Des Arc citizen., 1866-10-06
RADICAL SPEECH MAKING.

chAngc without seeing something of Brownlow. Fowler, Fletcher. or some body else having made speech some where: and that which is fthe most rc- markabic, is, that at tho meetings North. in which as much vulgarity and
 IS little honesty as fossPlesis prac- ticcd, all the big guns are Southern men. First of all. if the wort! is right
 dirty, comes bull dog Brownlow bark ing and whining for negro suffrage and
 the disfranchiscmcnti of the whole
 South, as though he was born in the
 north-east corner of Maine. Second
 on the lists is big Jack Hamilton, of Texas, who thinks the Southern States
 ought to be kept OUT and treated US conquered provinces. Stokes is T sort
 of bottle holder for these two, worilies,
 while a host oflittle gad HY9hangers on attend: laugha when they laugh and cry when they cry. Now in Ill this,
 there is something at which the mind
 rcyolts, when we remember that these
 dissolutionists, these men who arc do- ing all they can to injure and insult the
 South are Southern men, and owe to
 to the South all of gratitude and honor
 that a son should give. his mother. Six
 years ago there could not be found in
 the South moro radical, men, than
 these same who now clamor for equal
 ity and no union. The i1sadicalaparty
 know them, hence they employ them ;
 and this troupe of Southern traitQfs
 travel from point to point, satisfied if
 their speeches excite tho. admiratieniof the l.abble, with whom desont meal
 wouislanot associate. They are not particular what they say, so it is. sjlfii-
 cicntly vulgar and low.i llet theseand
 their sort are what they term the loyal
 men of tho South, to whonithe govern
 Jrient of the States should De entrusted.
 May the Lord deliver us from, such a governmentand from such men.d9go
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 M2-lN 1860 tlGref were upwards of four million of negroes inathe Southern States--all. healthy. contentcdamllrip- py.uf The Radicals thought it criminal and sinhumaI that they should fnain in bondage even so light, and the result is, those still living are free. Butyhas froedem brought to them any of the blessings usually s4accompanying it? ILas itielevated the material. moral, or social condition Of the negre? Has it not deinoralized him in every aspect? Has itnot brought upon him idlencss, want, suffering, disease and death? 1t was criminal and inhuman fortllc Southern man to hold these peopie,as sslaves,i though they were contentcd and Irpspcrous. and multiplictle rapidly. But if is not criminal or3 inhlinlm for tho Radicals to consign onc-tourth ioi them to. t)lclgraye,s and make paupers vf one-tenthlof the balance. provided this be ,dono in the name of .:ibertyP P' pne-fourtll dead in tlie short. time loi .tlrec Evears. ,snd V one tenth tos be paul. pers upon the hands of tie Southern whites, already dy'impoverisil hytanaii- cisms! This isi the staring history ot the negro. even under the manipulation oi its. peculiar Northen friends. This is tanaticisnA l,ustnted in. its most sublime aspect. It works only to blast md destroy. TaeI same to-day .as a thousand years ago. When I will its rawlings eeaseand itsrayagoH senti ?H
 The Southern people woaliel nos cS- tablish slavery again. .even if theyieould, As ill past yeass, so. i'll all time to come, 1t would be a source of continued. dis cord and cniaitv between the North ansl South; and Tor this, if for no other reason, as it has gone. we would not call if back to ns. Not that we feel there is any less d;scord and cnmity on the part of one section, with the negro free than with him as a Slave Indeed, freeing him has not satisiicd the Radi- 'cals. but has gratitied n portion {, ol their maliguity whilst it h'ss not Gie- rrcascd the volume of their hate toward tho South. Compliance with one cx. acton but begcts a dcipand for others ; and now, tln clothing of the negro with the political privileges that arc to be denird his former master, is deemed oi more moment tllln anyiliing else. The Interest aud right and pros PStits VI tuN Sti'tiiOt isltt stIt SUDNfsiill- ate to. this pet fancy now entertained by the ':Amcrican citizen of African decent. The Southern whitc8 man is o'bc cuslavca, but will the negro be benefited. If he is. all history is d lie, The iegro has been a distinc, race for more than four thousand years: and he has always been d savage or slave. During that long period. his race has produced no Individual who has been remarkable for anything left behind Him as . memento of his capacity or iiatellectual power. The negro has accomplished no great work, save as q slave. The race has never been known , improve in any of the arts or'seienccs. when left free It has always been savage. 1t has never been so civilized or christianized in any ago or country, as under the mild rule of the American master. The negro me- clmlics of the South were never equai- edlbv those of any free negro race vet discovered. But when the guiding brain of the white man is withdrawn, all their labor. energy and enterprise dwindle to tue supply of the rudest wants of nature. Nfaa5 aas
 se History teaches us that some of the greatest revolutions in commercial, social aud national life were brought about suddenly, and by agencies not
 before discovered ;or, known, not to so great extent. The cotton culture in