The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-07-17
The Garb Of Infamy'

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SG ;ageyorqably logical argument, taken
and iuea acent number of the Cincinnati
from q Much wisdom is crowed into a
Enquirer, . without the sacrifice Of lucldlty' {
brel spa a1o IN question is specially appro,
at this uncture OF aa 1 so ao iou of
pral's =" the attention and rehecIloh Vi t,
e'n 1.s aeoouascieutious man. The Enquirer
sh Northern Congress has tn, CONSTRUCTED nnana "a
. aanni t uniform for the people Gl
pe aaa"th; and the people Of the South
The ssoo aus the question whether or not
are ds saII nut on the penitentiary uniform.
they sna 'a that it the garb Of iyamy'
nsn s'.as that voluntarily to put 1t o" IS 10
IT'S 1 s,iltv TO an infamous cfease. But
pIeaCsi ys t,.,,e that to entertain and discuss
tSa ss,ioa ,thether or not to put At on is
The qasSssO s,1amefL as ii acoulN be 10 get
a ~" it Without discussion. .,..,..,
mo admitting that the state OF things
s %. ,hs military governments is hard, it
andei "a disbonorable. A people may dis
ls NV themselves by accepting an infamous
l aGus' when it is offered to them; but taey ~
p aa nj be dishonored by the act OF another
csn " nv th S only endure, not having the
Tas as " % resist. 1t is not the worst
means inohIe condition for people to be in,
,p1 they have lost every thing escgp o
s sano,9 1t is worse when honor is gone
honm ah MANY other things may have been
In ."iS1ed The distance between the two
fs ..sar.es rising in arms to vindicate a
e e:oht and after defeat voluntarily &C,
n lsggtino q wrong-is very wide indeed and
e esp moral condition of a people who show
III. .aom nO able to span this space will be
u lio,,, IN set the rest of mankind to think
nhei! ,nd n excite considerable more sur
n mis- than admiration. =
rl Tt i; . true there is, by implication a
,.;ha offered for compliance; but bride is
U,lp' 9 thing calculated to add to the
I.U"snoctohility of the transaction into which
; II enters In reality there is no promise
~ the party in power that the representa-
.;ysa Of the complying States shall b.
sI@;tted to seats in Congress on thel
somnliance. The man is politically, NOR
,bon half an idiot who imagines that Uon
arsss can confer upon the States OF tn
sOntb a title to Federal representatlo
srnerior TO that which they now possess
and and he who infers that by the act
COMPLIANCE the States will establish q clall
mon the party in power which will lnsui i
mo admission of their representatives, WI
And in the result no reason to set hlmse
M a. a miracle OF sagacity. There
aao,oh in IL 10 seduce those acho caat
Se se.iuced . but The Southern man a0'
aces before The people and asks them
1w faith In a Northern promase' eo41
tha North has neeer made, and sch'ch
onh infers from an act Of Northei
aroma and injustice, should haze a race
l,ass ,ror,ayted NOT to blush Aader al
s'There Is also, by implication, an app'
to the interests of the wealthy It's II
that Mr.. Stevens does not say, reconssr'
and | will not press my project OF conhs
ton but there are, doubtless, many "
have SO much faith in Northern hohot
marnaninity, that they are ready aim
to swear that, if they only put on
striped uniform of political felony "
sufficient readiness, and kiss the rec
struction rod with sufficient show oil alacr
the cup of confscation will be remo'
With such it is of little use to remonstr
The notion that there are human ood.e
The porld, is probably The most dos
;den--the one most utterly al 'oar .
facts and pheaomena--th@ ''ds eoe'
tertained:: ~
@The journals and orators OF the p
in power do not even pretend tn
compliance on the part OF the Souti
neople with all that is required, Will rel
Them from further demands. imposlt
and exactions. On the contrary, they n
no secret of the fact that the party mir
at work, industriously and vigorously
coptriye new burdens and new form
bumiliations. The problem to be SO
is how to put down the South 50 tht
shall remain down, subseryient and sub
nate. for all time to come. And if
almost universal rule is operative, the
the people of the South concede, the
The party power will demand; and ha
made the first concession and given
the principal, there will be no susper
Of the process until they are trampled
the earth. a ,
"a government Of military satraps,
eouceited, ignorant and domineerlng,
mot in the abstract, be pleasant thi
contemplate, and many have its pra'
DISADVANTAGES but the party that is II
to resist, and simply endures, has
source Of consolation, that the wrong
which it suffers is the work Of another
its own. The Institutions arhich a 2
mt on under restraint, remain b.
and memorials 0fhe ig''omtnious
tade after the duraace has been rem
1t is not the encroaching spirit on tn
side that constitutes slavery; itiswhe,
\ spirit is met by spirit Of craven sui
u nation on the other
4 at may seem to many in the So'
I very easy solution of all diflicultie
] comply with the terms proposed ont
/ on the uniform but this seductive az
| aacsof comfort will passaway as So
| The GARD is fairly on ; and the de
| made i,1epersi5le. Then the disco
| will be perceptible, and the dishonof
| things most plain and palpable' til
l supposes that in any respect the ne"
l ditiou will be practically better tina
4 present, will find himself grieyously
ken. Political servitudes grow wors
tinually. Voluntarily accepting tn
Of political slavery is to proclal
principles. Once established and sal
Il eddy principle, the slave is in the he
i the MASTER and it is not the abstract
OF the one, but the interests OF the
that constitutes law of the relation"
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