The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-09-04
THE HAPPY FAMILY.

There was mass meeting of the
Republicans of Madison parish held at
Delta on the 25th ult., to demonstrate
against the course of II. s. johnson
who had withdrawn as Il candidate for
Senator for the Madison district in IA
vOr of G.. G. Benham, of Carroll. n
reporter of the Nicksburger attended
the meeting, and reported the proceed
ings. From his report we select tho
following choice morceou, it being the
speech of Gen. T.. S. Dennis upon the
occasion and Il tirst-rate illustration of
the harmony existing in the Republi-
can family. Gen. Dennis is Il leading
Radical, Judge OF his parish; and,
during the war, General in the Feder-
al army:
Last Saturday l called this meeting
us sort of indignation meeting, to
show that the people here had rights
and would contend for them. In this
warfare 1 sshang my banners on the
outer walls" l intend to defend the
rights of the colored people. This
affair which has occurred, shows you
have no rights; not as much us when
you were slaves. Gov. Kellogg has
certain powers us Governor, but when
he orders who shall be elected Senn tor
great an autocrat as the Car of Russia.
Gov. Kellogg orders YOU to vote for
Benham. He said if johnson did not
withdraw he would cut the - out OF
him, and from present indications l
believe he did. l believe Col. John
son is Il eunuch. He must make Il bet
ter exposition to satisfy us. He recon-
mendS you to vote for Benham, the
man who has offered his bribes OF
81 900 to Murrell and $500 to Burton.
Bonham has had his hands in the
State Treasury ever since rccOnStruc.
ton, and has made thousands. l don't
know. who is guilty of trading us off,
but whoever it is, l have no sympathy
for him. The colorcd people could not
be bought to vote just as Kellogg or.
dcred. We have had corrupt elections
for eight years, and now we intend to
nave fair one. About the whole OF
the $500 1terub blican voters OF this par.
ish are coiored, and they are treated
like slaves before the war. Gov. Kcl
logg said he would pack the district
with registrars if johnson was run.
How long will you submit to this /?
(Noiccs, emo longer.'( l learn Il reg
istrar has been sent here already from
New Orleans. (Noicc, sssend him
back.') Who is Gov. Kellogg: You
made him, and he is your servant, and
you are not his. We have men here
qualified for registrars and clerks, and
l would as soon go in my neighbor'-
field and steal sheep as be sent here
from Now Orleans for this purpose.
And who would come here thus but
for some id r;,scality? l hear the
new registrar is coming here to run for
the legislature. Murrell has got weak
in the knees, and thinks the Governor
will control everything. If this regis
trar counts wrong and stut1S the ballot
box, can't we get enough number one,
tiat-fOotcd fellows to take him out and
throw him into the Mississippi river?
1t is time to .'unload" and throw off
the rasc:liS who have been living Off OF
the labOrS of the colorcd man (chccrs).
could submit to be cheated Il little by
Democrats, but not by hirelings sent
here as pretended friends. The whole
North is against this state of things,
and the next Legislature will be nearly
Il tie between Democrats and Itcpubli-
cans. We must have an understand
ing with other parishes, and nominate
a man in place of johnson to oppose
Renbanl