Year: 1872

1 i GUH6 uOWE now u ulS G4cbt16uCysS - pal
the one | would fain have passed over.
| has been my province to be his friend TIA
past two years. am his friend yet, and il
tend to continue his friend on the sam


principle that my friend Carter is Gran


man, and if | amt his friend till the end c


his administration the fault is not mine.


know and appreciate the work of Governo


WarmOth in louisiana. / know that dema


gOgues and designing men have mad


him unpopular, but he has done much goo'


enough good in my Judgment, to warran


his reelection, and all fate could not hav


prevented it but for his unfortunate differ


ence with the President of the United


States, and his subsequent withdrawal from


our party. He has gone, don't choose t.


follow him.


/ want to do every man justice, and


want, especially, to do justice to my friend


General Campbell. He says he is going tC
leave US as Governor Warmoth has done


but hope he will reconsider his purpose
and remain in the party of which he has sc
long been an hOnOred member and | car
not believe even yet that he will go.


l wish to say that don't believe, as
many do, that the Governor viii use the
power put in his hands by the Republican
party to break it down and destroy it.


believe there is honor in the man, and that
he has that highest attribute of man-grati
tude. | believe he will give us fair and
open chance, and that is all / ask, and al
the Republican party asks.


In conclusion, let me say that l have
made great sacrifices, both. of means and
tine and even social friends, for many who
are now opposing me. / see those that
have sustained in trying hours fail me now.


see the white men-not all, but some OF
sthe white men-in this convention who
know that if it went into nominating they
would probably place at the head of the
ticket my humble self, preparing to bolt
This is the unkindest cut of all. They are
gone, but by the Eternal I'll follow them
no further.


Mr.. j. Sella Martin, of Caddo, followed.
/ have; he said, always listened with
pleasure to what Mr.. Pinchback says, and
have listened again to-day with pleasure. ]
have looked up to him as singularly fitted
to the leadership of the cOlOred people of
Louisiana. He is laboriug from one stand
point, and from that standpoint believe
he is as sincere. and honest as any man in
the world, He is trying to caution the
cOlOred people as to where, in his opinion,
the danger lies. He has taken the attitude
here, clearly and distinctly that the first
drty of oOlOred men is to take care of them
selves; but we must accord the same privi-
lege to white men. His ground would be
tenable if the colored people had their own
way. without regard to the white race, but
this is great mistake, and it is to the best
interest Of~every cOlOred man to avoid any
thing like party based upon color. So if
you have made common cause with the
CustOmhouse party, then hold myself free
to make my own terms.


Here the uprOar broke out anew in such
force as to seriously vex the gravity of the
presiding officer, who, after breaking the
gavel in his attempt to maintain order,
finally declared that he would be compelled
to withdraw from the body if the disorder
continued.


Mr.. Pinchbaek also arose and exhorted
his friends to maintain order.


Mr., Martin centinued-It is objected to
my being here that was a member of the
Liberal convention. Well, suppOsing was,
haven't / a right to be there if elected All
/ ask of you is to listen to NE quietly and
treat me fairly I have never betrayed you
or advised you against what / deemed your
best interests. My convictions led me to
act with the Liberal party. l was at Baton
Rouge, and labored with Mr.. Pinchback's
friends for harmony and unity in the Re
publican party, and got Kicked out. Then
l went with the Liberals, because they had
not kicked me. out, and don't propose to
kick out anybody who comes to them hon
estly espousing their cause.


Here arose more uproar, which lasted
for some time.


Mr. Martin finally proceeded-Theser reso-
lutipns provide for the Endorsement of Hor-
ace Greeley, and sincerely hope they will
pass. l have known him for years, and
have labOred with him in our anti-slavery
fights of years ago. / know the work he has
done, and he has done it we'll. He started
out in life an anti-slaveTy, free-sOil, abOli-
ton politician, and more than any other
man he can claim the paternity of the Re
publican party. Mr.. Greeley has been pre-
sented to you on the same platform as that
on which Grant was nominated. There is
nc. difference in the several ideas of either
platform. The Cincinnati platform recOg-
nizes every right and every privilege the
colored man has achieved, and is pledged
to maintain them. Why should it be an OBJ
lection to that platform, or to Mr. Greeley,
that the Democrats now use it / should
think it was an augurK Of future good to us
that that great party has come to recognize
u.s.. They have, in good faith, offered you
the olive branch of peace, and you foOlishly
decline to accept it. If you decline, | can
not refuse to live in peace with, my white
brethren. 80


Mr.. Pinchback says he has a. thousand
reasons for feeling sore with Grant. If he
has these reasons and still supports him
that is his look out. ! have ny reasons for
not supporting him, and if in tile future the
interests Of oOlOred men be left to Grants
as in the past, their condition
will be.a much worse condition of serfdOm
than ever it was. You have been repelled
every time, and row Mr.. Pinchback comes
in to indorse the ticket as d dernier resort.
Are you prepared to bow your necks, so
long free, to the CustOmhouse- slavery
They will handle the whip worse than your
old masters. If you see fit to riYet your
oT.sv,
you wear them.


Mr.. Dibble followed. I am sorry, he said,
that you did not listen TO the gentleman
who preceded me, for you would have been
no worse of if you had heard all he had to
say. / am satisfied that the vote, when it
comes, will be all right. This is a question
of vital interest to the Colored people of
Louisiana. 1t involves the maintenance of
certain ideas and the success of certain
principles which believe to be in danger
| believe the election of Greeley would be
nothing more than reinauguratiOn of the
old Democratic party; and all here who ally
themselves with him, no matter how honest
thew may be, do so through feelings of per-
sOnal hatred, rather than just apprecia-
ton of the issues before the country. The
Republican party is the party of civil rights
and national unity, and is opposed by the
Baltimore convention Of Democrats who
nominated Greeley.


1t is nothing to me that Greeley has made
a mistake; that Sumner has abandoned the
labor of a lifetime, or Banks deserted our
ranks. We are just as firmly united in the
right, and as sure of success without them
as with them. Greeley cannot carry three
of the Northern States But this makes no
difference. If / was all alone, would sup
port the nominations Of my party. There
is a peculiar interest attaching to the sue
cess of the party in our State. The colOred
people should live in harmony with the
whites on this soil; it would be best for
both races but this can not be done. till