Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1867-08-17
SENTIMENTS OF 1 Nop17s~
1ONIsT AN uN

The following are III, a..
graphs Of a speech delivered H. ps,,
W 3. Robinson, nerpb.r Y sAe Hon.
from Brooklyn, y 7, duriorI ~ u sssss
sion upon the supplement- t. I Y. alscaa
grcss: f'Vo 3? Con.
Sir, we have been playing .h,,..,
with The South, aud who can s ~,
which thimble the little Joke, u .sll under
secure restoration ia to BE- fou uasl will
Iows' the South has ben. The Ia., !ss
more lntolerable have become !, taee, las
O. pardon even kindly vords from .s =.
trend q The South were answe, .sa w w
lndignity, till, finally, condition. Y. Rila
tfacted which none bu. buIlies ro'Iu y
n'ana or cravens yield, for The lD.a =.
mas been forced had been bette, aeh .aa'
But there is hope ahead. II af,s, au0sat
IRON a common bond of love, beneath ses'''
common flag, from a common bro.b,,saaa,s
porn OF our Northern children, miaeIsa.,
in holy family ties with The oh n;1,sgi'g
the South, men will look back and u v
Der that there was wickcdness eno nua,
IN the world to indict such ipiur;a. w
one another but will bless tbs apuu
makers among their ancestors, and cr,,s
the m%lscreants who famed 10 lous ~
hame OF contention. Nav. | sbsl1 IT,; ~
to see that day and shall not be s.ham
ed to look my children IN The face and !
say that there was one who tough, rgbsl.
throughout The rebellion. but rhsr ~
war was over pleaded for forgiveness
believed IL Southern honor, and yotsd :.
he believed who never at.emn,as a.
futures portal with the p..s's bload
rqsted key" who would rather grssu n
bloody hand Of m open foe than ,uvch
the slimy finger Of ths coward .hs, skuII.
ed from danger who never licked IL
undermost dog nor struck faIl,n foa
Let me say 8 closing word 10 me g.
low-citizens of the South. / cannot fa,.
get that they, too, have sorrows ,bs,
might well arouse revenge. There ara
maddenlng memories which, matched
against our own and shrieked into each
otheF'a ears, would keep US forever apsrt.
They have hearts to feel and ewes d
weep for loved incl lost, for husbands
buried on distant battle-feIds, isthen
slaughtered 10 the mountain passes, had
sons taken away By instant death-sll
buried in nanleless and and unknosn
graves. They fought g~allantly, but they
are down, and cursed be the baud Tia.
smites the fallen. | long to SEQ them
back in the Union, that they and We, fol.
giving and forgetting the past, and gird.
ing up our loins for the magnificent I'd.
ture, may enter upon the career Of great.
ness and glory that stretches away BE-
70 G us.
| have sought to elevate ny MUD
above the vengeance OF q divided prea.
ent. and have looked to the Frightening
flag Of & united future as the iubsritants
Of glory for a onnon posteriiy. 10
days gone by | learned my creed from
Henry Clay and Daniel Webster, Johs
NJ. Clayton aud ]. ]. Crittendeu. sisnd
by the record, and refuse the teachings
Of Brownlow and Phillips.
see 10 the future an ocsan.boand 70.
public . In the Immediate future 4 hund.
red millions Of her united people. Whete
but a few stars are Pickering in her sky,
| see consultations blazing ; the fut!sr
of her flag is reflected on every sea, sud
the splash of her propeller vcses every
ocean ; and to that future Summon oack
our brethren OF the South, for without
them success would be q failure, and
glory be but shame.