New Orleans Republican., 1873-05-27

| !Just here Governor Kellogg entered and
was enthusiastically received!
| Mr.. Burch resumed: DO no: care who
the men who hold big offices are. and I say
to the co!ored men OF Louisiana. "srise or
| com. forward and do the:. duty ir thi,
! emergency. We have waited for the gov.
ernmen.'s strong arm and sough: the courts.
3u. we are no: altogether relieved. /: is
sa! tina: we are upheld by the Cn;.ed
| States GavOnets TO pro-ec: US in the right.
| Yes. and our enemies in slave days called
| on the United States army and navy 20 en-.
force the fugitive slave law. They have
| forgotten that. bu: we have not. and that
! is one reason we can not be Demo-
Gratis. Il is criminal in US to sit
down and let the white Republicans
| fight our political battles for us We
are no: understood in the North. and we
have 40: ye. spoken in our own behalf.
| Now is the time to make a contradiction.
Hundreds of thousands Of dollars have
| been spent to perpetuate wrong: now le:
US spend few dollars to perpetua:e
| right. Roundabout" has given Us advice.
bat he can now understand that we are
able to speak for ourselves. We intend to
work Cor the future, and will send repre-.
sen:atiyes who can and will speak for us.
and We will show that we are on the war.
path as well az the McEneryites. We be.
..eve tha: Governor Kellogg was elected.
and we can and viii! prove it. There is
evidence to be had which has never been
brought. forth, and that proof will sustain
this administration. lie: our opponents
| d.,de some of our people because they
sign their name with a mark. but that is
not as bad as the marks made by slave
drivers on our backs. Let some men go
abroad. and in the North. and controvert
| the vile ISLANDERS on US. II is not hard to
convince the Northern people that we are
alive and have been wronged. l: costs
! more to bolster up lie than it does the
truth. We have been crimina! in our inert
| moss. We have got work to do. and let Us
tel: those who are jaunting abroad on
pleasure excursions to return and lend
the:: assistance. We must now act for our.
selves. for gu: party and our State.
The !a.eness of the hour prevents US
givin, more than synopsis o. the seyera.
speeches. Senator James II. 1ngraham
made telling speech. portion Of wd:ch
we give below:
Once again duty calls. and in response
thereto we have assembled this night
TO again acknowledge our determination 20
suupor:, maintain and defend our rights and
the national and State administrations.
The fac: tina: the best element OF our
white ieliow w-oitizens have no word OF con-
demnation for these inhuIan slaughters ls
indeed! painful. It is, however. claimed
tha. they do condemn privately these
| bioodv acts. It is of this private condemna-
! tlor that we have most cause to complain:
| for, in the absence Of public condemnation.
| the actors in these bloody massacres con-
strue that public opinion approves their
| deeds by its failure to dencunce them.
| There must DE 10 more Grant massacres.
| We NEE: tonight in response TO cal.
| of these colored men men who. viewing
| with alarm ;hc efforts OF cur opponents
! friends and supporters OF John McEnery-
| to ui;svepreseut the condition of affairs III
our State, BIZ creating here at home pub
| lie opinion favorable to violence. plilaga
| and assassination. ''Ot which negroes alone
| ara the Victims" and who control pubic
Journals as aDoIogis:s OF and FOR the wrongs
people, and vino are preparing in secret
| document. settn. forth pretended facts.
| AID collecting and collatlnS evidence OF
| douotfGl truthfulness. and attempting t.
E! prove the Gran: parish massacre q Lawful
| and necessary act. to lay before congress
| at its ensuing session erroneous and 1aise
| assertions, invoking its intervention N our
| State affairs by asserting and attempting
(, to prove tha: the present State govern
nent is a usurpation, conceived in !nlqu:ty.
erected by fraud. and supported b.T teueral
iayonet..
senator Carpenter while here informed
| the coIored men who consulted with h!m.
at Lieutenant GsvernosS Antoines resi-
dence. (: matters here in the State were
true, as represented by the colored men:
| our case mad not been correctly presented
| ~ the Committee on Privileges and Elec.
! tons of the United States Senate. Accept
| ing the Senator'S statement as true. we
| must present our case properly before that
committee Of the Senate at the next session.
| supported by documentary evidence, stats
tea! facts. oral testimony, and by com
mittee of colored men. who. being on the
| crounIac Washing gton, will be prepared TO
ctf-et. dispute. and neutralizs the misrep-
! resentations of those, who. as evlnced last
| winter. would not hesitate at doing any
! thing that would make the McEnery gov.
! ernnent a success III louisiana.
There is every guarantee OF the State
| government: maintaining every rlsh,. as
well as protecting the material lnSres's OF
the coiO.ed people. We have coloreu
Lieutenant Governor. Secretary OF state.
State Treasurer. Superintendent OF Educa'
| tion, fourteen col0red Senator'S. and over
| forty colored men in the House OF Repre-
| sanfat;yes, and numerous other coi0Ted
! men in office all over Louisiana. A civil
r; yhts bill, and a Governor who will enforce
it. We have all that people can wish Tor.
IL will be our fault if we are foolish enough
to throw away the best chance we nave hau
| since we became citizens of this State. IN
| the number of colored men who are in POSI-
tious throughout the State We have talent.
| honesty and devotion to the interests OF
| our people, to which may be added many
honest and upright white Republicans VINO
are true to the colOred people.
Until there is better feeling on the part
of the white toward the colored people.
| trelrble for the prosperity OF the state.
The colored people recognize and respect
the white people, rights.
Mr.. President. am almost done, but can
not close until have recalled the tact tina.
recently Mr.. Carpenter. Senator OF the
United States, visited our city. heralded oy
the Fusionists. the Two Hundred and the
renegade Republicans. All paid oosequious
attention to him, but when. after consulta
tiou with the representative colored men
he opened his mouth and told them some
home truths, they cursed. abused and De
| nounced him. thus adding one more to tne
MANY instances we can name OF the uttei
contempt Tor Northern II an. who. how
ever honest. is a rascal if he is Repub
liean and dares tell them the truth and Is
disposed to do right.
There is no necessity. no Want. 10 need
of a new election. We have a State govern
ment. complete in all its parts legislative
iudicial and executive: 1t IS every Gay