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"REPUBLICAN AT ALL TIMES, AND UNDER ALL CIRCUMSTANCES." VOLUME 1. NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, THURSDAY NOVEMBER 2, 1871. RUM5I4S1. -.r'TIE 1, I'I.!ANIAY, OWNED,-' FIITEUI .A!) IMANAGED BY COLOR iP .CEL R. Is PUBLISHED EVERY 7 p11"}:l AND SUNDAY MORN } ATT 114 ('ABONDELET STREET IO"RIENAS LA. S.. pr. . I'INCHBACL Otuans, t- r sTOIE, Cano, , ig' Y. KELSO, RiPDEsa. ag. 6. BROWN,---Editor. p. B, S. PIN CHBACK, Manager. N- TanYs or SscarrrxPT: o: yr. .. ................... 1 0 h i 3 ,T .................... 3 0 rxzr M:HN .................. 1 50 .. ('P............... PRIOSPECTUS OF The Loaiuinsa. In tile er.,lnavor to establish another Rvudlicfan journal in New Orleans, ti, pr-prit.trs of the Louisran-, pw,, ' ~o11 a necessity which has te1 l,'g, and sometimes painfully !..t t4 exist. In the transition state f ur IpeT,!!'. in their struggling efforts , natlain that position in the Body p',i;w, which we conceive to be their i w, it is regudtled that much infor t.u ,n, gt.laur,, encouragement, C,,T:,,! and reproof have been lost, in c c,ný.,q, nee of the lack of a medium, tro uh which these deticiencies might bt ;:uppli, L. We shall strive to make t+. L,~fA rAN a ladesideratum in these POLICY. Aq our motto indicates, the Lorr .\At; shall eu " l, RPblican of all o a,,l ,tnd,-rall circunmsts,n's" We ,., aulrw-.te the security and enjoy c, it of broadcivil liberty, the abso ;ut,, equality of :ll men before the law, a,l an impartial distribution of hon or and patronage to all who merit them. Desirous of allying animosities, of obhterating the memory of the bitter I.st.of promoting harmony and union n,,,n'g all classes and between all in 1.. u, we shall advWocate the removad . ill political disabilities, fos.terkiud nse wand forbearance, where malignity aJ reentment reigned, and seek for herni,,s and justice where wrong and lplrt,~sion prevailed. Thus united in (,r aims and oljects, we shall conserve hrt,,et interes, elevate our noble !e. t t, an enviable position among u-'i ter States, by the development 'r illimitable resources, and secure I..,a ill hnuefits of the mighty changes in he history and conilition of the I-lle and the Country. ruv ing that there can be no true hL rtiy without the supremacy of law, shal l urge a strict and unalierimui ting administration of justice. TAXATION. W shall supl)ort the doctrine of an Sluitalle division of taxation among SI CliWe, a faithfuld collection of the 'ib huses, economy in the expeudi tr e, brnfrmaly with the exigen CibS of the Staite or Country and the 4chsrge of every legitimate obliga t1in. EDUCATION. W shall sustain the carrying out of the prov$iouns of the aot establishing ear cmnn m ch,id system, and urge 1 S paramoulnt duty the education of ' 11.oth, as vitally connected with th, own enulightenment, and the seen "Y and st:ahility of a Republican (ivernmunt. FINAL. Bry generous, manly, independent, Id judici.lu conduct, we shall strive b resne our paper, from an ephem ', Sd temlporary existence, and htilish it upon a basis, that it we -"Unot "command," we shall at all BARRETT, SEYMOUB & Co., P Tn.Erls AND LITROGRA PHERS, 60 Camp Street .EW ORLEAS POETRY. THE BLIND SLEEPER. Let her sleep on: Her heart is weary of the dark; Let her sleep on: Who know ? In dream-land she may see Bright scenes, that in her waking See; So let her be. Let her sleep on: Her lips, so patient, part in smiles; Let her sleep on: Who knows? She dreams perchance of sight; Shall we awake her to life's night ? No, let her be. Let in the air, And place these roses at her side; The od'rons air Will fan her cheek, till in her dream She scents rose-gardens, it may seem So let her dream, An'd let her hear A lulling music floating by, lo ple)ase her ear; Haply she loved the tender strain, And lives somne happy hours again: Let her sleep on, And let her dream Some pitying angel wafts aloof Her hopeless pain. Her sightless eyes are dry of tears, She feels no mo.a the cross she bears; Oh, blessed dream I I dare not stay; A coward at her side I siand, And dare not stays Loet I, who view the patient face Tllu.uined :.y uiis hour of grace, See its despair. WHAT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS DONE POR THE COUNTRY ABROAD. The first disgrace the American Government ever suffered abroad, was indicted by men whose highest boast of social standing and poli tical influence consisted of their being Democrats. Our country was never misrepiresented