
acturing credentials of spurious delegates.
Ie had rather have Packard than any
ther man in the State if he wanted to I
heat the public.
A VOice-Can't beat Warmoth.
Mr.. Pinchback--Yes he can; WarmOth e
las more bravery but Packard realizes the = =
Id adage of "Sti1 water runs Deep and is
nOre unscrupulOus, more cautious, more E
INNING. Packard will buy and sell you 4
IL yet. just as he has done before, and I
pointing to Lewis) you too. The speaker e
lero alluded to changes which had taken !
'lace in the country. The white planters 9
re getting along with a great deal more =
lndness, and they will get great many q !
TOtes from the cOlOred people, and will "
'aln many more if these dissensions keep
Up, that is if men feel called upon to rise up
these meetings and traduCe the charac-
ers OF friends who differ in politics, it Ii
uccess. h
The. reaction has set in, and the black o
nan Is gong the other way; and unless e.
hese chickering's stop and peace prevails, the Ii
iCtOrY OF the party is not SO sure a thing "
s many suppose. fl
You speak of Grant operating for the Il
OlOred manufacturing him from the Ku- A
lux. How is it in Alabama The condition a,
here of the eOlOred people is nearly as bad n
S when they were slaves, and had the iron T
hackles on their limbs. Why does he NOT 80
clip them? IT he is so powerful and so G,
Killing, why does he not help him in Viz W
mia, IN kentucky, and in other States2 III
vOice-We're going to give him another d.
nance.
Oh, yes, know you refuse to believe me.
lere am |, with my friends Mr.. Barrett, m
lr: Barber, Mr.. Quinn and others; we can IN
ach OF us take up our beds and walk :.
a a, VOloe-Well, why don't you do it, thenT u
Inc mass of the cOlOred people in this
taOe can not leave it in this way; they &C
aust stay they are bound here to the soil. q
nc htty thousand families in this State IN
mo work for their daily bread can not OF
save, and he might hurrab for Grant as a
'ud as anybody; but If this State goes into Dc
our hurrahs would be over. of
If the COlOred men COMPLAIN NOW that M
1ey NAVY got an O4hce-a complaint he sh
card evcaS day--What viii they do thea 80