The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-09-02

submit to the domination of a party who
seek to maintain themselves by calling to
their aid this ignorant and barbarous race
of men. IApplause.l may be accused
of appealing to your plejudces. | do not
appeal to your prejudices. / appeal to his
tory. appeal to that which ought to
guide every statesman! It's impossible to
make nation prosperous by giving the
reins. of power into the hands Of n race of
people who are incapable of guiding any
nation. fou have repudiated that doc
trine. Yes, and will do it again--and you
ought to do it forever. [Applause.l A
man is unworthy himself, fine is classed as
awhile man, who will put the black man
over his own race; and no one but dem
agogue would do it. If the Radicals felt
secure in their position they would be con-
tent TO appeal to their own race of people
for support; to the people who created
this Government, who maintained it, and
carried it forward to unexampled prosperi-
| ty. They would be content to appeal to
the intelligence ofthe white race. But no,
they know they have forfeited the conf
| spring against the most cherished institri-
tons of Our country. They are giving the
franchise to that ignorant race whom they
know to be incapable, and at the same time
are disfranchi.ing the intelligent white
people of the country and their doom is
sealed. Applause. But, fellow-ctizens,
| there are Others here from whom it is your
right to hear. fCries of "Go on 60 on. y
| There are gentlemen here who have been
but recently nominated for high positions
| in your State-gentenen who / believe
will be elected by the people of the State
and they have right to be heard, and you
have right to expect that / will give way
for them, Having claimed your attention
for the length of time l have, / now sur
render it to men from your own State, after
thanking you for your very kind attention
Three fonsing cheers were given for
General F. p. Blair, Jr., the next Vice
President, upon his retiring.
GENERAL BLA1k's RECEPTION At ST. JOSEPH.
General Blair arrived in St. Joseph Sat
urday, from Leavenworth. He stopped at
the Pacific House. where he was called
upon during the afternoon by numerous
personal and political friends. About 7
o'clock an immense concourse of citizens
collected at the east front of the hotel,
where the distinguished visitor was serena
ded by band in attendance for that pur-
pose. Gen. Blair was vociferously called
for, and being introduced by Colonel L. NJ.
Lawson, made his appearance, and spoke
very briefly, as follows:
GENERAL BLArR's SPEECH.
GENTLEMEN OF ST. JosErn: In address
ing the large and enthusiastic audience be-
fore me / shall Eat insult you by calling
you fellows" or by advissing you to throw
man in the river who happens to differ in
opinion regarding the sentiments express
ed, as understand has been done by dis
tjnguished military gentleman in this place
upon recent occasion. I believe this to
be free country, ana that the people will
treat those with respect who respect the
people. Our objection to the principles of
our adversaries in this great political cam
paign is that they assume too dictatorial a
tone towards the people. They denounce
me as revolutionist-say that l wish to
inaugurate another rebelion-because
say it is time for the rule of the bayonet to
be checked, Great app1ause.1 The peo-
pie of the State of Missouri, and the peo-
pie of the whole country, are tired of being
boUnd to obey the dictates OF their militia
~ commanders. We believe thatit is time
for the will of the people to be carried out.
This will be done. a voice" Wen fix
that in Novefhber"l Yes, we will settle
that in November, and we will do it pcaca-
bly,, by the ballot. The people are now
fully aroused, and none of these men will
dare to defy the will of the people: Those
who attempt it will come to grief, and it is
time they should come to grief. Unless
checked they will go on until they estab-
fish negro suffrage over this State and the
Northern States, as they already have in
ten States of this Union. They will ex-
tend military despotism over all the
States, and negro supremacy as far as the
people will allow it. This fragmentary
Congress, and the arpet-baggers that have
got into the Senate Under the auspices of
this Rump, have already attempted to de-
grade the white men of all the States to
condition of inferiority to the negro. This
is the main issue. The people have deci-
ded in all those States where they have en-
joyed the privilege OF free vote, that this
cannot be, and tell you that the will of
the people shall be carried out, in spite of
the designs of these ambitious men who
have trampled the Constitution under their
feet; and republican form of government
shall be guaranteed to the Southern, as
well as of the Northern States. But we
are told that even if the Democratic party
elect their President and majority Of the
House of Representatives, that these car
pet-baggers, who assume to constitute a
majority of the Senate, will defeat legisla-
ton, and will impose this ignorant and
semi-barbarous race of negroes upon the
country as the superior of the white man.
Let them dare to do it., and they will find
that the more than one million majority of
voters who are opposed TO this scheme
will make it impossible for them to perpe-
trate such an atrocious outrage upon AM
erican citizens. The people have risen in
their might everywhere, from Maine to
California, and have by their votes said
that they will not have this negro sdprema-
cy kept up in this country. They will not
be shaken in this purpose to turn aside the
bayonet that is still kept pointed ut the
threats of the white men of the South
Neither will the Radical party, in its hope
less minority, be able to defeat the will Of
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