and belied until Democratic slave-holding trait ors went abroad to induce the gov ernments of Europe to aid the re bellion for its destruction. The Masons, 8lidells, Yulees, Soules, Thompsons and others of their ilk, went to Europe to belie and belittle, in the name of slavery, American free institutions. To the courts of Europe, the free white labor of the North was represented as ignorant, brutal, venal and vile-unfit for self-government and unworthy of international recognition and re ciprocity. By this means, it was hoped the world would be induced to throw its influence and bestow its sympathy in favor of the slave holders' rebell;on. And to a cer tain extent the plan succeeded. We had little of the sympathy of the governments of Europe in our ef forts to crush treason. American Democrats abroad had disgraced us defamed us, and belied all our pur poses and plans. Nevertheless, we succeeded, and Europe changed her notions concerning our ability as a warlike people. Our power as a self-sustaining nation was recog nized and respected, but before either was done, on account of Dem ocratic intrigne and insolence, we had to wade through rivers of blood and clothe the land in mourning. And now comes a second disgrace to the American people abroad, caused by Democratic foulness at home. The frauds of the Tammany ring, which mean the corruption of the Democratic party all over the land, are made use of by the des pots and aristocrats of the old world to prove that a Republican form of Government is a failure, that it is corrupt, debasing and ruinous of popular right and social purity. Thus we have the Democratic lead ers and party to thank for trouble at home and disgrace abroad-Dai ly Sltate Journal. Very ood Pay. Persons curious about the wages of royal folks abroad, may find it consolitary to know that there is paid to Alexander II. $8,250,000, or $25,000 a day; Abdul Axis, $8,000 000, or $18,000 a day; Francis Joseph, $4,000,000, or $10,050 per day; Frederich Wilhelm L, $3,000 000, or $8,210 per day; Victor Emanuel, $2,400,000, or $6,840 per day; Victoria, $2,200,000, or $6,270 per day; Leopold, $600,000, or $1,663 per day. In addition to this salary, each sovereign is furnished with a dozen or more rt-delam houses to live in without any aaga for reant TIIE COLORED CONVENTION. -0- [FOrl'T DAT.] The Convention assembled at 12 M., barely a quorum being present. Prayer was offered by Chaplain Bradwell, and the journal was read. The name of Lieutenant Govern or O. J. Dunn, of Louisiana, was added to the list of delegates from that State, he being present, The reports of committees were then rendered, the greater number of committees reporting progress, and asking for further time. Considerable time was occupied in regard to the number of copies of the proceedings that should be printed for distribution to members. One thousand copies were agreed to, and twenty-seven dollars and fif ty cents added to assessment. The unfinished business, which was the pledging of the Conven tion to the support of the Republi can party, and upon which Mr. Pinchback, of Louisiana, had the floor, was postponed for a short time. Mr. Burch offered a resolution endorsing the Republican party and the administration, and returning thanks. After long debate, the same went to the committee. Flowers, of Tennessee, offered a resolution regarding organizations against labor, &c. Mr. Turner introduced a resolu tion of inquiry, regarding colleges for the education of colored youths. The Convention then proceeded to discuss the resolution pledging the support of the Convention to the Republican party. Mr. Pinch back, of Louisiana, having the floor, when he introduced the following preamble and resolution : Whereas, President Grant has proven himself to be the greatest military chieftain of the age, and has administered the affairs of the Government with abilities unsur passed by any President that has filled the Executive Chair; and whereas, his recognition of the col ored people in the distribution of Federal patronage was the crown ing act in our elevation to American citizenship ; therefore, be it Resolved, That we heartily en dorse his administration, and be lieve that under his leadership, with judicious management, the Republican party can be led to a glorious victory in 1872. To this Mr. Pinchback spoke as follows: Mr. President: I have seen mani fested a disposition ever since we met, by nearly every member, to in troduce some resolution having special reference