The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1865-10-18
and the indiguiiy Of negro equality. 10 him
history will accord the honor of doing more

and the indignily Of negro equality. : To him
history willsaccord the honor Of dong more
i ior ms country and running more risk for
her sake than soldier or Statesman ever did
before. To him the South looks now !; il
him him she is beginning 10 trust. What. more
necessary to eyoke oil Thai, is good and noble
IN mans nature than such d consciousness
Whatmore elfeciualy uproots all animosityg
7 know it has been said Of me, r said the
President in his reply to the delegation,
g that'my asperities are sharp that + had
vihdlctiye feelings TO crafty, land that Il
should not fail to avail myself of the oppor-
tuuities that would present themselves to
crafty such despicable feelings. Y But I can
say row, as | have said on many former DC
casions, that I entertain no personal resent.
ments, enmities, u anilaosities to any living
soul SouTH Mas5n and Dinon's line, how.
ever much be may have differed from me in
principle. Gentlemen" he adds, q If my
acts will not speak for me and themselves,
then then any profession | might now make
would be equally useless. But if | know,
myself, asll think do. | KNOW THAT I AN
OF TIE SouTuEaS pEoPLE,gASD | LOVE
THEM e
Yes, Andy johnson. Is Of the Southern
people, aud the Southern people, as we said,
are b trimming to trust him. /" WE Of the
South is the Presidents phase. . VIZ of
the South" How significant is that little
lprenoun-how suggestive Of common feel.
lngs and common interests How full it is
OF nnspoken promise and Of. unexpressed
warning. VIZ Of the Sonth.a We do
say there is great nobility in the heart of the
man who ranges himself. with his cpmpatri
OTIS ia the hour Of their humiliation and
proudly claims bfotherho0d with Il defeated
People. t at
II is evident that the mischiefmakers OF
the press, the men who invent and give chr
reney to stories Of Southern disloyalty and
Southern disafection find no favor 10 the
Presidential sight. He states distinctly aud
uneqaivocally that be does not believe them,
that his confidence ini the South is upshaken,
aud that bis feelings towardslt are not to he
gathered from the speeches that are being
made in different quarters. do not LEI
them trouble or cxclte you says the. Hresi.
dent /; but believe it is, as it is. the great.
obj ctof'the Government to make the union
OF those United States more complete and
perfect than ever, and to main ain il on cont
st'tatlonal principles, il possible, more firmly
than it has ever before beehn Vol
This speech will he bitter pill to the
Radicals, aud twill intensity their hatred
to the man they can neither lead nor drive,
neither dupe nor blind. FIN st E.s'
The following sentence requires no conf
he,it,, it is a reputation Of the vital prlncl-
pies ofitha Republicans policy, and q con
domination of the practices OF the Republi
can party during tbs last four years. 1t is
an authoritative reassertion Of the cardinal
doctrine OF thesDemocracy:
:" want not only you, but the people of
the world to know that while / dreaded aud
feared disintegration ofsthe States, ] am
g ually opposed 10 consolidation, OF eentrall-
satloa Of p6wer here, uaader WHATEVER
GUISE OR NAME THEY BEAR.
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