Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-01-26

We cannot refrain from publishing in full
he speech of this gansaeaan delivered in
the House of Representatives on the 7th inst.
The remarks Of Mr.. Eustis are a perfect en-
bodimentot the princIptessof the American
party of Louisiana. They are the principles
Of the American party Of this State as laid
taowa when we joined it, and still exists des-
pite The harping 81 our adyersaries to the con-
ltrary. ard which We hope will ALWAYS
be its principles while it exist as a party,
We clip from the Washington papers.
Mr.. Eustis rose to : personal EXPLANATION. He said
that he had intended 10 occupy the attentions of lie
House after aa organization MES eaected. but that he
peculiar complexion Of the debate CD Saturday last.
ard the remarks Of the gentleman from Nixsissiani =
| (Mr. II. 5. Il ennett) WHICH he found in the Congress-
iontl Globs ofIhursiay, compelled him to change Tia
co=lEss rshielf he had 'determined upon.E That gentle
man had asked whether the american party in Louis
isna dTa not view the eighth section Of tha pliladel..
| phia platform as prescribing Catholics and foreigners.
/ and whether, in consequence, they had not icaorsd
aud rcpaaiatef it? That If he, fAfr. Benne1} , W. hot
misiniorrced, the gentleman from Louisiana. fMr. Euy-
It's VINO was elected By ,tbe' Araerican party OF that
State, had r~ePudiated that portion Of tine platform. AMI
yet ho was stin haTmosously acting with the Amer
can party here in the suapoEtof Nj, Fuller, of Penn
| sylvauia. - .s-~.
Mr.. F. regretted exceedingly that the VOTE wh;eb hs
had the honor 10 girG the patriotic and conservative
gentleman from Pennsylvania. should have given any
concern or unaasiaess to the gentleman frela Missis-
sippi-nlore particularly, as lie did not think that he
required from that gentleman any prompting, any
suggestion. or any lecture. He said this in a shirt Of
kindness and courtesy. He thought that he vas aiono
responsible To his constituents and political friends fer.
any vote he might give He yielded TO that gentle
man the broades8 latitude IL the expression of his
opinions here and elsewhere, and he claimed the aass
privilege for himself. re had voted for Mr.. Fuller be-
cause he thought him the most acceptable eandidat.
and because eEnew him to be a souua and foi.seYy,
alive man, and he would continue 10 vote for him as
long assbe permitted his name to he used BY his friends
il the House. He wished, however to state The rosf-
tian Of the american party in Louisiana on the SUBJ
iect u religion. The party in that State held it as a
cardinal maxim and he hoped 10 God that it would be
80 held in every State of he Union. that religious faith
was a question between each individual and his Sod.
and they considered any attempt TO abriige or circum.
1 scribevreiigieus freedom as unworthy If our greet
country as il Was in tyiolatiaa of the organic Law OF
the land. In this spirit tbs American party Of Lauisi.
ana repudlate4 It in toto. He cared not what con
structioa gentlemen might be pleased, IN perfect good
faith. TO PutrpenEtfat article. They rntghtAsy that
il Was inoferativr, and therefore inofensive. as ayainst
Americana Catholics, hnt the words wers there. and they
ware offensive and insulting To the American Catho-
| lies. He called the attention of the House to the con
strpctiou that kieurnoy had put upon that article
when he was the american candidate for Governor of
| Virginia That gentleman published Il letter in which
he said he woula never vote for a Roman Catholic. and
he thanked God that he fFienrnayi was defeated. He
ought 10 have been defeated, as there was enough in
his letter to have defeated ten thousand candidates for
Governor aud he hoped That every man who held
such odious. such monstrous doctrines, would ever
meet with as deep and as early q political grave as did
lie agreed With the gentlemen from Mississippi, rgr.
Rcnnettl wtaen he said tina. il the sth artici. Of tho
Philadelphia piatform did not mean to prescribe Cath
0iIcs, il meant nothing. The cardinal principles of tire
American party, ane the only one which he cheese 10
endorse st present. was that none but nstive-harn
Americans should be elevated to Office. If none but
native born Americans should be elevated to Office, all
tereigners, both Catholic and Protestant, yer. ekclu-
ded, and were eNeladed not On account Of tfseir reiig-
ion. but of their birth, and therefore the only Cstho-
lies that remained to be dealt witi-fle emily Catholics
that coHld be considered as candidates for ofHce-were
/ the American Catholics. e s,$ fa~E
He wished the House to understand that he wss ad-
dressing the National American party, and not the De-
raocratle, and he wanted that party to understand dis
tinctIy where he stood on this question. He was no
Catholic he had been in q Catholic Church but three
or four times in his life, but he wanted to see Justice
done them. If the eighth article meant nothing, whv
lot strike it ont 7 IT vas o blot on the history Of tn.
country, and had driven thousands from the ranks Of
| the American party who, il other respects, sided witt,
Il. TIE American people we're Z generous people. and
would never nrdte III 4 crusade agains: American Cath
Giles, and he. for bis part. would rather that hi. right
arm would wither than tenb its aid to 3 party whos.
direct purpose was such prescription. Gentlemen talk
about "Papak power. = They could net point him 10
an Instance where a Catholic priest, or an accredited
agent af the Pore OF Rome. had ever held 8 seat in
Congress, and vet he blushea 10 ae the professors of
the Protestant religion pallutins their robes by dtag-
| ging them ia the alire of petfics. The Stale Legisla-
lures we're fuHof black robes aud white cravats, laugh
ter and Congress esen was filed with the same gen
try, [shouts Of ~iaughter.l He wanted 70 know rhero
they gut their authority from for thus hlackbaIlins
their peers and equals the american Catholics, stamp
ing them as mere tools 9f the Pope of Rome. and con-
sidering them as unworthy Of being in the councils Of
the country Did thes fad il in the Constitution or
III the treaty between France and the United S.ates,
in which the territory Of auiisiana was eedea 10 this
country. the religious rights Of the inhabitants being
qua rautied TO them 2 Did they hnd It in the Farewell
Address of the Father of his Country-that address 80
often quoted by the orators of the American party-or
did they Gnd it in that great book, the Bible. on which
so much ycneratiaa had been bestowed so unproftahiy
ia the Philadelphia PLATFORM Ecrcat laughter He
wenli tell gentlemen where they found If. In the
teachings and in the INSPIRATION of that dark spirit Of
f~naticiam which is the curse Of the Anglo-Saxon race.