The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1868-06-20
Wendell Phillips oar the EscpND'
Vican Ticket and Platform.

, n,o,oc too SLOWLY for him. IF he had his
ror ho ,ro,,Id Give an innet,s to the GOV.
..on+ and to society that xorld soon rnn
H., rrbolo conoDrn into tho oro,nd His
ers+ and only nr;ncinle j. to scov, mon all
.ontr ovon,, ,rror hin, ho doe+os
orl f,rd,ac .s on5oriv. coo;ro dove
vot hi, conarino,v roc,r,or h,. in his
com~, os;tion q vain of bonostv that we do
noe hoor.,, a Nv h;,th ,d,ra.
finn md nro fare,co bo ;s - Halter Of the
South and ofa1 tbot !. j., il. sometimes,
bovravor axtrouos ,ooet ,,,] ~. find our
e.,r ,,,,.,,, o,r,o;,r ,.,t.ct,v with Mr.
PHI Nm, oo co,,a vary ,,,,.,i,l ,ri,fs. For
li,.+.rc bis tbo,,o,,h ,nnrrr;,,i,, nr the
norris of T. & Gy,,t a4 Statesman and
/ al Tier lie eats a,1 thrust, .1hia. mos,
vor.i!.,,lv aud his h},vs are most l,n,,r-
,ao a.. TINA ,y;,l ,,o,.. Cav ,,,h.
lie man in America ever rose to Il position
or distinction u,.,n so small = ,n.,..u, .,
,,..,..n u,, .:..
a'i''E ana "''' 80 many t'"'"
in his record.
The student Of American history VIII, At
.oo,e a,,, moi far distant in ,l. future unz.
=, -.
~ "'o I'll '"'' " t" III
Grants elevation 10 power ana place over
the heads of 50 many hundred, superior to
him in every valuable respect. ''The acct
aoa+ ,.n w., ,,ur,o,,
fepu'a''ol'' as one VINO "'5h' |" A"o" MS
said, to the torbearan2c OF his brother oili-
cers-and NJ. Phillips lets all The worl,!
k,ow +bo+ +,;s :, ovac1v 1.-Two o,t;nata ,ho,
&c.,.
'h'''y oes'ues 'i''l'sc'i p'aoe "F'' ING so".
cral of our armies When the violent Old
radical calls to mind these things and, as
he terms if tna cow,rlIv action Of his mar.
Cw~t .s.:,han. t:' ,~-
y ""oeep." "" ".!0' ms 'e'"s
definitely pledged to anything" his rage
knows no bounds, and he pours ou+ the Vi
! ais ot his wrath !, tb;s visa.
Chicago has nominated Grant and Colfax
for President and Vice President. That is,
the men who wish to get possession of the
Government without being definitely pledg-
ed to anything, have availed themselves of
Gen. Grants popularity, to effect their OBJ
ject. Hence our Presidential candidate.
For the Vice Presidency, Mr.. Chase and his
seven conspirators have nominated Colfax.
\ %repentant nation, sadly mindful of the
cheat practised on it and Hamlin in 1864,
would gladly have attoned for that sin by
putting his honored name there. A nation
indignant at the treachery of two weeks ago
a treachery dictated by spite against Mr..
Wade, would have been proud to flare its
fierce rebuke in the faces of Trumbull and
Fessenden by lifting Wade's nqme on the
party banner But the party had neither
nobility, nor the courage enough for either
course. 1t stood cap in hand to its traitors
and begged to know how they could be con-
ciliated. 1t was this policy of cancellation
which betrayed Hamlin once before, and
went down to the grocery corners of Ten
nessee to dig up this drunken nightmare
which rides US to day. We commend the
historical reminiscence to Mr.. Colfax's at.
s%ention.
Both nominations-Grant and Colfax are
defended on the ground ofavailability fear
that more Radical men could not succeed.
We deny it; unless the dry-rot of Ross,
Trumbull and FesSenden has spread through
the party much further than its friends are
willing to allow.
The second clause in the Chicago plat
form, relative to suffrage, means something
or nothing, according to circumstances
There is nothing In the lives or characters
of Grant and Collax to give it any meaning.
If, by any marvellous chance, the Democrat
Ic DartV should attemDt TO Outhid itS rival
on that point, the words of the claus" will
becomek ltal-thlngS, not shadows. If par
ty needeshaIi make the black vote as indis-
PensaoE next tall and the coming year as
the olafk rille was l" 1864 and 1868, reinc-
tant pdltlclans now, like reluctant soldiers
then, VIII sell their preJudlces for success.
"A rlcfSolack LOBBY Will so annoint Senate
rial e9Fs, 'hat none Will mistake the Demo
crauf Tue OF the Ohatnoer 1or the Republl-
can IT, as seven men d'd two weeks ago.
ally profit in his gift, will make Trum-
bull I'd fessenden masquerade as states
men pr a month or more. But &lntll that
mllle8 'al period, the responsibll y rests on
US, IL loyal masses, to give al he mean
ing se can TO these empty wordN We have
neVt# gained anything from thS justice of
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WlqPut this last, seven tr I'll Y$ars will
put i'm so much in the power the rebd
ela2f *Polder that one of two ngs mus
7. EltnQ the whole system d
putn Will '3maln d!sioo1 land in aa8
causing &tarvatlon blighting
Ten states the VIII landlords, CO.
labor into kbmlssiol i'll create, an
cratic malls mt 10 tbel power II
ne place "a uaADht, if possible,
'|se Apt OF the defea re power.
Z dlsaVoWal of ton sounds well.
But word Away Bnds us that Mr..
Fesa 2den's modest led him to allow
PenV on and. nam to steal his
laurA as ri n2llntsw we hasten
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