New Orleans Republican., 1873-07-16

severe illness under which he is sutferin.
enfurces his absence. Before proceeding u
read the resolutions l will make one re
| mark on the practical situation in Loulsl
ana at this hour. Nothing is more destruc
I've in any camp than two tollowiEgs
war with each other. They are the prey o
aay force which may venture to assal
-hem. In other words, there must be be
.ween those who defend the same cause al
undercurrent of sympathy. The sympath!
between tie two races which inhabIt ou
sal must be cultivated to Its fullest extent
We are nearly three quarters Ci
n-.llion nearly equally divided. VIVA
We desire is sympathy between o.ack ant
white Tor q common purpose ana ior I'M
material interests of our State. lndors'
-i..s movement because ] can see no othel
mortal plan to extricate ourselves from tht
terrible evils that surround US. beAe''
III. movement viii be the redemption o
nv State.
Colonel Hill then read the following seso
lutions:
Resolre1, That the preamble ans: re sou
.:ors adopted by the COMMITTEE OF ONE
Hundred meet with the appreciation OF this
mass NEE ting.
Rcsolred, That we, the people of Louis
lana. white and colOred, assembled IN mass
meeting, pledge ourselves. SO soon as the
existing opposition to the enjoyment OF the
civil. political and public rights OF all citi
ZeLs. irrespective of color, shall have ceased
to unite all our influence ard energies and
cooperate in q common movement TO re
cuee taxation to rate conformable to the
resources of the country; TO investigate and
correct the public debt; to suppress un
necessary offices; 70 diminish the high sala
ries and exorbitant emOlunents attached to
public office, and to secure in Louisiana as
uoccih1o h0 10 hi; Iynpnf of an
honest, economic and patriotic government
Resoited, That the presden: be authoriz
"a to appoint an executive committee OF
thirty 20 advocate, maintain and develop
throughout this State the principles herein.
:,eiore set forth; and to convene the peO-
PIE and take other measures for the pur-
poses of the ne,einbefore recited resolutions.
Mr.. Marks then asked what was the
pleasure 0; the meeting. and On motion the
resolutions were adopted.
Mr.. Marks then called on Hon. J. Henri
Burch. Senator from Baton Rouge, who
said:
Mr. President and Fellow w-citizens-When
sta! ting and peculiar innovations upon the
settled customs and usages Of people are
proposed, conceive it to be the duty of
those directly interested 70 inquire into,
first, the motives which have actuated the
movers of the new measures, and secondly,
LLc Dtuouts W dill WHICH WILL ducNASoD.S az
tend its practical operations.
In my remarks I shall make an humble
efior, to picture to the whites Of Louisiana
me great aud lasting benefits which must
certainly accrue to this State should the
intepts and purposes for which this meet
iLg is convened be carried out fully. fairly
ard Justly.
Intelligence. wealth and influence speak
louder. clearer and more fully than l can,
and furnish better arguments in favor Of
The white man of America than l can.
You are the descendants of a race Of men
% whose intelligence. industry and physical
strength the modern age is indebted for
yearly everything which makes life desir-
able.
Civilization. art, science and literature
have been fostered, preserved and brought
20 great perfection by this race, and in
every country there are erected, along the
pathway of times history, grand and i'm.
peTishable monuments of their prowess and
greatness. Barbarism, heathenism. inhu-
manity and barrenness have gone down
before the onward march of the Caucasian.
TIE forest has disappeared and the plain
become city. the barren soil has been
made to yield productive crop, and the
savage being and savage brute have been
driven beyond your path. All this. and
more. are in the catalogue Of the great
benefits which have come to the Caucasian
apa az ,r:',i;tappn. h1o, d;mmad tba 1rs+ro ~
.ileir M 20, nraa1ness and that va. slaverv Rut
an,,n.S.. ot,or oonn+rv ,,;naJ ,ho fo,i h,ot
~; ;.'e. so"toior "'pO Oa 'AT un ~ ~,
tarrad ,ba;r hI.SSad ax,mnIes ona to.5or
.b"eu .n1,a 1nas nnt ,;sa "r sat ,n "ne Iy s;n
sin,.a ~ =. Iii 1,a. 49, u;de dn,n.;n
nn. ~ s;ns %na A ,,th 81, ,ha;r ,,ro.o,t .o.+
ness thera ia in the time oe ,ha his+6rv of
the Caucasian racdan epoch that was not
20 grand There was time in their history
when they, too, were slaves. as ignorant
degraded and bereft of human sympathy
as was the poor African. They, too. formed
an article Of export for the Roman market,
could be found, few centuries ago, the
original Briton, taken from his native soil
and sold as a slave in the Roman market.
1t seems to me, Mr. President, that some
Roman senator, pointing to the ancient
Britou-like some of our American senators
who have stood up in the American Senate
and pointed to the slaves OF America, de-
clared that they would never be advanced
by emsGcipation-could with great conf
dence have declared from his seat in the
togum, that the ancient Britons, as slaves,
We're a race Of people destined never to
rise above the level OF brutes. would never
pC SpiC " "a oNAoO AoA VuS uiSS 'cS AoA ehoi.
families, and so merged in barbarity and
ignorance that the effulgent light of liberty
could never light up the Egyptian dark
ness of their pathway"
Time would have proved the utter falsity
CT such an argument, ana the present proud
positions of the Europeans and American
people, descendants OF the ancient Brltons,
demonstrates the utter absurdlty OF such
arguments.
But. Mr.. President and fellow citizens,
my purpose Is nos 10 sing tne praises OF the
aucasian, oue, II Possiole' ~ speah .;sS 1oi .ne
'ayT VI pe.Ple, ,S1 "aon Mnom ae a." othon raoa
we are ene uescenuan.s VI aneiue. s h:eI laoe