The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-07

children thai lesrp!ns which Is necessary t9
Of receiving that boon for which you ere taxed
how are your children growing up2 Ignorant,
unedunied and onteasts on the, streets and
Why il Il that such q state gi affairs, should
exisr whyis Y that yoq should permit your,,
selves 70 rensn iorryer u party That ses We" and
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the Republican, party have had supreme charge
and control of the states affairs. Where are, gu
4 to-day2 Has your condition been bettered by
these1rnen, either socially, mentally or morally
10 -iavf lCriesoi mol noi'l Do you yet feel bound
| claim 10 have ems ncipated you. but do you feel
bound to remain with q party that, instead Of
elevating you and your children. is merely
ss,ns s2s 1Sa sspSp ppa"ss anu
Remember. fellow.ci!izens that since the g day
yon were emancipaled no one has refused a i, to
you all the rights " the ballot box % which you
are entitled under the Constitution q the United
ass $ ssd s sys yp 4 see sss soas rss
| Tended. No man u worthy oil the proud appel
ss. q ss sa . C sRs rom
y{",ay you any of the rights which you ENJOY Jap
You will nnd no man In the Democratic party
who has, In any manner shape or form, intro
iueed laws In the Legislature tending to divest
you Of any OF your political privileges. lap
Then shake hands cordially with us. and we
assure you that with good government we will
educate your children, and when they become
trained 70 be. as / hope and know they W II
| eventually be. good. honest and worthy citizens
we will be as happy AS we are to-day unfortu.
nate nd dis Sunitei. Our acts towards you will
be q proof and y solemn guarantee Of our good
WIZ sney ap Snyfi my esiorea friends that you have
intf,
power you would be enslaved again. This
is one of , the stersotyped slaaders OF the
waePss5 you h are d t,ss bs, tell
ter; Chat the charge, Is, fMse, because your
rights are guaranteed by the Uonstitution Of the
United States. and no power on earth can ever
ensiaye you again lspplaqse.l
Mssss b"sas ~ sssa and Bssslsy Hsprsssntssises In
He said. addressi the colored people, they
have. In conjunction with other Dem00ra@. pro-
!ected your rights in q Dempcr tic Legislature.
Of any measure calculated 70 take away any Of
your rights. iCries Of .N0i No TO reduce the
wages Of you, labor, ortn prevent your children
heart. TO your judgmens. to your conscienees.
truthfully TO answer. ..a.Els
hope my friends, that yoa Mil l, consider de-,
unite with the true people Of this state. tOf1es,
Wen do it. ! Ipromise you citizens Of Asspmp-
9 Citizens the sty u me New Orleans M @ how kindly
you have received us. This day Is happy and
bright day Of my life. From the bottom Of my
heart, l again thank you. tApplause. and con
Mr., Pasb. President of the meeting introduced
a. the next speaker
u. &. Castellanos. ESQ,
who spoke as follows: Mr.. President. ladies
and gentemeh-lt is with feelings Of the deepest
gratitude that appear before you this evening,
In response TO an invitation addressed to
me on behalf OF your committee. to Join In
I'm rfh f,f Int nd TOR
the common veal. As your President has Just
stated to YOU II is twenty four years since upon
similar initiation 70 have addressed you and to
have been kindly welcomed by the people of As
sumption. .since then parties have succeeded
parties, and PRINCIPLES clHshed against rrin l.
ples n different political contests, involving dif
terent issues all have passed away. until to
day Louisiana -downtrodden, impoverished
and apparently forsaken Louisiana-stands be-
tore yog. with elesed and cias ped hands invek-
inRpu her sons and daughters 10 come 10 her
assistance and to rescue her from the position
Of degradation under which she has been groan-
ing. LAppause.i
Mr. Csstellanos spoke Of the qualifications Of
Gen. Nichols and all the nominees at Baton
Rouge, creating much enthusiasm.
In speaking Of Mr.. Wilts's career. he took
occasion to say TO the colored people, as well as
to all present: DO you recoleot when that i'm
mense food had Inundated your country and
desolation stalked throughout this country
DO you recollect when your families were driven |
Do you recoect the appeals that were maize to
the whole country for assistance for those Of you
who had TO take refuge into the high lands OF
insugurated the plan tor your relief Who 1t
was that communicated your distress TO the |
different cities throughout the Union2 Do you |
know who 1t was who collected the money and |
faithfully and impartially distributed II to your
chosen. representative IN every parish lap |
gsn bm ss1' and 1 dsla Ts " ty hayn state tor
DO YOU know the man who struggled for your
benefit and your children's relieff tApplasse.l
+ was not taT lories R Gf No
Orleans who js now present Louis A. Wilt. your
for Lieutenant Governor. [Applsusel
Mr. Castellanos then desired to be informed if |
any members of the school Board were present
as he would like to ask u few questions touching
the application Of the scnool fund In the parish
In answer to which colored man stated He |
won own his name you can call him. [Applause
and laughter
Being urgently solicited to do so. Mr. Castel-
laDos thea made speech In the French Ian
guage for the benefit of those not understanding
Eng 4h which was enthusiastically received.
Calls were here made by the assembly for the
Hon. y. ID. white,
who accordingly came forward. and after few
remarks upon the nominations,
entered into the discussion Of the questions at
issue In forcible and masterly manner His
M %ers a1, oay well u apS
the whole auditory almost spell bound. The
tenor Of his speech was as follows: That the
K e y tote of the campaign, both State and Fed
eral. was Reform; that the necessity Of reform
would be apparent by a casual glance at the his
tory Of our nisgoyernment since the war. In
1866, after the end OF the war. the total actual
debt OF the State was ~ s39, ,9vs there was In the
treasury s591 900 cash, and $4,000, 900 taxes due
showing ABOUT a debt Of only 81 500. 600 In 1872
Lbe debt actual and contingent had reached the
sum Of su 066.s4e.
He reviewed the origin Of this debt and point
I'D out the fraud and extravaganza which were
Ito primal causes, showing that in the short
space OF seven years q debt had been created
equal to one-half or nearly 80. Of the entire
value OF the real estate OF Louisiana He spoke
,f the extravagance which. besides this enor-
nous debt, had in seven years expended s34,-
94 os. He pointed out the expense of the le9s-
ative service which. during the same time had
,ost the enormous sum of S3,lsa 900.
He attacked the administration Of the school
ystem. He said that the Radical government
lad changed the school law. 80 as to deprive the
people of all local control, which was equally
INJURIOUS to all classes. He attacked the Radi-
al party for. the NAL investment of
he school funds. He pointed out the
oss to the mechanical and agricultural col
eye by the Investments OF the proceeds of the
wo hundred and odd thousand acres of land {
donated by Congress-. He spoke of the disas- :
rous effect Of the Radical rule on the state
seminary, and also referred to the disaster
'rought about by the frauds in the levee expen-
litures, and wound IN by demonstrating that