New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-05-21
TRUTHS PLAINLY TOLD
Senator Carpenter at Exposition Hall
HIS VIEWS ON THE SITUATION

which the Exposition building is situated,
the large hall was nearly filled by an eager
audience to listen to the Senator from Wis
coDsin, and before the close OF his address
no seat was vacant. At eight o'clock Mr..
Carpenter made his appearance and passed
down the centre aisle with General Sherl-
dan and Etfirgham Lawrence. Esq. to the
platform.
Mr.. Lawrence called the meeting 20 order
and nominated Judge Howe as Chairman.
Judge Howe said:
Fellow. citizens-I have been called IN.
expe ctedlv to preside over yea as a mere
ma ter OF form, and shall nc. deta4n You
from the great pleasure before you. You
have come 20 hear the great statesman and
orator Mr.. Carpenter. VITO IS low before
Won, He has been invited here 20 address
Won. without regard 20 the political opin.
ions Of those who invited him. have the
pleasure of introducing 10 yea the rising
Statesman Of the Northwest. Senator Gar.
penter.
Mr.. Carpenter. on advancing. was re.
ceived with applause, and said subs;an.
italy as fellows:
Fellow citizens of New Orieans-W!th;n
the last week, for the first time in my life.
l have scented the fragrant gales Of the
South. Within the last week have seen
for the first time your wonderful soii and
set my foot in the gorgeous climate ot
Louisiana.
Coming thirteen hundred miles from my
home. following the course of the Missis.
si,pi to the gulf. ! have come among you.
and am still able to greet you as fellow.
citizens. Still l can feel that the folds OF
the same flag which floats over my home IL
Wisconsin is over me here. In your gor-
geous climate ! can feel ! am III my
own country. Your soil and productions
| boas: Of. share your opinions
and sympathies as parts of the same ma
ton. And come to speak to you Tonight
believing free interchange OF sentiments
OF the North and South will secure a more
harmonious state OF feeling. was spoken
to to-day by a colOred man. who said he
was asked TO sign the call for me to adj
dress the people, but that he couldn't do i.
for it was signed 10y those who believed in
The election OF McEnery and were opposed
t. his race. His opinion was SO honestly
delivered that could express no indigEa.
ton. But am sure that there is no one
with whom | have talked to-day who be.
iieves could be induced to make one sort
of speech to " hite II and another sort Ut
speech to black men. or that l could muz.
, ments because l stand On Southern
| soil. shall say things You vii:
No. agree with; I shall say things
which will displease yon; Vt we can 10:
| reach that unity of sentiment we desire IN.
| less hrin. before you just how men tee!
| and think where i come IRON. If yoa desire
| that we shall know how you think here.
! send your Southern orators to the North.
! If you have a Southern man here vino be
| heves that slavery should not have been
abolished. send him to Wisconsin 20 express
! iis views to the people there. Pick on: your
/! crater, and lie. him 90 to Milwaukee and
! saw that he will address the people on his
peculiar views. and Will guarantee him Il
| large. patient. respectful! and attentive au'
| dieHce. II Satan himself should come there
are. advertise TO deliver an address on the
superior advantages OF his dominions over
Tie climate of Wisconsin, they would throng
| 10 hear him, not only TO listen 20 ;he
! wendruus eioquence which could charm
men ard gods. but if .Ee weather was as II
! was a: d recent date. when the mercury
| went down IN the Thermometer clean cut OF
sight. lie might find az audience glad to lis
| .el to him.
The Northwest and Southwest are bound
together by indissoluble ties. They have
neen talking in St. Louis Of great canal.
But a greater canal is placed by nature at
yo,r doors. The Mississippi river is the
canal 70 which eleven States look Tor their
| approach 10 water. We believe N the
! NORTHWEST tndL one VI iut uGSt S6E0t!"IS
schemes OF Jt tferson was the acquisition
of Louisiana. He foiesaw the filing up OF
tha. country with large population.
! He could not tel! when. bat lie
| knew il must be SO. and be knew
| the disastrous effect of having the
mou:h vi the Mississippi in tie. hands
OF foreign power. which could exact
tart! on their productions When the war
broke out the people OF the Northwest We're
| cd Inv Gitpr9 IHpV
had love of country. they had love OF the
flag which jackson had defended a. New
, Orleans and Scott had carried into The halls
| OF Monrezuma: they claimed as their own
Washington and the statesmen of the South:
! they claimed as theirs the States OF the
South. its SOIL its productions. las memories:
thew claimed it al! as pant Of their IN.
heritance. and they resolved they would
ride in blood 20 their horses brides be-
fore the mouth Of the Mississippi should be-
long to a foreign country.
What does the Northern man find When
be travels through this wonderful country!
He would only see abandoned plantations
| growing up in weeds. and in this Southern
METROPOLIS silent streets and closed stores.
I; the deniz II of some other planet should,
in his way ward flight. travel through the
North. lie would find the 81 j .die TUT ain g
and the forge blowing: he would see the
signs of prosperity in the State of Indiana
which fifty years ago wa. hardly settled
and the soil unvexed by the hand of indus
Try: IN Chicag', from the devastating
fire which left i: III ruins. has risen from its
ashes. and is now more beautiful :han II
could have been if i: had not been Ce
stroyed: he would see the States dotted
with small farms. whose prop:ietors have
paid of their mortgages, and are now IN
vesting their yearly Aurplus N United
States bonds. When ne turns away from
this Improbable land. where nature has
deal: her bounty so economically. and
comes 70 this garden OF the land. how could
! he account for the difference! There IS nc
theory by which he could account for if
, Why is is il. that where man has most Il
contend with. lie il the most prosperou.
came here fer the purpose III learning
and not Of teaching. Bat even as man n
ordinary intelligence may suggest defects
| IN great works which he could not compose
so l, even though have only been week
! among ynn. may make suggestions which
! yOu, in your better wisdom. may see the ad
vantage OF. Aud SO ] will suggest 20 yot
! what are deemed some OF the causes IL tint
| section of country from which leone.
Now there is a great deal more about this
thing than the question whether McEnery
!. or is not the Governor OF this State
, whether Kellogg is or is not the Governor
OF .ie State: CT whether. as d great many
intelligent gentlemen believe. ne:the! "t
them is: or whether Democrats or Reprb
licans carried the State. There are grea'
manv other causes which prod ace this won
derful state of things. If | ask any ntelli
gen, man in the audience II slavery la.
been abolished he will say YES. hy Tie
thirteenth amendment. Ii ask hin
mas the negro been gwen Al! Gyi
tights under the cons tutior. he vii
say YES. by the fourteenth amendment. /
ask can any State abridge those rights, he
will say no. Ii | ask can any negro exer
else his right of suffrage Yes. by the ti