New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-09-19

| CopLlOn mere, which mas cO1Summat6d IL
this grand demonstration, it would take
| more than all the sum Of those feelings thus
| engendered to equal the pride of this mo
| ment.
am not proud simply because this is q
| reception rendered to me. 1t is because il
| is to one the people deem to be their repre-
sentative; and there Is another gratifying
| thing; the money for this reception does
| not come out OF the public purse; it was
| given out of private pockets. and l say
| that this is rebuhe-a dreadful! rebuke-
10 those demagogues who have been en-.
deavor;ng to stab me in the back durin 2
my absence. ] think now of what 1 en-.
dured for two years, when ] pursued a
course which seemed to me to be best for
the people, and chose to persist in it for
that reason. To-day the declaration of
Blanchard proves that was right and sus-
tains me. 1t shows that l knew whereof l
spoke. The perfidy is now laid bare
to the world. l say now that the sew.
eral stages of the past election are so
many examples of Divine power 1 appeal
to the members of the press if did not de.
nounce this pertidy long ago. told these
gentlemen they would be beaten. They
said: why, we can't. We've got War
moth" l said: II don't know how, but
you will be. God will not suffer such perfidy
to succeed" am rejoiced to see these organs
OF tine oldest and best throwing up their
hands in horror at the discovery Of these
frauds. OF course they didn't know any
thing about them. People never do know
anything about undiscovered frauds when
they are tor their own advantage. 1 have
travelled good deal over this country, and
if all the political rascality of other States
was piled up it wouldn't equal what was
done right down here, and in the interest
Of these pretended refotmers.
When 1 landed in New York heard
great deal of doubt about my being seated
in the Senate. No doubt was expressed
but what Kellogg would be sustained. But
they doubted my being seated. There was
doubt of the legality Of the Legislature.
Now, while / know / am dependent on the
Republicans in the Senats for my seat-be-
cause they constitute majOrity-i wish it
distinctly understood tina. l don't base my
claim 60 a seat on any party ground or as a
matter of favor. The constitution SAYS the
United States Senate shall be composed of
two Senators from each State, elected by
the Legislatures of those States. The Legis-
iature of Louisiana elected me to nv seat
exactly at the time and in the manner pre-
scribed by laws passed in pursuance Of this
article of the constitution.
want no seat as ward of the Eepubli.
can party. want to 90 there as repre-
sentative Of Louisiana. If can not 90 in
that capacity do not wish 20 60 at ali. It
has been my ambitiOn-the star of my
hope-but do not want it as q favor but
as . right. What do the white people want
more than can do for them! ! represent,
egOtlstical as the assertion NAV SEEM a
larger constituency than any one they can
select. may say l am the political head
centre of 100000 vOtes. What better than
that can any other man offer them in the
way of useful influence. 1t seems to me
that il the white people exerted their COM
mon sense they would rather have me than
take the chances of getting much worse
and less influential man.
I want to say a few words about the uni
fcstion movement. They had meeting
and they passed very fine resolutions.
There was to be an equal division and ab-
eoIute equal rights before the law. Colored
men TO be given (ov giye halfthe Offices
fair representation made, the hotels, steam
boats and bar sooms TO be thrown open,
etc Now am in for tia: contract, and Iii
take the half of the representation in the
United States Senate right now. But ( will
say to the white people, yeu must stand the
present government toc four years, and if
you treat us right during tha; time, why,
the;: We VII! give you haltthe offices; if not,
y0a Inay have tc stay OF: u the coid four
years longer.
Z And now, as shall not have another op.
portu1itE, l will say few W, rds to the
white people, and particularly to the rep
resentatives OF the press. You have made
great deal OF argument about earpet-oag
and ignorant negro government. yet it is
thing you have organized through your
own fault. When the Constitutional Con
yention was ordered you considered it
farce, and In the country parishes you took
pains to select the most ignorant represen.
ta:ives, and you hoped by tha. means to
make i: such farce that i would not stand.
NJ were sent who couldn't read or write
and didn't know their 4 B C's. The con-
sequence waa you made every one
OF t4enl think hinse.. > statesman.
AHd waen one Of them. John Jones.
for example. after being down here
and doing his duty as best he knew. went
back to the country and told how well he
had done; that he made all these laws, etc,
why every John Jones thought himself
legislator. Hence the colored people have
to fight this very ignorance that your folly
has toisted on than. l. ISN'T, perhaps, fair
to IRE another shot at man when he is
down. but | am afraid i. don't you will
get Up and hit me. One year ago there was
IN excellen: opportunity to break |
down the barriers between the classes.
| remember well when I went to
the Academy OF Music to sec the Liberal |
IVA SitAVL' a EtSitA lO ASSoS
aize in you the wealth. iiberality and in !
teiigence Of the white people desire to !
meet you half way. / an willing to make !
4 political martyr of myself and 20 endure |
al! the otium my cause will bring upon
me. Make your ticket as black as the other
one nominated al Baton Rouge. For every
coiored candidate they have, put up one of
YOUR own for the same Office" ! named |
specifically the offices a. the Republicans
+, "a
What shall we do with Warmoth!" Why. !
was rather tor Warmoth then and didn't !
IKE 70 tell them to throw him overheard. ! |
kept telling them TO please the co!oved |
people.
D!d they do l.. NJ: They nominated
white ticket. anG pE. on 1t on y our poor |
I'D friend Armstead. who has been sorry |
,vec since. know. that he accepted the [
nomination. IL locks strange for them to |
'ast OH the $4,000 black votes that they !
lus did. al, for Warmoth. and then not |
AL through the campaign they were boast.
ng we've got Warmo.h this time and !
hi. was their answer to our overtures al! |
through the State.
'oh. consistency. thoc ar: jewell
~. YOU won't find any OF Il in tie politi-
.ians arrayed against Republcanism in
louisiana. hate to say they don't tell the |
ruth. but will say don't believe all they
10 tell.
Now. these politicians and the partisan
,ress DO not represent the people of Louisi. |
ma. They say the white people are op.
,osed to the blacks. 1t is not true. have
,lency of white triends-so has Governor
SO any respectable colored man
.as plenty OF them. There are many good
White men in this State who are actually
layes. They are slaves to the press, their
business interests, and to a false public SEN
iment these influences have created here.
have travelled over Europe, and while
here l met many Americans, and was cor
Tally greeted by all of them. In Rome