New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-05-21

they dare not go in there on account of the
| Odium which will attach to them from their
white friends. They know that if a new
election is had they can be reelected in their
districts anyhow. and take their seats in
| the Legislature without danger of ostra-
cism. Some of them did take their seats
] in the legal Legislature and stayed . little
| while and then lett. These men, l say, do
| not ask for new election because they be-
| lieve that McEnery can be elected Cover
| nor. l believe that the disturbances in this
city and in Livingston parish and the muir
der of our friends in Grant parish have no
other object than to make the general gov
ernment think it necessary to order a new
election; and If you give them any encOur
agement in their hope tor new election,
We will be unable TO get our colored friends
20 the polls. because the Democrats will in
augurste such reign of terror that the
cOlored men will be intimidated.
Senator Carpenter-You seem TO presume
tina. the federal army can not keep the
Democrats straight.
Mr.. Burck-We can have fair election
in this State il you propose to garrison
every poll with troops. but we don't want
that. We ask Congress to say that there
shall be no election: that these men may
receive no encouragement IN that belief.
I acknowledge that the colored people Of
this State are not able to cope with the
whites. and will tell you why. They are
peaceaDle. lava b;ding set OF men. There
is not q cOlOred man in the State who
would not tell you. if you asked him, that
he does not desire to bring on anv dis
turbance that would make the United
States government interfere. They
fee: like the colOred man over here in
Livingston, who was told that Keiiogg's
troops were coming. and would take his
mule from him. He replied: when held
H., 81,
tuition Of the United States. belonged to
TO the constitution of the United States. and
my mule too. You can not call the col
ored men out to light as easily as you can
those men who have kept up the societies
Of tho ku-Klux and the Knights Of the
White Camelia in Louisiana ever since re.
construction. OF course, if you order q new
election in Louisiana, and garrison every
poll in the State. we can carry the State by
q large majority: but when we beat the
Democrats again another new election will
be called for. and so the Increment would
never end. l tell you that this would be
setting dangerous precedent here. l
don: care who you may come IN contact
with: l don't care what you may
be told by the whites about their
good feeling tor the eolOred men. and their
you they do not mean any good 70 us.
Since your arrival here. and since the ar.
rival of that committee from the West has
been expected. | have noticed that the
rebel papers here have been giving sound
advice TO the cOlored people. They are all
wishing for the good old times 20 come
back again, when the black children assO-
ciated with the whites, and al. wallOwed in
the mud together. We want Just such a
time as that; but if we eat, ana drink and
waiiow together. we want also to vote 70.
gether. These very "a ne men who are now
giving us such sound advice are the very
men who we're bounding on our enemies to
kill US in the various parishes OF the State.
Senator Carpenter-They have made a
great mistake III that. That Grant parish
affair has done more to prevent new elec.
ton than anything else that could have
been done.
Mr.. Burch-Thess people have been
making mistakes here al! the time. They
made mistake in accepting Warmoth as
their leader. and they will keep on making
Just such political blunders. went upon
Lafayette square one year ago. and stood
upon the same plato with the most
prominent Democrats in the State. and
they almost forgot that / was colered.
told John H. Kennard. and such prominent
men as he. when they spoke of this Reform
party. that the colored people would 60
with them If they meant right. But The
first thing Mr.: kennard did was to speak
against the federal government. and was
obliged 20 tell him that it he wished 70
make US 30 against the federal government
he could not do it. We got along very
well with the Reform party, and had
two o. three very nice clubs. Our dlstln-
guished ex leader. Governor Warmoth. saw
the reform movement was going to be
something. and thought i: would be COM
posed o! the most respected OF the white
people and Of the colored people. and he
left the party. When they took our poor
little man Armstead and placed him upon
their ticket as Secretary of State. they said
to us. Don't you see that we mean right
BY you. and that we intend giving you
equa! rights ;" but they went right over to
their Democratic friends aQ3 SAID: I'VE
put him there for the insignificant office OF
Secretary Of State as bait" ] tell you.
Senator, that we have no confidence in
these men. and their past conduct Iustlties
US in that want OF faith.
Senator Burch continued his remarks at
some length and declared i. was the una'.
terab!e determination OF the cOloced men to
adhere to the Kellogg government.
Senator Carpenter-Whether right or
wrong!
Mr. Burch-No, not if wrong: bu: we be.
lieye we are right.
Senator Carpenter-The whole question
turns on that. If you can satisfy Congress
that Mr.. Kellogg is elected. they don't want
to keep him out. As your case was made
up before us. he was not elected.
Mr.. Burch-Would you be kind enough
to suggest some plan by which we could
satisfy Congress! We can show you that
in one parish there were three boxes where
there should have been but one, Iagree with
you perfectly that our case has not been
properly represented. and. l dare say. we
have been misrepcesented. 1 suppose they
told you in Wisconsin that the cOlOred peO.
pie of Louisiana are an Ignorant,
bad set of men; that they have
passed bad laws. Well. admit they did
pass bad laws. but the reason was that
Governor Warmoth took them aside and
for the benefit of the cOlored people. and
you must vote for it," With the white men
he adopted different tactics. He would say
to them. 'How much will you take to vote
tor this measure p If you give us new
election here, we want the Presidential
election to be held over again, too. If you
don't want new election for President. we
don't want a new election for Governor.
You have given rs some pretty hard slaps
here. which l, for one, do not relish, because
| hate to occupy my seat IN the State
Senate at the sacrifice of right, but l want
to know that am wrong before yield an
inch.
Mr.. Tucker-ft is perhaps we'll, Senator
Carpenter. to bring to your attention SUBJ
ject which has not yet been touched upon,
except incidentally, by my friends. 1t has.
no doubt. been represented to you that the
colored people are not in favor of the gov.
ernment of Mr.. Kellogg, for the reason that
Kellogg himself is in bad odor with the col
ored Republicans. l will inform you. al.
though you are, perhaps, already aware of
the fact, that when Governor Kellogg was
nominated at Baton Rouge, he was not
nominated by the entire party: we had two
factions there. That division was created
h1z tho mol 4 tiap of GaEerpor