New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-03-20

| "auvthing TO beat Grant. ana they were
there working up TO that measure beyond q
question. Faithful were they III their en-
dpavors. ] know not what the testimony
is here touching the vote OF CaddO parish
il which Shreveport Is 10 be found. but
am very well aware OF the fact that in
the CITY OF Shreveport there was majority
Of nine votes for the hei' 'ogg party; there
were several voting points in the parish
of CaGdo, and ali told there was still a
majority in the parish for General Grant.
Mr.. Kellogg. and the Republican party, but
il was made known to a remote voting point
that they had iuaugurated Tor this especial
purpose called ingspGrt, and when the
box came in from MOOringspOrt it was able
TO swallow up all the balance and bring out
a majority OF some hundred or two for the
McEnery party. 1t was well understood
there directly atterward that the marshal
or deputy sheriff who had charge Of that
box got down on the roadside and threw
out The vote that had been deposited there
bv the voters. and stuffed it and brought il
in. and the next thing he was off in Texas
close by me on the scout. They were after
him.
When came on here through Shreve-
port, that thing seemed to be well under.
stood there There were Democrats On that
occasion in the town OF Shreveport that
were good men, and they are to be found
everywhere in the United States-Demo-
Gratis who are high toned gentlemen Of the
very best order. ! condemn them not !nd;.
yidually and at large; but upon this occa-
sion was told by leading gentleman, per-
haps worth more property than any other
one in that city, gentleman with whom
have been OF most familiar terms-we have
been ike brothers for thirty years. though
never agreeing in politi Flanagan. |
could not stand this election; | saw" Il do
not recOllect now how many hundreds he
said) ''Of colOred men who were at the polls
waiting the whole day, and they never
were permitted TO vote; 1t was foul" ! was
there further told that Governor War
moth had sent man. gambler, from the
city of New Orleans to act as registrar in
the proud city of Shreveport, in Caddo par
ish. Sir, will not the same things be done
again under the same rule
Those are facts that am familiar With;
there is 10 mistake about them: they are un-
inistakable; and am to be told that the
Senate OF the United States is going back on
Its former action Of this day.
Ny distinguished friend, the Senator from
Vermont Mr.. Edmunds), said he would
have done thus and SO in the past. Very
well: but we are in the present, and the
question is new what are you to do! You
are not out of the woods. You have gone
back upon Kellogg in Louisiana, and other
states hard by will be advised of that fact
before the sun shines in the morning. The
rebel element will give you no credit
for what YOU have done, and they will
declare that you were bound to do il, and
they will say to their friends, The day is
now dawnlng, as we have told you it would;
justice is being meted out TO US; it has been
drawn from them by the strong grasp, how
i,11S ba1 a
come i. has. 1t is our day now, and we
will show them that we are all right" As
tar as l am concerned, my time in lite is
rot very long anyhow, and even if il was |
wOuld try to conduct myself so as to get
along and live with them as l have always
done, though | never served but one politi-
cal master and that traightforwardlv:
and / would be a Republican and vote
the Republican ticket if every man in
the great State of Texas, v hich have
the honor in part to represent. should tHrn
Democrat. 1 expect nothing; l am per-
tectly free and easy; / will stand firm
Other men, younger than am, can play
out of one party and into another, Demo
cratic. Liberal Republican, Republican,
COnst rTative, anything and everything.
without the least trouble upon earth That
may suit very well for the time, but geDer-
ally it does not last long.
Now, Mr.. President, when we reflect that
there is a republican government organized
in Louisiana. it Will be seen that We have
got through the difficulties there. | say
we because, as ] have said. live hard
by them.
Their interest is my interest and feel for
them, because in feeling for them feel for
myself. ! know the sympathies of Texas
and Louisiana the one for the other. Thou |
sands and millions of dollars in the way OF
commerce pass from one Of these States to
he other annually; their people are identi-
led; they mlngle in every sense of the !
word daily IN large numbers. Let Louis |
ana be surrendered now, and Texas will |
follow likewise. What is Texas! IL is like |
he small cloud that was seen once In area |
Texas has 2|o,O0O square miles; people are |
,OuriDg into 1t from the State of every Sen
ttor III this Chamber; they are going there
ust as pigeons alter mast, in untold guam
ltles; and let me say to you, Senators, who
ire voting as you please, for certainly that
$ your right, that the day is not distant
when the question will be in great political
truggles, just as Is now with New York,
pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois,
III in a line, How goes Texas" What is
lie lnterTogatOry so far as those States are
concerned The question is: How is
'ennsyIVanla going in this election }" or
lther one OF these other great States. The
lay is not distant when it will be asked
hen as loudly OF Texas as of PENNSYLVANIA
# those other great States how are they
oing, "HOw IS Texas going!" She has got
Il area equal TO five such States as Penn
ylvanla the great Keystone State of the ma
ion, the mighty iron State, with the great
cities of Philadelphia and
Bat time regulates those things.
he testimony IS against you, the hand
7rtlng is upon the wall, and at no distant
ay you Will realize it. He who runs can
cad, and all are found to do SO. Now, that
pam thlng to the people down III my
egiOn of country.
Why, sir, IN the South during the days of
7cesslon they there proclaimed from the
ANY government under heaven;
I've Us a KING; give US anything rather than
lch government as we were living under
etore we seeded Thousands and thou
snds OF them did not love this govern
tent; wish they had; but they are good
tlzens now. Why are they good citi-
ms now! Oh! deplorably was it made
nown to-day by my distinguished friend,
le Senator from Wisconsin, when he said
lhls government of Kellogg's in Louis
ma is government of bayonets; it is
lstaned by the power of the federal
Hmies through its soldiers Well. Mr..
How long has it been
nee It was fondly said that the dstin,
lshed tacragut was lying with his boat
etore the beautiful Canal street of New
rieans, one Of the most beautiful
reefs known TO this nation, one Of the
chest streets in any city known in any
'vernment. His guns were ready to bear
II, and that the people succumbed. That
we'd the city Of New Orleans; it saved
e South; and now it is only the seeds that
ere then soWn which are still, to some ex-
NJ, sproutlng. and sprouting wholesOmely,
ere, blood has not flowed. Would il not
ave done so in the absence of those troopsl I
1t would not, that which was solemnly
eclared by those who claimed to be clothed
lth legal authority there told that which