New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-01-11

and to the great detriment ~
organs and the auriculars of :, ni
He was followed BY Ell;o,.s hot
Carolina. IN speech Of over sa,of
Elliott "a pronounced negro n1oui
very black, which, with his fs,,M
receding forehead, broad, a..
thick i.ps-in dicates that h. ~. dose
blood in his veins. He ia li,,i I& nol
shirty-one years old, short, erect a %er
manly in bis bearing. He vss qeet
educated in England. gradut;n, plac
cs;sege il ls5o. Heretofore & ifcnl
himself quietly and modestly SEAS
10 his feet or taking any part hs S.aosh
in the proceedings Of the house .Uass'x
se4uen,ly earned a reputatio, daa ss
of some ability. To-day he ;a,s
credited With, BY the deliver
Of the best speeches that
made in Congress for many un ua
answered Beck. Of kentuckv1 '0 n
Virginia, and Stephens, of Gsoa.sr
mastery manner. The effort wssi
n dictIon. logical, and delive.ss ~
clear. ringing voice, well manaysS W
ing evidence Of Latural orator;csi az
no mean order, which mad been vs XIV
and cultivated During the finn
speech Elliott commanded tbs ...l se
the House 10 an extent seldom ssI: ua !
any man. The hall was we'll si,.ss !,
even Oh the Democratic side tbs,a aata
few empty seats. A few extrar.a 3
Gratis pretended to be busy with lsss I
documents. but the e)oaueuce of NV ss'ea
soon drew them away from tbs;S
preoccupation, and compelled a ss
listen. When, in reply to Harri, 'a y !,
GINA. who said yesterday, in s,. u q
taste. when questioned by . ~ fl
member, that he was speab, wy t
white men, to gentlemen. snS q
other equally undignifed remark. S s,l
said that he granted that gentl.,.e h
mercy Of a Legro's silence and illusssa, p
letting him alone, negro's magusa;ssp
burst OF irrepressible applause 6ri. q
all over the floor, and extended nv |.
leries. which were crowded win L
people looking down in the lists vhsss
knights we're battling for their f ..s
hood. The sound of the hand ~. y,
drowned out the summons of the Sa.iE
gavel. SO 1t was, too. when be :, 80
Stephens, and said that 'sthat ua.,S D,
woule better btfit his station if. iuss o.
throwing himself in the way Of the ms.
of the nation that had so maepspssii,
pardoned him for conspiring to ov.soi
the republic, he would lay bis sboss
the wheel and help it on to a bsts z.
more glorious future" the applsus ca
enthusiastic and long continued. d,
When he closed, the Republican, ,s 6
few of tie more liberal Democrats tl,. IN y
about the "isdubitable Niger and vr,e
congratulated him. Among those NJ 2
tended the hand to him wal S.c,
Cox. Il was at least five miuufs Of
he had copeIuded before the bum %
noise of excited conversation ceased NJ = =
the debate might go on The spsssoe
doubtedly had great influence. and II
worthy of it. The remark was cuS
everywhere that there were probaNnu,
more than twenty of the 300 men nm
House who could pretend to equal t,r
in comparison with it the blathering M u !
the weak sisters of both sides who no,
aired their pretentious voices on The cub !
sank into commonplace insignifcanes .
No other speeches worthy of eouno
were made during the day Walls I'm
ored member from Florida, deliveraf
self of ludicrous tumble Ct highsou.@o, ,
inappropriately placed words; and the
doctrine of States rights in all its pny
vigor. and wearing the familiar aspf
1859 and 1860, were brought forth b.
tors on the Democratic side-all frumN I
ern States. This ancient spirit seemsdps
RAMPANT because of its longelti 10
quiet, and demonstrated that it VA
dead, but had been sleeping, from c
slumber it had risen refreshed. Thul
absurd declarations of the super@lil
the Caucasian and the inferiority Of IT,
rican were INDUCED in, sounding like !,
verbera-ing ec'o from the ConiS y
Cross Roads. They fell fiat upon TIT.
of people who appreciate the eventaDn
past decade and half. 90