New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-25
carried into the presidency by Southern
GRANT BEFORE GREELEY.

On the contrary, what have been the acts
OF General Grant. He won the admiration
OF every Southern man by his conduct tc
General Lee and the grand old army OF
Virginia. [AppIause.l When, under An.
drew johnson, Carl SGhurz was sent down
to examine into the condition OF the South
ern States. and General Grant came down
| for the same purpose, how different were
the reports? Schurz thought the people
| united tor anything but military desp0t-
| ism, and that murder and violence pre-
| vailed, especially in Louisiana. General
| Grant said ne believed the people of the
South We're disposed to obey the laws, and
that all they desired was peace and per-
| mission to attend TO their private affairs.
He did not say one word of unkindness
against the Southern people, and for that
| report he was denounced by Mr.. Greeley as
| attempting to whiteWash the administra-
! ton OF Andrew Johnson.
KI-KLUX.
For what law of which we complain is
General Grant responsible! The ku kIux!
Does any body doubt that great outrages
have been committed throughout the South
that can not be reached by the courts? |
consider myself as true to my State, as true
to my section as any body alive, vet | try
to be truer TO truth, truer to justice. ZAP
plau6e. /, for 0ne, know there was an or
ganlZatI0n existing in the Southern States,
whose object was perfectly innocent, but
which could be used for bad purposes if the
machinery fell into bad hands. 1t was a Sc
cret society. Many OF these secret societies
came into the hands of bad people, because
the more conservative members withdrew
when they found other members disposed
to act badly. There can be doubt of the
existence OF this secret society throughout
The length and breadth Of the State
lit was not ku-kIux society, but it
was society for the protection of the
rights and lives and property Of one class
OF our citizens against another class, not
aggressive in its character, but defensive
In the charge of good eitizens-and many
excellent citizens were connected with it
it was perfectly harmless; but when it's
machinery passed into the hands of bad
and vicious men, then, have no doubt, it
was used for the perpetratiOn of outrages
and Tor acts of revenge. 1t was impossible,
through the lnstrumentality of the courts
as KNOW IN my own district. to reach the
Offenders When certain class Of our citi-
Zens committed ofenses against another
class-b mean the white against the
colored. Owing, therefore. to the pecu-
liar condition of the country, and owing
to the tac5 that these OutFages were un-
d0ubtedIy committed | am DISPOSED to
look with some leniency on the rigid en-
tOrcement OF the Ku-Klux act. | do not
consider its enforcement a stigma upon Gen
eTal Grants administration. I have no
doubt, with such information as he had. he
was bound 70 act upon it, and | believe that
even ], under the circumstances, with all
my Southern sympathies, would have felt
u my duty 20 have enforced that law. and
would have done it. [AppIause.l
GRANT AND GOVERNOR wARNoTB.
Turning to State politics Colonel William
son with great bitterness attacked the State
government, and said if it was true. as
alleged. that General Grant was responsible
f0r s+0ve9nor WalmOth, he would never
forgive him. He vehemently opposed any
project by which Governor Warm0th should
be elected TO the Caited States Senate He
had nothing but contempt for those men
who were now SO anxious to take the Gov
ernor to- their b0soms, and who but short
time ago @ere begging that theirs might be
'he honoged hands TO adjust the rope around
his neck tLaughtef and applause Mr..
E, 4. Burke Tell in fog share of castiga-
ton as the Governors right hand man, and
General George a. Sheridan and others
were ".!UaeCS t" II tag FROM complimentary
Ge:Mso
?.T!Ise26 AND 8ESSo
Colonel Williamson hopeS and EXPECTED
20 see Senator Kellogg elected Governor
Kellogg and Penno He could not quite stand
Antoine. lie :Eculd gasher trust Mr. kellogg
than 8geB his friend-his honest friend
Mckneryo sndeH existing arrangements.
He believed Mr. Kellogg not only Intelligent
and energetic. bus as honest and truthful
man as he ever knew. He believed if
elected. he would go honestly and earnestly
to work to reduce the burdens of the people, |
aHd to- b:eak UEo the internal cliques and
1lngs which were Iow Gunning the State.
= 67CHSTITY-7.avag sOyvExrro,
Tie speaker proceeded to show the ne
cessity .: 3 constitutional convention to
bring about general REDUCTION of salaries |
an6 fees throughout the State. He finally |
came tiow:! 10 The question Of
RAILROADS.
and devoted Ghv Jast half Rour Of his |
lengthy address 10, the subject of the con
of The gfoat railroad from New |
J'rieanso via Shreveport, to San Diego, on
tue PacIlc, the character Of the route com
pared with those of the more northern Pa
eiEc railroads; the excellence of the officers
thereof, particularly lis president Scott,
and his right-bOwer General Dodge; with
the certainty of the early completion of |
this road, and the great advantages it will
give to New Orleans from its being the first
point from the Pacific at which deep water is
reached. He spoke in the highest terms of
the harbor of San Diego, which he had re-
Gently visited in company with number
If railroad men engaged in this Texas or
Southern Pacific enterprise, and glOwingly
praised the Incompatible climate of that
part of southern California. He said the
portion of the road from Shreveport west to
San Diego would be fully completed by the
5ime the road was built from this city to
Shreyeport; and as evidence of hi grounds
or this belief, he mentioned the fact of the
energetic manner in which Gen
sral Dodge is already pushing the work at
i've points beyond Shreveport while
against great disadvantages
,rising from the drought. But from
he great interest had in the New
Orleans and Shreveport part of the line
" those connected with the main line, as
veil as by those of the Missouri, Kansas
md Texas road, who wish an outlet to our
teamship port the speaker had full faith
Il the completion Of our road within the
hree wears in which it has to be completed
o save the franchise granted by the gov
rnment.
The address did not close until nearly
leven O'Clock, having laBted nearly three
ours.
The City COu neil.