The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-20

| tion Of the affair was untruthful, and said l16
would assert II anywhere; he would say ~
had refused to give him the mallet ne had
| told d falsehoOd.
The chairman suggested that there was .
mistake, and the convention Thought the stlg-
| gestion b good one, and called IN the DellgeT~
ents to accept 1t, and thus bloody and NOR
tai affair Of honor WAS for tho Tune being
avnrted.
Pinckback took advantage OF moments
lull to say that he would make speech II IT.
would edify them, but ifdhey did not want
to hear him he would retire. They no likee,
he no eakee, 1t alec satnee to him. He
was urged to proceed by the usual cries and
then he went on to say tiat ne had Intended
to prepare an elaborate address on the sub
ject. but he became convinced that at an early
stage of the proceedings that a carefully con
pdered speech would havs no weight, be-
cause of the fact that there was a
large number present opposed to hearing
com mon sense II 1t was opposed to
their views. He wanted to know II they had
one single idea Of the character of the land to
which they PROPOSED to 20. When he went
to Madison parish, a few weeks ago, he found
the people lining the river banks. aud he
went among them and asked them why they
were making the move, and they had repre-
sented that they were robbed Of the fruits of
their labor, and were suffering and poor; that
them again, and that the Indians were going
to take possession Of the State. They were
sacrificing their property to get money
enough to pay their passage to Q land Of which
hsy h anev rb nshpK f. a Th na Lay they
one, to stay; lot any man who wanted
to leave go but he did say that it was
not right, 1t was not proper for this body
TO urge q general departure without MAX
Ing one praeticR suggestion as to
they should go, and what they should do
when they went II this BODY adjourned
without making practical suggestion in
regard to the matter, 1t would be more than d
farce.it would be q crime. He warned them
that II they attempted to leave and were com
PEELED to return 1t would only be the worse
for the race, as 1t would only convince their
taskmasters that they could not subsist else
where. He did not want any more people In
the condition Of the Thousand enigrants now
on the banks of the Missouri. It was necps-
sary. he thought. to adopt some practical
plan OF relief. He thought that Ii this con
vention hal devoted the last three DAYS to
getting dollars and cents, and had had less
speech. making, 1t would have been better for
ALT would have been something really
practicable.
In conclusion, he made an appeal for q re-
spectful hearing Of any and every man who
might speak on the subject
The committee on business reported.
through Its chairman, that the adoption of
the address did not close the business OF the
committee; that the committee on emigra.
tlOn ana Obnef committees had reports to |
make on matters OF Importance and would |
be submitted Monday. They also recon-
Inended the adoption Of o resolution, criti- |
cising the article on the convention published |
tn the official journal Ruby, the chairman OF |
the COMMITTEES, spoke to the resolution, and |
read the article IN question. He did not take |
1t as the expression OF the opinion Of the pro-
prletors of the Picayt,ne, or the expression of |
the opinion OF d majority of Its readers. 1t |
was instigated by the Democratic admins
tration.
The resolution was adopted.
After the amendment that collection |
would be taken up had materially cooled the |
ardor and considerably reduced the number |
present, a man with powerful voice intro
duced u resolution to authorize the "hundred |
Or more bulidozed persons now In the city,
TO petition Congress what, was not stat
ed-and. exercising the right OF an emanet-
pated free man, he made d speech He was
shut off by the committee on business. who
called the attention of the committee on f.
nance to the fact that but 81 40 had been col
ected since the convention assembled. and
This would not defray the expenses of the ses-
sion. They recommended that the com mIttea
De furnished credentials, SO that they could
90 through the churches and take up collee-
ions.
This matter being satisfactorily disposed
y, the convention adjourned until II o'clock
Monday.