The weekly Louisianian., 1874-10-24
THE CAMPAIGN IN NORTH
LOUISIANA.
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ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTION OF GOV. PINCH
BAcK-~F1FTH CONGRESSIONAL DIS
TR1cT ALL RIGHT FOR MoREY AND
THE REPUBLICAN TICKET.
Especial Correspondence of the LoU1s1AN1AN.
DELTA, La, October Is, 1874.
The Republican meeting held at
this place yesterday was one OF the
largest ever seen in this section.
It was called to order by MI. W.
W. johnson. On motion Of Hon.
VIM. .Murrell, Gen.. Terrill was
chosen President and Mr.. Cruzan
Secretary. =
General Frank Morey who was
the first speaker made quite o
lengthy but interesting speech and
was listened to attentively through
out, receiving frequent. applause.
The second speaker was the Hon.
J.. r. &. Pitkin. As usual he made an
excellent speech, full of pathos and
finely rounded periods, and repIete
with Sound doctrines.
At the close of MI. Pitkin' 8 re-
marks a committee sought Senator
| Pinchback. and finding him in an
adjouring room picked him up on
their shoulders and brought him
into the Hall amid the most enthu-
~siastic applause. Gen. Terrill in
introducing Senator Pinchback al
luded in a. forcible and elegant
manner to the treatment which the
Senator had received from the
Senate of the United States, and
also from some of the white Repub-
cans of Louisiana, and declared that
no honest man could deny his right
to q seat iu that body. Said he
If Gov. Kellogg is Governor OF
Louisiana Hon. 2. B. S. Pinchback
is the United States Senator" His
remarks were evidently telt and ap-
preciated by the audience, as he
was several times interrupted by
applause ard a v%oici;erously
cheered at the close.
Gov. Pinchbuck made an able
and interesting speech, in which he
argued that there could be no per-
manent peace and prosperity in the
South until the white and colored
people learned to respect and pro-
tect the rights OF each other. They
had become reconciled in the mat
tiers Of agriculture and trade and in
all relations save that Of politics
As illustrative of this he related a
conversation that had taken place
with a wealthy white planter, III
which tho planter stated that the
colored men trusted him in bust
ness and never doubted lis honesty
and friendship but would not trust
him in politics.
}, Upon being asked what are your
terms with the blacks, he replied
half and half. "Ah!" said Gov P
there's the rub. You work or
shares giving your colored people
halt, but in politics you are moi
willing 70 allow them any thing
hence the trouble existing in politi'
cal matters in the South"
Il t., Senator continued ut some
+ len. "a, illustrating the follies Of ou1
:, political opponents, alleging thai
if they would not correct their mis-
l takes of the past they should not
, expect the colored people to correct
, the evils which the whites were
responsible for. He closed by
. co'lnseling that charity and for
bearance should be observed to all
, classes of the people, so that peace
prosperity and good will would once
: Aore reign in Louisiana.
The last-but by no mean least
, speaker was A. Is. Sloanaker, whose
reputation as indicated by the
hearty reception which he received
must have preceded him. It is use
less to attempt a report OF his
remarks !; suffice it to say that his
, good horse sense" dispelled the
prejudices of race and showed the
folly of the whites in keeping up
r color lines. His speech was one
> continued recital of the needs Of
the hour !; his sarcasm was only a
true history Of the situation ; and
his hun.or and anecdotes kept a
broad smile upon the faces of all
| present. On concluding he retired
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