The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-07-04


reign Of oppression with which the woly
mas been afflicted since the days Of Noah.
Permit me t., jim with you in the f.>tiv-
tiles Of the day us one Of You, fur the part
shat I have suffered might have byelf &C
corded to any Vi the Wells ounty farmers.
I hold no doctrin. YOU did not hoi,l, and |
No act that You were hot will
lllg to perf,r.a My feelings an fears were
common t, va all. and the difficulties
which then obscured the sky Of justice hua.
with black portend over y,u as over mt,
and that vista now opening to the ruys oi
lope promises you the same future rs it
does to me-.
Bnt there Is relation between the
Wells county Democrats and myself, which
Ireeard with peculiar interest. You vii,
rcc,ll.ct tn 1t in the early stages Of this III
holy war. whose ergot fruits We ars now
beginning to harvest, be when All insAlle
mania had rested upon the pu,llc mind, anu
when We seemed all to stand'n. vi tn.
trem ding confines Of overwhelming ruin,
y.,u called upon me to advise with YOU Us
" the course Of safety. | too had ny icafs
f,r our beloved Country for there Were seen
all over the land p,rtentlous olilens vi dis
lstpr. Every where people We're talln-
victims to tn, great III raj pestlienc al
,,,lst wind blew, as Of o,J POLITICALLY it 10
true, bat every breadth WAS ecelit,u WITH
blood, and t.,lGted with the virus u death !,
and worse than vultuse$, and nlJre hungary
than curhlorants, were the h,rirs that cllie
from tho East, wtlterlng III blood. 1t Wa,
sad day. You will rec.llect thu aivlc: 4
gave yon on that OCCASION, wnlch shli,
feel it my duty t, repeat Oh this.
You will rec.Ilect also what told you
You might expect Of the ultimate policy OF
those w;lJ overthrow our uuverlili,ut, sac
ifc.d upon the altar oi their viciou, preju
lices the vital interests and dearest riyhts
ii the people.
Take one grand survey around you, and
behold The ruin then predicted. ask to
day, have not our forebodings heen full y
rallied yea, more than realizs ID? II
was not possible then far the human mind
t., conceive Of the wickelness Of the hu-
nan heart, especially Of the wicked heart
If Puritanism. then told you that tn :
restoration of the Union to its primitive
.lory was not their OF et; for in addition
to thu madness and folly Of Abolition wis
the lust Of power of the old Federalists
with like irresistible lust for plumber on
che part of the Yankee people.
These unhcly elements, fi.rcely tempered
viii, malc-, fired their hearts till their am
hition knew M bounds. determination
.nd spails. ever the wltchwyrd of Puritan
ism. whether with their orisina' adversary
n with the Indians on the Atlantic Dor
Ter, whose corn. without price had saved
them from famine, and w.iuse kindness they
returned at Head Of night by numbering
their unarmed men and iefenceless women
md sleeping babes---clad in the arular Of
fry they became terrible. They could nare
Ter our people, bnt restore peace they ,uld
mt. Ital,l you tho Union would MT be
restored in FIVE years 1t yet lacks few
veaksof FIVE years, and thu Union is not
restored; m 81 far as the action or wish
i the dominant party is concerned. it is NJ
nearer restoration than it was then. On
the contrary the breach seems to wid.n.
New conditions are interposed, showing
,.,ncIu.ively TINT they neither intend no,
l,$ire to restore the Union, but to organ
I've an oligamhy more cruel than trait Of the
E1st India Company that . taxed the pao
pie with want and su!f ring. that made your
Ieaden souls shed drops Of boiling blood.
warned y u then that ons o jet they
had in view Was to expulge from the map
# the political world all lines circnmscrib
iny the sovereign y, or separate Existence
# the States Of tn. Union. Was j rigiil.. .
Vt that dry the vast majority Of the people
nf this country wanted 10 chln,e III "a
Government. by had lived hi peace ami
happiness 'iHJer that Union, and were sat
.'.f ID tJ maintain it. pdre and .unaltsrei as
i came from our fathers. HID said less
" done less, ! could not have been myself
md instead Of this day being the c.pient
ii SO magnificent an ovati,n. would h.ge
deserved to be spit upon with detestation
! iiiaintain the SANS views bow, and hold
that the f,dlii!'iun Of all suJd government
is laid in the habits and pecli,iaritles Of the
people: and ~ form Of government moi
sustained by, or resting upon such fJua
iltion, cln have any stability u reliable Sc
curity. They are the teachings Vi tile nnr
st,ry, the school AMI TIL. pulpit. Selt-inter
st, passion and hate are not the elements
&c peace and go,d order. These are tht
passions that prevail in the d,mintnt pr
-, and under their poisonous iaaueifc You
eannot h,p,. f,r the present Congress t.,
reconstruct the Federal governmental ,lch
a way as to meet TIL. hopes and aspirations
of the toiling millions ul the Mississippi
Valley. We need no revolution. Ever
the so-c died revolution Of 1893 was ~ rev
,,ltltiun III the cJntlnon aeetptatloii Of tb.
term, but recurrence to first principles.
Why did they depvse the king? Becans.
hey v II opposed to monarchy? No,
there never Wis peope more devoted to
th,ir form Ut government. They said tht
king had invaded iii: province of tile Leg
slture. AMI here make yoiir own appli
cati)n; haze MT NAMED any king. Is
mi mankind the saufe at this day! There
upon the king was d posed. and they asser-
t d the ancient right. and liberties Of the
people. and dee areI that lie powers rs
sulIed by the king had uo LEGAL existence
4 Uould draw a picture Of the last FIVE
years, sAmerca might blush for herself, ana
tho natiors vi the earth weep IN sorr,w.
But Puritans cam u blush. 1t is Il grace
led has denied them, or which they have
,ibliterlted NJ corrnptiuns to which history
las no parallel, even in the administration
Of Charles H., from whom the world turns
with lylthing. Cotton permits, the capture
II private property for The benefit Of those
it. leases of abandoned property
etc, etc. /; such things ee.istitnts the lfioral
estilence that everywhere prevails. Sue,
cessful crime is lilatie the standard OF re-
probability. And that great center Of ed
icatiun. where higher civilization is boast
I'd Of than common Christians Can aspire
to, Boston. is the school where people are
thus educated in yillainy, where sll!ainy is
most respected, "a ~ A sf b w