to national admio istration, and especially to General Grant I watched the course of these gentlemen very carefully and it seems that they wish to sarrogate to themselves alone the right to be regarded as Grant men. So fearful are these gentlemen that somebody else will be regarded as Grant men, that if a man dares to raise his voice here, even against piling up resolution on top of reso lution before the Convention, look ing to the endorsment of the ad ministration, that they charge him with being lukewarm or non sup porter of that administration. Now, sir, when I first come to this city, the night before this Convention assembled, it was basely circulated about here that I was against Grant The object of this rumor I have been unable to understand, especi ally when it came from men whom I regard as my personal, as well as my political friends, and especially when I know that it came from men who can have no doubt about my political status, and especially, again when it came from men who would have been branded before this whole country as liarif it had notbeen for my intervention. I could very well understand why the last reo lution preceeding this was intro duced. I was oppomsd to, ad it was well Sundecutood and a general desire e~x jressed that no local politial uat ters should be brought into this IConvention. Wedo not s55ahbl hre for setting State di~srses. We meat hereto on..lt the interests of the colored people of the Southern p States, in whatever direction those .A interests might point. [ But I had secarcely got here be- li fore I found gentlemen trying to I undermine what little popularity or I influence I did possem, by circulat ing reports that I was against the 0 administration. t What was the neat thing ? Here comes agentleman with a resolution a endorsing the Republican party ; o another comes in with a resolution endorsing General Grant ; themn another on the same subject, and another, and another. With these faes before us, it would seem that the Convention should act carefully. What they com plain of is this; piling it on. I want to ask whether there has been brought before this Convention a single, solitary resolution that looks to a stronger endorsement of Gen eral Grant than the one I have in troduced ? Is it tine, I have not gone over one of those teTri6c fourth of July orations; have not exhausted the vocabulary of grand expressions, but I have in this resolution em bodied the kernel of all that may be said in honor of the President of the United States. Let me ask, if I was not a Grant mail what evidence is necessary to prove that one is a Grant man. If I propose now to toss my hat higher than Pny one else at every mention of his ,a- e, would that be evidence that I am a Grant man, would it prove that I am a Grant man? I oidioe not, hut while I say that this is no evil ice that I am a Grant m anl, I pro a to show what I con sider to L evidence of my friend ship for his Excellency and for the ani;uistration. From the first time my name Swas mentioned in connection with Bepublican priueiple% I have been an unswerving advocate of his. At no times or places have I failed to do the very fullest homage to him. At no time or place have I failed to pay b;i the ;ighest eulries, I could commend. I have extolled that act of his in which he recog u'zed the impartial distribution of Federal patronage, as his crowning act. It was the cap s'.eath, the acme. I had the cdistinguished honor to represent my State in part in the National Convention which nomi nated him for the position he now e occupies. Not only did I do that, but I threw is whatever I had in his elevation to the Presidential 9 Chair. Not ooly that, but more re cen ;ly myself and other gentlemen º- met and formed a corporation, and e started a paper. I now own four - sixths of that paper, the other gen g tlemei having sold their interests, I- and am now running it at a hea y 6l cost, and nailed at the mast head as of our choice for President in 1872, is d the name of Ulysses S. Grant. I have expended my money, and e am uilling to do so, and am running an organ at my own expense, but n in the face of all this, men have the d hardihood and unparalleled audaci s ty to assert here, that I am against t Grant. It seems to methey must Shave been in the company of his :- distinguished brother-in-law in Lon 1- isiana, of whom I am told the first n thing he says when he meets a gen - tleman is, "Are you against Grant?" r, No, sir: I am not against Grant r, If the