New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-07-26
a. REBEL HOWL.



lanta, on the eighth instant, to ratify the
New York nominations, and the following
speech was then delivered by ex-United
States Senator and eX-rebel Secretary OF
State Robert Toombs:
Thanks, fellow citizens, for these noble
cheers. They show to the world that
despotism of a thousand days-if not
thousand years-and the oosing upon us,
not one, but ten thousand devils-haye been
unable to influence the great heart of the
people Of Atlanta. Iwould not have it other
wise from you, for in the darkest days of
the recent past the first voice of defiance
to tyranny came out Of the ashes of At
lanta. Tonight we may rejoice and be eX-
ceeding glad, for lthe electric fash-the
great instrument of modern science, which
has been made to obey the will and min
lister to the wants of man-sends throughout
this broad land, from ocean, to ocean, and
from the lakes to the gulf, such news as will
gladden. the heart of every honest man in
the universe. We find placed before the
grand inquest of the Democratic party of
the United States the greatest criminals the
world ever saw. The brave, wise, earn
est, and honest men of the country have
been counseling together, without haste
and without passion, and have laid down
the principles upon which they have de-
| termined to grapple with the enemy. They
stand to-day upon the old landmarks
which safely carried our British ancestors
| through six hundred years of toll and
trouble and bloodshed, landing them finally
on the rock of liberty and of hope. They
have adopted the great fundamental prin-
ciples of human liberty as developed in
Magma Charta; they have adopted princi-
Piles having for their object the security OF
| the citizen, and the safety of the laws.
| Having proclaimed these principles upon
the banner of the Democratic party, the
next thing to be attended to was to place
man at the head of the movement who
possessed the requisite ability, and who had
sufficiently proven himself. This man has
been found in the Empire State of the Union.
The shouts of triumph are echoing through
the land, and thousands and hundreds of
thousands of glad voices are crying. "This
shall be White Mans Government It
is right, too, that one of the nOblest sons of
New York should have been presented to
the neople of the United States for their
suffrages in behalf of the truth and right.
| would scorn, gentlemen, to deceive you,
and l therefore wish to say here that the
favorite son Of Ohio, whom have known
well and long, was my tavorite above all
other men-true in peace, and true 10 war
He has proved sacrifice to the hottest o.
all causes popular liberty. Ohio did
it herself, backed by her most noble
sons. Il must not now be a question
of favoritism, it is question of principle
and where is there a man, an hon
est man, in all the country, from one
end to the other, who can object to the
principles of the platform presented to The
people of the country; they are the SAME
that are given us in the Constitution of tn,
United States regarding alike the right
of the people and the rights of the States
We have now arraigned before the bar o
the whole world the men whose acts for tn
last six years have shamed human natur
itself, and every principle of virtue AM
truth. What is not good for Ohio no
Michigan nor Radical Maine is, according
to the doctrine of these men, 'plenty gooC
enough for Georgia" and the other South
ern States, which are now being brought
as they say, into the sisterhood, or halfsis
terhood. Is any man going to accept term
that degrade him and his children forever
What these people call Reconstruction
measures" are null and void, and not law
They overrun the Constitution of tn
United States, and all the rights, privileges
and securities Of our citizens for life
: liberty, aad property. And because
they could not work these iniquitie
! through the courts they took GU
courts away. The Judiciary must fal
: before them. Congress has the power, AM
! keeps ii. As for ourselves, we have III
! courts, no constitutions, no civil law, n
) habeas corpus-not even military law
| They set up military law, and they stan
? before the world to-day their own ex
Founders of law and justice. No man ha
one hours exemption from the impositio
d Of power. You are all tenants at will, i
! your property, lives, and liberties. Blu
4 there comes to the rescue a mighty ARM
q with its thousands of banners and braves
y of men from California and Oregon; frol
d the rocks of New England and the plaiu
It of New York and the iron regions of Penn
II sylvania. Come, every man, and join th
;, glorious band! We will effect the obiec
!, if every honest man does his duty. TAX
% away this chance and where are you
= Down-trodden, robbed, insulted, plundere,
d with no law to save but the irremediabl
u measures enacted by God himself Con
W then, every man Let the good come; L
q the bad come; let everybody come! tt
II women will come, too. [ never saw
- woman yet who refused to honor b.
~ country. Let him that hath sinned, sin I
more. Come, rally to our standard, ar
% cover, like mighty hosts, the entire bread
Of the land, This standard Of ours will