The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-08-07
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by d6cei lD" ", detection. The masses OF
longer ' eIs IF the North love the Constitu' |
the , and fought for it ard the Union ,o ouo
ton aa Sn did not fight for it; and donot love
isaueea'they now seek to destroy 1t uhaer
ii anu u. Wv That we must give some further {
preteh.s"oa for our future good behavior {
guran ,oeyely supporting the Constitution.
than uV 90 The means by which their deceit !,
As so e.and have been covered up are re-
ana 1"I the scheme will be crushed to
noveuhi r the people 1t is a double-shaped
dea1L .a y! like the sentinel at Hell-gate,
non !sI can live nowhere except in politi-
e.I pandemonium.
cal pd pa what must be the results? do not
An nsa will come out of all this with free
sa ,ss+itutions preserved, but this scheme can
l nn"ar succeed A despotism over the
new new country and over all the people gull
xh sud innocent alike may ensue. You'll
~ SA Init YOU may bring ruin upon all.
l@s YOU pull down the temple OF
WI, We'll Won also will be crushed by the
i sDn you cannot level or lower us and ell
AN .o yourselves. Despotism may come
es .nires NAV rise and fall among MS, but
eIlptibv thew do or not, we shall not have
M MusS;on of Radical party. Understand me:
ws Issv q man cannot live high up in the
y. y. 7 IL do not mean he cannot 60 up in
Saloon and remain for time; or if l man
nannot live under water, do not say ne
s sannot 90 down in a diving bell and remain
s 0mb;le. Init the Radicals will as certainly
fail to perpetuate their power, under the
i ia az that man will fail who attempts
AZ dwell in the air, or drown who makes
S;s home under water. Such govern
n n,s would be unnatural-.-a political mon
.. .s and cannot possibly last; but you
nov destroy the form as well as the prin-
niniea of free government, and then you
iii have q monarchy. an autocracy, an
amnire or despotism as the case may be.
rIfyou will examine, and compare with
former times, the productions OF snch men
"a Stevens, Phillips and Sumner, and their
Isssar followers and second hand plaglarl'
1srs down South you will find all theil
miserable largon about elderly and equal
;tvn the natural right of man" and "borI
risbt of manhood suffrage are borroWec!
from the men who fomented social anc
civil wars in Rome, and which have beer
repeated in every age since, by those Wh,
have no craftsmanship but the devilisl
ability of exciting ignorant men to GU
each others threats. Republican Rom
had an immense number of slaves ant
freedmen, and non.voting citizens On
had landed aristocracy embracing con
paratively few of her people.
An agarian law was proposed, and tor
time was immensely popular, but it talle
and its first author was slain. His brothe
renewed the law and enlarged it by. pr
uosiur suffrage to the slaves and freedme
with equal political rights. 1t was sal
,athere could be no freedom without equa
ityn But the brother also persisted. The
agreat general became the leader OF II
Radicals of that day, and he had mo
fame and merit and ability and homes
than all the Radical party of his day col
h;ned Init he also failed. And why d
thew all fail2 Because they were atteml
ing to engraft government OF force al
robbery upon republican iorllS--atteihl
ing the absurd task Of making equal thin
which God had made nnequal-atteml
ing equality by taking that which ind
trioas and frugal men had made and g
ing it to thriftless vagaboDds, and by
positipg in the keeping of ignorance q
vice powers and trusts which intelliger
alone can know how to exercise and
serve.
But by the struggle Republican Ro
perished and never knew liberty aga
Nor was this oil; her history from the
ginning of the agariah attempt was one
blood, and faction, and waste, and ruin,
I'll the goal of Empire was reached.
the social and civil wars which marked
struggle more than seven hundred thous'
Of her best citizens were slain; and best
these, whole populations Of some of
most populous territories were exterml
ted. Yr ... 81
It may be that we Of the United Sta
have been so crazy in leaving the Con
tution-the only Ark of safety-that
Heavenly Father has doomed US to pei
bat / am eratified with hope that It is
so. Ifnot, there is but one method
our rescue, and that is BY prompt res
alton of the Constitution. Will it COZ
Will we escape an agrarian war with
sultng despostism and save our INSTITUTE
for our children? I hope we shall; |
lieye we shall. Though great effol
being made-a designed effort-to dest
us as Rome was destroyed, | believe the
fort viii fail. / have great faith in
Anglo.Saxon blood / derive great
enlargement from Anglo-Saxon hist
Cur liberty was not born in o day,
not the work of one generation. 1t is
fruit Of q hundred struggles and its qua
lies havebee perfecting for eight hume
years. Many have been The efforts to
troy It. Often the English Constitu
was trampled on. Often traitors sough
substitute arbitrary will for web establi'
law, and often have the people for
been misled But thus far they have alv
walked up and called the traitors and
tiopists 10 account. Charles ]. tram
on the Constitution. He had judges
decided that his will was the law and
who resisted that will md defended
Constitution were punished as dist
And it did seem as if bis power was lrr
tible No doubt if you weakened Rad
Of TIE South had lived in that day
would have said "the Constitution is
and we, must consent to what we CO
|, resist" But John Hampton would not
sent, He resisted. He was tried
: criminal for resisting and was Conden
But what was the sequel? The peoE
naly asserted their power. Charles
his ministers persisted. The very j.
that condemned Hampton we're thems
tried and condemned as criminals, an
very officers, even the sheriff's who e
ted the orders Of Charles and bis CT
were sued by the citizens for damages
nad to pay nearly million OF dollar
executing the procession OF a void u
stitntioual law! For time traitors
the power and trampled on rights, but
geance came, and perpetual infamy Il
ed. - fs
SO Cromwell and his Parliament
ied the Constitution, and though the
houflshed for season, they too,
0Vefthrown. So James II. tramplt
| we Constitution, and had to fly fro
| Kingdom a fugitive for life. In all
struggles good men for time suffered
/ bad men for time, ruled, but the E
4 isce have never yet failed to ruscu'
Il constitution from the power, both
/ tors and fanatics,