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"REPUBLICAN AT ALL TIMES, AND UNDER ALL CIRCUMSTANCES."
VOLUME 1. NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA, SUNDAY AUGUST I, 1871. NUlBER 68.
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Pruft. A. P. Williams & Henry ('rhim,
Messrs. Aleg. Kenner, Thos. P. i,
Robinson, A. Lawrence '
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of the Lel:lnd UIaive rsitV hate
kindly v.lnuteered their t
servl ces.
Kelly's ('telebat,'d Silver (coruet
Band Will be in :tttldlnIwee to enliven t
the treiiitn. An \eellent String I
lifIllnd under the le:zler;Lip of Mr. I
Frantk 1), lson, will titter the elope' of
the (Cowe.rt, amutlw :lt lovert nf +lane-l
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Rfre..sltiueiatt e:Ii lee obtained at t
very reta nable rates diuring the ('tun
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'TiHE ST'ATF ('ON
VENTION.
IN t' \tI
('u,~Is',g,',Ne' o,"l G,, I' S. 7;+N)/,.'.
DELEGATES REFUSED ADMISSION.
l0W. WORMOTH ATTEMPTS TO ADDRESS THEM
('oortv' o inr ;, /Iw. T,,,",, s' 11,11. '
THE SOWEBNOR AND A HUNDRED OTHER DELE
SATES RETIRE TO THE TURNERS' HALL
- PROCEEDINGS OF THE rACTIONISTS
AND USURPERS.
At. all early hIOU1 On W1 eduisdlUy
morning, Canal Street was astir.
Streamisof delegates and their friends
were lastening to the office of the
PiistnaZtEIr to ohbain tickets whieh
alone, the State Central Conunittee
had declared, would be recognized
as entitling them to admission to
the place of their meeting.
There was necessarily mach rnsh
ing andl crowding. The Postmnas
ter grew irritable in prlx)ortion as
the crowd grew impatient, and he
at last broke out in coudleinnation
of the seleetion of his otliee for the
issuing of tiek.ts, and directed ap
plicants to 1o to the window out
side, from which the "ticket~s' would
lie given. (Jutaidi' wt't the t'rowd,
and he e the sa'ene luemune as ludi
crolus as it was huuihiating. Many
a one of Zacehean statur~e had to
chlimb up and halt suspend himself
to reach the "open sesame" to the
doors of the Convention hall. While
this amusing anti interesting per
formance was going on, lnoithcr of
IIu entirely dilhrenat kind was taking
Iplaict inside the biuililing. Goiverni
or W~armothi 1ha1 dl iI('I 1tist, (11
A. M.,) inl comp:Lny with lions. H. J1
Camiphiel, P. B. S. Pinchulaek anal
A. W. Faulkner, a large nunular of
P"rsons swt'lbel inito a procFsi(&aon
- nti fikle downi on the bantquette at
Sthe sante time. Governor WVar
e moth and a number of delegates
LI who had obtained "passes" entered
into the Customhouse and went up
stairs. Here was a sight:
Marshals to right of them
Marnduds t. left of them,
Marshals hehuindl thern,
while in front of them stood over
a hundred United States Soldiers
with arms stacked along the hall.
The Governor, followed by the
delegates, endeavored to go into
the room assigned for the holding
of the Convention, and was iu
formed that himself alone eduld
go, but no other perso~n. Indignant
at thiis fresh insult, the Oovernir is
reported to have said:
Fellow Republicans : We have submit
ted to the dictation of the Sbtat Central
Cognmittee thus hr. We have consented
k to mee Sm cuvention lu the United
States Customhouse, although that build- me
jug is without the jurisdiction of the $tate pe
of Louisiana. We have commented to come m,
here, notwithstanding the fact that the to
hall was surrounded by an army of United so
States deputy marshals. We have con- le.
