The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-11-20

would say that we were wrong and that he was
right. Smoke YOUR cigar. The smoke of it sym-
bolizes the shadows that gather around your
Presidential brain: [Laughterl. And he would
wish to make you believe, and make me believe,
that we are but province and not State at all
perhaps not understanding the political economy
Of what is the difference between . conquered
province and free State.
Now, my friends, a government may be legal,
in the technical sense Of the word, and vet not
legitimate. That is-f you will let me say it i'll
palmer Words government may not represent
the people, who are the State, and at the same
time, by Judge, perhaps, by President, or by
General-(have you any Generals in New Or
leans? l don't mean Generals who are in the
right, like Gen. Ogden, but Generals who are in
the wrong, like General-what's his name? |
really don't know [Laughterl-be considered,
in technical sense, the legal government Of the
State.
Well, it has often been the case, as stated by
one Of the greatest Catholic theologians, that
Government may sometimes be technically legal.
and, at the same time. In reality illegltimate. l
| reckon that was the case of your Government on
| the 14th Of September. Applause
Sometimes it is no use to argue with them.
Once there was an 1rishman-I reckon there was
an freshman more than once but once there
was a particular Irishman, who had come here
from Ireland and got his naturalization papers.
| He did not know much about the politics OF
| this country, but he knew great deal about the
politics Of his own country. He was about to
| took him by the arm, and another belonging to
| the other party took him by the arm one said :
"vote for me- and the other said: Vote for
me-" The poor man was bewlldered, and said to
one Of them, 60 Who are you J" and this one gave
him the name Of his party. The Irishman asked
the other,y who are your" and the other gave him
the name of his party.
At last they asked him what are you then
government. [Applause.]
1t is hard to destroy prejudice and hard to de-
stroy the mental habits and position OF people
who insist upon treating us rs conquered
province.
do they care? They prefer it, perhaps need
not say perhaps-they prefer that it should be
so; that we should be deprived Of our rights.
They prefer to pit ignorance against intellect,
| immortality against morality, and they wish to
place over the white race those who have neither
the right nor power potentially of leading any
race to freedom to law, to righteousness, to
glory. This has been our case. Hence it is, my
friends, that when We find an organism OF
power used against us, and that organism IS try
ing to perpetuate itself. we must meet it by an
other organization, and our organization must
also perpetuate itself. Therefore it is, that it
would not be safe to disband the White League
tomorrow. applause:
/. Where a man steadily and fearlessly says
What does a mans life amount to when rights
lind principles are involved? the blood OF the
heart that speaks for the right is grand and rich
and precious; but when that blood is poured out
Tin wounds for the country and for the rights OF
i all. then it is still grander and more precious
Hence 1t is that those men that Tell Mt your side
on the 14th Of September, their memory should
be revered, their names should be cherished, anC
if the poor fellows left widows or orphans, you
the people Of the State, should take them by the
hand and say to them. you lost all for me yoc
are the ward of the State, and we are your guar
dams. [Applause.]
was in the North when this occurred. Gen
| 80 o1-a
!, street-it appeared to be very long street. but
Longstreet suddenly became a short cut to the
, Custom House, and Gen. Ogden found Badger
Applause and laughter.] :, =,
Firm and steady you must be, like the old
Confederate in North Carolina. The Yankees hat
caught him. They call them Federals now. cal
them Yankees, it is no use civilizlng terms, so
, don't say colored people. say black people. 81
, the North Carolina Confederate, who had grow1
, very gray around head that was as noble a.
the right he was battling for, was caught by thu
Yankees.
.. He was taken prisoner. They wished him t.
! give them some information IN regard to tn
position Of Gen. D. 81. Hill. He wouldn't do 1t
,, He was a great big, tall, cadaverOus pine tre
looking fellow. [Langhter] Straight as an ar
row, physically, straight as an arrow IN principe
: They told him they would bury him alive unles
he would give them this information. He re
: fused. They dug a grave. He looked at tn
grave and looked at them. There were lour
, them. :,
When they had dug the grave they said
'Wont you tell us now" He answered them n
= swell, gentlemen. go on with the funeral, tn
u corpse is ready" Laughter and applause.J ID
Somebody said in 1866, and wrote-and tn
y same person may live to see that it is verltle
' fact that he wrote-that the time would come
> this country when either the Government woul
: 60 down into despotism, perhaps through tn
= road Of anarchy, or that the principles OF tn
Confederacy would become the governments
Tvx;So 81 E<ofo
n plause.]
!. And why? The father has personal rlgt
. to rnle his family, and according to the princp
adopted in the United States by all politics
y writer's t the government rests upon the Col
: sent of the governed" l wonder II you eve
= selves YOU are governed, and at the same tin
YOU are governed against your interests.
II Now, according to American principles, this
4 no government at all, and when make my arg'
). | ment I come to the conclusion that the govern
{ ment is no government at all and that IN al
state there exists the grand right OF revolution
"a TCheers.l OF course this Is wonderful cover
:. ment it is the best Government the world ev
D. had the pleasure or privilege OF looking up9
:. [laughterl or living under. But we live una
, II. thought we were to live ore1 it. lLaughte
. I Thought the people King in this countr
II and that the public officers here were the sc
D. wants Of the people.
,e But things have changed. They have lol
=, fngers-deep fingers ana, as we ga say, eo MI
They know - how . to gTaHd P E.
Is and applaud him; they write to Serrano
" So .in and applaud him, and applaud their rig
revolution But when we take them at IT fhe
II r;uhs Of reyolation," they don't listen to L
in We argue this outside of politics altogether:
Now, my friends, We have, according ran g;a TO
ID govern ourselves; according to that; we have 7
D. Fight to select our own officers and public fun
tionaries at the ballot box, which should be sacr
(. Is YOUR ballot-box sacred and inviclable?
shield the from every w tha
ht every injustice ana tyranny - away
!. Every ballotbox should be 80 shielded &c a. a
cordng the present organization 1T II tine !
I'd election day. 1 have been often blamed
le speaking on political subjects. . don't care
ut straw who blames me, o. course lApp 1a;.;c5
ii never voted in my life before. did want to We