New Orleans Republican., 1873-06-01

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visit Louisiana. But this sound advice was
| all on one side. For instance, i'Round-
about" in this evenings Times says that he
| has received letter from some one signed
| "Colored Republican" Roundabout" pro-
nOunces it full of sound philosophy and
intelligence, and coolly tells the ''COlored
Republican, ia SO many words, not
to presume to give advice to White men,
nor through the columns of the Times out
to 90 and get up meetings OF his own,
and there ventilate his peculiar opinions
| Mr. President, the necessity OF this meeting
is apparent from the fact that we have to-"
long sat quietly down, and waited for our
white Republican friends to DO onr pontIcal
fighting Senator Matt Carpenter told US
that he decided in our case, according to
the testimony given at Washington. In the
strife for office, colored men demand re-
spectable share and get it, In the race for
the rights of citizenship, with its privileges
and immunities, they clamor loudly tor and
demand the same impartial showing that ls
accorded to any other man. The colOred
men of Louisiana clalm-and fairly-that
nineteen-twentieths of the Republican
party are colored men, consequently, the re-
naming One-twentieth must he white men.
Is il fair then that this Onetwentieth shall
do the whole of the political fighting for the
nineteen-twentieths! Is it not criminal in
this large majority of colored men to sit
down quietly and await the action Of this
minority of white men! Again, colored
men to-day holding high responsible
and lucrative positions, through and by the
suffrages of the Republican party, when
that party is attacked. and sought to be
OverthrOwn by its enemies. it becomes the
duty of the colored men holding these posi-
tiOns to come to the front and defend the
party that has thus honOred them.
1t is due in great measure to the Re.
publican party of this State, especially the
colored portion of it, thatat has been ira
duced and villifed with immunity, and
| these charges were not cOntradicted. They
have sat supinely at home while their enc.
mics have gone up and down the land SOW.
ing Misrepresentation and creating false
| impressions. In theee efforts to overthrow
us, they have been assisted by some of the
very men who have fattened upon and
risen to power by the Republican party and
then deserted it to receive the social en-
| braces of the Democratic party. These
men came among us unknown and un-
sought. In their own peculiar Ways, and for
| office, they ingratlated themselves into the
political feelings of the blacks and
arose to position and prosperity. Hav-
ing attained more than they ever
expected, these men turned around, stung
| the breast that nourished them into lite,
and became renegades to their party, for
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milton among the white people Of this State.
| The treachery and apostacy of these men
upon whom was conferred place and power,
| in nv opinion is an additional reason why
| the coiored people should endeavor to
speak and be heard in their own behalf.
Besides this treachery in our own ranks,
our political opponents have circulated all
over the country false representations of
the attitude and conduct of the colored
people, charging that they were trying to
subjugate the whites, Africanize the State,
and that the colored office e-holders were ig-
nOrant, depraved, corrupt and vicious, and
for the sake Of holding these offices, were
trying to inaugurate war OF races. At
this point Governor Kellogg entered the
hall. and was enthusiastically received, the
| audience rising and cheering for some min
utes, which the Governor gracefully ac-
| knowledgedl.
Mr. Burch resumed Considering this un-
generous misrepresentation Of our political
| views, the time has come, in my judgment,
| when colOred men themselves must come to
| the front, and stand in their own defense,
| and endeavor to present their cause to the
| country in its true light. l would say to
| the colOred men of Louisiana, Office holders
| and non office holders, as does Milton in
Paradise Lost, "Arise, arise, or be for
| ever fallen"
Speaking of the war of races, desire to
read an extract from the speech delivered
by Senator Matt H. Carpenter, at Expo
sition Hall, the other night, on this particu-
lar point. He said:
"There is no war Of races in this sugges-
| ton. 1t is an innocent Fan defending him
| self against wrong-dOer, and whether the
| innocent man be black or white or the
| wrOng-doer be black or white, the case is
| the same. And let me say to you frankly
| this evening, gentlemen, that the quicker
| this great fact is taken into complete cen
| sideratiOn, fully understood and univer.
| sally acted upon, the sooner you will relieve
| yourselves of the condition of things now
| existing in this city. Talk to me about
war of races in the South by the aggression
of the colored man! You might have con-
| vinced me Of that in Wisconsin, but you
never can after what have seen of the
| colOred men themselves in Louisiana. l
| will believe that such a danger is to be ap-
| pretended when, and not until you satisfy
me that the lambs on the farms of Wis
consin are banded together to devour the
| wolves in the forest
1t is perfectly clear to me that this alb
| surd charge can be easily and successfully
refuted if we but do our duty. This is the
| favorite cry of Democracy, and colOred
| Republicans must rise up in the might and
majesty of their manhood, 60 forth to the
world, and prove the falsity of these calum-
NOUS charges. Democrats pretend to won
der why colored men can not affili-
ate politically with them. Colored
men can not be Democrats nor
assist in upholding modern Democracy,
for they remember it only by the insults,
outrages and indignities which it has heaped
upon them. We have waited for the strong
arm of the government, and sought the pro-
| tecting 8gis of the courts, but we are not
yet altogether relieved. We are taunted
| by our opponents with being upheld by
| United States bayonets. 1t is not the first
| time in the history of the United States
that the army and navy have been used to
uphold the doctrines of political party.
| would call your attention to the fact that
| by the passage of the fugitive slave law
every white man north of the Ohio was viz
tually made slave He dared not give meat
drink nor shelter to the seeker after liberty
who had followed the mol tn star from any one
| of these Southern States in search of free
dom. They took the glistening bayonets
and the star spangled banner Of the army
they trailed them in the dust of shame and
| disgrace as they followed Anthony Burns
through the streets of old Boston. that era
die of liberty, to the ship that was to con-
vey him back to the master from whom he
had escaped; and the massacre of Fort
Blunt, in which hundreds of black men,
| women and children had found shelter
from their cruel taskmasters, evidences the
fact that the navy of the United States was
used by the dominant party in unfolding
their peculiar legislation. Democrats have
forgotten this, but we have not. Surely,
then, it the United States army and navy
were used to uphold wrong and might
make might right in those days. they can
be safely used now to uphold and perpetu-
ate the right.
| l again assert we can never become
Democrats, and when they ask us to be-
come such let them see in these things our
answer. Throughout the entire North that