seuted to take such tickets as they were let
willing to give us: but we have come here lic
to-day, the legally constituted delegates of bt
the Republicans of the State, to represent pu
their wishes, and to express their will. se
We are refused admittance to the hail of iii
the convention, and these deputy mar- me
shals. backed up by these companies of TI
United States troops, seem determined CU
we shall not have a fair expression of our th
opidtiows, awl that the Republicans here ak
a 'eiobledl shall have no port or lot in the th
publhi deliberations of 'this convention. he
ýWe bow in respectful obedience to the t
mandates of the military power, and hay- VC
ini been refused admittance to the hall sh
desiisunted by the State Central Commit- co
tee a; the place for the convention to as- 11
-wa-l l. I propose that we now adjourn st
to the Turner Hall and hold the conven- iu
tin there. I therefore propose to at
niovc to the delegates here assembled ut
that we do now adjourn to the Turner 'i
ll:al, at the cornrr of Dryades and Lifs- of
y-tt. street-t. and there organize the dele- at
gate. into a convention, and proceed with to
thr business for wiich-we have been call- gi
l1 tt~r-ther. Vt
Shlnts of applause rang through as
the crowd, anti the bugle called the
trtsil i to arms. The Governor and u
the ot her delegates descended the ci
stairs, while a host of United States N
Dsputy Marshals pressed the crowd e
down the dangerous stairway. It
is alleged that Col. Ray defeated i
the attempt of some man to shoot u
the ( overnor. e"
On reaching the banquette, a Si
speech was demanded from the I'
(overnor, and he in response reit- r
orated the sentiment he had ex- 3
In ess d No stairs. U
limiuediately on the Governor and Li
thl three frien.l who had aceon
paiiieil hint entering his carriage, I
an enthusiastic crowd unharnessed a
the hm mrses, and, seizing the pole, ti
hurried the carriage off amidst t
wild and tumultuous shouts. Along u
Canal and up St. Charles Streets
posteid the men with the vehicle, ~
gazed at by wondering minltitudes, s
' and followed by an immense gath- I
t rinig of people.
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OIt arriving at the Turners' Hall, I
cornter of Lafayette and Dryades
Streets, everything was found un- a
jirep:tred, and chairs were handed "
to heats in the crowd to take up
with them. As rapidly as possible
the spacious hall was prepared, and ~
the agitation allowed to subside. v
At 12 noon, Senator A. B. Harris t
as a member of the State Central
Committee, called the meeting to
order. t
On motion of Hugh J. Camp- t
bell, E. H. Master, of Carroll par
ish, was elected president of the
Convention. W. F. Blanchard, of
Morehouse, was elected secretary 1
pro tem.
Upon motion of N. Underwood,
of East Baton Rouge, a committee
of tive on credentials was appoint
ed.
The chair appointed the follow
ing on the committee: A. B. Hatr
ris, (if Conoordia; E. Butler of
Plaquemine; F. J. Herron, of Or
leans; B. Blunt, of Natehitoches;
and George Washington, of As
sumptioni.
It was then moved and seconded
that a committee of five on perrmr
nent organization be appointed.
The following gentlemen were
appointed: Mr. Faulkner. of Cald
well; Mr. Mahoney, of Plaquemnine;
William Mutrell, of Lafourche; N.
Underwood, of East 1$aton Rouge;
and Pierre Landry, of Assumption.
The Convention then took a re
ce-is oif iwenty minutes, to enable
the committee to prepare their re
ports during the recess. Governor
Warmoth, P. B. 8. Piuchback, H.
J. Campbell, Judge Dibble and
General McMillen addressed the
Convention.
A recess was then taken, but the Ienc-.
sent calls for governor Warmath brought
the (Governor to his feet.
(jovernor Warmoth maid: I thank you
Sfor the kindniewi and for the affection yon
Shave shown me to-day. It ia to me a
satisfactioni which I have not leaguage to
expresa, when I coelder thatthe Reb
Slicans of the State of leisiinaa have stood
b y nie in this coatest with arpation of
Sauthority-iin a cte with men who
-have trile to pack a aqh aomve.
I tion. Wed dtnoit s e any e& with
this titate Commikee, cormked sad own.
Sed by a pack at aited Utetee fesderal odB.
e late, who heep hemetwes Ia the United
States C tob and &le not caome
.out to the people ha& altV theemetwoeto
I be sema. Wfe mkaleanagateakwMb e.
