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

| llere nay De- anu IL WOui1 oooh1 'AA-AN -
considerable diversity of opinion in this com
munity, on the subject of the compromise
involved in the Wheeler terms Of adjustment
Certainly many of the gentlemen who signed
a card indorsing the action Of the majority
of the Conservative Caucus, are among oul
best citizens and most representative business
men. We believe, however. that most Of those
whose signatures appeared to that card dld Sc
under a misrepresentation that they. in then
deep and very natural anxiety to bring relie1
to our suffering and stricken State, did that
which they were told would be Of service,
without rejecting seriously as to how the ben
| efts were to be derived, or in what shape tie
promised relief was to come.
They signed document believing that good
would follow, and without, as we believe, q
zee earnestly hope, realizing the disastrous
nay the dreadful consequences that would
and will ensue upon the carrying out of the
proposed surrender of all that we have, as a
united and patriotic people, struggled for 50
bravely, SO persis emily, 50 hopefully when
| hope seemed almost delusve mockery.
We wish every gentleman who Endorsed by
his signature the hasty and unwise action Of
the Caucus-we wish every member OF
the Caucus ITSELF could have been
present at the grand outpouring
of the people last night to have heard the elo-
quent and interesting arguments advanced by
gentlemen whose exalted virtues, whose proud
and unspotted records, whose eminent ability,
whose unquestioned integrity, render words
of advice and counsel from their lips worthy
OF the consideration not only of every gentle
man in the State, but Of every patriot in the
land
We have neither time nor space at the late
hour at which we necessarily write to allude
even briefly to each Of the several able and
very eloquent addresses delivered last eve
ming, but we print elsewhere the superb efforts
Of VIM. NJ. Randolph and Dr.. J. d. Bruins in
full, and give a synopsis or skeleton Of each Of
the others.
No one who attended that meeting and saw
the vast concourse of earnest citizens pres
ent, heard their deep-voiced and enthusiastic
acclamations, listened to the thunders of APP
pIause whenever the orators Of the evening
touched some chord that vibrated throughout
the entire assemblige, causing the hearts of
all to beat responsive; no one who weighed
the arguments advanced by those distin-
guished jurists John A. Campbell, Thomas
Allen Clarke and VIM. M. Rlndolph Or
who listened to the words Of fervid |
eloquence that fell from the lips of |
the scholarly and brilliant Bruns could have |
left the Hall except with the conviction that
the compromise proposed was so gross a
wrong, so fatal an error, so profound dis
grace that its consummation was impossible.
The speeches OF Randolph and Bruins were
especially admirable, and we reproduce them
ntire with the confident belief that every
who reads them will feel that
here is something more involved ii this
grand struggle than dollars and cents that
here is an underlying principle which it were
madness and folly and crime to sacrifice.
This meeting-this second clear aud IN
nstakabe enuncation by the people Of their
determined opposition to compromise-thi
second reminder to their representatives that
hey cannot consummate this Wheeler com
promise and must not sacrifice the platform
upon which they were elected, the vital prin-
,iples Of which they are the representatives
md champions-we believe, will have its
fleet, and will cause the Caucus to rescind
t, action which is not final, inasmuch las
sir. Mcconnell very pointedly remarked last
lighD as the condition upon which it had
,een accepted had never been complied with.
No words of ours can add to the solemn
warnings of the eminent gentlemen who gave
DICE last night to the grand protest of the
people against the bargain with Kellogg. We
an only ask our Representatives to remem-
er that for the time being they hold in their
ands the honor and welfare of the State;
bat upon their heads rests the atctiRI respon-
Utility of making Louisiana q byword Of
eproach among all people, or of preserving
cr good name pure and unblemished. t
We can only implorc them to remember J
hat the people Of the Whole country have {
poken, ana spoken in no uncertain terms, 1
gainst the men who have manacled Lolis- I
sHh ana liiSuIltu auI WROUGHT our people,
lat few short months will usher in po- S
teal Jubilee in which tie people Of Louis Z
ina will share the Joy and exultation and L
of the whole country, unless BY
lis most unwise step of compromise, this most 7
rocking, unmanly surrender, they place Us
II four or eight years longer under the power
the Radical party, deliver us over to the I
lemy bound hand and foot. <
Gentlemen, for the sake of the past with its u
orious memories, for the honor Of the men L
no gave up their lives for u.s. for everything L
lat is good and pure and holy, let us aban- "
IN any thought Of an alliance which so 6
locks the sentiments OF the people Of our
ate. \
ONE OF THE EVILS. r.