Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1879-11-08
A Republican Talks
JUDGE J. 3. ALOoRH's SPEECH IN
MISSISSIPPI. '''a
HE ADVISES THE DARKlES To HAVE
NOTHING 70 DO WITH THE
INDEPENDENTS.
4 RICH AND RAcY SPEECH
jackson { Miss. } Comet

At the conclusion If Major Henry's
speech Judge Alcorn was called on by
the Club for an address. OF course
the Club knew that he was y Repub-
lican, but ut the same time they re-
cognized him as n gentleman and a
man Of sense and courtesy. At first
he declined to respond !; but the Clul,
renewed their call, and made itso en-
pl,atic that he could not well refuse.
He rose to his feet and spoke sub
stantially as follows:
ut would le tliscourtcOus gentle
men, to refuse to recognize your re-
peated calls. am not insensible tn u
compliment, and believe this call il
intended for one. But | am surprised
ut it. / cannot understand what u
Democratic Club could reasonably
expect to get ont Of me that could fur
tller their interests or minister tn their
wishes; being as | am now, and have
been since 1867, u pronounced Re-
pnblican--mever having denied the
faith, never having fllckered in my
stea1fast adhesion to a sound cOnser-
ervative Republican doctrine. This
being my political status, l 10 not
clearly understand how | can I've ex-
pected to take any stock in the can
vass as it is represented in this cOnm-
ty to-day. As u Republican ! see
no place for me tO come in either in
the Democratic party proper or the
-lleadetl GpenMck or lndepcn-
dent Democratic party improper. /
have no use for either. And my advice
to You, COLORED MEN, ii YOU are
Republicans, is to STAND ALOOF
and see the salvation Of the Lord"
Next year we propose to organise the
grand old Republican party Of Mis-
sissippi, and to strip from it the OBJ
noxious elements which made it So
odious to 50 many Mississippians in
1875, and then march tn victory.
Wait till that good time comes, and
don't fritter away your strength and
get mixed in all sorts Of entangliDg
alliances with Democratic scrubs in Il
wild lust for office.
As for the Grrcnback party | con-
slider it a fiddle fa,ltllc-rpfOrmatOry-
whoop-dc- doodle do concern, without
principles, sense, or any hope If pow
er. In this State it simply amounts
to a few of the ''lost arts of the De-
mocracy, but worse iii anything can
he worse) than uIladultc,ated Demtn-
racy. II | was compelled to choose
between trne Democracy and soaptail-
ism l would take the article straight.
And have the best authority for this
decision. The Scri pture saith, "He
that cometh to the shcepfold by any
other way than that Of the door, is II
thief and lObhcr.' The GrpenMckers
and Independents claim to he Demo-
Gratis as l understand Certainly they
arc not Rcpnblicans) but they are
trying to get into the shcepfoltl Of the
Democracy by II strange door, and ex-
pect Republicans to aid them. | for
one will not do it and my advice to
you colorp,l men when yon come to
vote III the absence of ~ Republican
ticket and Republican candidates, is
tn vote for men, not for either party.
Single out the best man, without ref
sre"s ss, +" the the tick ticket he j" r'"s on
n met an old colorc,l friend the other
day, and he told me- ahout very bad
dream he had the night before. II
dreamed" he said ''that l died and went
to hell"
"Did you find any Republicans tl,crc"
| asked.
"Oh no, sir! nary Republican
"Did you find any Democrats there!'
eyes, sar, found II few of dem
"Did you see any Grccnhackers and
independents"
ooh, Lord brcsS your soul! HE'LL
WAS FULL or THEME
"What were the Grccnlackcrs do
ing y
"Well, sar, de flames tcy was a lappin'
themselves ont in every direction, and
every Grccnbackcr he HAD 4 Niger
HOLDIN' HIM UP TWEEN HISSELF
AM DE FLAMES"
l have no use for the Democratic par
ty, and | have u decided disgust for the
side issues developed by the Mississippi
Grecnbackers and Independents. When
We have Il Republican ticket III the field
as we will have next year, then there
will be an object and purpose for me to
accomplish by making stump speeches,
but l beg to he excused on the present