New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-03-01

to cherish that beautiful thought, that yo,
are still entitled TO that blessing of liberty
! that oar forefathers obtained and beQueath
1 ed to ua. If YOU feel just as do, Mr.. Kel
logg will have delightful time in govern
ing this State.
Are you prepared 70 resist himf tYes
yes Are you prepared 70 let him know
how YOU esteem him! Yes, yes] Art
YOU prepared to refuse to pay him Taxes
| Yes, yes Are yOn prepared to resist hi!
| rtficers9 Are you ready when Governor Nc
| Emery calls upon yOu at the proper time t
say. whenever he offers to lead Won, and
| t-il Mr.. jacob Hawkins that he is no Judge
| "A voice, no time like the PRESENT.
know that you are impatient. But lei
| ME npeak one work for Governor MoEnery
| tell you he has the courage, he has the
| grand, great heart he has the mettle to
| lead you; then when you are impatient re
nember you have a leader.
| Enlist In the militia. We have enough
| now. but wa want you all in it. that we NAV
| have a grand, d triumphant army of all the
Now. in the second place. keep away from
| Kellogg. Now, | tell you We don't intend
that Congress shall adjourn without set
| tipg this question, and leave Kellogg to
| grow into power and Grant to support him.
The assembkige then called upon General
| said he did not intend to make speech,
| but to answer the question that had been
| propounded bv the gentleman who has pre-
| ceded him. We of st. Martin never intend
| to support William Pitt Kellogg. | have
been, but am no longer, rebel, but feel
| the spirit Of rebellion against fraud and
corruption and against William Pitt kel-
| IoLg, who il the candidate of fraud aud cor
ruptior. If this government of his goes on
z a. ntb hrt a
nation. VIII you submit to itf No, no. |
[ would not advise You to fight the govern.
lnent of the United States, buC unless that
government supports what is right to us
we no longer owe allegiance to it We have
fairly elected John McEnery, and unless the
government &c the United States supports
him Ve no longer owe it allegiance.
Now ! tell you to prepare for resistance
| against fraud. against Kellogg. against car
pet baggers. ana against those who we're
| deserters from almost every side. Governor
McEnery is an honest man, aud would
strike down the hand which il robhins us,
| and 80 he is not the choice of General Grant
snd those at Washington. But he ia our
choice, and we must stand by him l be-
lieve we ought to resist, even though the
muskets of the JuiUed States are leveled at
our breastso We owe no allegiance to those
who do not protect us, to those who rob u.s.
government Ct Louisiana. Do you heleye
that you owe any allegiance 10 the United
States government " II you kiss the hand
: that strikes yOUi No, We owe'n no allegiance
to such hand. We ongbt to resist il. and
raise the flag of the white race Of Louisiana
We do not intend to shed blood. but we
will raise high th- flag OF the white race Of
the State Of Louisiana.
TIE president then introduced r. Fl. Mari.
ESQ. " hO said he came to hear from the
people a lesson of freedom. His Earmest
sympathips were with them and with the
people of Louisiana. We are standing un.
der the United States flag, which flats
over scene never before witnessed in the
history of the Union. The government we
oppose has no ground to stand upon but
that of usurpation. You have been called
upon to support a government which every
LAWYER, every right-t thinking man, every
United States Senator knows is tho most
outrageous usurpati0l that ever existed.
You know that the government you SEQ
Iectei has not been allowed to exercise its
functions, and that the one YOU defeated
- been forced upon yOuo know that if
you hold ;he proper meetings you will hur!
the vile usurpers from their seats
Hon. Michael Ryan was then called upon.
He addressed the audience In speaking
of Kellogg. in the language of Cicero de
nouacing Caraline, which net being famii.
lar to his audience, caused some impatlence.
lie would not excite the people against the
legitimate rulers and law makers, but TO
excite them to resist the tyranny and usur.
patton with which they we're oppressed.
General George A. Sheridan was then
called for. and promised 10 address the
people as soGn as the resolutions. which had
been carefully prepared, were read II
would then he for them to say whether
thcv etDbOdy the sentlments of the people.
The following resolutions were then read
tv Nr. James Lingan:
WHEREAS, The people of Louisiana deem
It proper. not less from the perilou. COndi-
tiOu of their own liberties than from con.
viction that the people OF ali the States of
this once hallOwed Union are equally i'm
periled. are determined toplace upon record
the whole history of this most unhappy con.
troversy. to the end that should the legal
government of this State be finally over.
thrown by the fraudulent usurpati0ns OF
the party II power the responsibility there
for shah &c distinctly made known ana pub
liClG dtclared; and
Whereas, On full examination the
Unitel States St"ate committee, by a large
majority, have declared d, established
facts.
J. That the MeErory government Is the
q" jurr government ot thl. State.
=. That I'll" McElery government could
anls can. ut lt> option. dlayiiCc IN ten daE-
BAY aad all :ln'a."ni.tio organizations "a
c..It '.c E.v' rru!"Ut of III. DItt1 3Ldt--
That the spurious orgaII2 ,tiUn knIWn
- t:lc h"l"g: government exists soi,ly hy
!"r'' ot federal authority. through Inc
courts and military, w.shou. "hnA /. c"Ild
not staud.
4 That this crea'in,, fosfe,iIg AMI er:s
'G'nirg power. thus exercised by the United
Sta es government i'll behalf .f the usdrp-
ing :"v"nlment, III gcossiy illegal and nn'
WarrantabieS
therefore be It resolved hr the people Of
Louisiana. in mass meeting assembled,
EIrst-~That tho conclusion arrived at from
these facts, admitted by the Senate com
ruittee. is prepOsterous, Illogical, and All III
suit to the confidence placed by this peo-
pie in the good faith and Political lnteg-
uty OF that committee; and We dissent from
the conclusion "that Louisiana has not d
government republican in form IS a viO-
tent and dangerous invasion of the rights
oi State integrity, unparalleled in the whole
catalogue of federal usurpation, under the
deadly il tiuence of which, as precedent,
the crushing hand of national domination
would be able at will to blot out and de-
str0y the States OF this Union.
SecOnd-That We denounce the minority
report OF Senator Morton as piece of party
malignity ami unfairness, unbecoming
statesman and dlsgracefully dlsingenuous
under the facts admitted; and further, that
the decision OF the majority of the Supreme
Court Ok the State, on which Mr.. Morton
baees his report, We regard as {. shameful
prostitution OF their high posit.su. where
was foreshadowei and tela.
graphed by Collector CASEY, anu whose un'
se1tnly zeal for party t,umph led them ae.
y"nd the record to the expression Of d E,.re
Obit" dtctnm. without force OF fec: OF !aT,
Oh The questions presented be:a:a inat c2n!-
mittee.
Tnir'l-Tha: the people OF The Stat, H.
publican and Democratic. recognize, W'ln