New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-07-25
TIE ITALIANS AWAKE,

tains disrespectful illusions to old Mrs.
Hardcastle, then present, she mumbles it
over in such manner as to persuade
Toney that it was about cock fight and
Of emo consequence whatever" and SO
crumpled the letter up and thrust it upon
him. Toney, however, thought that 'the
inside Of letter is usually the cream o.
the correspondence" and so had it read
aloud to the CONSERVATION Of all parties.
The Picayuns notices the meeting Of
the Italian association on Wednesday
night last as what the late Mr.. McCloskey
would have termed very 'inconsequen-
tial' matter. It thus states the object
and action of the meeting:
l. A considerable number of the fruit
dealers and others occupied about that
1.-THE French market were present.
2. The address of President Sparacio''
appeared to consider the issue of the pres
| ent campaign one tor the successful re es-
tablishment of agricultural and commercial
| labor
3. Regarding. the question in any other
| light or from race standpoint, ne thought
it was one with which the Italian popula-
ton had little to do.
Our Republican neophite did not re-
main to the end Of the meeting.
The Times was not content to have these
proceedings thus crumpled up and thrust
aside, and having resources apparently
superior to those of the Picayune reporter,
who complained that "the business of the
evening was mostly conducted in the
Italian language" gives version of the
meeting totally contradictory of every
proposition affirmed in regard to it by the
Picdyane.
President Sparacio" thus addressed
ga large meeting of the Italian associa-
ton"
Feliow.c citizens and Friends-I have but
| few remarks to present you this even
ing, and they are concerning the country
where all of US have met q friendly vel
come, which has enabled US so far to get
| our daily living.
/ am not prepared to make speech, but
only to tell you, in a few plain words, what
| we ought to do in order to help those whose
most earnest desire is to bring our beloved
Louisiana once more into the path of pros
perity.
This recognizes his 'fellow-ci izens,"
the country in which" they have ''met
friendly welcome" and "a daily living
''our beloved louisiana
Here is the outspoken patriotism of a
large meeting Of intelligent citizens, and
not the accidental gathering Of a consid-
cradle number of the fruit dealers and
others occupied about the French Mar
ket.
These Italians seem to have pene-
trated the Mardi Gras DISCUSSES of the
Democracy with vigilant eyes and dis
corning minds. President Sparacio says:
We have always cas-. our votes-and that
is something the Democratic party,
bat for my part l have found out that the
old great party falls short of the true sig
niticance of its real meaning, which is, and
ought to be, republcanism, IN all its
purity aud bearlngs-that is, liberty for all.
Mr.. Sparacio has seen that Democ-
racy limiting rights according to color;
Democracy opposed to universal suffrage;
Democracy which denies the right of the
majority to govern, and Democracy
which avows its determination to resist
the law if they do not carry the election is
not the Democracy to which he had given
his support. This Mr.. Sparacio has seen,
and he has traced the Democratic party
directly into the White League. They are
identical. The White League is the meal
tub of Democracy. 1t is the more fatal
fraud, in this, that the Democracy employs
the agencies of the Know-Nothing. Such
are the sagacious and reasonable conclu-
sions of President Sparacio. Here are his
words:
Let US bear in mind, my friends, that the
Democratic party, as it now stands, with
all the elements of the old Wing associa-
ton, represents that curse, Know othing
ism. We must be cautious about that
White League party now on foot, which is
part and parcel of the Democratic party.
We, Italians, but true naturalized citi-
zens of this great country, mean and intend
to be what we have always been, Democrats,
but in the true sense and significance of
the wOrd-ttat 49, we mean to say that we
are true lovers of selt-gOvernment the gov
eminent of the people by the people. We
are nothing else but part OF the people;
and as such. we have to take part in the
coming election.
Now our fippant friends of the Plea
ylae commit the error of supposing that
the Italians are ''Dagoes" engaged in the
sale of bananag or in carrying locomo-
tive concert from one saloon to another.
The Italian who displayed the above init
mate knowledge Of principle belongs to
the numerous class of Italian Repub-
licans. They are the countrymen and
compatriots of Cavour and of Balbo, Ital-
ian Republican statesmen, who advocated
schools, railroads, and representative
system, were the friends of the indust rial
classes and the opponents of odious aris-
tocratic or ecclesiastical abuses. These
Italian Republicans know what they say
when they speak as this Italian has done.
When constitutional executive came to
redeem Italy by the votes of the
people, the Italy of Cicero and of
Cato rose through the debris of
ignorance and corruption, which centu-
ries of misrule had accumulated. We
apprehend there is nc man in Europe
who comprehends better the theory of ga
government of the people by the people
than the descendants of those who gave
to the world republic that lasted for
seven centuries, whose ancestors suffered