The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-02-27

!, oughlg as possible We met them in every tiel,
OF debate; our papers argued the points witt
: them, and our orators spoke to them, perhaps a
men had rarely spoken beforehand what DID W
accomplish! For the truth is mighty and vii
: prevail L you will continue to light for it. We
! carried again the election.
uere let ma mention an episode that othe
people hOlt their breath and speak in whisper
: about but think it was the proudest day Nev
Orleans knows. [ think it was prouder da,
than when Jackson fought at Chalmttte and
make bold to say that | consider the nth Sep
TENDER the browning victory in vindication of the
rights of lreemen Why, gentlemen, when YOU
come to look at if, for what did you fight?
Have You not under the Constitution of the
United states the privilege of carrying arms
And had not that wretch Kel!ogS.p his legioas
: into the field to keep you from procuring those
4 arms which you had right under the Constitute
tlion to bear And was it 20 be expected that
you were to lie down snpinely until you were
bound hand AMI feet? No, srs, no, eirs
There, let me- say, land | don't believe, gentle
men, that betfay any confidence, no! | know !
do not,) that about few weeks af er that took
Ipl4ce, some business called nae to Georgia
there met that brave Gen. Gordon, who. allnding
to the affairs of Louisiana, told me, You have
indeed been brought to eXtremities. It was an
awful position for You to be placed in, but don't
see what more men could do than to yindicate
your mani 1od, and your people have done it."
SucA must be the sentiment Of every high
minded and honorable man. And now you
know what took place? We elected by an over
Hhelmlng majority our candidates, and then
came the Returning Board again. It has been
so eloqucntly characterized by tie distinguished
gentleman whose letter ma. been read to Won
tnat L cannot dwell upon it longer. But Won
know, gentlemen, that even the partsans of TIE
| Federal Government, without exception, have
termed 1t fraul, as the Senator's had raced
the preceding Board q fraud. Yet how is it
TINS day When TIE people have on two occa-
slons elected their Legislature, on one occasion
then Governor, no" Is il that they ar not repre-
scented: Is II possible that the day. have passed
wien men may elect their representatives ::
ShoA' II be said that Returning Board can
sand IN between the people and the seat to
winch they elect their officers? Shall men have
the rlSh5 10 vote and not the right to elect:
And tins il tn Sgea5 grievance Of which we
comp am. Nos, tar al@hput the past six years,
gentlemen, Or rtdlnly the gre t,r part Of the
past FIX years, we have gone along as a band Of
/ brothers, and Sc look around for some of those
Who fought St n"bly AID calamity with us, and
VIZ tlnd that Ia IL seat- are vacant. With sor-
rowing hearts iiuli that that is 50. And where
have they gone:
don't FAY that they batraycd their principles
for know that they have not but Hey have in
du!esd III the delGsions OF hope and seek for
temporary peace and Temporary prosperity
J. hey are sacrii ing the foundation upon which
then goyernmel.t rests. They have gone to do
what: They have gone To shake hands across
the bloody chasm-hloodier than the war be-
tEeen the North and South, because il is clasm
| IL
talsehood ruhs between them and the man they
would compromise with. They have gone there
to cry for peace!
1h'y have gone to recognize the government
OF Kellogg ne is to sign their bills he is to
sign the resolutions passed by both Houses ; he
ID Acting Governor and II is in vain to chop logic
upon dc tnso and Dc jHre. In this condition Of
affairs, vi at are we to do? We can not go with
them can not go back upon those with whom
we have 20 long moved in harmony. | can not
say that John McEnery is not Governor, when
know that the people elected him.
cannot say that Kellogg is Governor when
know he is a usurper. Shall | call him Govern
or? (No. mob Well then, we are comp5ed to
solemn protest that this is no pat of our work
whatsof ver may come of it if veal, theirs be the
honor, II woe, we are not the authors OF it. Our
skirts are clear from that. What right have We
TO go! Have you considered the relation Of the
constituent to his Representative
Citizens of the State Of Louisiana have the
right to elect their representatives and when
elected they have a right to occupy the places to
stituton and the law. II they are prevented
from taking them. then the question arises
dlrectly-that our institutions have failed and
our Constitution is a farce.
This Returning Board, this committee at
Washington, had just much right to go and
select b at large from any parish IN this
State, and say they are elected as they have to
lndorse these men. lfthey are elected, they are
Representatives Of the people and are entitled to
take Their seats; and When they say they submit
to this Endorsement they go back upon their con-
stltuents and say they are not properly elected.
They give up Their own commission there
they give up the whole question; and for my own
part do not see how it is possible for them to do
it. We all have our feelings. Every nation and
every age have peculiar characteristics. That
which has come from our own people is the right
of set-g0vernment inborn and instructive III
our hearts, we cannot get over it.
ma tor
than lnfllcS this State, but if he feels he is gov
ernng himself, 1t will com, right after awhile. |
He cln endure his poverty, endure his misery, |
80 you don't wound his pride but lay upon him |
the finger of power, the finger of tyranny, and |
you put the iron into his soul.
The hearts of the people Of the whole State |
are and Will be with Us, and again will fight |
this battle and it may come that within less than
two years the bold stand that we will take shall 1
be an example and warning throughout this
land, for already you have the seed sown at
the North.
Don't compromise with principle. We carry
the Ark of the Covenant along, and God forbid |
that the Philisines should get it away from |
u.s. 1t may go into captivity, as it did on one oc
casion under Nebuchadnezzar, but it shall come
back again, for | tell you there is something in
liberty rs there is in rellgion-lf you will be true
to 1t to the bitter end, it will be true to you
For my own part, | come to thilk how, in
lines long, long ago-ln the very beginning -
that man named ESau (rung through the cycles
Of time as an exemplar of lnfamy down to the
present time) sold his birthright tor mess of
pottage. Gentlemen, we are in worse condi-
ton than he was, for where is the mess OF pot
age that Is going to be given us
think you MIR. Kellogg will give up the mess
Of portage? Never Will these sittering promises
held out to us be realized. a majority in the
House of Representatives is offered, which will
be incapable Of doing anything. sitting there
only to thwart bad legislation. God knows we
have had much Of that can stand little
more
have no faith in this, and can but think Of
hose grand W, rds OF Macbeth
Sand be these jugS ng fiends no more believed,
That palter with double sense;
That keep the word OF promise to our ear,
And break it to our hop
J. Ad. Rozier
was next introduced. He said:
l will submit what l think though ! did not
come here to talk harshly. did nol come here
% say unpleasant things against hose who IA
-ored compromise, though came to show YOU |