The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-11-06
Wendell Phillips Mourning Over
the Resultof the Late Elections.
HIS FUTURE PLAN OF OPERATIONS THROTTLE
THE PRESIDENT, KICK OFT THE CABINET.
ABOLISH THE LATE sLAvE-AAsTFRs, AND
STRENGTHENS THE BACKBONE or CONGRESS-.
fFrom the Anti-slayery STANDARD.


From the Anti-slavery Standard,
| Hardly any sick man gets well without
having now. and then. what the nurses cal
rull-back. The American people rapid
Iy getting over its long disease, has just
had pull back. There's no reason IT, b.
di-courayed. The cure will 20 on. We
pointed ont in recent article how incon
si.tent and absurd il Was to suppose that
~ few battles hnd converted the whole
american people into aholitionists. 'Ihs
late elections are e comment on that text
trough squarely to the test Ohio can NIL
ypt liz Just on her own soil That sam.
population y uld ser the necessity ofeiv.
Ing to the south Carolina NEGRO the bal OF
Without that, they know tn. Union
would be safe. Srl6shH.ss dictates justice
Ia the reconstruction Of the South; hut TIL.
-ense OF Justice il not K en- enough to pro
,ect the nrgr, NJ hpmr-so Ohio rejects
her equal suffrage amendment Pena.yl-
vania always for sale and in the market. ha
been snapped up by AN eager purchaser III
the wrong party.
Some critics insist that these changes
IRE owing to temperance m .vrsnrnt- in nhp
place. financial soreness in another, and
mistaken nominations in third. Alt esq
causes, d uhtles-. were actin. bat the pri
mary and most Efficient cause il that the
Leaders Of the dom ,nnt party-the peoples
teachers have never taught their fellow
ars onp single lesson ofjas,ice, From Mr..
Lincoln. dawn to the last canvass speaker
the cry and tue argument has ever been
10 thus much Il, save the party. Dole
Ut THE and this measure Of justice, nut
for its own sake. but because VIZ must.
rhesspary needs it." A people dIugy,d
with such opiatps, the moment thu burden
Of the war and weight Of the danger l.
takel, IF, springs back to its old rae. la
tired. Hence the easy victory of the rebels
in Ohio and Pennsylvania. While large
portion Of the people has ben reudy fo,
my measure Of Justice. and would hav. fol-
lowed Lincoln to any height Of national
honor. another portion, poisoned hy HE in
fidelity to principle. has remained in in
that ,quivocal state Of mind that lett them
in easy prey to the Prndletons and Valau-
linghams. Wade reaps to-day the i,arve
.ftlat party atheism which he has some
ines countenance,i, and watch his later
and "eneral fidelity has not suficed to neu.
tralize.
What shall we do? press brayely on
lmpeach the traitor ofthe White House.
Men with whitelirs who fancy themselves
.tatesmah, cry, "Oh, no; that will create
ympathy for him and wreck the psrty,"
Utter want Of s,df-p>pect has wrecked the
party nothing else. 10 bear blows unre-
sistnuly may be clear duty for an indiyidu
III; it is death to party. The nation has
sazed ON and seen johnson insult and de.
fy Congress. Men conclude that Congress
is either too stupid to understand or too
pUsill nimDus to present the insult. The
penacea that Senators and Governors prn.
pose now is that we 60 on and invite more
Presidential insult in hope that 80 the peo-
Die will pity Congress and hate johnson.
It is fatala policy. s.ch pity passes soon
into contempt. The old Whis party
marched to its grave in the fond coDceiii !
that its patience would win sympathy. 1t
found too late th't the masses distrustsd
its foes. hut despis d a Wing.
Nothing but daring, courage, pallantry,
will back popular sympathy. Hang out
The banner Of impartial Suffrage and rebel
lisfranc 'iSement on the outmbst wall
Throttle the President. Clean out that
TEST Of clean birds-the Cabinet Rally
patriotism to the frpnt. The dishearteD-
ing Of Bull Run was never wholly cursl
i'll Grant moved on Richmond. Teach
men to forget Ohio and Pennsylvania IN thu.
hlaze Of a fiercer onset Every othar poll
" is death--slow death, Slave master,
1espised the Wing because they saw he
cared them. They respected the Aboli
zionist because they saw he defrd them.
within that the same feelings
! At work now Asah eloquent Western
nan says, 1--WE have abolished he slave.
We have not abolished the master" This
.errible truth Senators are forgetting, The
'ame policy Of defiance which saved us
heretofore IS our oily resource now. 1t
vill COW rebels alike III Carolina and Ohio
andit will teach, rally and unite the peo-
Die. No man doubts that the North real
= means to exact the full results Of it,
'lctOry. Act to-day So as to convince
The South that this il truer now than ever
1efore. Fly
WENDELL PHILLIPS.