New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-10-26

were clothed with political power. M
70 thrive amazing well; and anotb., seem
\ will state, and that is that never D sa. fact
colored man elected 70 oface nor t, las ne
man the second time who once dsss:ds
them in principle. Over here in nHSttived
have recently had lively skirmish "l9 1we
mas resulted IN victory for the Dsm"caa
racy-the first in twenty wears - cMoc-
State. But l am afraid that .on, ~ mat
have been little derelict in the;.p eepe
there. l want to call your attent;on - uuty
fact that We can not afford to- de-. - n! me
Republican party, either now or ~ No
time. In the language Of Frederic" ~ n any
lass, the grandest sentence / ever boue.
uttered: 'The Republican party ia tba u sa.Fd
all the rest the sea, and you will find ;aip
now. IT our people had been faithfri
Ohio believe the spectre of our sn.am
rising in power there would not have hass
witnessed at this time. The Democrss;aa
party now has untrammeled power and
thority in Ohio, and let us see what Az, ,, On
will do for the colored people, for v ,Susy
lately they have expressed much soIo;.@a
| ton. venture the assertion that il w;I
nothing. WIZ 10
What the colored people Of Ion;s;.
want is simply fair chance in the roas sa y
lite, and that is all the colored people ~ n u
country need. To get this we must loot "a. 10
the Republican party. The RepubI;csWs
party have emanc1pated our race, il has ss
frenchised us, and We have stood bv 4
nobly, and now We ask in the name of ~:
mon Justice, in view of the number Of v UOn'
we have in Louisiana, and without wb bs
there is no Republican party in that Stas.a
and as we have stood by the party in ~
national contest, that it sustain ia in ~
local right, and in the future as in the ne ow
we will rally to its standard az one ran '
and urge our brethren throughout the con au'
try to do the same. 1t is asserted that W.
cOlored people are endeavor1ng to arrav t no
two sectiOns of the country against AN .nS
other. This Is not SO. It is too much like y,
terferin9 in quarrel between man and w;is
where both join IN turning against the in
truder, to his entire discontinue. But We ~
want the same right to progress in evar,
direction that is accorded to other cit;zsny!
of the country. We do not want alwavs 10
be meeting this absurd prejudice sgs;nst
color which is manifested to make ma far
that we are interiors. Can you wonder that
SO long as it is manifested, go long as ""
are thus prescribed, that we are not vans
equals in all that makes q good citi,ant
When this is rooted out and we are mads ~
feel that prescription no longer awaits M
We will show you that we are as good cit;''
zens as any other nationality who have
CASAA AoAnO 0AAAVoS yVu. w LOU Tie enamel
patton proclamation was issued, all Eurone
and many friends of the race in this conn.
try waited with bated breath for the col.
ored people, when they found tbemselva.
free, to strike terrible blow for vengeance
Did they strike2 Not q blow. Instead
they stayed at home taking care of the
wives aud families of thoee who had gone
out to fight to keep them in that dreadful
bondage under which they had suffered for
200 years. | allude to this a. a proof of thu
good of the race, which should
speak for US in trumpet tones throughout
the land.
The speaker said that all the Statements
he had made concerning the freedmen of
the South could be substantiated by the
official reports. He said that he came
North to see what the cOlored people M
here are doing, and SO far as those of India
napolis are coAcerned he had good report
to make. find none Of them struggling
around, lOafing on the corners, or engaged
in vice Of any sort. / will say to YOU how.
ever, for your comfort and encouragement,
in the language of Pope:
Honor and fame from no condition rise
Act well your part, there all the homer Les"
With this maxim guiding your actions,
would say also, acquire wealth, for we know
that wealth is q great leveler When Won
touch a mans pocket you've got him. and
when you've got plenty Of money you've
taken . great step towards driving out pre-.
JUDGE against us. You have made grand
and glorious progress in that other leveer-
education. When visit you again, which
l hope to do in q few years, can l saw the
same regarding the requirement of wealth.
Can l say then that you have attained to
that point which you should; that YOU
represent one.fi fifth of the taxables of this
city! When, as race you have reached
that point, you will have almost, if not
done away with that prejudice
which makes you the despised race YOU
have been in the past.
In closing, the Governor appealed to the
colored men of Indiana to 60 deport them
selves as that the white people will gladly
oln with them in making this land what
t is intended to be, the hore of the
oppressed nations of the earth.
At the conclusion Of. the address, the Sec
rotary read the following resolutions, Of
[ered by Mr.. j. s. Hinton, which were
unanimously adopted:
Resolccd, That we recognize in Senator
proper representative of our
ace, and that in his success in securing q
recognition of his right to a seat in the Uni
ed States Senate. we find another oblga-
ION TO add to the many which We now owe
% the Republican party,
hesolred, That the executive ability dis
'layed while Governor Of s.onil.a.a Sworn
'ly compared with any ~ his pie. 4e.sso..
md it further demonstra.es .. we are
apab!e of government; tina. we can
Govern as we'll as being governed. and can
peak for him bright future in the Senate;
nd be it further
Resolred, That We respectfully and
arnestly ask Congress to pass the supple
? Dental civil rights bill, and then reeops.ruc.
ION will be complete.
Governor Hnchback is a fne-looking
nuiatto, about Eve feet ten inches in
eight. with frank, open countenance
lis hair is black, worn rather short, and he
a. moustaches and beard of the same color.
lis eye Is pleasant, yet piercing. and bis
ace rather handsome. He spoke with much
'eedom, and in u pleasant voice, and with
ne confident air OF one accustomed to ad-
ressing assemblages of all classes. His ad.
ress last evening was decidedly entertain
~ as literary and evolutionary effort
zone, ana when considered in that light, as
ell as for its intrinsic worth, its effect upon
Is hearers can be imagined. Governor
inch back will remain in the CITY foc a day
ewo. the guest Of j. s. Hinton.
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