New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-09-07
General Chester in hiiade:ph;n.


Last Monday afternoon a meeting of the
Philadelphia Republican city executive
committee was held, and considerable
business relating to the coming fall cam
pain was attended to. The proceedings
are published IL the Press of the second.
A portion Of the proceedings will be of
interest to the friends of the distinguished
orator whose name heads this paragraph:
Mr.. Kneass here rose and said that he
understood that they had present with them
General L. Morris Chester, of Louisiana,
who had come 10 Philadelphia to place the
claims of the Louisiana Republicans before
their brethren Of the North, and especially
that great Republican stronghold, Phila-
delphia. Ii it was the pleasure of the com
mittee he would now, on motion of Mr..
Henry Reading. introduce him. This was
acceded to unanimously, and General Ches-
ter. the commander" OF the first bri gade of
the State militia under the Kellogg govern
ment, aud a well known and able lawyer
in New Orleans. a tall, fine looking man,
left the side OF Hon. William ID. Forten,
whare he had been sitting, and advanced
to the rostrum and made a quiet, gentle
manly. well expressed speech, from which
our representative extracts the following:
Mr.. President and gentlemen Of the city
Executive Commirtee-I appear before you
as practical thinking, business men, and
knowing that it would be in i'll taste 70
make an address or even a speech E0H,
who conduct the management OF the Rec
publican party in this city need only .
plain statement OF facts to snduce yOR to
be in accord with the people whom | repres
sent. | come from the far-otf State OF
Louisiana. associated with three gentlemen
in high authority there, VIZ: Colonel James
II
tinguished as man of great personal
bravery, who carried the flag from the
bloody field OF Port Hudson: Hon. j.
Henri Burch. State Senator, and General
A. T.. Barbor, also State Senator. We
bring to you IN our mission the question
which involves the slpremaeP OF tie Rec
publican party n louisiana
Twelve months ago you sSerG QouoSIess
startled. amazed. sor astounde9, according
to your different teDperamentsl at che cone
G:tion OF affairs chen existing iG chat uns
happy Sta3e. She Republicans had eieGte6
young IL o!s % twenty i've years OF ageo
bur 20 bold aaG sk5Iful palleiclanO for Cos
ernor, one Ns,rmoSb As soeno howeveeo as
he sat in she guberHaS0gia5 Cha!S he began
to attempt TO perpetuate y SessonaI govern
ment, net il sid O5 9Ioa %ars@ who had
trumphantv elected aim bg 10000 mae
jority, but tor his own personal aggranCizSO
ment. He asked She Legislature tof0 "a
strong election lave be sneans % which ne
pretended chat Ae WOuit p9otec9 Che elite
zens in the s-ee gee OS the balloS end sn
their persons ana pr0pertyo For ehls pug
pose the Legislature Centiding in his prone
ises and previous record, gave HIM strong
police and cons bulary svstelnp No soonere
however. had he received e;i4 powerful aS
from the legal authSr:tjas ehaB he 5egag
to wrest it from Sss true attention, and to
cast it toward the shaping OF his own pero
sonal ends. The Republican party 9eaiSte6
this atteEpe, ana earnestly and honestly
threw their weight againss chs Senega re
whom they had placed IN enc ahairo He
then consummated his bargain VITA che
Democrats, saying IN effect IT you Will ge-
turn me to the Senate | will turn the State
over TO YOU This was attempted to be
carried out, ami the present state of anarchy
is the result. The details of that state OF
anarchy | will nos now stop TO consider, 1
butt only wish to say that President Grant
was right in the position which he has
taken. We only ask for the supremacy o.
the majority. and now here in Philadelphia
We only ask for an opportunity to present
our case before the people here in order to
be able to tell our people that what has been
said about the indifference of the Northern
people and their sole desire 30 have our
votes is lie
We wish to show that YOU sympathiza iii
our troubles. and ia making up an intelil-
gent and unbiased judgment, will take our
side in this unholy contest. We only ask
tor an opportunity 10 express IN pub
tic meeting our views. The Cooper Inst
sttute in New York has been generously
offered tor this purpose for the tenth III
slant.
After few closing remarks, devoted to
well-expressed thanks, general Chester
included, and NJ. Henry Reading moved
that the committee on public meetings take
the matter referred to Immediately into
This was unanimously
adopted. and the committee subsequently,
fixed a grand public meeting at Hortlcultu-
raj Hall on the twenty second instant.
General Chester in behalf OF the LOuis-
ana delegation, has made arrangements for
a mass meeting to be held at Cooper lnsti-
tute, New York. Oh the tenth instant. be-
side the meeting to be held in Philadelphia
on the twenty-second, both of which promise
to be grand demonstrations of the Republi
cans of those cities. Furthermore ali ex-
penses attending the Rolding of those sneefO
lngs, the Republicans executive Committees J
Of those cities propose t05eaSS