New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-09

fuI we must be vigilant Of our own rights
| Three times have we come to the city for
the purpose Of appeasing the conmotion OF
/ the troubled waters, and calming tIIrbu-
lence, and the times admit of no delay. He
| was in favor Of adjOulning till P. N.
7 General HerrOn-I concur with the gen
| tlemen in what he has said about coming
here the third time But the third time is
| the charm, and hence we will accomplish
| OurLwOrk by little more waiting. The i'm
| mense work done by the committee shows
! that full time ought to be given and no
! precipitate action taken. By forcing re-
! port, you viii cut off the last hope, and go
| before the people under the inputatiOn that
! neither full consideration nor Justice had
| been done to the serious matters intrusted
| to your charge. The people will then say,
''lf you had but adjourned to the proper
time-had waited until the last hour, you
might have accomplished something. The
Onus is therefore with you, for thus cutting
| off the remaining hope" We dare not take
this responsibility with-a record which may
insure defeat If we Try all means within
our power, then can we go forth with clean
hands, and say to the people, "We have
done our part; the blame must rest with
those who would not meet us in the same
spirit" I therefore insist on the motion to
adjourn until Friday.
Mr.. Bowman, of Rapi0es-I am willing to
wait to any length, but know that the coun-
try delegates do not feel this way, and the
consequence will be. that the final deliber-
ations OF the convention will go on with
diminished numbers.
The motion to adjourn until 10 A. N Fri
day was put and carried
MR. R. N. OGDEN.
Immediately upon adjournment loud
calls were made for Mr.. r. N. Ogden, in re-
spOnse to which that gentleman arose in
his seat and asked TO be excused from ad-
dressing the convention, promising that at
some other time it would please him to
do so.
At this the calls for Ogden" broke out
more wildly than ever, whereupOR Mr.. Og-
den addressed the assembly from the stage
in a.speeGh of quarter of an hour, Teplete
with pointed illusions and stirring elo-
quence, awakening an enthusiasm which
was marked as it was cordial.
Mr.. Ogden commenced by an allusiOn to
the fact that it could not be denied that, in
this great movement, the people of the
country parishes were infinitely more con-
cerned than those of the city. He drew
vivid picture of the present condition of the
State, saying: "Driyen to the verge of
distraction, she stands with bowed form
and hair disheveled, crying out to her chill
Gren to save her. She recalls herself to you
as you knew her first in all her matrOnly
DGduOyg WuCu uCE VOICE bUu1uGu ike d Sl1F6E
lutte, cheering her children's hearts, and
turning, like COrnela in her pride, said,
'These are my jewels"
See her now, bent down and trembling in
her abjectness like mourning widow. To
bring the charge of this result to any party
would be untrue and unfair. The whole
cause is attributable to but a certain ur-
fortunate condition of affairs, which in the
course of natural events has Overtaken our
State, just as in hundreds of instances ma
tiOns have been similarly afflicted. But it
must also, in the course of natural events, |
be productive of good results.
The history Of the Liberal party is one of |
the greatest miracles of the day. In this |
State the quarrel between the Democratic |
and Reform parties has shed a blood which, |
falling upon poor Louisiana, has given birth |
to the great Liberal party. l claim that the |
Reform party is alone responsible for the |
result. do not assail their rectitude. They |
are as sincere and have as much affection |
for the State and her interests as any party |
can have; but l think their judgment has |
led them astray.
The speaker then gave a succInct history I
of the Reform party from its inception to
its absorption into the Democratic party, |
and closed by asserting that the present
Democratic State ticket could no more hope |
for success than could the ivy hope to
shoot upward without the assistance of the
sturdy oak.
Judge Cullom was then called for, but
9xcusing himself, the assemblage departed.