New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-06-09

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do you think of this state OF things d
You or do you not agree with me, that ther
I IS great and urgent necessity Of gatherln;
all the elements Of strength to our party t.
control the next election and redeem on
State from oppression and tyranny W.
have not the power and the strength. in ny
judgment, in our own party to enable rs t
| succeed, and thereby redeem the State
| Gentlemen of the convention, did yOJ
lot hear the signal gums freC
yesterday which proclaimed the re
nomination Of General Grant It that an
other great campaign is about to be entered
into by the Radical Republican party, and
should that campaign be successful, we will
! have four more years of tyranny and Op-
! pressiOnl ! now appeal to gentlemen, dele
! gates of the city OF New Orleans, to know
! whether or not you are going to act as a
! unit in this convention, and prevent us from
! the formation OF that coalition, which Will
! save us, and redeem the State forever.
| Should yOu do it, and should we be de-
| feated, and the State thereby ruined, the re-
| spoDsibility is upon you. Louisiana
is the Italy Of the South With
| her orange groves, her rice fields,
her cane fields, her snowy fields.
! that are made white with cotton, her
upon the Father of Waters, receiving her
treasures from every part Of the earth, with
/ her princely merchants and great capital
! ists will all be laid waste and made desc
late. Applause. And, gentlemen, this
is but "a faint picture Of wnat the reality
will be, should we fail to succeed in gather
ing together those great elements of
strength that would give us success! Now,
gentlemen, are we wiser than the people of
Tennessee, or of Missouri Are we more
philosophic than Virginia, the mother of
statesmen Have they not all adopted this
course of coalition and atfiliation, and re-
deemed themselves when they were in a
worse condition than We are to-day! They
have
Mr.. President and gentlemen Of the con
vention, are we or not about to form a
coalition with the national government for
the expiess purpose Of redeemiDg her from
her oppressed condition Can we boast of
more wisdom than such men as PendletOn,
of Ohio, and Hendricks, of Indiana, both of
whom have recommended and appreciated
such course Now, gentlemen Of the con-
ventiOn, appeal to you by everything that
is sacred and dear to pause before you fur
ther 90, and deeply consider the matters
that have presented TO yOu tor your calm
consideration. Are you willing TO leopard
ize the great interest of the. State, and there
by shipwreck and ruin her forever tIust
not, and now; Mr. President and gentlemen
of the convention, l have done.
Mr.. John 'Sandidge intimated opinions
touching the majority report would be ac-
ceptable on the ''Ooth sides principle.
Judge W. B Egan, Of CaddO, was loudly
and persistently called for, and he ad-
vanced to the stand, and first, on behalf Of
the majority. went into narration of the
everlasting conference committee, saying
nothing new except that from the Liberal
Republicans came the information that
they had no more propositions to make.
He then said: After exhausting efforts
to reopen negotiations, after the spirit
manifested by the representatives Of New
Orleans, who said thar they were willing to
take any Odium upon themselves, l pro
posed the conference committee should re-
pair TO the convention, report progress and
ask for further instructions. Some of the
minority report lnen disagreed and hence
the nominations were made. ! went there
feeling that the man who would sh1in
from the performance Of duty like this
was unworthy of a place in your
confidence. l knew that unless some
action was resUrted II, all efforts to
unite with the RefOrmeTs would
be DELAYED if not defeated. I Perceived on
the last evening that the effect Of the mi
noritv report would lead to the conclusion
that there was a diversity of opinion in the
committee, where none existed. 1t hap
pened Just as l predicted, though our pro-
ceedings were perfectly harmonious. Now
I regret if there Is any dirty linen to be
washed it should be done before your eyes,
and though | wished not TO make a minority
report, do not believe / have cut a stick
to knock out my own brains. Immediately
on the proposition to nominate a ticket, the
chairman of the reform committee said:
I'VE concede to you the first place on the
ticket" Mr. Blackmau insisted We should
not accept this proposition, but leave the
whole field open. Mr.. Ellis, before I knew
it. read the list of all the names connected
with aspirations for Governor, and asked
me If had heard of any more. | told him
had never heard OF half so many. The
name of Mr. Jonas was Withdrawn from
that list. Finally, the balloting being
transacted, the lower names were dropped,
and it resulted in this way in the choice of
Mr. Williamson. No one was more sur
prised at it than he
Mr.. Hyams-YOu viii recollect Judge,
the name of Mr.. Jonas was afterward
placed in nomination,
Judge Egan-You may Judge how little I
knew Of the proceeding when / did not even
know that fact. had nothing to do with
the count nor the proceedings The ballot
was atterward proceeded wiJh-the ticket
was made up and it so resulted. 1t ap-
peared throughout the whole proceedings
stead Of the men looking mp for the offices.
The gentleman whose speech was attributed
to me in some Of the newspapers mot in the
REPUBLICANl (Mr Brady made some re-
marks
Mr. Blacllman-Did you not first concur
in the minority report?
Judge Egan-No, sir taking up the
l concurTed in the two first
grounds Of the report, but not in the last
THAT which affirmed the nOminations). Ru-
mOrs having reached the ears Of the COM
mittee of some efforts made to hold a meet !
ing anticipating the efforts Of the commit
tee before it was known, it was deemed |
proper to proceed at once. 1t having been |
stated in the REPUBLICAN that our commit
tee was packed, I determined to |
,pen the door to all propositions |
N my humble Judgment, we can |
elect this ticket ii you give it your |
support, for we have proceeded on the |
principle Of honesty, capacity and capa-
,iiity. The gentleman who heads the
icket will bow to your decision in case
-ou should not confirm the nomination,
Dut If you do not. the very object for which
-ou have assembled and d6Eiberated for
lays and nights-that of uniting ourselves
With the RefoImers-will not be cOnsum-
aated. beg you will allow Mr.. McCOll
o say few words to you in behalf of
imsef.
E J. McCoJ-The proposition of the Lib
raj Republicans that we should disband
ur organization, was in the nature of an
ltimatum. Was ii not so? 1t is not disputed.
here was still hope that some under
tanding might be arrived at we held out
hope Of Cancellation, but in vain. Now
Ir. Fuqua, who leads the advance party Of
Dalition, said he would not consent to |
utting Governor WaTmoth on the ticket
or any one who represented him hence
lch a request. which said that we should
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