The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-04-21
POLITICAL.
,,,,EyyyG or TIgE CENTRtL REPfBLi
ClN CLUB LAST NIGHT
p,nchback Addresses the C1"h r. ~"""e
Heavy Ltcks.

DI,cnback Addresses the Clun ~ ~""'
Heavy Ltcks.
meeting of the Central Republican
Climb was held in Mechanics Institute
last evening, before which I. u; ,. fiicn-
back. by special request, made an al,
dress. Sheldon had also been invited
70 address the club, but failed TO put IN
an appearance. ,
G,,ichard. Vice President OF the club,
presided in the absence Of Badger, Pres
;dent and after some little business
transacted by the club, introduced
Pinchback, who was received with much
applause.
After a few Introductory remarks. al
luding to the speech made 10y nm u
short time since, which had attracted
considerable attention throughout the
country, Pinchback said he made no
step backward A crisis had been reached
i'm the history OF that race which had
honored him. No one should out herod
him in support Of the National Repub-
lican party, but he would point out local
mistakes OF the party. His remarks
were made in the interest Of the people,
and especially i'm the interest Of the OPP
pressed and down-trodden black peo-
pie. His people has exercised the right
of suffrage since 1867. Ii any evil mad
resulted therefrom the colored people
were responsible for it.
The colored race must therefore pause
and reflect. If they did not, ruin stared
them in the face. The White League
said that we have the Returning Board
to set up prima facla governments.
He did not care whether they said SO
or not, but he told the Republicans,
white and black, they had had enough
OF prima facia governments. Such
Governments were unable to protect
white or black. Abiding 70 the two
murders recently announced in one OF
the parishes and to the Kellogg procla-
| nation Of rewards for the arrest or the
murderers, Pinchback stated that tney
would never be heard from. The State
government was powerless TO do any
thing to enforce the law, and while the
General Government could send the
army and navy to enforce the collection
OF the whisky tax, the General Govern
ment could not protect the black
people.
In view of this was it remarkable that
he called upon his people to halt They
must find some way to stop such con-
dition of things. Some means must be
found to save the black man from the
mob The problem was Gould, we, by
any change, make every man respected
before the law" The black man should
know his rights and dare maintain
them; he should make his citizenship
respected. The color line0should be
broken and destroyed he sAeuld like
to see it destroyed by the black people.
He had no use for the Southern Repub-
lican Club or a white Republican club.
The colored people should give the
guarantee Of the best government and
support only men whose character
would give that guarantee, whether
taken from in or out the Republican
party. The man that opposed this was
an enemy.
If mean ticket was nominated by
the Republicans the result in Louisiana
would be the same as it had recently
been in Mississippi. He would oppose
such a ticket.
Pinch spoke Of Blaine as fraud
Mr.. Kerr and the so-called Confederate
Democratic Congress, Of which he was
Speaker, had treated the colored man as
we'll or better than Mr.. Blaine and the
Republican Congress ovor which he hac
been Speaker for eight years.
Pinchback, in this connection, allud
ed to the Democratic House in seating
HARRISON, from Alabama, and Walls
from Florida
Pinchback announced himself as FOL
Morton as the Presidential candidate, no
because, as some said, Morton had been
his (Pinchs) friend, but because ne
(Morton) had stood up as no other haC
for the black race. He said further that
those who thought Blaine was the win
ming horse would be very badly fooled
and they would find it out. Morton, he
said, would maintain the majesty OF the
law and would protect the blacks. Wha
was wanted here was protection to life
without that there could be no pros
perity. Massachusetts without tina
would be in as bad condition as Louisi
ana.
Pinchback wanted to see harmoniou:
feeling existing between all the people
of the State. He told the colored PEG
pie that their rights under the law were
acknowledged by the whole American
people, by Democrats as well as Repub
leans, but that ethe black people coulC
not stand any more governments which
it took four years ITO find out whether
they were governments or not; and he
warned the property holders that it was
their duty to see that the poor blacks
were protected, for though the moi
were now after them (the blacks), the
time. might come when the mob might
turn on them.
Pinchback repeatedly avowed that hi
was a Republican and had no use fol
the Democratic party, and said that hi;
race would always stand by the Repub
lican party, and prophesied that tht
people Of the country would not agar
allow the Democratic party to rule thu
country.
This is a hurried and very shor
synopsis Of Pinchback's speech. HI
spoke for about one hour, and was fire
quently applauded, his demand fol
the very best men being alone nomi
mated and supported by the coloreC
men, being particularly well received.
LOCAL ENTERPRISE.
| The New Route to the Lake.