I We sal ~eaAa mueak WhIs he
I m1Ied a,.gvesUhe Sp imb M
mer, without any purpose whatever but to tj
perpetuate their own ezistenme. We im- a
mediately went to work to elect delegates a
to represent us in this countiom. No k
sooner did we do that,thaa throughout the t
length and breadth of this gfeat State g
letters were sent to every leading Repub- -
lican, attempting to set our Mealdi, both h
black and white, against the leaders of 1h 1
party. These men did not hesitate to jr
send letters in which they said: "You tq
must not trust any white man, but must w
send only black wen to the oonvention. p
They dill not stop at that, but they cir- tl
culated avdy plausible 6lsbeatu araiust re
the officers of the State government and t
against the men who have kept together ed
the Republican party in this State, and g,
have led it to victory so many times. ji
[Cheers.] The result is this, that a con
vention is called in this city, and notwith- t
standing that the resolution calling the ti
convention indicated the place of meeting, f
Marshal Packard, with Collector Casey,.
struck out the name of the hall indicated t
in this resolution, and published it without tj
any place of meeting named. We raised ei
no question even on this point, but we si
said when they give us notice of the place o
of meeting we will be there. [-th ood !" c
and applause.] T'hey gave us notice yes- tl
terday morning. What notice did they ti
give us? That they would hold the Con- si
vention in the United States eumrt-room o
in the United States Customhouse, and *s
that no nuan should ILuss the door of the P
hall who did not have a ticket from the a
United States Marshal. [Laughter and e
cheers. ] We did not ev contest that. d,
Not only did they do this, nit they ab- a
solutely told us that if we "'made any fuss" 4
by asserting our rights, they themselves
being the judges of whether we Vwere mak- a
ing a fuss or not tiht they had plenty of u
United State-s Marshals to arrest us. We 1
event submitted to that, and this morning
aisenibled together and went down to the
postoflice wad got our tickeis at least-t
some of us got tickets, anti some did not.
Postmastter Lowell told gentleenei that
Marshal Packard had no right to indicate
the postotlice as the place of giving out t
tickets, and that he would tuit give them. t
To others he said there were no tickets, t
and many had to apply two or thir-e tunes I
Iselore they got their tickets. [Applause.]
Seiic of us that uat obtained tickets went
to the Custonthouse and hautd all the
great doors chlsed and barred. We found
that even the commercial ueun of this city
were not permitted to enter that Custom
house to transact their commercial busi
ness, unless they had a ticket from Mar
shal Packard. The government of the
United States has sici tit to siislend the
louiness of tie Custoumbouse of this Isurt i
in order that its lae-tliur friend and chan
pion may 'Is . ( [Thei remainder of the
sente-iice was drowned in ringing burtls of
applause.] After waiting some nmoments
at the door of the Cutostobouse, the Unit
ed States Marshal had concluded to allow
me to enter. I was followed by ninety
delegates, the large marority of those seat-i
are on the record of the State Committee,
without contest. We went in by the
great door and mounted the main stairs
and when we got to the top what disd we
hind !Right in front of the door of the
hull which these people had selected as
the meeting place of the convention, stood
two companies of United States troops,
with muskets, and lightning rods at the
end of themt. Launghte-r maid cheers.]
What did that say to us? It said that
United States Marshal Packard, United
United States Postmaster Lowell, United
States Assessor Joubert. United States
Collector Casey and United Stalls Deputy
Collector Herwig and the balance of the
crowd were determined to have their con
vention to themselves, and that if we in
terfered with them or dared to protest they
would arrest us by United Staters Marshals,
or, it not strong enough, they would turn
us out of the hail l b the aid of United
Sttstroops.
A friend of ninue once in Cuatu had a
conversation with a pronninent citizen of
. that island, a native of Spain. He told
hue that there wa.- a great contest going
on in the United Stites at that time be
tween the Democrats and the WThigee for
the election of a President. Said the
Spaniard to hint: "Sir, on which side of
the contest is the army I In Spasin, as the
- artny goes so goes the electioun." It has
b eset our boast., up to this timne, and our
'pride, that the army of the United States
Shas nothing to di) with the election of can
Sdidates, or the e-ontrol of the people wh~en
.they aesemble in public convention.
