New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-26
MEETING AT KELLER mARKBT.
A Proposed Dfscussion-A Disposed Mass
Meeting.


A Proposed DiscussiOn-A Disposed Mass
Meeting.
It being proposed to hold discussion OF
the issues of the day between the Liberia
on the one hand and straightout Demo
cratic party on the other, large and curl
Gus crowd collected at Keller Market, the
4 place of meeting, and, during the course OF
the discussion which followed, applauded
vigorously both sides. In the first place,
Colonel Jack Wharton being introduced by
the president, after the usual speech, in
which he told the assemblage keep order,
went into his subject in a genial and good
| humored way, and, after perspiring freely
for few moments, sat down with the air
of man who had performed laboriOus
! duty for his cOuntry's sake. He made
mince-meat of the Last-Ditchers' ticket
and hovered over the form of its maDufac
ture, saying, what everybody now under
! stands, that the Liberal party repre-
sented the rights Of the people and
that, after all, there was nothing in a name
besides calling the roll of distinguished
LOuisianians who belonged to this party,
such as Beauregard and other Generals in
the lost cause. He told several anecdotes,
which the crowd good-humoredly received,
producing regular roar at the story of
man who, seeing an Ox-tail hanging out of a
knot hole Of a tanners shop for a sign, Won
dered how in the name of all that was good
and great that OK happened to get through
that hole. The colonel has a suave and easy
manner with him which always yields fruit
in the clever feeling of the crowd. When
be closed a speech in which were used only
similar arguments TO those in use every day
in behalf of the Liberal party anxious in
qUiries were made for Colonel j. D. Hill and
H. ". Ogden, who were to illuminate the
clouded understandings of the multitude on
the beauties of the Reform party.
Rather than let the argument go by de-
fault, Mr.. Joseph Collins was called up
from the dim Obsurity of the coal oil glare
in front TO represent the Democracy on
this occasion, and he proceeded to tell the
crowd that he was no orator, which the
listeners soon found out to be the case. The
tone Of his speech was proud and defiant,
and may be summed up in these few words:
"StiIl the Democratic party exists.' The
tenor Of his remarks would lead one 10 con
clude that somebody had doubted this fact
for it was urged with a vim and emphasis
which colOred all his remarks. He took
great comfort in this exclamation, for he
uttered it several times and was carried
away by his feelings and a profuse per-
spiTation bursting from every pore. The
point he made about the Last Ditch men
was that Jumel and BoarmaI having re-
signed from the ticket, their places were
filed by the committees who had been au-
thorized 10 fill all vacancies created by
death or resignation. This shed new light
on the famous arrangement and produced
that kind OF q sensation which man feels
when ''he never heard that before This
was about all that was novel or unpre-
cedented that fell from his lips, except that |
be acknowledged the justice of the Bourbon
appelIation, inasmuch as the flag Of that |
dead and gone fraternity was white.
Mr.. j. II. kennard in very formal and |
stiff manner, shook demonstrative finger |
in the faces Of the lUokers-on, and proceeded |
to lay down the principles Of the Liberal |
party after the manner of sch0olmaster |
at the blackboard with bis class in a row !
before him, saying that the Democratic |
party had "outlived its usefulness" ," because |
the American people had gone ahead of it. !
He went on to designate the points Of diff !
ference IN the canvass, and was especially |
severe on the formation Of "that same old |
ticket" so severe as to call forth from q |
young gentleman in the crowd pointed |
remark, which produced from Mr.. Kennard |
the opposition remark that he was not to
be gagged down. He went into several de- |
scriptiOns and historical references in re-
gard to the history of the Democratic party, |
of the Reform party, and the motives which |
dictated the latter course. He trotted over
the same track which has now become a
beaten path. lie advocated, irr great !
strength, that the issues of this campaign |
rise far higher than personal considerations, |
and that if he was struck down he would |
kiss the hand that smote him morally |
speaking); also deprecating criminations
and recriminations.
Here the meeting degeneratcl from a
tournament into stump meeting. Colonel |
being trotted out, proceeded to
lay out one Of his finely sounding rhapso-
dies, full of poetical allusions and imagery,
besides far fetched comparisons and unreal
ideas. In fact it is the speech he has de
livered during the campaign, and into the
stereotype scarce an was dotted or a t |
crossed from what has already been re-
ported.
So wound up the meeting at the .Kellar
Liberal, one-t6urth
Democratic.
Banquette Inspectors.