The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-09-05
The Coed Work Done by: the Ma
tional Convention.

First. 1t sewers the connection between
President Johnson and the Republican
party. The slicces- of the Philadelphia
convention, which has, in all respects, an
swered the expectations and satiGed the
wishes of President johnson, separates
him effectuaily from the Republican party,
and arrays the whole influence If the exc.
cutive branch Of the government against its
policy.
Second. The convention mas been the DC
casion ola public, solemn, formal recanta-
ton by the Southern people of the doctrine
OF secession. That this recantation is a1-
thorized, aud therefore binds the honor CT
the South, is proved by the unanimous
voice of the Southern press, aud the uni
versal participation of the Southern people
IN the choice of delegates. They did not
send those. delegates to make-a tentative
platform. but to assent to one, whose sub
stance was proclaimed in advance in the
call From the nature of the case, the war
could not terminate by treaty of peace !;
but the frank surrender, now made by the
South of all that was involved in the con-
test, gives us the same solid assurance
that would be given, by a treaty of peace at
the termination ola foreign war. The right
OF secession is given up; slavery is abandon
doned, the Confederate debt IS repudiated
the binding obligation Of the federal debt
is acknowledged, and this is done, not sui
lenly, but freely and in the assertion Of a
claim.
Third. The convention fixes inflelibly
upon the radicals the Stigma Of being the,
only disunion party left in our politics.
The disunion party Of the South has gone
into history. It is a thing of the past.
Just as in che Scripture, the devils, when
they were cast out Of certain men, besought
and received permission to go into herd
Of swine, so the demon of secession. which
has been exercised from the South, has
taken refuge in the hearts Of the radicals.
In all this broad land. from the pine forests
and silver streams Of Main, to the rich pas
lures of Texas, there is no party opposed
to the Union except the party which fol-
lows the lead of Charles Sumner and Thad-
deus Stevens. She issue now is precisely
what the issue was in 1861, namely:
whether the Union shall be restored but
happily the contest, at this stage, is not to
be decided by bullets, but by ballots.
Fourth. The convention has contributed
essentially to the renewal Of kind feelings
and cordial relations between Northern
and Southern citizens. During the war
there was complete alienation and estrange-
ment between the whole North and the
whole South. The convention has effected
an4open reconciliation between the two
sections.
The question, therefore, is rapidly as
saming the shape, whether the majority
shall rule; or in other words, whether re.
publican government is to be continued in
the United States. There can be no doubt,
whatever, that q majority Of of our voting
citizens are opposed to the disunion policy
of the radicals.
The convention has disentangled and
the politics of the immediate flu
ture. 1t has constructed bridge for the
President, which enables him to TO act ef-
flciently and boldly with the friends Of his
policy, and has united them in a compact,
organized, indomitable mass.-[N. r
World.
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A Lovers RACE FOR LIBERTY AND IL
cESsE. Last wpeksin atown not a thousand
miles from Columbus; a young man who
loved wisely and well, proposed, was &C
cepted, and proceeded to procure the
marriage licence from, the proper official in
the country town. He wasa little sensi-
tive on the point fpublicity, and left home
for a horseback ride To said county seat