, 1874-09-25
POLITICAL.


!aofefnHeht hnd III :a0 VINO bldta WIN LILY w.
funct Contedorncy vAa not yot ontod. 10 llt6
mind. the necessity fcl tho Republican party
WA fully ns great now ns years ago whom II was
first organized. lie bolioyod tue -Copporhoad
oloncnt to DO Htl rampant in tho lnn'. e1nl s]lat
ho believed Iu thu prompt suppression of thoao
national OWLS. 1IU waA au olttime Aboiitinnst,
having voted for Iirnoy. hut ho wae not mono
i,at,No. On tho contrary, ho sas pure patstot,
mud loved his country and hin cty, doarEy:: 1lo
raw omlnouh signs OF diAloynlty III tho South.
The old savorE faction WAS beginning to show
its htdnous hon1 In tint Rcotion. md ho for ono
far M Tho oily concerned, he wantotl itA gov,
ornmont r1aced IN tho hnnds Of capable anti
l1oueat ,non,-atriot Republicans.
Ex-senator Woodland WAS loudly cal'od for,
Tor him, however. Tho Colonel said TINT l,o and
tho sonator Ind had d talk, aud the latter llad
Expressed linEolf III favor of HnpubcauiHn.
In fact ho hn completely ret.'l1'od to the fn1d.,
This announcement waH grootud with fersont
ard slippod forward and doIlvorod hln,HoIf Of
somo rcmarks that wore mot calculated to IN
creasn tho PARTISAN applause, though thoy mot
with tho close nttontion Of oyery tonpbfo rcr-
son present. lie Kl'oko nho'st Pcrsosa1 rights
aud individual liberty, md ,.rov ho1nQ unpieaa-
ant comparisons botwaell tho stale 'of nfalr4
ii Louisiana md tho Fundamental principles OF
popular government. Ito favored universal auf-
fringe. and n1ao favored giving tho South all tic
sess. It could not bo dcnet that thoro l,ad boon
great deal OF misrulo under The Republican
party, and ha was mt ono Of t',ose who world
R't tanloly by anil nll0w It To progress. Flo wall
.tlalto'ably oproso. to being ruled by it'conpo-
honest official In tho administration OF nlFalra Il,
Lonisiana 1t VIII plainly tic duty Of the uencral
Government not to conntcnanco him. Most of
tlIc charges rnade agnfnat tho lcpubtlcan party
by tho moro liberal and psogs e.nlro wing thcta-
Of Toro undoubtedly t1,le but if tlo party
aa whole sincerely regretted itB olrors md sin.
oeroly t1eHirod to 10 bcttar In The future. ho
would not only forgive IT, but join hands will, IL,
because he believed It contained tho truo ole-
n,entB TINT combined to ma'ie the thoory CT q
popular representative government succeeBful,
uo desired to iniproas upon his llearorR. how
ever, thas tho more faot Of party affiliations did
not make mAn honest Of conYctont. and he
advised them to beware Of falling into such u
common and tatnl error. n
Ar. Woodard then referred to the local cnu,--
a Congressman who conia cope with
any. gon.lomaana Ill., in tho Honas ,,.I, Of Repre-
selected because OF Ills supposed ability to
abnAo the South, hut bocauso OF bin soli.tiy and
integrity NJ q nan Of buBineBs, as,d liiH will
inenoss to servo tho noop!c who called linn out,
man like LYMAN Yrntnbull MAS noadod to
national legislation. So f"r rs State niraira
wero concerued, ha believed tt,at tho country
ueoplo were not opposed 10 Chicago as had
boon said by mnny. The city had hoen ,.n-
fortunate fn sending Home charnctoresn and III
competent nlesl to tho Legislature, who could
not make known tho wants Of their con-
stituency. Tho country people, he felt cer-
thin. only wanted to know what tho chief
city Of tho Stnto wanted to- n,also
it prosper, and thoy would grant it.
with r., FIN nifty In tnI3
mont removed from the control Of gamblers. If
nny such control Nus exercised Or ntttenptcd to
be exercised. Ilo wanted >law-breakers to be
maae to understand tint their presence here was
fault with the Republican rarty was That it WIS
too willing to support mon blindly. without
knowing or even fnluirlng wllero they stood OH
questions Of vital Importance to evcry good ctti-
zen. There wore men in otco whose positon
could not be doli''otl by themselves or anybody
elso,-moral towards. who dare not spoas
their ,nin.is on any snbject Of doubtful
popularity. 11o deapiaod such mon. They
wore not representatives of tho people,
for popular government meant, II tt
diEidual opinion OIL MI questions affecting tho
vol being Of tho nation ut largo. or any COM
mrnity thereof: He would asl, Whore were tho
loading Hepublicnn politicians during the Law
on, or had they done anything to Justify con-
tidenco ? lie thought not, and 30 far ~ be waa
concerned ha WAS willing to support nuY party
that had tho courage and The ability to represent
tho peoplo fairly.
NIr. Woolard's address met with fair sharo of
applause, but al whole it was scarcely in accord
With tho yiowa Of rnhny Of those prean1,t. Whntl
ho concluded, tho Committee on Organization
reported the following officers, who wero elect
ed:
I'resident-Col, A. U. Waterman.
First Vtce-I -Ircsident-W. Woaslard.
Second Ftce- -i're5idtnt-A. +. Miner.