The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-10-23
,r,,. Radical Speaking.

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=. ,,o. expected, of cource, thai 'io ns.
.1.s.,r.nce Of Pinchback in Monroe the
i;,or a set speech, would maSne1i"e 81" mo
Ia aarlies in this immediate sec''o'' a.
hat when Saturday last came, VI - CHI
pinch with it, no surprise was iei, VA. ~ be
arue crowd OF negroes were on i'". ..r. wi
80 What pinch had to say. There were M
.t,or orators beside Pinch, viz: MoreS ~,
s,oonaker and Brewster. all of whom VIZ me-
.dyertised in large type extensively w. ~,
pinch monopolized the day ana hs s'' st
honors. =, =: a few -
Col. John Ray opened the bail III to
remarks as chairman, and droPpe.' ..roes =
the rear among the gatnerll.s Va among
who had hocked upon the stage, Lac
whom we could discover ohiy
| whites where his silvery beard anu i1"s
| eninp locks of gray shone IN pai o,,rd Il
| trast with the dusky heads ana 1aces - Won d
him We might pause to Hof"l Int
the saddening spectacle-as We 80. and
/ ..tro.t the scene with those OF o'hei 80
49, a.ys-but we pass to huri1e'A
s.,;oy Of the real portents of the nnee'iis
p;ncbtacl appeared, looking cohPi'''e'
/ easv and with all the grace sei'se Va ST.
. r;oritv over his corn-feld hearers ''"a
insnire His disasters at washington nc -.
3 sofe.ts nv Boss Packard, and his suporoi
T oe.o go .mono Radical leaders, seemed
nav 80 collided in the least with his
40. that he was the shining star OF tha'
:. troune- And such he was. His speech was
we'll delivered, and NANNY rom i'
;, or,v. It was free from rant, anu ii"o w
" sc,nb,ance of fairness aud modefa'loh' 80
y underneath his professions OF iriol.o.s
40 regard for the whites and ms pre.e SIS
~ desire for amty between the races'
.,.s .nparent a subtle purpose to stlhui''e
no tho nerro,s prejudices, and TO afou.s'
''o irs.ead OF allay, bitterness between 'ne
ge ,v,,;tes and blacks. Thus, he told his DARK
NJ ,,a;ence: .sThere are many ofyo" mere
"ls who bear the scars Of the lash upon so''
Gus hack >, and then he added dePrec'si'
ut + hone YOU will forget those scars
~: o.,o IF Lethean waters was 1oi
~. ,o,,ed nv others scarcely less calculated u
~, ar,,yu the memories of the past III 'h
18th minds of his unreasoning heafers' s.
Ger whom. it might be said. could thanh w
the MASTER for the scar" "''' ,,o,r
nile them from the penitentiary or the s'lioM'
The speech was we'll received an" .o'.ie
,,slv anplauded, especially when all"s'"'
ton IiEa that quoted were made. 1t is vario"
was II, characterized by the whites as oo1serH
tive insidous or incendiary, according ~
+, +. notions of the listener. We give the Me's
Of orr opinion to the latter VIEW ana I'LL,
in The effects produced almost ii's'"'e'
our opinion was confirmed
Eolowing Pinchback came Frank Nlo''
- NJ unon whose silvery accents p'e'''
[. e. Sa,,,os have hung, and upon whose &c
ike mien even the pale faced mooh' ~
, tress of beauty, has looked WIN t"'
,.s smiles The woodpecker WHOSE ',''
I'D station is on the gilded cross OF A"".'
! he, teiesraphe" W 49, ~, ..n,;1st tine CAT i
inc, thunder-cloutls' of n mind tr;''he''
nIIo thoughts and tireless flights or
ouanco the great man, whose natIFe III
he is IL l'os'oi' opo ,,,i,;,r water q
was peckers !" VI. .,;r sc,-arnl hole
house betook the.''se, :,l ..mauorv de-
d not acorhs' VIC ,cc chair coutr
and their thumbs, and the few respects
white men arou Il, in painful SIG
vonderea what the distinguished or
.,,,d saw. What he did say, must pe
. : o.. ,nn,c other pen to chronicle; b"t
ion and reports agree that the speech WINS 'N.i
.;tv of and wholly unsuited t" the t,'''e" UNIV
,edinss occasion. u,o,,,L
of all Alter N"f'!' " ., p,,rsv,,
finely peripate''c CIV .,.',, t,r, New Orl
rs pro- first, ana no" name a., Garnet bag
eleven the IarauiSe W ,,n.t Wit,
waving Whether 9'o'.'''>o' p ,.a.+ of his trov
A.. II would be hard to tell. WHAT VIC
a SMELL hear of the speech was not ""' VI Wv.
ting TO order III S''" ~ ~, Gould fl,
~ IA nav and under the circumstances ny
, ,,x,, ,,c , yentlemcn of well-established Z
tributed to decency' was Nv WV . with II
ncipally we cohtiu"e wv ,i. ,,to Of Il,
political "bserHhS '"''' 'm,.;,,,, Of +bc remr
:. Hough speeches. "..'' 10 ,,,ss;ons 6
N some II mass, w e"s ,'.a, ',,>,, ,,ror
though negro were i i''s ,n;,r,s Of the
Republic ana inc "ei'.'s' :,;,,,od and
colorcd to effect ",h'S :.'..,I t,r ne to
~. +h,+ Int the evidences were plain en""g
n,,s.r,, these struggling n,arpl"ts, demasos0
o"s'o' - -,t,;.r erS were successful III
is former ,,,,sr
Houghs -.":-:-,-
} by all, h,t,hor
hat they Nathan ""i"s.'cN''' ott,,
;,, +hn n,,,c was struck on the side Oh 'h'
with a stick, on tho evening OF III
,ssod tho bv !, neg,o named Bill Gray, at the
is speech pen OF 'oios',, H., -, .,,,,ut =, II,
couched blow t'oi"s''eN'' ~, r,rre,