The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-07-30

Democratic Candidate tor Lieu
tenant GNvPrnor.
and in giving it. With Gods help an
the assistance Of all true men. whethe
they be white or hlnck, 10 matter wha
their shade or beliefs are, we will marcl
! forward 10 victory and the redemption
Of this State. IAppIause. / want /
distinctly understood that | have N
enemies TO punish and no friends to re
ward. tApplause.l The gentlemen wh'
| opposed me day were equally euti
| tied to your confidence. | knew tina
somebody had to be deprived Of th'
! place for want or the necessary numbe
Of votes, and somebody had to be nomi
mated, and it 50 chanced that it ha'
! fallen uDon me. There is one point il
regard to the conduct Of the coming
campaign, and that is, that | an
! thoroughly, utterly and completely op
| posed 10 fraud, whether it comes IRON
our side or comes from the other side.
want this election to be square, fair ant
peaCeable. ] want not simply the letter
of the law followed. but also its spirit.
want every man who is entitled to vote
to be permitted to do so. ! want the
ballot-boXes to be placed where the
spirit Of the law intended they should
be placed, and where every citizen will
be able TO reach them. ] want every
ballot-b box TO be opened at the proper
time, and that it shall be accessible to
white and black. / want the ballot
boxes placed where everybody can see
them. / want the votes counted in the
presence OF everybody, and the returns
made in the presence of everybody. We
have a right to hsk that, and we shall
insist that that shall be done. lAp-
plause.1 Nobody can complain of that
it Is right which Is due TO the other
side and due 10 Us, and we must exact
it. Now, gentlemen, whilst you have
conferred upon me u great honor. ] feel
almost as if | would have preferred not
having that honor, in view of the very
great deficiency in my ability to justify
your confidence. II / can succeed in
doing what | know you want
me to do; If 7 can succeed in
carrying out what you expect OF me,
will b. proud that / am your represen-
tatlve. Tf Should fail through ftCk ~
pains or want Of Judgment, or from any
other cause make yon regret your trust,
| will look upon your nomination to-day
as a great misfortune. | thank you,
gentlemen. and | will attempt to do
what Is right. That is all you expect
me to do, and | shall certainly do it.
Applause.
speech Of Hon. Louis a. wusz.
Gentlemen Of the COpren.iOn-I ap-
pear before you this evening, not for
the purpose Of making a speech, for you
are well aware that the struggle | have
gone through within the last few days
must have exhausted me somewhat. i
am happy to state to you, gentlemen Of
the Convention, that I met Il foe worthy
of my steel ] did my utmost after my
friends Of the city OF New Orleans and
Of the country parishes brought out my
name in connection with this position.
| shall return to the people OF my ma
tive city, with the office which you have
thought / was worthy Of receiving. l
am thankful, gentlemen, however, of
the lightened burden that ! know so
well would rest on my shoulders, and /
feel that l will have nothing to do. in
the discharge OF its duties, but to follow
the lead Of that gallant soldier, Gen.
Nichols. [Applau5e.] / thank you,
gentlemen, from the bottom of my
heart, for placing at the head OF the
ticket gentleman | know | can follow
blindfolded. Applause He has led
you before and you have never found
cause to regret his leadership, and 1
feel sure in this canvass he will lead
you to victory. | promise you, fellow
citizens, that l will leave no stone
unturned to make this campaign sue
cessful. When you have succeeded,
and / have no doubt Of success, l will
relax no effort in assisting your noble
standard bearer in taking possession of
his office [applau5el; and If we are sue
cessful in gaining possession OF the
the 5sy1yWie WisGof Of Louisiana will give us, q
will be my constant aim and endeayor
to see to it, that you secure au honest
government.
[ 90 into this campaign, gentlemen,
after having occupied mole than one
Office. Although Il man yet young In
age, | can meet white and black, Demo
crat aud Republican. | can face the
whole community OF this State, ana
any man to say that ] nave
act. fApplauSe. | can say the same
OF Gen. Nichols. / feel, low-citizens,
with such a standard bearer as you have
placed at the head of the tiCket-knoW-
ing that his reputation Is as good as
that Of any man within the hearing OF
my voice-he and / can meet our politi-
cal opponents and charge corruption
upon them without fear or reprOach. L
am satisfied, fellow citizens, that this
campaign will result in success to our
party. because no men have ever suf-
tered what you have suffered-no COM
has endured with so much pa
tience what you have endured. l feel
satisfied that our colored fellow-citizens
W II flock to our standard bearer. l feel
satisfied with Gen. Nichols at the head
of the ticket that we can bring to our
ranks many Of these people. SO far as
my record is concerned upon that ques-
ton, gentlemen, | can promise you a
large number Of colored votes. AS an
officer OF the city of New Orleans, as
member of your Legislature on two oc-
casions, can state before my God that
never did a single solitary act that l
knew was prejudicial to the interest OF
that class. | did all that laid in my
power to bring them back to you, for