The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1865-08-16

senator and Representative from that coun-
" were unanimously requested to resign.
: / was TO have addressed a similar meeting
1t Paris, Henry County, on Saturday last
and would have done so, had | not 'beenI
AS the offensive words are alleged 7
to have been spoken in my Dresden speech
they were substantially repeated at lren-
tonj, / will give you accurately and concise
" as / can, what said Of you at DRESDEN
Indeed, will give you the precise Wo OF q
nv exordum in which you were first per,
sonaly alluded to, Addressing RS ing myseii
to the audience, / said: = +
q You have witnessed the rise, culmina-
tion and overthrow of rebellion, 10 all res.
poets the most astonishing in the worlds |
history; astonishing because Of the num-
bers engaged, the resources it 50 suddenly
improyised, and the duration and intensity
Of the conflict. II was only less astonishing
than the numbers and resources i encoun- |
tered. 1t has ended as all febelllons must
end when opposed by greatly superior re-
sources and numbers The rebellion is over.
It's leaders are, captives, exiles or suppll-
cants for pardon; its armed adherents have
saluted their flag for the last time, and hs
friends throughout the South have yielded
the contest Their submission has been
graceful, unanifsous, and in all apparent
coed faith. Not an armed Confederate is
to be found within the limits Of the State.
The Federal Government protested to draw
the sword only for the sole purpose OF en-
| forcing its constitutional authority wherever
| it was opposed ]; it is this day supreme with
in the entire limits of the United States.
No. opposition is anywhere attempted; nor
| indeed, can any be organized. Why, then,
I ask, are we threatened with despotlsn
| as lnexcusable as rebellion? Why are free
elections denied to the Union men and qna.
fled voters of the Stateg Why have non
4 residents and loungers around Federal
CAMPS, without your knowledge or consent,
4 and in defiance of your protests and appeals,
been permitted to usurp the high and res
ponsble places Of power, and to declare
themselves your oppressors end masters
| and this, too, in contempt OF that Deciara-
/ ton of Rights, whose sacred principles are
i inviolable, and, by your Constellation, : tx
! cepted out Of the general powers OF Gov
ernment n Why are offensive rulers being
get over the loyal people OF the State by
those who are jointly responsible for the
! war! Why are bands of armed negroes
permitted to roam, over the country, plumber
t Ing and insulting the tirad and defenceless'
And more than these, why are you and i
whose souls are unstained by treason, com
5 PEELED to drain this cap of shame at tn
4 hands Of those who were the original 'lnsti
D CATERS Of the rebellion p
+ beg leave to assure your exceiency that
& in using the words aoriginal inst'gasofs Q
!, the rebellion | alluded to you further
I that I spoke in no Pickwickian sense. An
4 now that i may invoke your clemency, NO
\ for myself, but for those who listened 10 ~
L remarks, / frankly confess that subinltte
IS certain proofs of the truth Of my charge
II I told the people that the first time l,eve
e. saw you, you were haianguing the multltud
" 10 prove me an Aboitionist: that it was
d somewhat sraw ana gusty day. aud thu
lie your yehemenee in the open air caused 70
al to contract a throat disease, from whlc
r. unfortunately for the country, you profs
/. not to have recovered. i alluded to yol
d.. early speeches in Congress in whichyou 7
inI sorted TO the bitterest personal abuse y
be John Quincy Adams beeausalot hisreligior
Il anti.slasery opinions; to your reyerentl
a. confession that God had killed off Gen. ida
ndl rison because be was an Ab0litionist.
th also told the people that you had, in lS9
" in theState of Tennessee, proposed that
". cry Southern man should join in one Fl
ug ternal hug . and plunge into rebellion,
OF Fremont and Dayton were elected Ina
10, Edition to this, ] Informed the audience I'll
ess heard you, in the senate, IN Deeemb
&c, 1863, denounce Mr.. Seward and the Rep,
,ed Iican party as wholly responsible for
ur- mnrderoas raid aof .this old man Brow
les whom you then stigmatized as ''nothl
In more than a nurderer, robber, thief a
Nv. d traitor / said, also, that you not o
,til supported Breckenridge, the candidate
see the ayowed disiinIonists, but that alter
of election of Lincoln, after the meeting
ent Congress in December, 1860, and only.
um, day before the assembling OF the Cow
the tion which declared South Carolina ou
!, OF the Union, you had, inthe Senate of
United States, made a labored speech,
j Of bracing part Of two days, in which
res positively pledged yourself ina contlngge
asst, which has long since happened, to jointl
tied same rebels, ITO perish in the last breat
was to si'barn every blade Of grass ane
IAN make your grave in = the last intre
the mentsa of rebel freedom I4told the pc
ellis that ] heard this speech. during the de
asily Try OF which Jefferson Davis offered yt
we're most unproYoked insult, the effect OF "
the will not now attempt to sIate( and
,ort- every word Of it was designated to COW
the people Of Tennessee that they wer
very oppressed people and you their champ
bson that their constitutional rights were IN
ours. nent danger and that they ought I =
ewly .manJ additional securities that you
!, he and there submitted the following WI
10 to ! sbasis upon which you declared an
sent. tefable purpose to tight the great b
sew for our rights
sent, Resolved, That we deeply sympa
null with our sister Southern States, and !
!; yet admit that there is good cause; for dis
i !; he faction and complaint, on their part, 9
aston count of the recent election OF sect
81, to candidates to the Presidency and
i the Presidency Of Che United States: ye,
cisely as portion Of people of q slaveho
were community are not for sa"se'- !. !, i No ~
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