The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-09-06
ADDRESS or Alto R<EI GENERAL
OGDEN.

v. h;.v. ,l.c.y.ttod in obtal nIns io. puhllca.
by our .ssac,.ct. and abb, At;orn.: General
II. \. Ogden. on the occasion of the .atitira
ton ,ueetins acid on Tut>da! evening il
tloHe OF Viz, Varieties. Theatre. Though dc,
Tweed D. 'o.t 'hc Pr.ss1l,h. yielded 10 IL. IN
treaties OF tiit ,s,lrpey Ion troops. the specs.
, VI Ill Ue ,tad with int. st. !; touchc. upon
tn. probable e. ton OF the Executive. and
credit. h,m With MGR. wisdom ana greater
Lindline.s al :celinS fos the S3u.l. tnAi. he
deserved
.yn,rat;lics q; the President art witt, the
South hi. niannel Of .Hrressin. his synipa.
III, is, to ~,N tie least, peculias. We greatl,
,eay that his .ylnIatfies are w;th suck
VI .cllod political tools a. Kellogg, Beck
With ard packard and that he prefers e. rid.
a third .,rnl upon The nccLs of the Southern
pecuI, - 'lct than to accept their assistance.
congratulate you upon the cheering ausi'i.
tes under which meet this evening. tol
the t'iat t.n., III many years the conservative
masses united united not only in word and
in outw ard form. but actu lily weld, d ogathor
| trust BY 4 profound sympathy IT iea and OF
purpose so that from irkanrar to the Gulf, and
from Caidp {" the Florida parishes, ;iit N "
! ing to-day with Jingle heart-throb to the ac-
compll>hluent oi our sacred oblc Is.
In the recent Convention at Baton Rouge every
man med animated by the same high resolve
that nothing should divide lis. That with com
mon heritage OF glory, and common cxpc RI nee
| of bitter suffering, we would stand shoulder to
~ou der in thi, great contest torfreedon. Placing
Louisiana above party, an her redemption above
all party interests. that convention did it, work
with an eye single to the good of this great com
monwcaith.
We have moi only to congratulate YOU upon the
fact that united, bnt VIC have, at the same
time, the supreme happiness Of knowing that We
are united il cause, and upon principles so
pure and 50 dear to every American heart, that
We are absolutely assured in advance, of the
-ympathcs Of our countrymen, from one end OF
tins great land to the other.
Like the people Of Maine and Of Massachusetts,
ana ut New York, VIC are American citizens. Edu
Gated unar the influences of her free institutions.
aud taught from our earliest infancy to revere
the principles I her liberty gHIng Constitution,
VIC cannot chen he expected t. bear iii silence,
and with patience, the destru tlon OF our rights
/ and liberties. We cannot BE- expected, nor are
We expected to liz quietly and euhnissHely be-
meath the woke of a wretcled usurler. The cause
OF public liberty demands tuat VIC should resist,
~ every means III our power, the pcipctuatlnn 81
'lorrI1 despotism before whose haloful presence
every nlfnlrI Oh human freedom must -ichcH
and dl,. Blight and decay but the natural
consequences of usurpaton erected among .
people and over society, whoaC traditions, ilrti-
tuions and habits Of thought baFe al .c.n form.
. ii III the free atmosphere " America.
We are cold that troops VIII be furnished b'
tho Federal Government to protect the UsurI'a-
! ton. That the President OF this great Tree
country wlfsend her arm e. to rive the mana i.
upon our unrcsis ting Ii nts That the d. scendant~
o. the men who fought at Bunker Hill and II
Con ord, and al Lexington the successors to OIL,
Washington our Hancock and our Adams, forget
! 'ul Of tn pas. and careless IF the futur wi
as-iee il pcrpeuating dt -potlsIn the mos
hateful and y, sponsble ever established oy =
~ : people.
/ ri or citiz M, tn. statement :. On liz IL &
absurd. | ana satisfied from my osn interview
with tic President in 1872, WHEN Your rCpro
! .eutatys. visited the National Capitol for til,
! first .imc. a.. satisfied from what have sine.
7 learned Through other and un que ii ,nablt
| sources. shat President Grant in all TIM
L nui-.4ua matter has been the victim
ot an most f11gntfuf mlsreprese ntation from tn,
men by whom, ST 3 part, leader, nc Is surrounded
! and nose constant work it has been to keep Ii,
mind darhsued IN regard to our real situation.
! fael confident III It he has Al last seen through
! the msrz u talrehooi aud deception. and that h,
will not further Interfere our ettlr5, except II
/ strict and literal compliance With the Con,utu
tlou ana the laws Of the country. That Constltu
4 rlon ana those Laws We're not made for the pro
lection Of uourpers. Ii the ueurper wants trCops
Tie must make square admission that, contrary Il
hl- repeated statements aud the statements Of hi
friends III I'd out Of Office he il not able tn
! on his government without Federal assistance
He must admit before the country and the worl,
that We have stated the case truly when We a.
serted that. II tht absence Of FEDERAL support