The weekly Louisianian., 1872-07-20
81: JAMES Ill NIGHT

81. JAMES III HaHII z
SPEECHES By LIEUT.. GOV. =Rsc11Acx,
.asxERAL HUGH ). oA,frBnfI, GENERAL u
! a. 4. BARBER, CAPTAIN y. B. BARRETT
JOHN HEDaEPArH, ESQ.
At a large and enthusiastic meet
ing of tho Republicans of st. james
parish at Anderson's store, last Sun
day, General o. F. Hunsaker was
chosen president and Eugene Gau-
det secretary.
The president, upon taking the
chair, was received with three rous-
ing cheers. He expressed his great
qualification at witnessing the en-
thusiasm and unanimity of the Re-
publican party. In the success of
that party, he said, rests the only
hope of tho colored people. He
concluded amid great cheering, and
introduced the speakers from New
Orleans.
Lieutenant Governor Pinchback
being introduced, spoke nearly an
hour and three-quarters. His speech
was listened to with the closest at
tention, and was continually inter-
rupted by the hearty applause. He
renewed the history Of the division
in the Republican party, the con-
duct of the Customhouse officials on
the 9Th of December, their action
in January, and was particularly
severe on Mr.: Antoine; told the p
pie all about how Antoine signed a
written compact with the Demo-
crazy, in which he pledged himself
to vote to remove Pinchback from
the Office of Lieut.. Gov, give the
Democratic Senators the control Of
the best Offices of the State and to
put out Of the Senate Republican
Senators and scat Democrats in
their places, and asked the colored
people whether they were prepared
to support such a man for the Sec
oond Office in the gift Of the people
of Louisiana, which was responded
to unanimously "No! noM no!M'
To the white portion Of the audi
ence he said:
To the white men present 1 wish
to say that the time has come when
you can afford to cast aside your
prejudices and join us in the glori-
Gus work Of selecting the. best and
most efficient men for Offices, and
establishing harmonious relations
between the two races of our people;
you must remember that there are
nearly ninety thousand colored vo-
ters in this State who you cannot
afford to ignore even if you desired.
I will admit we need your friend
we are not unmindful of the
fact that you own nearly oil the land
md have nearly all the money, and
hat we cannot do without your
and and money. And you must not
that our labor is as essential
o you as your land is to M, for your
sane, cotton, and rice fields can only
10 cultivated by the strong and
'rowny arm Of the colored people.
These considerations make a new de-
'arture absolutely necessary; you
must be ae liberal as I am confident
'ur people will be in the coming cleo
ion; forget past differences lay aside
'ersonal preferences, and let our
common aim be to bring our people
loser together on more friendly
erms, each respecting the rights Of
he other. If we can only do this,
will be the happiest spot
n the American continent.
At the conclusion of MIR. Pinch
'ack's speech three rousing cheers
'ere given for him, which we
7ere pleased to see the whites join
din.
Hon. Hugh ]. Campbell was next
and spoke a. follows:
Fellow citizens Of 81. James--I thank ,
gu for your kind and enthusiastic rel
This is my second visit to your 4
e..utifu1 parish. I come again to meet ,
on your invitation upon the same er-
md, that is to speak to you in behalf Of .
ae regular old Republican principles and {
W support of the regular Republican 1
! have listened with partic- !