The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-01-12
SPEECH OF GOV. ALLEN, OF OHIO.
1915 and 1875.

: At the grand celebration Of the sth OF Jan
uary. at Wooster, Ohio, among the ringln
. speeches delivered was one from the venerabl
Governor ofthe State, VIM. Allen, irom'whic
. We make the following extract
Il Honor, all honor to the Democracy 9
: Wayne county who, during the dark years
constantly and without the intermission OF
, single year. have met on the Sth OF January t
, celebrate the victory OF New Orleans, achieved
by Jackson. 1t was not the New Orleans 0
this day that jackson defended. It was tn
!. New Orleans Of sixty years ago 1t was no
the New Orleans OF this day. now crushed b,
tie heel of military despoism. 1t was the
New Orleans which was threatened by a pow
erful organized British army; it was the New
Orleans where Andrew jackson, aided by the
people of the West met and by his genius
and heroism, forced the British army, after
about half were slaughtered, to save them
selves by going on board British ship.
BY that act he incurred the censures OF
local enemies Of the people of the United
States, and they sought to embalrass him.
They sought to re5uke him for having deliv-
cred his country Fl I'm the presence Of a hos
tile foe. They got mp complaints which were
there which, in obedience to his commands,
| might have taken that court and hung them.
| He was at the head OF victorious army.
| Tne great body of the pepple of New Orleans
| were shouting in his behalf. What did he do:
He walked into the Courthouse, presented
himself to the judges, heard the argument
about his case, submitted to the Judgment Of
the court that imposed fine Of a thousand
dollars upon him, walked out like quiet
citizen and paid the money. Applause ]
Here was u case of an armed patriot submit
&, ~, mir r,f ryfr
[Applause.
Contrast that conduct with the conduct of
the military power recently witnessed in New
Orleans not toward the city OF New Orleans,
but towards the entire sovereign State of
Louisiana, that had as much right to elect its
Legislature as the Safe OF Ohio has, and
whose Legislature had as much right to con-
vene under the expressed VIII OF the people
as the Legislature OF Ohio has. TIE vote Of
the State was cast; Conservative majority
was elected, save dispute as to the returns OF
the election arose, as has been the case hun
dreds of times. Those disputes, under the
Constitution and the law, could only be settled
by the Legislative body to which the people
had elected them How was it settled?
1t was settled in the old way of despotism
by an armed body-settled by the
army of the United States, paid by your taxes
settled by a man who was ordered there for
his reckless military despotism; and that
now, after having turned out enough Of the
elected members Of the triumphant party to
give to the minority the control of the law |
making power Of that State, wants to make a |
big job and he telegraphs to the President Of |
the United States that every white man in the |
three States is IL bandit and outlaw, and in |
order to get rid 81 them by short. quick pro
cess, SO that there will be no trouble in the |
future, he wanted to pursue precisely tho
course Cornelius Scylla pursued which, being |
the lead of triumphant party for the mo-
ment, he slaughtered one hundred thousand
citizens of the other party. Having done that
he died in few years, rotten III his body from
head to foot and eaten up with vermin.
/ don't know how long it will take these fol-
lows TO root [Laughter] but I know this,
that every man engaged in this diabolical act
will be consigned to everlasting infamy by
he free expression of the American people
though the ballot-boX. [AppIause. And
he American people will begin after that to
inquire what reason there is for keeping up by
heir taxes a standing army tina can put its
DOT upon Il sovereign State whenever it
,leases. That is question we will have to
consider after while. We have had taste
II standing army. 1t has proved to be Bit
er upon our tongues, and we shall see in the
uture whether the American people will trust
heir liberties to standing armies, who can
rush out in one night sovereign State of the
Union. There it is draped in black. The
Governor referred TO representation of the
'tates suspended Oh the wall, that Of Lousi-
ma being draped in mourning A State has
disappeared sovereign State Of this Union
AS no existence this night
Let this thing go unrebuked, and in a very
tile time you shall hear that there are some '
Effects in the returns of the October election
, the next House Of Representatives at
Washington. Let it so, and what assurance '
ave we, notwithstanding the unbiased will a
the people. that Sheridan will not 60 up
ON New Orleans to Washington City about
lie time the Representatives of the people
,nvene there. You will say that such t
hing is impossible, almost impossible, and a =
onth ago you would have said the very same t
hing with regard to Louisiana I meant to g
,ntrast Jackson's conduct at New Orleans &
it'll that of these military butchers that are
lere now. We have no occasion to fear, Z
owever, if the American people can be made
realize the trightfal danger to which this
ample subjects us all. n