New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-09-21

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/. and judicial reputation j. without ois'
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having St0od between the rebels OF boe
9 i3na, under the guidance Of Warmotn,
o me accomplishment Of their frauduie
attempt to seize the State government; q
. gracedf The time will come when D
righteous judgment will be approved !,
over the Land, and tho services which !
J. hss rendered to Liberty and iustice vii
2 fuiiy appreciated BY p0stertty.
Let rs look II the case When begSsppt>
and suppressed the unblashing compact I
! fraud and treason, Bsllot-b0xes we're n
toriously stuffed; false returns were med
: receptseles into which the 1vOtes wei
placed we're thrown aside and others vel
substituted; tickets with Republican eu
blems and General Grants features, col
tanning the names of the Democratic nom
: nees, were printed in New Orleans thre
: days after the election to increase the Fl
! sion count. Under Warmoth's strateg
the counting Of the votes in New Orlean
was pfotracted some i've days, and rhoug
aud black, it has since been substantiate.
that numerous frauds were perpetrated
Every outrage which could be Conceived b
defeat the sovereign will and Install tn
Democracy into power was attempted, bu
thus far right has triumphed, Justice ha
prevailed, snd Republican supremacy i
maintained throughout Louisiana, TO tn
great JOY OF the people and to the prosper
ity of the State. .-l. ~.
1t is not as many suppose, that the le
gality OF the Kellogg government rests en-
tire1y upon the judgment of the federa
court and the action of President Grant
1 but the Supreme Court Of the State, con
etituted in 1868, appointed by Governor
| Warmoth, composed Of Southern gentle
men Of learning and integrity enjoying the
| confidence of all classes, about whose
| status there lie no dispute, has emphatically
declared in numerous decisions that the
McEnery assumption was founded on fraud.
and that the present State government is
the constitutional choice Of the people.
Governor Kellogg held his tenure Of Office
by virtue Of the sovereign will, the legality
Of which has been affirmed by the United
States court and the Supreme Court of the
appeal to the American people to sustain us
in the government OF our choice, and in our
rights Ne American citizens. III h-.f.,p,-.. &,
Our white fellow-citizens, of the unre-
constructed class, in Louisiana have not
yet realized that the organic law Of the
land has been changed, aud that American
public sentiment is taking its inspiration
they would not have presumed that their
appearance in Washington last winter would
have been sufficient to overthrow govern
ment founded upon colored suffrage. The
time has passed when the wrongs which
were formerly inflicted upon us can be per-
petuated in violation of every principle Of
law and morality, upon IN appeal of white
men to whites against us; and the sooner
the South realizes this fact the better viii
ifv md hov,v
peaeeable and unaasuming department. of the
colored people in the past is q guarantee of
harmony and good will in the future; and
all that we ask Of the American people il
that our rights as citizens shall be fully
respected and maintained. ~ sc4.N -
I When Mr.. Lincoln declared that this
country must be all free or all slave. he
uttered truth which soon after became
apparent to the American people; and there |
the whites, nor prosperity at the South, un-
til the last yestige of oppression, founded |
upon color, shar have passed away. We |
are willing to unite with any people, or any 1
party which will maintain, in fact n we'll |
as in law. our rights as American citizens,
without restraint or qualification, Of which
We are justly jealous We are suspicious Of |
the evertures of our old oppressors when
by single act in our inter.
sst, and with nothing but promises in return
or our political cooperation The history
II the colOred people of Louisiana has been |
me OF suffering and outrage, imposed by the
Vhltes, under the false civilization which
vas overthrown by the triumph of Justice;
md since we have come into place and
'ower, we never, in the law, nor 80 far az
We have controlled its administration, made
ny discrimination on account of color. We
ave perslstently refused to entrust our old
ppressors with the control of public affairs.
MESS they become converted to the pospel
freedom; and if they think they can de-
raud US, when we are in the majority, they
title know our sagacity or the infexibility
our purpose.
Governor Kellogg and the candidates on |
ne Republican State ticket were at the last
lection the transparent choice of the
eople OF Louisiana. The federal court and
ne Supreme Court of the State has de-
Jared the legality Of their election, which
e believe will be sanctioned by the Amer =
an people: Now it is only necessary for
on to resolve that NO election conceived in J
aud shall be sustained; that the spirit of ..
avery snail De eradicated from the land; |
lat justice and equal rights shall triumph, !
order to give an impetus to the new civ. 8
lzation which is reconstrncting Louisiana Q
pom basis of individual Happiness and
unicipal prosperity. When the white p
sople OF Louisiana shall forget the past q
10 improve the present; when they shall y
ase In their efforts to govern by means of 7
cir color, rather than by their inertia: b
hen they shall not merely tolerate but re.
gnlze the rights and citizenship of all 8
en-, irrespective of color, and. when man. '
nd shall be known, respected and =
nored for patriotism and virtues q
en- will We have peace within | =
+ borders and prosperity throughout the Il
then will emigration
rengthen our population and develops y
: resources; then will our people be en- &
he'd and free institutions be perpetuated: IL
en- will cities spring up from our swamDs "
d railways populate our productive fields; "
On WILL our great rivers be crowded with g
'de and commerce and their banks whit Ir
ed with cotton and gladdened with pros. N
rity and happiness; then will school "
uses be built all over the State and print ~
presses multiply in every parish: then ~
II the gospel Of peace and good will to %
N be preached in every church and prac- nc
ed IN every family; then will virtue. &C
erty and independence exalt the great 70
tie OF Louisiana to q standard of excel. VI
zee unrivalled by any star in the galaxy u
the Union. re
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eresting Gathering at West Baton aV
Reuge-ReDresentative Allan Gives An ue
Account Of His Stewardship. ~ ~
IN Sunday, the last day of August. a be
ket meeting was held by the members po
others, to the number of about 300 =!
sons, at the church Of Rev. Henry John. If
, IN west Baton Rouge. After the close