New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1867-07-04
l77s and 1867.

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Inc. 1'7t h'u''"I I'el"O'.'"N Pt'''0.i !" ~
tais cooolE! was "uop'eU III 'ne '''' u
FnILauelpA.' Just Aine'y-ohe yeu!s ago ~
day--'3"l Is on INC ~" Oh 'uiy' w.
PLATFORM was 'ne uh"li''i'o''' ue' i"'' '''0''
me thirteen ohi'e' '9I''o' Vi 'Au'ei'NN
pVoHounceo inc loIlo"ii iii'''io, w. -,
Fe'is'ip'e pTihc'ples-inl'ii0! I'd,
true, and irresistible BECAUSE JuS'
we noid these IIu u,n5 ro md equal; that
thew are endowed by their Creator with
certain inaIienaole lisns nhs %itio OF banni.
, ,,.. -.' tbat whenever any form of govern
meut becomes destructive OF tnese cI hai;s ~
ag " ~ ~ in ot new government lay.
ing its foundations on such principles ana
ORGANIC W us poweI9 IN SuV ~ io ornct their
safety ana happiness.
This was the platform of the Radical
Republican party of the United States IN
lTT6: aud when the Radical Republican
party OF Louisiana adopted its platform IN
Mechanics institute. on the 18th OF June
last. it simply reaftirmed the principles OF
the declaration of independence. There
we've man in 1916 who opposed the prin-
ciplcs of the Radical Republican party OF
tha, Gay, and they were called Tories.
There are men in Louisiana who oppose
the pi aeiples Of the Radical Republican
marty Of this day: they call themselves
Democrats; but they are Tories as well as
the traitors of 1916 were, and enemies O
,heir country and of mankind. Not one OF
them viii Join to-day in the celebration OF
the 9lst anniversary Of the independence Of
America. because IN doing so he would only
unite in celebrating the anniversary of the
enuaciaton of principles that he dis
avows and abhors. For many years
before the war the celebration Of
the fourth Of July in The southern
states grew more and more spiritless and
tame 1t was felt to have lost its signili-
canoe. and to be delusion and sham.
With what consistency could people pre-
| tend 10 rejoice over the anniversary of a
dav that proclaimed universal liberty as
the birthrght of every man, when one
half OF them held the other half in bondage.
The declaration of independence was an
incendiary document it was an abolition
production it was not safe TO read it in
,he hearing of slaves. True. ATTEMPTS
/ were made TO reconcile this embodiment
/ If Radical Renubiicauism with the existence
Of on Institution with which it waged end
1 less war One class of orators damned IL
with faint praise by describing it as "a mass
Of Offering ceneralities :" another
o,,,..rl,tad if nv DECLARING that - all
mon" only meant all white men
and that . liberty and the pursuit of
ban,fro,s,, simn1v re,a,iel IN the
liberty of pursuinr runaway NEGROES
R1t Il was felt more and more deenlv
with each succeedino wear that tho
doc,,ra,ion Of indanandenco was = stand
i,r r,nroach to thp institution of s,avarv
srJ that enloo;es pronounced unon If came
with an i'll grace from the Inns of slave
holders. Thus the celebration of this dav
in the sonlb orew constantly less and less
nonular. and wholly ceased at last to rem.
resent ,nv tbino at all of the shirt of the
republicans of ZIG.
II may he different now. To-day the
anniversary of the birth of a nation pledoed
to secure freedom and e9ualitv TO all its
peonle Will he celebrated WITH enthusiasm
delfrbt. and boldness by mer whose hearts
are RETAINED with the same love of 1.-The,
that burned in the bosoms Of tbe patriots
of1776 with esnecial nronriety NAV the
Radical Republicans of Louisiana celebrate
this day. To them belongs the honor
Of being members of the first nolitical or
gsnization in the United States which ac-
cents the declaration of independence as
the embodiment of its political creed with
ont eulivocation and reservation Otber