The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-04-13

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v~as1sa 90 fhrssgzA Nith tis4r lsr.irs
after a fastloh lAsf alzkt tn8 a.
lourheG Ia attendance, sFtA .siasal
And ability t wa 3 sgec~ss. bar II sni
make lifsis impression - rha country
There wss no bolf step taken 10 siee-
trify thu nation--~sery little done in
tact. out n The usual order The new
departure doctrines Of senator Smith
and the bold utgsrances Of Pinehback
will perhaps arouse colored thought,
but we shall see no Immediate response
I SMITH
T This young man thinks he has mis-
sion, and whether he aecomplishes any
/ thing or not, he will yet draw the atten-
| ton of the country powerfully. His
idea is, as advanced In the Conven ton
| that the two races can never live here
| together happily as equals, and that the
ultimate destiny Of the black man is
Africa. But before the coiored people
Of this country return to the sunny
shores Of that happy land, there TO
| plant Christianity and civilization, they
must make further advances in this
| country. How can they best do that?
+ First, by taking q new departure az to
/ politics, and making terms with the
white citizens Of the South, among
whom they expect to live while here.
Be neither Democrats nor Republicans,
but ally themselves with the best con-
sentative citizens, and take their advice
as to govern mental matters, rather than
che carpet baggers.
I r COT. HARLAN,
the Cincinnati representative in the
Convention, has deported himself with
! credit. Immediately upon the assem-
bling Of the Convention yesterday he
made speech which the body seemed
to appreciate. It was straight party
affair. The Colonel does not believe in
new departures. He euIogized the Re
publican party and President. Grant,
and declared that the salvation of the
colored people was in remaining in that
party He advised them to take a manly
course when visited by Ku-Klux and
scoundrels, and shoot them down.
DR.. LANasToN
A feature Of the proceedings last night
was speech from DIR LangsJon. The
course, In favor OF the Republican party,
and that it was the only party for the
eolored man,
PrNcHBACK
has something Of the statesman in him.
He sees that this condition OF TIA lHgs, If
allowed TO go on, will result IN the ey-
termination of the black race. He
pleads for union between the blacks
and the best conservative white eiti-
zans Of each locality.
Pinehback illustrates the Gaze well,
and tries TO impress upon the Conven-
ton the dangers OF race politics eycEa-
sively. Said he, suppose the Germans
Of Cincinnati sheutd organize them
selves into an exclusively German party,
and in that capacity attempt to- control
things there, don't we know that deep
preiudices would be aroused and dan
gers threatened Yet the Germans are
white, and there could be no color line
proper, but We can imagine an eXciu-
siveIy German party in Cincinnati, and
the ills that would follow the division OF
parties on such lines. If it would be
bad there, how much more is 1t here,
where one party is In color as black as
midnight, and where the antagonism
Of race fs deeper than it can possibly
ever be between white people, whether
German or what not? Yet, said Mr..
Pinch back look at the Germans OF Gin
cinnati. They are thoughtful, inde-
pendent men, who divide ou5 and vote
this way or that way as sheir individual
inclinations may lead.
He wanted to see something OF the
same Independence among the coiored
people. He wanted them to be more
tA00pcHdcub VI pzaeyi oiU VAisfA A4'iO
for themselves.
PREVAILING SENTIMENTS.
The Morton interest is altogether the
largest IN the convention, and had it
not been for the three Kentucky dele
gates, who are Bristow men, a Morton
plank might have been inserted in the
body of the resolutions, giving him a
send-off for the Presidency. AS it was,
to promote harmony, his friends, who
numbered great majority Of she con-
ventfon. contented themselves with a
resolution, reciting that Morton "by
his unyieiding advocacy OF Senator
Pinchback's claims de-
serves the lasting gratitude Of the col
ored Americans.
THE PIycHBAeK GRIEVANCE.
never knew how much the eolored
people took Pinchback' 8 rejection TO
heart until I attended this convention
After all these years OF toll and suffer
ing and marryrdom for the Republican
| party. that their chosen representative
should be driven away from the door OF
the Senate, Is to them most Illuminating.
! And if there was anywhere to go but TO
| the Democracy, there would De q shak-
| ing up Of the dry bones OF the Repubn-
can party in this latitude. BY a resoIu-
tion unanimously adopted the Conven-
ton say thatthey regard Pfnchback 9 re-
/ lection az "a humiliation OF the pride OF
the colored people OF America.
As it is, the two best minds in the
convention, the only two who seemed
| to rise to clear view Of the situation,
were Pinchback and Smith. These men
counciled that the colored people could
not alwaysgo on in the course that had
been marked out for them. The divi-
! aior * rartfes III the South on race
| lines would eventually lead TO the ex-
I termination Of the blacks. This view
i OF the case vas urged BY these men, but
they were effeetually suppressed by the
predominating element, who propose tic
20 on in the old way.
4 THE RESULT.
No result Ia particular will dow from
/ this convention, except that the dele
gates will GO away with something tt
think about. The seeds Of Independent
thought have been sown, and good fru1
may therefrom De borne IN the dls1an
future.