Natchitoches spectator., 1868-07-21

Again, they say, fereign immigration
which in the past has added so much c,
J the wealth, development and resources
and increase of power to this Republic
Il the asylum of the oppressed of all ma
tions, should be fostered and encour
aged by liberal and just policy. Ii
this foreign Immigration foStered by {
policy which is the mask of laws just
passed declaring eight hours to be 9
legal days labor, by the cost of the Gov,
ernment, and of swarms of officials
which so swell the cost of living that
men must toll on to meet these exac-
i tions? Cheers.] The. time was when
. we could not duly invite the Europeans
to share with us the material blessings
of our great country. But more than
this. We could tell those who fled from
oppression that we lived under Gov
ernment of laws administered by the
Judiciary, which kept the bayonet and
the sword in due subordination. We
could point to written Constitution
which not only marked out the powers
of the Government, but with anxious
care secured the humblest man the
| rights of property, of person and of
conscience. Is immigration encouraged
by trampling that Constitution i'm the
dust, treating with contempt and shack
ling the Judiciary, insulting the Execu-
pNC tho SlNo dil OuS WOtlu 10 uuuCF-
stand that the great guarantees of civil
and political rights are destroyed.
But the crowning indictment against
the follies and crimes of those in power
is in these words: stThat we recognize
the great principles handed down in the
Declaration of independence as the true
foundation of Democratic Government,
and we hail with gladness every effect
towards making these principles living
reality on every inch of American SOIL"
If within the limits of ten States of this
Union an American citizen, stung by
sense of his wrongs, should publicly and
t,'uthfaiiy denounce the men in power,
because in the very language of this
Declaration of Independence, sthey
elected multitude eff officers, and sent
hither swarms of officers to harass our
people and eat out their substance" he
woulp in all probability be dragged to
prison. Or if, in the indignant Ian
guage of our fathers, he should exclaim,
"Ihey have effected TO render the mill.
tary independent of and superior to the
civil power, they have abolished the free
system of English law and established
herein an arbitrary government''-fo
the offense of associating these princi-
pies he would be tried and punished by
n military tribunal. TGreat cheering |
Having declared that the principles OF |
the Declaration of Independence should |
be made living reality on every inch !
of American so l, they put in nomination |
q military chieftain who stands at the |
head of that system of despotism that |
crushes beneath its foot the greatest |
principle of the Declaration of Indepen-
dence- [Cheers. To- day, in some of |
the States, it is held by military orders
to be crime to speak out the indigna-
tion and contempt which burn within
the bosoms of patriotic men. If to-mor-
row military order should be put forth
in that State, where the ashes of Wash.
ington are entombed, that it be an
offence to declare that the military
should ever be subordinate te the civil
authority, to speak the sentiment that it |
was disgrace to our country to let
hordes of officials eat up the substance
of the people; he who uttered these
words could be dragged to prison from
the very grave where lie the remains of
the author of the Declaration OF Inde-
pendence. Loud checring.1 From this
outrage there should be no appeals to
the courts, and the Republican candi-
date has accepted a position which
makes the rights and liberties of large
share of our people dependent on his
will. Applause. In view of these
two things can there be one man in this
COnNCHIlOH WuO Cdn leu ~ personal am
bition, q passion, a prejudice, turn him
aside one hairs breadth in his efforts to
wipe off the wrongs and outrages which
disgrace our country2 Can there be
one man whose heart is so dead to all
that it is great and noble in patriotism,
but that he will gladly sacrifice all other
things for the sake of his country, it's
liberty and it's greatness? Can we suffer
any prejndices growing out of past diff
ferences of opinion to hinder us uniting
now with all who will act with us to save
our countryg [Cheers.
We meet to-day TO see what measures
can be taken to avert the dangers which
threaten our country, and to relieve it
from the evils and burthens resulting
from bad government and unwise coun-
sells. / thank GOD that the strife Of
arms has ceased, and that once more in
The great Conventions of our party, we
can call through the whole roll of States,
and find men to answer for each. Time
and events on the great cycles have
brought us to this spot to renew and in
vigorate that constitutional government
which, nearly eighty years ago. was in
augurated in this city. Loud cheers.
It was here that George Washington,
n.