- (Cheers.] This is the first instance in the
r ecord of our great republic when it has
been otherwise. (Cheers.] May it be the
Slast. [Reiiewed cheering.)
rThere has not been throughout the
.length and breadth of tihis State up to this
Sday one sincere Bepublinan that has not
abeen in favor of the renumnmaatiom of Opei
mrl Grant. Ifthe ibmsould be say diter-.
euce on this question in the k he
Smus attulbute it to the eonduct of hisfed
I seal emealat and to those who control his
army here at pressat. (Loud cheesm)
it May we nut bhope that this conduct has
a been without the knowledge of Presideut
a Grant. (Aoiree, aoedo'ibt of it *") I am
0 disposed to say I believe there is nodout
c- fAL (hppheas.) But if itsbould gpto
I the people of this eountry that he has
if sanctioneed the catig of a RBepublican
o Convention in the United States Custom
e house tobe coatro~edby te UnitehUMte
hi Mau.hal, pedby.Uaedat.men*ants
u- aummronlltsy the Unaked States~g
I- say. Itsea o, it a setoasthe Aiestmna
d people thet muis usepomssble for tlat,
S the AminsIi eoui will repadiae him.
0 (lantead a oud i{deabt appigg.) We
u. weantiaM Shite, sand i thiheome
F tri, liUet tothepopt (4itpqi) We
I- -an IUbet b.r~ WWbi sme llb.
ty for the black man. We want no black Wt
man to have any right not accorded to pol
every white man, and no white man to the
have any right not accorded to every bu
black man. (Applause.) That is the ge`
great landmark of the Republican party; reT
that is the great beacon light by which we ow
have steered through many years of war. tio1
bloodshed and unhappiness. We have !
just reached this point. Shall we now pet
turn back? (Voices--"No, no." "We it i
will not turn back.'] The Repubhean hat
party in Louisiana is a unit. It stands by ticl
the principles and the platform it has ad- wh
vooda to tha pant. and it will never givef the
them up. (Applause.) That man who the
comes into our midst, and talks alseut or- In
ganizing a black party, or a white party ity.
is not a Republican, but a disorganizer. cot
(Applause.) We know what the rights of out
the people are. We know the people of wit
this State stand by us, and we are going l
to stand by the principle'c and the p1lt- up
form of the Republican party: and if these
federal officials attempt to come atuing Us elees
to interfere and disorguiize us so, that our wil
enemies can reap the victory, we will in- 0out
aist that these men shall give plaets to !lie
others who will stand by epulbliean pruin- by
ciples. (Great cheering.) Let us act in anu
this convention as become delegates tof ott
the peolle. Let us calmly and elisltut- no
sionately stand by our own dignity anti ol]
our own banner, and adopt sueh meas- fre
ures as will be for the benefit of the Re- Itwi
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pullican party. (Applause. ) Allow no be
affection for any melan to chsuge your wl
course. Allow no individual influence to lie
bias you, It is no contest of mine. The itr
attempt to ring into this cecutrover'y the ist
question who shall lie Governor in 1872 is I (th
simply an attempt to destroy the unity
and harmony of the Republican party. It 1
is too long to look forward to. No man
has the right to la a candidate to-day for !ey
any office to le tilled in 1872, and no luau ve
should be a eandielcte, anyhow, unless I I
the people say he must le. (Applause.) to
I thank you tfr your attention and cor- or
diality. I only want to say here to-day be
we have carried the R pulblican party St
through so far, and we will carry it lit
through in the future. (Cheers.) If du
these gentlemen want to get up another wi
party, a white party, or a hletck party, let th
them get it up. There are enough ijutelli- th
gent white men in the country, and black isi
men, too, to repudiate them andI spew ht
them out of the Isolities of the country. 1s
The country lalongs to the peoIple. It is w
their property, timed they will control it. tli
(Loud and long continuel cheering. ) p
State Senator Pinchieaek being vocifer- ai
ously called tur, rese sited sain: w
Mr. President atud fellow-citiz,.ns, this cc
reception on your part has indeed lifted B
from we a leed. I never halh s.teh felings 'I'
as I had to-day hut oence hethere. That tc
was when I heard the guns tired hdtre in sc
honor of the secession cef the State ief t1
South Carolina. I had ein that clay feel- ti
ings which were idesecriblalle. The ti
same feelings seemed to come over me to- it
day, when I got into that ('nstotbhouse bh
and filed through a line of United States Si
marshals, and when I reached the stairs \1
and tound there the guns and layonets tof I
federal sa.ldiers. I say, the nuot awful of
feelings that probably any man ever halt rt
in the world were mine at the time when I hi
felt that I had been one of those who hail Is
made it possible for those federal soldiers tl
to be there at that time; for it nmust not lie gi
lost sight of that we are part of the people si
who saved this country, anmd made it what it
is to-day. Is it snsilile that the loyal citi- sI
wens of louisiana should he put down by P
the government we have saved? If this be g
uo, the sooner this Republie is torn to b
peices, and a monarchy is built upon the tl
ruins, the better. [Applause.] We nmst ci
cease to be American citizens if we can sl
submit to this. When we look at the st
reason why these tiesulp and mar'luils aet ((
there, it agaumes a still more nmomtrntrous It
shape. They are there to put clown the le-- n
gaily con~stituteel releresenutativd-s of the n
pemeple in convention neesemlelee tee consiel- n
er tlhe interests of the people. Was anything c
of this kind ever hearel of be fore in a coun- p
try claiming to be a free country ? (Cheers.] h
Hlere atm Ila elelegate, unaninmousl' elec- o
ted from my ward, for after it was known I
had received two hundred anel one c
ma ority over amy compl~atotr, he, feeling c
he hadl been squarely elefeateel, mtoved to w
Imake mny election unualituoles, mcnl it was I!
