Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-09-10
Allen Greeaeba kers.

Grecuhaek Dollar, thc ncinbers of the
Grrenback party Of Clsiborne parish met
in mass meeting in the Courthouse IN the
town Of Homer ut II o'clock "a. III. on sat
urday the 9th inst. Capt. John q. War
rcn, of lIayncsville, was called TO the chair,
aud IN brief and laconc manner stated
the objects Of the meeting. After which.
| =. NJ. LcathsrmBn, as-oeiste editor of the
! Grrcnbn-k Dollar, WAS elected secretary.
A committee Of seven was appointed 10y
/ the chair on resolutions. who retired, and
while ont DR.. J. VI. Nix. the Gr'cuhach
| leader of this parish, addressed thc meet
/ ing, and handed out ia his impressive
/ manner the dortI.nr Of the absolute
money principles. There was large
! crowd in atirudau,r. hut from thc few who
/ Joined in tie cheering at the close of DIR.
| Nin's speech. there must have been but
small number who sympathl1cd with the
party. We are beings with great enrlos-
/ ity, and many 10 doubt attended this,
/ the first unas- meeting cvsr held IN Clai-
borne by the Grcenhackcrs, To satisfy this
desire Ia see--to see what these modern
politicians won!d do or propose t" do with
/ the bonds ~ they paid them of with III"
yag money.
The committee on resolutions reported
series of very strong aud impressive rc~"-
/ buttons which were read and adopted scr-
ton by SECTION, with but little chang
from the original. The platform aud rr>o-
buttons certainly speak wen of the com
posing ability of the committeeman Il not
of their political principles They ~|.r
almost perfect and complete ~ though
/ they had been written aud rewritten for
weeks before; Yet the committee remained
out not more than half an hour. There
was an occasional Objection made To
clau~r ar sentence which brought out
a few short sprechcs from the more proni-
ucnt members of the party 10y which they
/ slightly advertised themselves, all finally
! being amcahly settled. which to an oh.
server showed that these leaders knew
D
thos" well prepared resolutions aud how
the differences should he settled. II i,
well To- Ice thoroughly organized So that a
few men can prepare business and the
masses willingly subscribe to it without
! questioning its prorricty.
After the resolutions were all voted
upon, there was call for Capt. X. L.
Webb, n pro>olytr politician from Demo
cratic ranks. who in his speech of more
than one hour aud half in length, heap
ed his anathcmas against the old parties,
aid especially against the Democratic
party, n member of which he declared
himself oIsc to have been. In the course
of his speech Webb said Ia the colorcd
men that "thc two old parties are both
trying To- cnslaro yon again, with millions
of white men In his speech the Captain
took up old Horace Greeley, calling him
from the silent tomb of the dead and
abusing the old politician as being the
lifelong enemy of southern principles.
With III" power of his oratorical ability
the Captain houri-hcd around, looking IT,
if hc would. had he a chance, bite old
Horace through the back of the neck
We'll. We suppose that the Captain knew
full we'll That Mr.. Greeley vv> dead aud
could not hurt him now. The few Green
hackers would cheer and say "hit i'm
again and 50 he did, for lac called up the
old mau several different times.
After Wchh'S speech the party continued
and prfrct"d It's organization 10y appoint
Ing = central executive committee. for th,
parish
Next. Col. Aleu- Greene from Lincoln
parish, broken down Republican, the
orator Of the day. was called for aud in
obedience moved to the stand and IN a
speech of some forty minutes IN length
declared that hr too WAS "A Grccrbackrr.
and said that he would lr pleased to
speak to this new party III Claiborne il h.
was not afraid that lay hi, thus cpmins
forward it would hc called "a d-n Radi-
cal trick" In his speech the Col compl.
mcntcd the Democratic consistency ~ of
Capt Webb.
The old gentleman handled the question
of finance with experiences, imprr>>ihg
those who heard him with the fact that hr
was an old politician. And no doubt but
| many who heard him thought Of the pow
or that he once exercised in the Rcpuhl-
, can ranks. Col. Greene declared vengeance
against the "bondholdcrs and the billion.
aires" In conclusion the Col. said that
there was II lasting feature connected
with the Grecnhack doctrine, that it was
Ike har,l-slell faith, a man once convert
rd to its doctrine he never fell from grace,
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