The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-07

claimant FOR the government Y. tuis ''e'o "no
that this claimant is an impediment 10 our re-
turn to the peace that prevails III every othei
state OF otlr Union. ,,
History Il full OF Just such claimants. Years
after the accession OF William and Mary 70 tile
throne OF England, the peace Of Europe WAS dls'
turbsd by claimant in the person OF stuart
preferring his pretensons to government ior-
feited BY the misrule OF his ancestors. and i'm
poring foreign aid in recognition o. ms .sh. s;;,,
claimants to the throne Of France, though tnev
have ceased TO be real impsdiments 70 me peace
of that great Republic. Even IN japan, the sun
Empiie the Miads now ana t ssu ms' Who re-.
fuses to reUugu1zB that ths ays 81 me yannns
are numbered and gone, and who still longs after
the pleasant pcklngs Of that plentiful office.
Then there was Sancho Panza, who had very
serious claims, as we oil know, TO be Governor OF
the island Of Barataris.
And Saneho said .,,
III viii govern this island fair and square, with.
out any tindefhand dealings or taking 81 pfipes,
but take notice. will not bate an inch OIL my
right, and, therefore, let every one carry an even
hand and mind their hits, or else must Y. nave 2
them to know there are rods in pickle lor tneu,.
History also mentions another cleimaht VINO
was an impeachment awhile to distant govern
ment.
Ali. me
"For OF all sad words Of tongue or pen, j..
The saddest are these-it might have been.
but 10 wasn't; oh, Chamberlain
be the Judge OF the pretensions of claimant to
the right OF governing a free peoples
Clearly, not the claimant himself.
Equally clear, the people.
That is, in cur government, the majority Oh the
people. , .,..-
But as the whole government turns on this
where shall we look for the means OF ascertain
ing how this is regulated? .,,,,
Obviously in the constitution. Article 40, Ibe
pereon having the greatest number OF votes FOR
Governor shall be Governor. The person having
The greatest number OF votes polled for Leuten.
ant Governor shall be Lieutenant Governor.
And as articles 90 and 30 give the right OF voting
60 every man n his senses over twenty-ohe years
of age not convicted OF crime, 1t follows that no
law Of The Legislature contrary TO these articles
liz Of amy force; and that no Returning Board
ever was created or ever can be created which
eau nufy these fundamental provisions. And
the fact that q Federal Commission OF limited
powers could not so find is OF no more concern to
us than that Federal cturt cannot probate q
will.
In all the turns aud twists OF political sailing.
let us keep this constitutional right ever In view
as the Japanese sapr, wherever he turns his
junk holds his gaze ever steady on the snowy
submits of Fupi Yama. And as the Nichols
government confessedly received the greatest
number of votes actually polled. II follows 40
the night the day, by tho highest law known TO
the people OF Louisiana, y is me oh,y true aIa
this state.
Republican in form, II we are TO have any
government at all, IL Ia the only governments we
can have or ever will have. For the real issue
presented 10 us now Ia not whether this party
ehall rule or that; whether this policy or that
shall prevail in the shaping of our public meas
lres. 1t ip not party engaged against party that
Louisiana presents to the gaze of her sister
States. The hest Republicans in the State are 10.
day for Gov. Nichols.
1t is the strong will of the people against
punderers. 1t 10 the patriot against the place.
man. Il IL the public interest against the private.
ie n arp non matt irnn
againet mpurity. II is light against datkness. Ii
ss civilization against bafbarsm.
And az in common mlsfortuneH all distinctions
are swept away, all diet ensions healed, let Louis
iaDians forget everything to-day, save that they
are Iionisanians,
For the levees are broken and the waters are
deluging our fields and sweeping away in one
common ruin all we have on earth. The temple
OF our liberty Ia in flames; and in little while
our affairs will be cast dewn.
The plague is upon us and we are driven from
our homes and from the graves OF cur fathers,
our wives and children. Shall We stand on our
country Shall we permit this fair land to be.
come . wilderness our city deserts; our very
nar1eH memory
Having waited 80 long and go patiently for
relief from the wrongs inflicted o I MS; having
striven 10 hard to effect a change; having eAcri.
feed 10 much to achieve u result demanded BY
The very necessities of our continued existence In
this State; having trusted and prayed that day
might once more dawn on one night, now when
tie whole sky 10 roseate with the glory OF morn
4 I, when our hopes are as bright ~ the beauu-
full spring, with it's roses, and leaves, and Bios
soms, and birds, now with us, shall we despair
and abandon the struggle2
Why, III the men of New Orleans were SO
creant TO their manhood; IL wearing yet upon
thoir ehins the boards Of Hercules and frowning
of Mars who onward searched have livers white az
milk they were content to yield our own dear gov
arnment, now well established. you may be
eure, the very women of city who Yesterday
we're engaged in the holy task Of honoring the
graves or our heroes; who keep alive the flames
Of piety on our affairs and Of patriotism in our
hearts; for whose smiles all the struggles OF our
lives are aimed, and whose love rules the world,
these, say, IL they did not march in our streets,
and with arms in THEIR hands right themselves,
az did 10000 Of the sex in 1889, in the French
revolution, would yet cry out to their friends in
tha country, like Barbsroux. In that same great
crisis OF human affairs, writing from Pals to
aMarseies:
'.send us six hundred men who know how to
dies
Tho colored Senator, Il. T. Allan. who has
hitherto affiliated with the Packard gang, was
next called upon, and after some hesitation he
came forward. He said he responded TO the call
with some hesitapcy, because he had not attended
the meeting for the purpose of speaking. He
had been requested by few friends on the plat
form to come forward and 1t was with some hest
fancy that he did so: But when he saw how Coy.
pinchback had been received he felt treasured,
and now more than ever before he realized that
the Nichols policy meant peace between the two
races.
BE referred to the delinquency of the Repub-
icans in furnishing schools for the oolored chill
dren. He said his race now were satisfied that
the Governor meant what his Baton Rouge
speech indicated, and he, as Republican, not q
Democrat wanted that speech carried out, and
Louisiana would see new era Of prosperity be-
fore her. He went on to say that there could be
no doubt now but what the Nichols government
would be recognized, because it was the govern
ment Of the people and the Governor its recog-
nixed head.
Just here voice in the crowd called ont "Tell
tus shout Packard" Allan responded, s'Gentle-
men and fellow-citizens, decline to say . die
respec full word about Mr.. Packard; but this
can say, ne is. like Cthelo's occupation-gone."