The weekly Louisianian., 1874-08-29

I'll WA$AS
er,.v meet 9 great deal OF whlskey va
unsparingly "put away" no 'srs y1s
~ rexer. "cornea so fur forso
surroundings as to be o~bstrsperous':'
no;sy, or disturbing to the c~on'ehuon
1sore VAS considerable hilarit!y and heaV'
anthursts Of applause; but with the e1cep
t;on II one or two triaing instances speed
lily checked, there weF' no D'''''p'9 .
,,u.,rhorce, | mention this as 'lnstanc
Ing tho char cter of the mon who f,or
.ro. .,ced platform and speeches
a.nv.,. themselves so totally forget
IN ot,hs = euts of the past few--yeana;, sc
.n,a;nld,.. If thr necessities Of to-day and
w. ds,,ap,; Of the future. s.Whom the
a~h would destroy they first make mad.
Clearly the Democracy is doomed. A
Convention of sober, seemingly intelli'
cent gentlemen, impressed, IL Would
suppose, with a desire for party snprem.
acy and prefermcnt, casting to the winds
ali the legitimate and accepted applian-
tes of political warfare and deliberately
determining on q policy which the sober
second thought:cauuo. failin condomirg
rs suicidal and dangerously hurtful. That
sach a. Convention should thus desport it.
self surprises M. It after all but con-
firms 'tlero il a Providence who shapes
OUR ends, rough lew them as We will"
God in His infinite wisdom has, no
doubt, determined that with the old iea-
ven of slavery yet remaining, the leaders
Of the Southern Democracy should so VIC
lently asser. their old rebellious prejudi-
ces es to convince the nation that they. are
vt unsafe to le entrusted with the gov
crnment. Mtho nominees and platform
Of the Convention you are aware: Incl
dents ofthe assembly, such as the, speech
Of john McEncry and Major Burke, arc
ofimportance to detail. "Governor" Nc
Emery thus he is greeted by his political
associates) is a mellow speaker. BY
"mellow' / mean he is ono of those ORA.
tors who never got fairly warmed. and
ready ITO talk" without tho aid of three
vbiskey straights, well placed and rightly
earried, ..s IL
4ko lion Of tho Co1lvent;on-=a leader
whom kellogg the asurper" had unj,,st-
j. ousted from ':his rights"-Mr:. Nc
had q potent influence IN the
body. In his speech he coinplimcntea
Tue Convention upon its. being composed
Of white men. (Ho forgot altogether his
speeches about equality and of,
the rights of the oolored citizen, in 1872,
md his relations with Armstead, tho col
o.ed fusion candidate for. Secretary of
lie was glad at last m opportu-
ni;y lad come to organize q "'Wl;te Mans
1t WAS necessary to wrest the
state from "tAe ignorant negroes, and
aisreputable carpet-baggcrs and SCALA
wass" who had caused "our poople" to
(Thcsc same '~'igEaloe.pt negrces,'''i
Mr.: Mcl:ncry omitted to shy, he. address,
I'd two years since rs Intelligent fellow
who were represented by.a class
'f educated. cu!:u:rl coloreil leaders,
Who's" training Mt laris and other E,1ro-
ocan and American schools, we'll fittol
hem for the task they assumed y Ali
his WA conveniently forgotten by the
Ho endorsed the purpose and
's:lects Of The Convention vas with them
''"rt and soul. Let u Fi;,:-,-m for ehHe
men be announced. upor 1nich MI ,rhte -,
men b"h can ami will stand, aud, us !;
s0Ea for it, they would carry iisn,ay to =,
he heart Of the usurper, and cause him :
vaca'e his bsyonct7gotten seat long be-
"rc the idts Of November Shall have :
come. 1--WE must have o k.;r ,,nd, free
Every negro should be pei
n''tea to vote, but woe 10 tile negro or I
cs assistants who would dare interfere !
with tho Conservative negro whose vote d
WAS desired for the candidates OF the ;,
White MINIS party.
kalogs tho usurper, anust Give .xap to
INC government" His registration luw
tflS . E. '.ss k.-(tH ~
""' u '''od. Lot him. dare to inteYfere :
VIVA the sacred rights Of a free ballot, : :
a'o 'erse thousand men In New Orleans, =. =
"ID'e' Win the Winchester rihe.. will eject :.
"s'fper from lis throne, and make y
s"y for tho government. 1.-THE white
'u0D 0r Louisiana we're determined, and =
o. pe''ae him who dare oppose them." =,
olsa' f'fnnsl'ain Lawrence letter Nc D
r NJ Was particularly denuncia.ory. :;
' y reverse Of Major Burke,:who made
IT, 'u0S' temperate and really statesman ~
Ike speech Of the OCCASION. He hod m D
1Spo8'don to refuse the negro other than q
~ ss'as rights he himself possessod:- Do: ..
y 'n.' 20 thought. that as a white man., Ie
No the nd :'sntascs he himself had, he '. !.
<sa u"'e no fea:>s Of tile result. lie dit. -
,'' with his friend .EcEuory's opinions
rva' tue Ehlrg ham lawrence letter. az
.a"s ne did not wholly agrees with LIZ.
succ' he yet thought that gentleman is,
A'nest III his opinion c. no was in Ills. c.
improved heartily Of the Convention, ha
'''*c's and purpose, and sat down. ha