Year: 1876

cratic party, made up Of few strsgelers
and the scattered vestiges of all opponents
of the Republican party, now bowling re-
form, but could tell them they were much
mistaken if they supposed they could carry
Louisiana. Her true sons would come to
the front and show their allegiance to the
American Union, that had given them all
they had. True Louisianians would not com


NIT treason, nor fOment nor foster rebel


lion. They accepted the situation. They
recognized thst the immunities and privi-
leges they enj ,yed they owed to the gov
ernment and the magnanimity of the Re.


publican party. The principles of that


party we're the principles Of the govern


ment, and we could as we'll do without


them as without the Union. Itmeant equal


rights to all, equal suffrage to ell, and De-


mocracy is clothed in hypocrisy when it


tells you it means the same things. If it


should succeed here it would profit by the


Don't you trust it. 1t will use your votes


to ride into power, but as soon as it is in


power it will reduce you a. your people are


reduced in those States. Else why ia this


arraying of class gainst class here; why
do they mean to win by hook or by crook,


by fair means or foul, by intimidation or
frauo! But they are not smart enough to
carry out their frauds 1t is the duty Of the
United States to protect all of its citizens,
and be assured it q cry goes up for help
from outrage there will be such response


as will make every Democrat tremble down
to his boots. He advised them, a. clients,


to remain solid, to zee that every name


voted for was q Republican one, to


look to the members OF the legislature,


stand BY the action of their delegates, for


in electiDg them the power of Objecting to


their choice had in measure passed from


them, and remember that if the Democrats


once got into power the work of reconstruc-


tion would have to be done over again. The


work of the Republican party is not yet


done. 1t finished the war, restored


gave the right Of suffrage, extend


ed education, but it intends now


to see that those it has benefited


are protected in their rights aud it will pro-


tect them. The different Democratic par
ties-East. North, West and South-are all
blowing with different trumpets. In Ohio
it is pork. in Louisiana sugar, in the East
hard money. The Republican party is the
party has no principle. Pat the two plat
1orms together and no Democrat can show
you the difference between them. But
eject him TO the Legislature and he'll
soon show you the which and what.
If your black hands they despise
cast the ballots that elect them,
then farewell to the Republican party; fare





great in American politics. Never in all
history has there been SO grand party,
whose principles we're so pure in theory,
that meant 80 we'll, 80 full of kindness and
protection and bounty to all that deserve it.
And the reason why the Democratic party
vituperate and shua every man that be-
longs to it is simply because it wants to
crush it.


With few more comparisons and ex


pressing the belief that the time was not
tar distant when other native L,uisi anians


would stand where he stood and tearl, ssly
express the same sentiments, Mr.. Walker
closed amid great applause.


Hon. w. l.. Evans was the last speaker.
He briefly compared Tilden and Hayes,
with references to the formers incom, and
railroad feats, and then proceeded to give
the record Of Hendricks. In 1864, in Con-
gress, in the dark days preceding the end
Ut the war, after doing all he could to hin
der it's successful termination, he voted
against making the proclamation of Abra-
ham Lincoln an accomplished fact. Now
he declares himself . friend of those he
would have kept in BONDAGE and declared
they ought not to be free. Two years
later, IN 1866, when the fourteenth
amendment proposed to make you citizens
he opposed it aud declared it impossible.
( Now he and his friends would have you be-
lleve they will do more for you than the
party that raised you up. Five years later,
| in 1869, when it was found that the black
citizen must have the ballot to protect him,
| and the fifteenth amendment was proposed
he declared it infamous. To-day he asks


you for that ballot he would have denied
! your right to deposit. Can anything bs
more inconsistent, more bArefaeed, or more
| transpAreRtly infamous than this first de
| nyiDg you right and then begging you


to exercise that right for his benefit! You


can not give it to him.


Judge Evans would have spoken longer


but the hour was late, and he had but Just


returned from making fatiguing speeches il


other places. He was heartily spplauded


and his audience desired him to continue


but motion to adjourn was made.


The meeting was the most snccessful thu


tcan vote in November.