New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-03-26

1t is not our business. We, as colored mer
can not find fault with the party ths
digged Us ont Of the clay and stood US o
the rock of manhood and citizenship.
know that it is the policy of the party
help the low) y, the ignorant, the sufferin
and the fOrsaken, and that all the pOwe
of the United States government and a
the authority Of the admiuistratio
will be exerted to give the colored man
fair chance. believe people are SAT
who cling to their liberties, and do nc
believe that the Repu blican party tha
raised 4,OO0, 900 out Of bondage means an
harm to them by it's pOstp0nement of tn
consideration OF the rights of one man 70
eight months. 1t is not even that it is interest
ing that our Senator should be white o
| cOlored, it is what is best for our believe.
| commonwealth of Louisiana.
Mr.. Martin here continued with . resum
| of political relations of all parties from tn
the Liberal, Fusion, Unifcation, the Whit
League and other movements down to tn
present time, and declared, after giving hi
experience, his intention of undeviatingl,
adhering to the Republican party.
The government of this State has beel
recognized, and it is the duty of every on
to support it strongly and undeviatingly
When Grant determines, it must be remem
bered he never goes back.
The speaker would be glad to see an op
portunity to join in with all those wht
opposed the colored race, but what can they
do when, if they pass the two feet they arr
invited over, they find their White League
friends have gone from them two feet more
There is nothing but to fight it out on the
next campaign till all could see that the
salvation of the State.was in the elevation
Of the people, the cultivation of self respect,
and the love of the soil. When it became
true that all parties gave tho colored people
an equally fair chance then it would be
time to think of dividing them.
Mr.. Martins address was very lengthy,
and filed with such apt illustrations that
only full report would do it justice.
After the music at the conclusion of Mr.
Martins address, Governor Antoine said:
have now, ladies and gentlemen, the
honor Of presenting to you Hon. p. B. s.
Pinchback, Senator elect from Louisiana.
Senator Pinchback, advancing and sa-
luting his audience, said:
Mr.. President and Ladies and Gentle.
men-I have to say that, inasmuch as al
most every time it has been my misfortune
to have my language garbled and my ideas
distorted by the intelligent gentlemen who
have reported me, either at meetings or in
interviews by correspondents uf the press,
am forced to night, considering the i'm
portance of the question, to inf1ict upon
you written speech.
On many different occasions my fellow
citizens have given me honorable expression
of friendship and confidence, which have
been gratefully appreciated by me; but at
no period in my public life have l ever felt
SO honest and earnest a desire to serve
them, nor has there been a time when their
confidence was so precious and necessary
to me. From my heart of hearts thank
to say that which not only
concerns me, but deeply concerns us ali.
After an elaborate discussion of more
than two years-the action of the President
practically and actually determining the
legal and political questions involved in the
Louisiana case, both as to the executive
and Legislature of the State, so far that the
latter enacted laws for the government of
The commonwealth and the former executed
them; and this determination being mean
yress, the honorable Senate still hesitates
20 pass upon my credentials, and in so
1oing, fails to recognize the constitutional
light of Louisiana to equal senatorial reple-
in the Senate of the United States.
The interpOsition of the President, in
rider to preserve the peace and vindicate
he existing governmental authority of Lou |
siana, has proceeded upon the supposition
hat lawful State government existed |
herein with all the rights of State intact, |
nd competent at its pleasure to exercise |
he functions common to other States. Upon
uch an assumption, the right Of the State
0 protection is not more sacred than it's
light to representation, nor at this juncture
t public affairs more important; and the
oncession of the one right, and the denial
f the other, has very naturally, in the ab-
once of any sufficient explanation, sug.
ested other than constitutional difficulties
/ the minds of some Of the honorable SEN
tors, to account for the singular hesitancy
IN on the senatorial issue from the State of
ouieiana.
In this connection, as matter of personal
stice and right, and without offensive
.0tism, must be permitted to say that,
hile disclaiming any purpose to PREJUDICE
10 conduct or asperse the motives Of
,nators, the action of the Senate in nv
se seems to me, as at present advised,
be unjustly exceptional, in that they have
It promptly and definitely passed upon
g prima facie case made by my credentials;
pecially in view of the fact that their
fusal to revise or reverse the action of the
'esident was equivalent, so far as the
ople and the rights of the State are con-
rned, to q practical recognition of the |
esent State government. That am cor.
ct in this conclusion as to the effect of the I
n faction of the Senate previously, in con-
ction with the positive recognition of the t
esident, will appear by the resolution of t
Q national House of Representatives. G
1Orsing the past action of the President (
the Louisiana case; and also by the fol- s
wing resolution adopted by the Senate of
Q United States day before yesterday: g
IS 'Resolred, That the action of the Presi- /
Mt in protecting the government in Louis
Ia, of which w. P. Kellogg is the execu- r
g, and the people of that State against f
mestic violence, and in enforcing the t
ws Of the United States in that State, is | t
proved" {
The presentation and prosecution of nv q
i'm before the Senate has been made the q
,asiOn of anonymous attacks of . per- q
,al character upon me, my assailants t
owing full well that the on.actiOn of the q
nate on my case would deprive me of any d
portunity for self-vindication. Perhaps D
the present condition of humanity indi- q
lual success in any walk of life is provo r,
i've of envy and detraction, and / have
right to claim exemption from the ills G,
It attach to all who fight and win. 81
However, recognized in and out Of my fl
Ite, as a prominent political leader of my tt
'ple, painfully conscious of the embar. OF
sments that impede their growth, and the d,
iculties to be surmounted by them, in III
ching the full measure of citizenship, la
solicitous above all else, to so further la
ir progress, as to prove to the nation til
t we are alike not only grateful for, but W
rthy of, the freedom and enfranchise- su
ut bestowed upon us, and can, and will OF