country, through this Con a vention, wishes to know where I d stand, I will tell them I am not L against Grant. If the Republican e party thinks that, under his leader L- ship, it can achieve victory in 1872, n by all means ' ke him nup a But while ' am thus uncompro y misiugin fa' ,r of Grant, I am so n independent a a citizen, as to my y that whener~ • General Grant does n that which I hink is wrong, or an d injury to Republicanism, I will of e fer my protest and opposition to it; n whatever or wherever it may be. y When I aee several States of ours Spasing out of the hands of the Re publican party, through the injudi cious distribution of publi patrona II age, it becomes my dnty as wellas t- that of al oth Bepbligs, to do - cur best against it. The gpet 8tate a of Miouri has pasmed of o r hads from this eur. The Stat r of Teamnm has bem lest from t the same emause. Texas has game , aost onrwbliwgl fo, th, op position by the self-same cane. Alabama ha, I hear, hopeleely gone i from the same cause. North Caro lina, I hear, can be added to the c number. How many more will be a added? t I may whether it be General Grant it or anybody else, if their acts tmend to distrus the Republican party, or s to pot the governmentinthe hands n of our sworn enemies, it becomes t our solemn duty, and the duty of every Republican, to enter our pro- v test against any such action. c From the time I entered the poli- e tical arna down to this dq, I have i discharged the daties of a Re- v publican according to the dictates of my conscience. No reward has ever t swerved me even so much as a hair. a Principle has been my star ; has been my hope from the commence- b ment down to the present time ; and whenever I prove false to that ii principle, or the principles of the e Republican party, may I sink so deep in the grave of political obli- t vion that no time shall ever help , me to a resurrection. t By Mr. Barbadoes a resolutien c regarding the Freedmen's Savings c Banks and Educational Institutions. The honorary member from Ohio , offered a resolution on Education. g The above was referred to commit tees. Mr. Pinchback, the Chairman of the Committee of Civil Rights, re- c ported. Long and exciting debate i followed, extending into the evening I session. The principal points made i were that generally the law was quite ample but the colored people 1 were to blame in not seeing it I properly enforced. Also, it was of fered as an excuse by Price of I North Carolina, that the race was so poor in his State that they were unable to seek redress, through the proper courts, even if they would ( grant it. The subject was thoroughly dis eumed by Mesrs. Pinchbeck of Louisiana, Price of North Carolina, and Belcher of Georgia. The re port as was then adopted urges the passage of the supplementary Civil Rights bill,- as proposed by Hon. Charles Sumner. In the evening session minor questions were considered and finance discussed by the members generally. FIFTH DAY. The Convention met at 10 A. M. Prayer was offered and the min utes read, when the discussion was resumed upon the resolution offered by Mr. Pinchbeck Saturday, and a substitute offered by Mr. Grey, of Arkansas, endorsing the adminis tration of President Grant The following is the substitute offered by Mr. Grey: 1kodved, That we heartily endorse the administration of President Grant, and favor his renomination to the Presidency, believing that Ilunder his leadership, with jadici ,oun management, the RepublMcan Sparty can be led to a glorious ric e tory in 1872. The debate oeceured upon a too t tion to postpone the consideration t of the substitute, and was exceed Singly warm, especially between the - Georgia and Arkansas delegations. t The principle point made by some - was that it is somewhat premature "to tie themselves at this early date Sto any line of action. It was ex - preseed by some in this debate, that I the President had not gone far t enough in the matter of protection. o The discussion in some instances -brought members to their feet, to t, asert in a very positive manner, that they were not opposed to Gent, but simply were unwilling o to bind themselves to any renomi y nation. SMr. Belcher, of Georgis, thoh a it was not the duty of the Conrme - tion to endorse for renominatio, ; GIrant or my one .else at this time, m. twelve months in advance, ad to a pledge the colored people to bie ' support for the next candidate. Yet - bebelievemd Groant was entitled to i oWme aemhwledgmsnt from the e* Soree popla or