nmade so. Yet when I maele npplicatiotn a
Iat that (Custotmhouse elocr for aelneissiona I fi
was told: ecyot Ccit not ceine ill here." Ii
IWho ever hesire of such tithing cas closing e
the halls of a convention in oreler that I
they could fix everythcing nic just as they
Swantesi before they let in the delegates? I
SThat is what they meant by this esans,. a
[Laughter and cheers,] They wanted to a
Shave the convention packed by their o
Sfriends, so nobody else could have a word r
I to say. Of course they were not ready, e
Sbecaueie we came down there a little too 5
i srong for thema. [Renewed laughter and t
a pplem.] The tact. of the case will
- prove, to the people of this State, that in
Severy parIsh where they had not the ann- 4
)blanee of a chance of electing delegates I
m they rrsorted to the moat extraordinary
I counsee to get a show of contestant. tq
Spack the convention. You citizens of I
t New Orlesas know the cousie they took
a in the Third Ward. On th. day of elee- I
. tion aims-tenths of the voter, did not 1
a knew where th poll. had bees located.1
What I -m toiling you is no mythical I
a story; asthe lmiaoy you have seeu with I
u, your ovaey. Oine would have thought
i-that nodadey Matel would have prevnated 1
a Uiemaawheadd It neu taking macha
eeage tet hMnemashe les. lat al md-k
L isp. "Whem tho goe would dmiboy
*tey *e geht aske a." ImmlMied they
hav made thees -e raving mad-they
'e eassthawsa thiablme of u-rn lt.B
Ire- t bt h 4 Ilipgaso m loasths e
Ward, I have no doubt they would have
polled a respectable vote. I, myself, _
thought they would have carried the ward
but no sooner did the people see the lod
ges and shifts they resorted to, than they O
repudiated them, held meetings of their T,
own, made speeches. and passed resoin- TI
tions conlemnning them.
ohe of the confidential friends of those Si
people has told we, and said I might use 1 I
it in the convention if I pleased, that they - -
had nine or ten boys voting the Dunn
ticket in the Third Ward. I know just
who these boys are, and it is a positive q
fact. They said they voted so often that1
they got tired, and went home. [Iaughter. I to
In this way it was easy to run up a major- ins
ity, espqaeially when they did their own
counting. [A voice: They are counted an
out now.] [Laughter.] Aye, and they wit
will stay out. [[stud applause.] ]
General H. .1. Camptbell being next called tie
upon, said:
As I understand the committee on ere- hic
adentials will be ready in a few minutes, I Th
will make no alpeek-l, but simply luint out thi
tne fact, and ask your eoiclusion upon it. ean
lhere are two conavntions, one surrounded cnt
by layounets anad LUnite. States nmarshals. Pe
and with its hall anald alsrn daased: the
other with no laiyonets or marshlaa mand
no clhseal daors, but meeting in the gasod anu
old Amerinan way, with osen dosos and ibn
free speech. I say when this tact goes
before the ls uple of Lonuiniana, they will
be able to trarm a very fair opinion as toa
which convention represents the Repub
lican party. [Appilnse, with three cheers
hr the united Republican perty at LoItis
ianaa,which were heartily raspondeda to. NA
IGeneral Campbell cnla-ted his address.]
