New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-20

and suddenly, to the surprise of everybody
and no one more than himself he found he
was a Republican. More than this, he saw
the United States Senatorship in tire dis
tanee, and at once began TO work for it.
Poor men, great many of them colOred,
had been elected TO the. Legislature, and
J Mr.. Kellogg, good Samaritan as he is. could
not bear TO see them walking about the
streets without money. Oh no, not he; and
accordingly be invented the post roll in
the CustOmhOuse and placed these men on
it. and paid them with United States funds,
TsensatiOn !, not to work for the govern
ment, but TO work out his own ambitious
ends. But Mr.. Kellogg did not stop here.
He bowed, and seraped, and toadied to the
colored legislators met and cOnyersed with
them on every corner, hattered, and almost
caressed them, till, at length, he won them
completely over. You colored men know
how it is when white man behaves nice to
you. Laughter.
Well, the Legislature met, and Mr.. Kel-
logg's name came before IL as a candidate
for United States Senator, and he was
elected. Elected, and, of course, not by
the patronage at his command in the Gus
tomhouse. Not st all He is too virtuous
for that Now, this man owed his elevation
mainly to eolored veters, as through them
he defeated that staunch old Republican
and sterling gentleman, Thomas j. Durant,
and what return has he made you?
He has never made any. When the meas
ure in which you were most interested-the
civil rights bill-came up in the United
States Senate, Mr.. Kellogg paired off with
a Democrat, in order not to vote for it, and
later still he has declared that be owed
nothing to the colOred people. But Mr.
Kellogg wants to be Governor now, and he
needs the colored vote, and he willresOrt to
his old practices to get it.
The speaker next discussed the arguments
made by Kellogg's friends in his behalf, and
showed that whatever good was done
by him as Senator was from selfish motives,
and that the would-be Governor had "eggs
in every basket" He took care of all. The
other gentlemen on the Baton Rouge ticket
came in fora severe castigatiOn except the
candidate for Attorney General, Mr.. Field,
who was let off lightly on account of his
services to the party. The Governor dWelG
at some length on national politics and the
services of General Grant, and brought his
address to a close amid storm Of applause
REMARKS OF GENERAL BARBER.
General Barber was then called for, and
in a short address reviewed the history of
the present federal administration, and
after predicting the reelection of General
Grant, entered minutely into the workings
of the Republican party Of this State. He
enumerated the many good works 1t had
accomplished, and admitted that 1t had
sometimes gone wrong.
He said that error was common to all
parties as well as to all individuals, yet
he was not here as an apOiOgist for it.
Whatever wrong had been done in the past
would be remedied. He elOquently ex-
horted the white people to do as the pre-
vious speaker had requested-to come to
the ninth of August convention and help to
put up good ticket.
After severely castigating the boiling
members of the Legislature and their abet-
tors, the General paid his respects TO Viii
liam Pitt Kellogg in style that would have
made the honorable Senator cringe had he
heard it.
The General said that at the last session
of the Legislature he-was the mover of the
Joint resolution calling our Senators and
Representatives in Congress to vote for
Mr. Summers civil rights bill, and explain
ed fully what was meantsby "pairlng of,
and how Mr.. KellOgg's pairing OF with
Democrat was virtually vote against~the
bill. This statement was received with
greans for Kellogg.
The General then advised the people to
be Industrious and not to 90 to political
meetings, when doing so would interfere
with their labOrs, as the first duty they
owed was to their families whose 1nainte-
nance they were bound for, Applause
from the whites, and that's sound, that's
gOod.l
A vote of thanks was then given to the
orators, and the meeting adjourned, after
giving three cheers for them and for the
ninth Of August convention.