what ehandasmy o dos saad that smh a sflution he 5 was mdyto ado r r. sshar mid he hl w that a rsudy te dilrt a pmm' ienase a Vtth dimad fem their -n po li-teel lr sas t he wish-a b t e t distiatly understood that tif noth ing between this and the next cam - paign occurred to make a vital change in the party, he should most assaredly support Grant's aomina- 1 tion for the next cndidate or Pre ident, and at the present time be I heartily did endorse him, and con sidered his course worthy the cam mendation of the Republican party throughout thes country. The gentleman from Tennesee i was emphatically against the prin- t ciple of "general suage end gen- Ii eral amnesty," as be had heard snch ideas espressad by sons in t Con vention. A motion to refer all the mesola tiss endorsing the adminsation e of President Grant to a committee of de and that a set of resolutions be framed out of the whole of them, was fought of each member appear- 2 ing to desire his resolutions adopt ed as they were sent up. Mr. Grey of Arkansas stated that b the attitude of the colored element was an anomolous one, and the mat- . ter must be nicely managed, as the colored political element was a pe culiar one. They were, we might say, involuntary immigrants. He wanted to know if they were to ig nore, by refusing to endorse the ad ministration and the President, the power of the Government. He C wanted to know if they were to talk of independence even while the priv ,loges of common carriers were de- 1 nied to many, and if it was not ne cesary to stick by the party who had stock to them until these things may1 be rectified. He wanted to know if under these cirumstances, men would come here and make distinc tions between the Republican party and the men who carry out its pria ciples; tf men, after being protected by the law, as administeed by i Grant, would come here and ,.mae snch disintiotins between principles and the men whodiseinafs them. why were they here to day as dele gates ? Becase of tbefaithfl ad ministration of the laws thus far. Those rights were purchased by blood and toil, when the question of the status of the black race was bc fore the soontry. Those rights were, to a certain extent, still in abeyance of the Democratic party, Ithe question, in some plases being still asettled. Did he find the blaek men daring to refuse to in dorse the Republican party and ad ministration and the man who car riedouttheprinciples of that ad ministration? Why should black men stand neutral by any sueh so tion? For him, he would not while he can raise his voice. The present President had taught the people to respect law and order. Congrems was the grand jary, and had found a true bill, and the President was making the arrests, and any resole. tion that endorses the jury and not the chief instrument ofCarrying out the findings was wrong. It was then moved that the vote be taken by call of States. To this much was said. Mr. Pinebback, of Louisiana again .meeting ts ime, thet if s.ma Schoss to differ from ethers, or to t in for hime. be haold mt h. branded as an enemy to the admin istration, or lkewarm. Be was nwilbuing to leave ay shbamee r einmergenis, referring fauidentally to Andrew Johnson's course; but while now he was in fravorof Grant, it wa po"ible that twelvean months r hence the status of things might change. Hedidnot believe in try , ing the matter up tightly, and re fterred to the facet that some who were most stranuom in this diree tion, were at present recipients of publioo patronage. He believed there was much to be done yetL They not only asked for the krm adminirt of the law, but he Sme and administrators of the law. - fitqasked if hn would support lumuer's poition in the SSt. Domingo question, . Phab Sback eidm emp-haimil ye, t sad thath could adds an arga ment that wolM ,ove to every man whohad i blood l ni his reinm that it was hi aty to stand Sdebte hlwed itiaa iid he zesssidaiss of *** a *hish Mr. Wshadese? a b - w-a aiops : e (omuinssein Uin.s ) IAT18 OF ADVIET1UW& - IUiPae -9 6mILrPy10, One rye 1 ae $4 $7ll W Two 7 01 11 1012 Three . 19 9a s ase pow 115 4 1a 8 sk I b 6 IV 14$ Si~ 14 15209II 1O018010. 4 1 176 10 Tbemiu iwth PU.ti...$6 per iam.etIem, 75 sat.. All basic. cods.o ad si IbMa a to be chased twuaty eat par lhe sma Jon P-u m-,~aud with maneats ad r---·ra. wit~h -t"'i· rrrbao ti~aaaiwilh.meutest no 26 St. Charle Steet 26 Prompt attention given to civil busna it tonseuewraleoarta otthe A.P. 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