JTndge Ii. I'. Dibblea in response to re
Ipeted calls, r, as'e and said:
I have lint a uiona-at's time to speak to de
you, and I have but little to say. I feel ha
very delply, very earnestly, this hour, hir to
I believe that the avents we have witnessed th
to-day are of the utmost importance, not til
only to the itepuhlican party of Louisianar,
but to thae llepniliean party of the t'nitent
State's, and to the lslpetuatioin of repub
tlican institutions. What we have seen to
day the Anna-rican pioinle will san', aunt
what we teal they will teal, and as we say
l thae will say, throunghout the length and
I the breadtth f this land. This is a no
oaoetous hour, and whether we succae-l air
hail, this hour determnimin," whether the
l"'aple a tin this country shall rule, or p
whether they shall In' ground down under
the heel ti tyranny. (4 'heers.] If the
people, when they assnemble in convention,
- are to te prevented from expressing their
will by the presence of bayonets, then our
country is a failure and liberty is dead. I
1 But, thank Gist, that day has not arrived.
lTh:nak (lasd that these haud men in the ('ns-
t toanshonase Iuive no frienas except their ownu
a satellites, anal no snhPlort at the hands of
t the Amnerican people. I dan not believe
- that they tell the truth when they say that
the authorities at Washington are sustain- }
- tug them. If they do tell the truth, I
believe that the people of the United
a Stautes will put down the authorities at
Washington as well as these men. [Cheers.)
I I was a soldier. l buried part of my body
I on this soil. I fought for the existence of
1 republican institutions. I buried four
I hundred thousand comrades faullen in
I battle. But there are eight hundred
thousand of us left, and if we are to be
s" ground down by tyranny we will be buried
a silently by our contraales fhat. [Cheers. r
t When I leave this convention 1 shall go
straight to Washington, and shall ask
v President Gaanat as a soldier whether he
e gave his sanction to the action that has 1
a been taken here to-day. If lie says yes,
a then I will denounco him through every
t city in the land. If he says nay, then I
a shall say, 'Prove your sincerity, sir, by
e striking ofl the heads of these nen.'
e Chbeers. I shall nat latlieve he is ssineera
y until Packarda, (:ewy and Lowell are re
-moved. If Ga-narail *rsant sustains these
e Imen, then General Grant cannot he the 8
- nominee of the Repulalia-an party of this
g country, if I know the sentiments of the
t-peple. (Great aplalan.'e.] But I telieve
]he will not sustain themn. Gentlemen, let
-our deliberations he calm and cool, as
Iwell as they can be under anur natural ex
e citement. Iet us declare ta the world in
14 calm, well chosen language, the position
o we lhars takn'n In Louisiana. Let me maay
s this. I have been fve weeks engagasi inn
n assisting in this canvass, anal I have heard
I from every parish in the iataate; anal, I
Inlia-ye I kawaw pretty clearly how every
g election was held; anal I state,' upon nay
ht woral, my msnat siincere conviction that
y the Republican party, represented by the
'a hamdrenl and odd alelegateas here now, as
e. against these men, Packard, Lowell & Co.,
in sanahave carried£theiltate by threea-fcurthas
ar or four-fifths majority, and that these men
d represent no one but the Customnbonse
remployes and a few revenue offiears. (Ap
o planse.] Throughout the State, wherever
d 'the people bave been permitted to express
11 thcir wilJ at the'hesae ballot box as they,
n we have beaten thenm. In the cltyof New
~.. Orleaso, in the fie wardh in which there
a were no contests whatever, our condidates
rywere elected by large majorities. I tell
tq the authorities at Washington that these
of mnarnahaWs bayonets and Customhouse of
ak fcers do mnot represent the Repuhteau
e- party of Ijouisifias, but represent a uam
oit her of men whoaseedeterminaed to putsthe
al. Republican party anodes their heeks for
al their maehoasha puspcmes. (Chasm]. Dii
ih they emannt jsmt down thi Uspubifra
hi party. The RIsuh~ahns pasty will rIde
ad aad crsh them luntheatamerllhersymsd
ao Rapublieealmasthiltml. [Cheses.]
