The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-03-26
PiNCHBACK'S RECEPTION.
lie Speakes il Little Piece.
The Proceedings.


balcony OF the CArondelet Hall. Exposition
Building. footed an invitation to the people ii
general. and to the faithful in p ,r.cu'ar. &
step in and take hand in pinchbac,s's recep
ton.
good many dii Step in. ana the hal! was
filled.
There was in the Gro VI, quite number o.
prominent Conservative citizens. attracted by
the desire to hear wha. PlncLback would have
to say.
At about o'cyocI. no ioufs considering
further invitation unn 2cessary, laeger's band
came in and played. ''See. the c3nguering
Hero Comes, an l Pnchback entered. accome
panied by Lewis. Antoine. Lowell. School
Superintendent Brown, Judge I.evisee. of the
Crowd, and J. Sella Martini
They proceeded to the spYatsormo and
Brown called the assembly to order. and
brought Antoine forward as the rlesiding
officer.
Brown then read long LIST Of vice presi-
dents and announced a number of secretaries
among whom We're John ". Rsxboroush.
Billy Nigers and P. L. Bechte.
Anto ne's turn to do something came next
and he introduced J. Sella Martin as the man
who was to make the address Of welcome
The address of welcome was in substance as
follows:
He had, he said, been assigned the respon.
sible duty Of saying a few words OF welcome
to the Hon. p. b. S. Pinch5ack on his return
to his native heath. The applause came in
mere and was given. Martin proceeded:
Pinchback had been sent out as the choice
of Louisiana with the belief that he was
| entitled t. a seat in the Senate, and would
get it. Pinchback had been knocking at the
doors Of the Senate, but had not got in: but
it was all mistake; and he (the speaker was
thankful for past tavors to the race in general,
and not disposed to blame the Senate for its
mistaken action in reference to one of the
race.
He was very much gratitied to know that
notwithstanding the action Of the Senate,
and the talk of the newspapers, Plnchb Eek
Was the representative man of the colored
race.
He was hard on the newspapers, very
hard, and all the representatives. of the press |
felt bad. Pinchblck, be sid, ha, been |
critic "by dose who say they want to be
our friends. What is the mlttay here. | |
saw. the other d.y, in the n gspapers.
statement capdoned 'I.et the School Fund
Bleed, and there were strung together Il It's
sue Ct talsedOOdo III regard 70 the money .X-
pended on furniture III TIE room and the pur-
poses OF the Superintendent OF Il luca ION
It didn't have Il scin.iil. Of evidence to
support It not one sciutilta Of .yd nee e
support II. a large room tand in these DAYS
when men are pent up IL small places, large
room means great deaD happened + be
f,1rp al t,1r q
another Office, and painted and papered
This is put before the people as the tex upon
them put to the use of making superin tend
ent look grand. When they speak of Gov
Antoine as presiding over the Senate, they
say "Antoine's Wing" and the boys did
this : and 1.-The boys did that
Every now and then they throw in little
''nigger for sauce. When they come to Gov
Plnchback, they speak OF him as tae ''re-
Jected Senator" How anybody can make
rejection out of posponement | don't know:
and how these white people who arrosate to
themselves superiority over the negro in the
use OF English language can make such a
mistake, don't know.
He wanted to know what kind of men it
was that could pirate about and denounce
and carpet-baggers and the next
day make 4 compromise with these same
scalawags and carpet-bagg GERS His audience D.,
SAW luG point Inu CnetrtG.
He next undertook to advise his Democratic a
friends about the course they should pursue
in the future. lis told them that they had
better follow his advice. or next election they
would find themselves as Pinchb.ck found
himself, postponed. His advice was to 90 in !
with the co!Ored men. He dwet with a great 1
deal of satisfaction on his experience in the |
Liberal movement IN 1872. lie had travelled :
through the State with John G. Moncure.
Judge Elan, and other prominent white men, 5
and he travelled on an equality. He sat down
1t tables where Saxon haired beauties ga1ed l
on him with appreciation out OF blue ewes.
He thought then the millennium had come. {
and he minated that he would like to try {
It on again. When lie got tlrou ii with the Z
he went 70 Washing on. II would F.!
tppear the millennium dld not reign ,here: At
least. not so much Q! !. millennium .s lie had l
found in louisiana
He continued Ill this style for some time and I
subsidized.
Pinchback's speech.
Pinchback was then introduced bv Antoine |
lie bowed all around with much grace, gravity E Z
nd dignity. and his constituents applauded L
He started ont by telling everybody that he =
lad came prep red with a manuscript speech. i
I was not necessary it would be understood "
or him to prepare Il speech: he was q pretty
good hand at getting up totally unpreparel 4
nd making a few remarks, and he had fixed II
himself simply because the reporters had :
playful way OF taking him down as he did not Il
want to be taken down, and he was going to q
make an effort to get ahead of them. :
His constituency again applauded. a.
He then proceeded to deliver his manu- "a "a
cript speech. =
II opened with few prelimn nary remarks ie
bout the late war aud the emancipation Of IL
more than four millions OF our people, I,
nd continued as follows ~
We have learned wisdom and are daily ~
cquirng prudence IN the management Of
ur affairs, and have reached that period in TO
ur history when we begin 10 feel that we tie
OF only understand our interest, bit are W
to some considerable extern. to b
the responsibility OF providing for N
nd taking care of the same. AS recogni- VI
on OF our progress AS a people, and benev- SO
IL the time had arrived when our interests to
.puld be hest served Nv ona 1T our bl