The Louisiana Democrat., 1868-06-17
Wendell Phillips Speaks.

nolitical sltuatioi'
pur po ssace to his oracnlar uttorance. At
s"asfing Dua Of the Anti-slavery Society, COM
.oa Ao af uFree Lovers, Communists, Come
pssars pOssa = Transcendentalists, Rationalists
o saS scientists the notable Wendell pour
".,0 ~ N his mind upon the Chicago Plat
Gu, Gu ~, the Radical nominees and the pros
r naet generally. As a counter-blast to the
platform p1st Of the regular Convention he read
the following
RESOLUTIONS:
ap.so7red That in the defeat of impeac,h-
,nent the Republican party fecor.s uo.; uu
ment against its own capacltf, ,auoIJrh;n ann Jns,
Sas the nation in distressing lts leauelsnip.
sRegolred, That in the drunkeh M man, - ene IL
d;shonored magistrate, the y;aganond Draw e
nssD ,nr tbe treacherous chief, the stlrrer up OF
sed;tion. the mobocFat, the patron OF co.,n-
9erfeiters. the pardoner OF mnrderefs' tne
,'snrner .e,rr Of dangerous powers, the consplra-
tnr tor apainst the peace of the nation and the
oysertion wv Of the laws, the libeller OF Con-
SnoU' t,Hsss consorting with rebels-in all these
tfho f nation finds President guilty OF high
or;,nas and misdemeanors, and recognize
sa'.IuS .hoss who vote him innocently only his
comrades or tools. Ael
.crant and Colfax,' we see only weak
n;ai,i;nr ] to the falsely-alleged availability
a;aRt before lines, which exist only in
,ha fancy and fears of the fugitives, unless
.Io tho ,. drv rot of Rossism, Tambullsm, Fessen-
Jon;sm % has spread through the party much
further than it's champions VIII GLOW, e, ana
that, in our opinion, Mr, Justice onase ia anu
his seven conspirators nominated the VICE
President of the Republican ticket
"Resolred, That in the secona fesoiutlon
of the Chicago Platform we see pieage
which will mean much if the Democratic
,,artv shall attempt to run race With
Their rivals on that limo, but will mean lit
tla or nothing in any other event, unless
tbe 1nyal masses 6dyonet the party to It's
1,ty az they always have done heretofore,
in every case where that duty has been
' "Reaotred. That in the name Of Justice to
+ba loyal white and to the black OF the
South in the name of national honor and
of terrible necessity, we protest against the
admission of one rebel State until the ma
+;onol Constitution is amended and made
to guarantee the Suffrage of the black race,
and its education, in the same measure
that the white race enjoys them. ;,
'Resolred, That if the rebel States are ad-
mitted as they stand at present, ana inc
negro left landless i'll the hands OF Wnl!e
1andhoiders, we venture to predict, that IN
few years another power, equal IN
strength. malice, and haze to the slave
mower, will arise to vex, corrupt, and en-
danger tho nation.
nResolred That those who boast OF the
Chieaoo disayowal ofrepudiation wonld &c
we'll to remember that it WIS the Republl
can party which first practiced repudla
tien. when-led by VIM. Pitt Fessendeu
the first American repudiator-it for one
whole year repudiated our debt to the col
ored soldiers; choosing for the cheat credi
tors whom it could safely defraud, men VIII
had neither the numbers, nor the position
nor the sympathy that would maze 'h
fraud dangerous to practice.
''Resolred. ThatSwecall to the memory
those who vaunt the Chicago disayowai o
repudiation, that other promises and debt
besides pecuniary ones, may be repndlatec
and that the Government which leaves 1t
allies. black and white, in one half OF tn
land TO he driven from their homes, scours
ed. starved. and shot for rallyins to tn
fiap or exercising the rights just acknow
edged in them without one effort toprotet
or avenge thgm, and acquits the traltt
who perpetrated these crimes, aud no
nomiilates for his successor the Mllltal
chief who sat by and saw them commltte
without once lifting hand to prevent,
that such Government is a repudiator
an infinitely more criminal sense than II
filcbel coin from the vaults of banks al
rich men" 80.
Mr.. Phillips then proceeded to speak
the resolutions. He was evidently ina b
hnmor with his party and all its works
Fired with hatred of its hypocrisy
uamasks it, and shows that weakness
the North was at the bottom of its recf
struction of the South. He declares til
Grant cannot be elected without the neg
votes of the South. While admitting I'll
the negroes hold Grants election IN tn
hands, he gives them poor comfort if, tn
happen to elect him. He plainly tells th'
that such result would "eat mp IN
hopes" As the revelations contained
this speech are of interest to all parties,
call attention tothe subjoined reportwhl
we find in the National Intelligencer;
"He said that if the Declaration OF In
pendence meant anything it meant I'll
every class should have the means OF p
tecting itself. The vote OF the Senate
rendering impeachment is good text III
which to speak. The Government IS
strong one 1t withstood the murder
Lincoln; it withstood The treason OF
drew johnson; but the result OF lmpea
ment shows tho true strength OF the =
ernment. It's weakness to-day is the ia
cal element of the Republican party, WI
tries to put the blacks on their own feel
The late acts of that party is close g.
mentary Oh this point Any man famil
with our history knolcs that the negro
ment hae been thus far the Sairat,on o. the
publican party, and the vital point U
which our historical epochs have turnet
History will show us that every e
strain on the Government since 1909
been when it's orbit touched on the orbl
the negro question. II ,cas the negro
attempted to impeach Andrer johnson TOT
attempt to put him (the negro) below
white men in the South. Congress
been foiled, checked, defeated, and
Radical element at last rallies itself II
own weakness, aud in that death graz
the negro has been defeated. The Radi
went to Chicago to consummate t
work, but found that men in their
ranks at Washington had deserted thel
The answer of Chicago was, we are
strong enough to give universal suffra!
the negro. We must conciliate this
ment That element has been crippled
the Executive power, and they at last
tempted to remove the Executive. J
have failed Two-thirds of the ma
deem him guilty. They made the
tempt. They have been defeated-de
ed at Chicago, The warning Of all IL
that the Radical element of the Republ
,.o,l~. ..,oaI- bo alnoy, 1on:dp