Year: 1872

defeat.


The speaker having concluded his re
marks, Judge Henry c. Dibble was intro
duced to the audience.


Judge Dibble first alluded to the fac
that he was unaccustomed to speak in thu
open air, and requested the audience as
personal favor to keep quiet while he mad'
a few remarks. He was gratifed to SCI
such great response to the call of thu
committee. Here, being interrupted by
some one, he said: "Any person who in
terrupts speaker in public meeting i:
not gentleman."l (Applause.) The com
mittee called the meeting to declare the
harmony and union of the party in the
parish. Advocating neither one side no,
the other in the differences, he was here tc
say few words in behalf of each to Sc
cure victory at the coming election. Ol
vital Importance he believed that the
party should be united, and of importance
to the government was it that the nationa
organization should succeed throughout
| the whole country.


Voice-What about Warmoth





Judge Dibble-Wait till l talk about him
There were several mere Interruptions
| when the Judge remarked, you'll have
your meeting next Monday night, when
We'll see how many you'll have there"
The Judge said that the national party
embodies in its ranks all that is free. all that
expresses liberty, all that labors for the &C.
complishment Of human rights and for the
good Of the country in which we live. 1t
came into existence in the midst of that
dreadful crisis that threatened the exist
ence Of our government. Organized
to check the spread of slavery, when
slavery found itself checked, the
advocates of slavery wanted to destroy
the government; then the party threw itself
to the front, carried its arms to the shoul-
ders, and marched to the battle to save the
Union. It enfranchised four millions of
slaves in the South. gave the people recon.
structiOn, made it possible for the meeting
tonight, lifted up the white laboring man
at the same time it lifted up the black.
There were two parties before the organiza-
ton Of this, each one, from its own stand
point, embOdying many truths. The old
Democratic party advocated personal liber-
ties. at least of the white man. The old
Wing party, in a crude form, it is true, rep
resented the idea of nationality and a
strong government, powerful enough to ex-
tend a helping hand to suffering millions
beyond the sea- But when the Republican
party came into existence TO destroy slavery
and save the Union, il became the advocate
of both these truths. Its work is not yet
accomplished. Ready to sacrifice himself,
he wanted every man to do the same thing
for the safety of the glorious party which is
cratic, or whoever opposes the work of the
Republican, is not in sympathy with the ma
ton to which we belong.


A voice-"Oh, you are only biowin'."


The Judge-"ihat's more than you can
do. my friend.


The destiny before the party is to build
Up strong government, to protect all
against any form Of oppression, protect
every man in every State OR Territory.
government 50 strong the nations beyond
the seas will copy, will fear it, and when
the time comes the arm Of the nation will
be extended TO aid the white men beyond
the sea who are suffering to-day under
monarchy and tyranny.


A yoice-"How about DR.. Howard


He believed the party ought 10 succeed
dl!u every tuiLp SLcuiU DC Sacf1uCeu IOr
it's success; that personal prejudices, for
the accomplishment Of liberty. should be
sacrificed. He did not intend to leave it:
ne had no political home outside of it. That
party alone could protect those who have
lately been enfranchised. and Is the only
one representing the rights of the laboring
man. The Democratic party represents
capital and property to some e1tent-does
not represent either the people or their
Ilnr Nd hoe 20
they will enact laws for the protection OF
the planter, property holder and capitalist.
and every discrimination will be made
against the Iaboring men of the State.
These men cry out against taxation. but not
against the laws that bear upon the poor
man. The laws now relative to rent are in
favor OF the man who owns property, but
do these men cry out against those laws?
0, not was taxation. If these men come
schools. At their meeting on Tchoupi-
toulas street they denounced the
school tax; they send their children
to private schools, and don't want to be
taxed to send the children of the poor, who
can not afford to send them to convent to
public schools. The school tax was the
same before the war as now-twO mills
upon all the taxable property of the State
and it was greater then by reason of slaves





The same tax was levied then, but outside
OF New Orleans there We're no public
schools-each parish received its quota, and
the money was spent to carry the State for
the Democracy. Since the Republicans
came into power seven hundred schools
have been established outside of this par
ish. In the city the appropriation for pub
lie school purposes was 1856, 200 year; now
the tax amounts to $378, ,O00 and that takes
in A1r;o Tatfa nd fIa ,Io1o
population.


In conclusion. the judge again advocated
unity; said he was ready to vote for who
ever received the nomination for President
at the convention about to meet in Phila-
delphia. and he would vote for no one else.
There should be but one convention in this
State, and if MIR. Packard received the
nomination he would vote for him, and if
WarmOth, he would vote for him. He had
his own choice, and that was Warmoth, but
at all events there should be harmony


Judge Dibble, chairman of the commit
tee, then read the following resolutions,
which were adopted:


Resolred, That the Republicans of New
Orleans, in mass meeting assembled, again
declare their adhesion to the National Re-
publican party, and their purpose to sus-
tain it's principles and to support its nomi-
nations.


Resolced, That we commend the national
administration, of which President L. s.
Grant is the head, for its fealty to the Re
publican party, for its economy in the civil
service, and tor its successful efforts to re-
duce the public debt, and to lessen the bur
den Of taxation.


Resolred, That we express our faith IN
the future of the Republican party and our
confidence in its ability to continue to ad-
minister the government economically and
well. We believe that the Republican