New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-05-16
lew ORLEANS. THURSDAY, MAY l6, 1872.

not right to cloud the regulations of fifty
men in order to gain one that was good
! Union was what was required.
! Touching national politics. Louisiana was
| altogether subordinate to the federal gov
ernment. The seat of that despotic power
! must be OVerthrOwn before we can rescue
! our State, whose government had been
| usurped. 1t is impossible to purify the
| stream below when it is muddied above.
| Any success to be durable in Louisiana
must flow from a success "Outside our own
lines" PrOnOuncing too hastily upon the
| Cincinnati convention, and its nomination
| was i'll advised. We were a small fraction
! OF the national party; hence we must
| wait before prOmulgating too strongly
! on that nomination; wait for our represent
| atives to act, and the representatives of
the party generally. On making selection
of the delegates for their frnness and dis
erection we must understand the question is
quite different, as far as we are concerned,
with the North in this great game Ours is
the position OF the slave who catches sight
of star in the clouds and is fearful the
next moment this CLEAN of hope NAV be
shut out forever. Will not the delegates
understand this Unity and obedience to
our own constituted authorities should be
our guiding star. In entering here with
the confederate question, he bes0ught the
the cause, and act to throw down corruption.
NDORsING GREELEY.
Mr.. II. G. Miller said it was the first time
the Democratic party had come together
with any chance of success, and now the
party stood in an aggressive, proud aud
defiant attitude. No people ever endured
more suffering than the Southern during
the war, but they bore it with fortitude,
and when the war had closed came the
worst trial of the carpet-ba governments,
Mr.. Greeley having described them in Ian
guage appealing to the heart of every
Southern man. In view of the ''oligarchy
Of Otice-hOlders" and their persistent de-
mands for more official fav0rs, it is well to
apply to them the same language used by
Mr.. Greeley. He was happy to say that
"OuF Northern brethren" at last appre-
ciated our sufferings. The Liberal move
ment mot the movement here) showed it,
and every Southern man revived pleasant
associations of gratitude whenever the
name of Greeley was pronounced.
The war was now over. The Democratic
party was one of constitutional liberty,
whose final appeal in the war thundered in
the guns of Gettysburg, and which could no
longer be maintained when Lee surrendered
his sword. Here he grew eulOgistic of the
party and its conservative strength, but
cOunseled pOssum at considerable length
until after that National Democratic Con-
vention we should wait; if that body said
Greeley, so be it; if any other man, we
have the satisfaction of knowing that we
can elect him. As to our own government,
it was alien to our interests; statutes reek
with cOrruptiOn; negroes, poor and de-
luded, had been imposed upon to
support this government which was
so corrupt; the election law was an
impudent attempt to stihe the popular will. "
He described some of the provisions of the
law, especially that casting out the votes of
those polls where there was any disturb
ance, which stripped the courts of all power
of settling election disputes, and threw it
into the hands of ''these people" whose
power it was only designed to perpetuate
Would it have that effectl There was no
official in the land who, in the face of an adj
verse popular vote, would dare to frustrate
the will of the people of Louisiana. Dis
carding all combinations and illusions, fol-
low the principle, 81 had rather be right
than President" Select honest men-cOn-
servative, respectable, honorable men for
Office. Make an appeal to the virtue of
Louisiana, and it would be responded to as
never before.
EVERYTHING REDUCED TO TAXATION.
Grand Jurvman Booth believed the
ground had been pretty well covered. Our
expressions take the form of taxation; old
and smiling fields and the like
of that, was all very well, but at last 'sit
takes the form of taxation" lMerriment.l 1t
is all a question whether we can 90 on any
more and pay five per cent! Even liberty
meant freedom from taxation. More merri-
ment.] If taxes was put to any useful pur-
pose, it might be different, but it was not
A lot worth SS75 was assessed at $4,000, and
he had no better sense than to call on the
assessor for a reduction. He went on to
say he didn't get it, and he read from the
tax act closing paragraph showing the
of these public servants, in COM
the people to obey ther assess
ments witheut alteration.
The remedy for all this was the ballot
The $4,000 citizens in this city who had
stayed out of politics must vote The citi-
zens who take their rights will get them; no
one ever will present citizens with any
rights. The trouble heretofore has been
the votes were not counted. He never
liked to reflect his vote was thrown away;
willing for citizen to vote in a contrary |
direction to himself Il am not willing |
that any citizens should vote 1000 against |
me-" He did not believe we wanted any |
thing but fair vote, anything but a fair |
count; to vote and ask no favOrs. He did |
not believe the party wanted his excellency !
to count the votes for them. nor wanted |
any combination with him. [Silence.l He |
trusted the Young Democracy, and in them |
be had the utmost confidence
THE VESSEL OF STATE.
Mr.. P. A. DucrOs said he was not in the |
habit of making speeches, except in the |
but the partiality of his friends !
had drawn him from the retiracy of private |
life. Here the crowd began a stampede |
similar to that which takes place before the |
last words of the last play On the carpet |
bagger question he appeared to think they |
would care only for themselves, having ar
rived here originally to preach the gospel |
70 the negroes. We must guide the vessel |
If State between Scylla and Charybdis."
Mr.. DucrOs broke off suddenly.
While the house sat quietly waiting for
more developments, Mr.. Jonas announced
5he meeting adjourned.
With the solitary exception of great good /
lumOr prevailing at Mr.. Booth and his re-
marks, the meeting had less of enthusiasm
Ind more of silence than any assembly of
he kind in many years. So still was the
lOuse that the clink of glasses of ice-water
landed round on salver, whispered remarks q
md soto UOce comments could be heard like |
hallOa in a cave. Finally, when the meet
ng was announced at an end, the audience
lOwly and reluctantly departed with the
ceiling that they had come to hear some
hing and did not succeed.