4 GememalMcMbIlem~a, oeply toreselede
my eall sears frwuard, sadmada..ser 49is
sy heppiest adligaues Claimalg a rfgh t
ey adqe sthe omvmmsonm **sq not a
ft. m~eea tje b~y juesta e having aso
of Mr amyyq sil ma mbegA e I heb
RATES OP ADYRTWG.
Squareasl mo12 mon13 m u 6 t pa
One. $415$7 $9 $12 t05
Two 719 12 20 36
Three 9112 20 a36 1
Five 20 35 45 8A 85
Six 24 42 50 70 11$
1 Columnu.º 45 80 120 175 260
Transient advertigamenta, $150 per
square first inseAion; each subsequent
insertiem, 75 cents
All bunem l as e a but k
Sto l' charged twenty teles per line each
insertion.
Jot Patwrmra executed with alum
and dispatch.
Wedding Cards executed in accordanme.
with prevaling fashions.
Funeral Notices pted shortest no.
tice and with quickes dipaa h.
hIanparty, whom they now represented.
The (jeneral spoke of the importance of
the oetansion in the interests of free speech,
and said that the action of the federal oM
eial.s this day would be condemned by the
polile at large to all time. His remarks
were frequently and warmly applauded.
11ev. '1. W. Conway tollowed, and pleas
autly filled up the interval until the solid
businexs of theonuvehtion commenced.
On the Convention reassembling,
the committee on credentials made
the followtng report:
.'TATE ('ONVETInos Or TILE RE3U3L1A
Party. Turners Hall, New Orleans,
August 0, 1871.
1A1. President and Members of the State
Convention of the Republican party of
Louisiana.
GNTLEXEN-Your committee on sRe
deutials have the honor to report that they
have examined the credentials that have
been handed to them, and they And that
the following named gentlemen are es
title l to seats.
A. B. HARRIS,
(CEO. WASHINGTON,
F. J. HERRON,
RAFORD BLUNT,
I 1 F.. BUTLER,
THOMAS H. NOLAND.
Avoyelles -L. J. Souer, Q. F.
Hnesman.
Ascension - Charles F. Smith,
Pierre Landry.
r Winn -D. L. Haynes, J. Wesley
Maylield, C. W. White.
Red River-M. H. Twitchell.
St. Charles-Peter Harper, John
Butler.
St. john Baptist-George W.
1 Combl s.
f Franklin- -J. R. Wooldridge.
Bossier-- Charles 8. *Abell.
t St. Mary Emerson Bentley, W.
B. Merchant, S. C. Johnson.
1' Lafayette-F. Martin.
t Tensas Robert Worrall, J. Ross
] Stuart, A. R. Whitney, M. Blue.
Iberville- Charles E. Halstead,
Cyrus Parker, George B. Loud.
St. Martin-Louis C. Laloire.
l Morehouse--W. F. Blanchard.
e Assumption - George Washing
' ton, H. L. Swords, A. J. Echerer
na.
k Madison-A. M. Creamer.
e West Baton Rouge-Robert Mor
ris.
Webster-J. M. Waggoner.
Vernon-H. C. Meyers.
Cameron-George H. Guptel.
Caldwell-A. W. Faulkner.
East Baton Rouge-N. Under
wood, F. W. Hurst, Valque Ander
eson.
Mabine-W. R. Wheyland.
CVermillion--Clark H. Remick.
CSt. James-Oscar F. uansaker,
J. C. Oliver, John Johnson.
-Natehitoches-Henry Baby. Ba
"n ford Blunt, M. P. Blackatone.
IJefferson-William Ellis, J. E.
IParker, S. L. Henry..
Be Soto -Mortimer Csrr.
1 Catahoula- -S. Marvin.
SGrant Thomas Johnson.
Bienyille- A. F. Colemaga.
IConcordia-A. B. Harris, Genege
Washington.
LCalcasiuC- Barbs.
isWebster--C'bs.. Perry.
Plaquemine-E. Butler, R. Ma.
Shoney, C. V. Thibeult, Ii 0. Coumr.
er colle.
. Carro~l--E. H. Mastes, W. B.
w Laorh-na Crosier, Wil.
'" lam Murrell.
,g Terrebonne-T. A. Cnepi Jamesn
me L. Belde,.
C.Livingscm-James H. Dailey.
8 S Tarnmassy-E. P. Vhaiters.
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