New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-04
sERENADEs AND RESPONSES

The grand and magnificent political dem
onstradon last night surprised even those
who were the chief instruments in origin
ating, devising, arranging and maturing it
The intention was 20 bring out the people
to welcome the delegates from various other
sections of the Stats, who come to the
great metropolis Of the Southwest to help
save the State of Louisiana and the Union
BY their deliberations in the convention
tomorrow, to show the appreciation in
which the voters % New Orleans hold the
standard bearers of the grand national re
form party, Horace Greeley and B. Gratz
Brown, and to demonstrate also that they
have no sympathy with the Last Ditchers"
who support the united States ticket.
Tho masses. responded with enthusiasm to
the call, and they came in such imme nse and
| oyerpowering numbers as to show that the
| heart Of the people of the Crescent City
throbFSd in unison with the grand move
ment inaugurated at Cincinnati, Endorsed
at Baltimore and adopted by the people.
Liberal clubs from every ward in the city
marched with their banners waving, tran
apprentices speaking, torchlights blazing,
and bands playing. Myriads of brilliant
| lights illumined our streets, and she grand
procession stretched along a continuous
line for distance Of about four miles.
| Every face was earnest, every heart was
honest, every eye evinced determination
| to adhere firmly and infexibly to the ban
ner of reconciliation, union and peace"
| There was no wavering in the ranks, no
| shrinking from duty, no concealment OF
opinions; all seemed - feel that life is real,
| life is earnest, and that each man in this
| political campaign had his mission to per
! formNas an individual, and meant to do II.
! 1t was one of the most demonstrative and
| srandest, and yet one Of the most orderly
and quiet professions ever witnessed in
New Orleans.
On the streets this dem onstration was q
pageant. In the private residences the in
| tense interest manifested by the ladies. who
were anxiOusly gazing upon the grand pro
| cession, indica ted very clearly that the
| Southern heart,was fired for Greeley and
Brown and the Liberal party.
| The course of the REPUBLICAN, as the
pioneer in the great movement for the libe-
ration of all the people from the shaOkles
| Of political despOtism, and in its champion
| ship of progress and reform, was most I'M
mistakably approved by the plaudits Of the
! people as they passed in their march along
| Camp street, and their voices rent the air
| with cheers. IL was most gratifying to us
| as affording another illustration that the
conscientious advocacy of the truth is,
sooner or later, sure to win the esteem and
confidence of an intelligent people.
Founded on the idea Of equal rights for
all, the Liberal party embraced within its
ranks last night in procession, men Of all
nationalities by birth, colOred men and
white men, all bearing themselves proudly
erect in the consciousness that they are
American citizens, doing their part toward
properly welding the destinies Of a nation.
About the time the gaslights on the
streets began to flicker and the day began
| to depart, without leaving a cloud behind,
| the numerous Liberal clubs began to gather
in their various meeting places, and prepare
| for the grand procession. Transparencies
and tOrchlights were brought together and
arranged. Banners were, for the first time,
flung to the breeze. Bands of music tuned
up their Instruments; and from the st. Ber-
nard line to the upper line Of this wide city,
| as well as from the river shore to the lake,
there was but one thought upon the minds
of all, even the Last Ditch Democrats, and
that was the forthcoming demonstration, in
which New Orleans stretched out her arms
in welcome to the country representatives
who were delegated to form in the ranks of
the great Liberal host,
Long before the hour Of marching the
clubs from the different districts were in
line, waiting the signal for moving. The
First District clubs were on Carondelet
street, head resting on Canal; Second Dis
trlct on Bourbon street, Third on Dauphine,
Fourth on Baronne, Fifth and Sixth on
Dryades. At the given signal, the discharge
of ky-rockets from Clay statue, the pro-
cession began to move. First came squad
Of mounted police, under Corporal Cart
wright, and policemen on foot, under Ser
geant Caster.
Colonel James II. Wingfeld, grand mar