The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-11
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Address of the C0l0red Mems Protective
Union to the sO10red People Of The City
and Parish of Orleans and The state of
Louisiana

Address of the C0l0red Mems Protective
Union tn the sO1Ored People Of the City
and Parish of Orleans and The state OF
Louisiana.
GRAND COUNCIL HALL
Colored Mems Protective Union, !
New Orleans August 7, 1878. }
Friends and Fellow Ctizens:
The undersigned members Of the above or
ganization having waited with patience to see
Ii our race, through our prominent colored
men, would receive adequate recognition in
the distribution Of patronage at the hands OF
the national administration, and failing in our
just and reasonable expectations thus far, we
deem it necessary that we should make the
following statements and appeal to you. In a
short time we will be called upon to cast our
votes for candidates for various important
offices ward, parish, congressional and State.
Unlike any previous occasion, we find our
selves largely free to exercise our personal
choice.
Surprising events have thrown us into
peculiar position, and one which demands that
IL we would not degenerate into the condition
Of mere servitOrs, we should exert every
energy to an intelligent realization Of the po-
sition, and by manly effort and honest deter
mination, secure and enjoy the benefits legiti-
mately flowing from our party relationships
ours just claims, or else from such as may be
suggested by timely recognition Of our oppor-
t,lnty and may be dictated by interest The
quire that we should act unitedy, for
strength, calmly for reflection, and with the
discrimination that we may show we know our
rights and dare maintain them.
! With the mass OF our people not yet recov-
cred from the rough snOCk the t1fatss
abandonment of the party and government
of their choice by those for whom they la
| bored and in whom they trusted, we are
| sion of cur race representatives from promi~
nent recognition in the Federal offices here
| This wanton forsaking, this studied neglect
and imperiou5 disregard Of our rights de-
mand that we should inform the perpetrators
of these outrages and the country that we
| feel indignant, and that we denounce them as
| gross and vulgar exhibitions of hypocrisy,
| ingratitude and meanness. Our race has
| we'll demonstrated its capacity for endurance,
| but for all that there must be limit beyond
which submission to wrong should not 60
! 1t ought to be uncomfortable for us to unresist-
| ingly witness the fruits of our hard-fought,
Well-won battles perpetually monopolized by
| certain commanders, largely. distributed
mics, to the neglect and exclusion of the vet
eran troops.
Friends the situation calls for labor and
action and we are laboring men. We have
noisy expressions Of disgust. Betrayed
abandoned and spurned, it is our sacred duty
to take our interests In our hands and adopt
such measures as will at least effectually pre-
| vent the repetition Of such rank offenses.
Always DESTROYS OF living IN peace and
! friendship with our neighbors. we have hith-
erto largely relied on those we placed in
power to purchase or to conquer peace for us.
We have seen how Cancellation and compro-
mise and pacification rs manipulated by them
| have invariably resulted in leaving our people
exposed to the repeated and ever renewed as
assaults and cruelties, with the merest pit
| tances of federation and perquisites, while the
| high contracting powers have enjoyed the adj
| vantages OF our struggles and sufferings.
! This is all over now, aud it is time for us to
| act for ourselves in this matter. Let us coun-
| sci together and advise among ourselves, to
| the end that when the time comes for us to
| cast our ballots we can do so intelligentIy and
with well considered purpose.
We have able, true and tried men among
| us, who can and will give their counsel and
support. Dark and discouraging as the pros
do not scatter and become demoralized. We,
| therefore, with the best interests of our race
and people in view, appeal to all colored men
| to consider our situation, and do his utmost
to secure e; unity among our people in the
our people may protitably accept, the situa-
| ton, and SO pass through the present ordeal,
! that, as race, we may reasonably expect to
enter on new and higher plane, both of OBJ
| servation and of action. Only let our watch
word be Counsel, Unity, Actionf"
First fe WpsrdmTRomas W. wickham, Joseph
Harris, Richard Thornton, Parish Boyd, E. J..
King, Thomas Bailey, A. W. Hawkins.
tin, j. 7: Clark, Wisaman Vast, E. W. Allen,
Clement Gotrom, Ben Williams.
Third Ward-F. G. Antoine f. J. Heating,
BENJAMIN Rice, Chas Ell. Cripps, Louis Smith,
s. r. Aldren, A. J. Jones.
Fourth Ward--James johnson, Edward
Thompson, Robert Sorafield, j. w. Washing
ton j. W. Berry, H. J. Baptiste, J. f. Smith.
Fifth Ward-O. ?. Fernandez, H. Tejean,
Gabriel Bernard, Manuel Camp, Chas. James,
Sixth Ward-Wm. Rudolph, A. L. Young
Albert Saphie, Joseph johnson, Lewis Valner
G. Bernard, A. s. Brooks.
Seventh Ward-James Robinson, Philip
Holiday, Paul Aubat, j. E. Trosclair, r
Smith.
Eighth Ward-J. A. Roekter, A. A. Maurice,
G. D. Bowers, Chas. Maurice, r. s. Brooks,
Divide Dreaux, Fred Burns.
Ninth WardnOscar Allen, George Wash.
ington, Isaac Parker, A. Butler, J.. Thomas,
Tenth Ward-Chas. Bibb, Thos. Savers.
Chris. A. Williams, Frank Mccoy, Edward
Johnson, Henry Crittenden.
Eleventh Ward-Edward Williams, r. r,
Davis, Peter Joseph presidential Elector).
James Bennett, Taylor Brown, Paul Allen.
Twelfth Ward Abraham Anderson, John
Marks, e. w. Walker, Jules Bont, J. L. Lin
don
Thirteenth Ward-John Webb, J. T. Jones,
Wm. Mckay.
Fourteenth Ward-N. D. Bush, Peter Rohne.
Fifteenth Ward-Frank Richardson.
Sixteenth Ward John T. Claiborne, Evans
Green, Jr., J.. D. Barnum, Warmun Eustis,
Lewis Keys, Richard Simpson, George Bene-
son.
Seventeenth ard-Joseph Constance, A. M.
Smith, Frank Anderson, F. S. Anderson.
Tho Cnlonnada HntA1 phiJadalpbio po in,
asia YranIlal Gstahiah mani will hn