New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-10-12
The Colored Orators.

Inc Louisville Courier Jou,Aa! Of III
seventh makes the following mention OF III
speeches OF Generals Barber and Chester i,
that city last Monday. When i. is consid
cred that the Cou:ier-JouNc! is q Demo
cratic sheet, the generous mention Of ou,
| tellow-citizens Will be a.. the more appye
| ciatei:
| General +. Morris Chester and Genera
| Alexander i. Barber, two very intelligen,
colored men and eloquent speakers, an
| peared az the courthouse last night before
an audience of about three hundred colored
| persons and few white men. aud in very
! elaborate. but plain. sensible and uuim,a ..
| stoned speeches. explained the preseu.
| political situation in Louisiana. the nature
| and causes of the Tecen: political troubles
in that State.
Chester spoke first, and addressed the
audience IN a most easy and graceful man
ner. aruculating distinctly, proneuncing
perfectly, using the most choice expressions.
and altogether expressing himself in sen.
fences which for their elegance and e.o-
quence would have been ereditable to anv
orator OF tho times. So much for the man !.
talent. The object for which the eDeech
wac made was 70 demonstrates that the Re.
publican party IL Louisiana was largely in
MeEnery was carried ny iraudulencv and
treacherv. As evidence of this fact. in com.
MencIhg MS speech. he gave the following
facts and figures:
cfthe population o! Louisiana there are
365, COO colored against a62 600 whites.
There are 5000 bleacned coiOred men, known
to the colofed men, who are registered as
whites; 10 600 foreigners and 5000 whites who
vote the Republican ticket. Subtract the
I'D ONO tOrpipnara nd S00G
men from the census of the whites and their
number as reduced TO 347 900: and add the
.OtU bleached coloved men to our popnla.
ton and we are increased 20 10000. The
'uOo white Republicans include population
OF $1,000 persons. which, when subtracted
from the whites and added 70 our figures.
viii give the exact Republican strength in
the State-395O00 against 81, 00O OF all
other political! opponents. The usual est.
mate of votes is one ont Of five which. ac-
cordlng to the figures ] have submitted. is
I9,00O Republican against $4,000 for the
opposition. leaving $4,000 Republican ma
jority.
After giving those figures, the sneaker
then proceeded to explain how the Fusion
lists. under the leadership of Warmoth. had,
by all manner OF fraudulent means. turned
away their majofities from the ballot box.
giving bogus returns for McEnery. and fail
'|'"i 10 W INC !AclIoSS votes.
and trying by all manner of tTickerv TO
keep the colored men. all of whom were
tepubhcans. from casting their votes
40 CONCLUSION. he characterized the de. |
eislol OF Judge Dure!l as death sneli to
oppression and political outrage in that !
State, and predicted that under the present |
system of government Louisiana would be. |
ZONE ere iong one Of the greatest and mos: |
States Of the Union.
General Barbour followed In = very
engthy speech. in which he gave additional |
1etalls Of the manner in which he alleged |
he Fusion party had practiced all manner I
): deceptive arts and dishonest means 10
le'ea: the Kellogg party. and altogether
made very interesting speech. The
peeches of the two men were made with
rea: moderation. and they RETAINED
throughout from any abuse OF the. py!!.i.
a! opponents.