The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-05-24

signed by prominent Demo-
Gratis was extended the Senator to adj
dress the people of New Orleans upon
the Louisiana problem, and this he
accepted, Tuesday evening being des-
ignated as the time and Exposition
Hall the place for the delivery Of the
address. The hearts of the McEnery
Office seekers beat hi Oh with hope as
the time approached for the Western
Senator to mount the rostrum and
with burning eloquence to uphold
McEnery, justify the Colfax massacre,
counsel continued resistance to the
Kellogg usurpation," and to picture
to his admiring hearers the certain
humiliation Of the present pretending
State Government that would follow
the next session Of Congress.
The Republican leaders determined
not to stand idly by and allow their
enemies to capture by deceit and fiat
terry the man who should naturally be
the advocate and defender Of Repnb-
licanism instead Of the champion Of
Democracy and the apologist of muir
derers of loyal citizens, so Senator
Carpenter was invited to take dinner
at the residence of Lieut.. Gov. An
tome on Monday, there to meet a
number of representative colored men
and discuss the situation from a Re-
publican standpoint. Mr.. Carpenter
also accepted this invitation, and at
that dinner he listened to the views
of such men as Hons. j. Henri Burch,
j. H. Ingraham, +. Morris Chester and
Col. Jas. Lewis, and from them Oh
tanned clear insight into the feelings
and attitude of the Republican mass
es, as we'll as into the motives actua-
ting majority of the opponents Of
the Kellogg Government. There can
be no doubt this interview produced
considerable impression upon Mr.. Car
penter and tended to correct many
opinions he had heretofore
entertained regarding the Louisiana
contest. This is verified by the tenor
OF his address the following evening
at Exposition Hall.
The time for the great speech ar
rived and the spacious Hall was filed
with people, a majority Of them Flu
sionists, but with many Republicans
interspersed throughout the throng.
As Mr.. Carpenter appeared upon the
platform he was greeted with thun-
ders of applause, but alas! ere he had
his address the enthusiasm
Of the greater portion of his hearers
was totally dampened, and their feel
ings of hopeful expectancy were turn
ed to dark dependency and despair.
They asked for sweetmeats and the
speaker gave them bitter but whole
some physic; they asked for agreea-
bic fictions but he gave them the un-
palatable truth! He told them that
McEnery had been elected, but by
fraud and intimidation; that colored
men had been Systematically deprived
Of opportunities to register and vote;
that the Forman board had no author
ity to canvass the returns. He de-
clared that the Colfax massacre was a
cold-blooded, horrible, inexcusable
Of harmless colored men who
had surrendered; that the North de-
tests the perpetrators that the course
the Fusionists are pursuing is insane
and suicidal of their own cause, and
they must quit rioting and robbing
and assassination if they desire to get
a new election; they must pay taxes
to the Kellogg Government, and sub
nit to the DEGREES Of Kellogg judges
chose taxes will not have to be paid
again and those DEGREES will be bind
ing even if there is a new election
resistance to Kellogg is resistance to
aw and rebellion against the United,
States! He said to the McEneryites,
4 you terrorize the colored people so
they are afraid to come out and vote
that shows your uuftness for self
government; there is no danger of