Year: 1872

!ruits OF tno war and OF reconstruction shall


De secured to the people or be thrown
away. we, therefore, earnestly recommend


TO the State Central Executive Committee,


OF which Lieutenant Governor P. P. s..
Plnchback is president, and to the State
convention called to assemble Nav 9. to
adopt such measures as will secure a con-


cert of action and harmony amonr ali the


Republicans of the State.


Reso!ced, That we recognize the Parish


Executive Committee under whose auspices


this meeting was called az the official head


of the party in New Orleans. We declare


that the delegates to that convention we're


elected from the regular local clubs of the


wards, and that the committee is the legiti-


mate successor of the general parish com


mittees which haYe been chosen from time


to time since the formation of the party.


Nevertheless, this mass meeting recognizes


the fact that there are divisions and dis
sensions among the Republicans of New


Orleans. We earnestly urge that measures


be taken to settle these differences, and to
that end we indOrse the preamble and resO-
lnt:ons adopted by the Parish Executive


Committee, April 6, and published with the
call for this mass meeting. .-


Judge Mason, of Ascension, alluded to
the famous revolutionary preacher in the


war who cried out, "Oh, Lord, if you can't


help Us don't help the enemy, but lay low
and keep quiet, and you'll see the internal
est sight you ever heard Of" Those who
would seek to divide the Republican party
are enemies, and of them he was afraid he
We would prove just like the war preacher.
The speaker was pleasantly, humorously
severe On those who would seek to divide
the party, and in the course of his remarks
spoke OF the fate of an unfortunate man
named Jack, from Docley county, Geor-
gia, where he was born He was
bad, disagreeable man, and being bitten
by mOccasin snake, cried out for spiritual
consolation, which being afforded, the
preacher only prayed that all the snakes in
the land might be devoted to old Jack.


The Democrats had an idea that eyerv
man who was poor would steal, and they
carried out this principle in their platform.


The anecdOte of the speaker in reference
to fondness for dress was well received
Asked to support young man who ran for
Office, and who was we'll dressed in con-
spicuous shirt-collar, coat and sleeve-but-
TONS the voter replied: II do not vote for
any man on account of his shirt-collar and
his coat


He spoke of the way the colored men
were treated by the remnants of the old
Democratic party. In a certain case where
he had to distribute money among colored
men for cotton, he found state of things in
Carroll which would be the case should
Democracy gain the day. He saw man
who presented bill for $1,000 for medical
attendance against a cOlOred man, to coun-
terbalance some cotton account, and the
poor fellows expenses more than overbal-
anced the profits. As an illustration of the
beauties Of Democratic rule, lie instanced
the police of Mobile. Not single colored
man was on the force, and the blue was dis
carded The speaker concluded with an
allusion to the opposing forces and the
necessity to give them a good thrashing in
November.


Thomas Murray was subsequently, intro
duced. He was born Republican, and
had always been one. He was Warmoth
man, and, speaking to one in the crowd, he
said he acknowledged it, the other one
didn't. When the Governor took charge of
the politics of the State, he, as a colored
man, did not dare to show bis face at mass
meeting. To-day how is it! The speaker
would deprecate any division in the Repub-
lican ranks. and spoke to the effect that
there should be unity and voting to sus-
tain the nominations.


j. Sella Martin was introduced, and was
there to speak to the interests of the Re-
publican party in their fight against the
Democracy. In allusion to the remarks of
cayilers at the policy of the party, he said
he was confident that neither the colored
nor white element could run the party
alone. He was, in case of differences, in
favor Of compromise and mutual conces-
sions. and these compromises should be
made now. A proof that the party is alive
is that it makes mistakes. Corpses make
none The Democracy commits no mistakes
because it. has no vitality in it; because
it is without action of any kind.


The co!ored people all had more interest
in the safety of the party than any one else,
and they had no right to avail themselves
OF any dissensions to go against the union
of the party. Was there any position or
in which no fault can be
found. There was none. The colored peo-
pie had no right to go out Of the Repub
lican party. The Democrats wouldn't have
them: if they did, would lead them about
worse than a Jack O. Lantern. Time to fin
ish the work of reconstruction should be
given, and the burden OF his remarks was
that there should be harmony within the
ranks.


The meeting adjourned in great enthu-
siasm.