The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-05-15
GOV. McENERY AT THE MANHATTAN
Club,

ODUO'
| The New York World, of the 9Th inst, says
Of the meeting held in that city, on the
evening of the 7th that the Manhattan Club
| has never before had the experience through
which it passed last night in the assembly
of noted members of the Democratic party
| from various States to celebrate at once the
party victories of the past few months and
| to take counsel with good cheer for the fu-
ture. The clubhouse was brilliantly lighted
at every window and every room within
was thrown open for the convenience of eN-
pected guests Excepting members of the
club, who, to play the part as hosts, put In
early appearance, the first arrivals were at
eight o'clock, and in half an hour the suites
of rooms on the three floors were filled with
groups of varying make up. By and by the
Hobbies and doorways were filled to over
flowing, and buzz of general appreciation,
interrupted now and then by lively airs
from Grafulla's band at the top of the house,
arose and swelled continually. The rooms
were so many hives swarming with black
coats, more and more densely every minute.
Six hundred people made pretty closely
packed crowd for the club house, spacious as
it is, and with everybody in search of some
friend on the way to whom he met fifty
others and had to stop for brief hand
shake, "no thoroughfare became a motto
of the evening. 1t is long since New York
has seen such gathering of Democrats
within her walls.
After listening to speeches by the Hon.
Amasa J. Parker and Senator Bayard, Gov.
McEnery was called upon and spoke as fol- |
lows:
congratulate myself that am here to-
night; that am here among Democrats of
the State of New York congratulate myself
that am in a State which is free; that
am among a people who are freemen, and
whose rights under the Constitution and the
laws of the United States are still MINI
paired While l thus congratulate myself,
gentlemen, upon this singular good feeling
of mine, regret that in the State OF Louis
iana-almost the State of my nativity-the
great landmarks of the Constitution as made
by the founders of this Government have
been lost sight of, and despotism, tyranny
and usurpation have been set up over peo
pie who ought OF right to be free. Nor has
this been done by any act of commission Or
omission upon the part OF the people OF the
State of Louisiana, whom l represent. They
have been true to the Government of the
United States since the end of the war,
and they have endeavored by every
sacrifice and every concliatory course to re-
construct and rebuild those broken relations
which existed towards the Federal Govern
ment prior to the war In these endeavors
they have been met by their opponents, by
members of the Republican party, with all
manner of libels, with all kinds of SANDER.
1t has been spread broadcast throughout the
North and East that the white people of
Louisiana, the white people of the South,
were untrue to their fealty towards the
down upon that people and brought them !
to the condition in which they now find
/ do not come to you tO-ni2h
to deliver to you any Had of woes they
are too we'll written in the history Of the {
country since the war. But desire to join ,
my voice with the gentleman who has pre-
ceeded me, that there is demanded in the
interests of this country, in the interest of
honest and upright administration not only
Of the Federal but State Governments which
make this Union, men OF capacity, integrity
and honesty of purpose. Until the high and
the low PAGES i'll this country, both Federal
and State, can be filled with honesty and
with capacity, decentralization and degrade
ton may add in public affairs will steadily
increase until our Cow rnment will come to
that low ebb which will cause the people at
home to lose confidence in it, and there
will he want of respect for it at home and
also abroad. But believe, gentlemen, that
this desirable end can be obtained in the
present aspect of affairs only through the
opening organization and success of the
Democratic party, aided and assisted by
other conservative elements il this country.
| echo the sentiments of the gentleman who
preceded NE, that we should build the Presi-
dental campaign upon broad and compre-
hensive basis that we should make the fight
within the Democratic party land should make
no such mistake as was made in 1872 If we
are right in our principles, let us advocate
to their logical issue; and it Is better that
we should be defeated if we be right fight
ing the great national contest from prin-
cipe, than that we should indulge in any
tempOrzng policy which will in its result
bring about equally sad consequences. AS
far as my own State is concerned l will pre-
dict that there never will he any restoration
in that State of pubic faith Or public honor
until it gets into the hands of the honest
masses who are Democrats, and who include
all the taxpayers with a few exceptions,
and they are determined to fight and fight
Oil, and, though defeat meet them, never to
give up the struggle until they have re-
deemed and regenerated that unfortunate
and unhappy State. (Applause.)
THE ST. LOUIS BRIDGE.-The iron work
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