New Orleans Republican., 1868-10-14
0rIeans Republican
JOURNAL oE IHE UNITED STATES
EHE CARPET-BAG.
Is thankGod! I!

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'f Arican manhood asserts itself.
R. htfights OF American citizenship are
offsiioated.
HI United States is declared to be one
5g $.fI Try.
'q ssays New Jersey, forgetting for the
RRhent the ancient claims of mere par
]. aship.
/, says Pennsylvania, the Keystone of
Ihaa,vnatlonal arch.
nsss seys Ohio from under her apple
ddsss khz.
l NJ EAys Indiana from prairie and walnut
an Fea
T. h1Ind Boung Nebraska takes up the le-
Ad' he Pacific railroad prompting her
av ,peHk the language of modern ciViliza-
That is this language? 1t is not hatred
We fhe South. 1t is not a clamor for the
III bf office. 1t is not the shibboleth
ha pers politician.
" the voice of the American people,
lglF Nirh the mildness Of conscious power,
,ss faAjestic with the might of millions
49,
AZ Xhe American citizen shall be entitled
INTO liberty and TO the pursuit of hap
whether he be native or OF foreign
Fhether he be rich or poor, whether
sd Eon Plexion be pale or dusky, whether
tftrafels with trunk or carpet-bag,
-Ither be choose to reside in Maine or
Islhna He shall think what he chooses,
-lk What he chooses, act as he chooses,
sIDsided be violate no law and infringe NO
Nh of his fellow" e.
lq,' ~. tus have peace.
.sn.the Subject Of contempt of court" is at
Aing considerable attention in view of
recent raid of the Democracy in our
y sioial tribunals.
nsify way Of throwing light on this ques-
ouis Ne draw from our bag an old story of
ova1|.A Judge of Louisiana, of the olden
~ fho, in accordance with the law as
~ vi existed was acting as auctioneer
1,1 ccession case.
WILL le he was crying "going, going,
nIg,' some one in the auditory said some
sr absurd, when the Judge stopped and
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EEpake care, sir, or I'll commit you for
r Tempt of COURT
ssBut Judge, this auction room is not
cI.r and contempt cannot be committed
l1111HIIf Numbered the Judge, "I'll have
~ r4derstsnd that am an object of
laqipt at all times and in all places"
n notice in this mornings Crescent a
~ Federal Generals who, as it is said
suVbrt Seymour and Blair. Among other
5alas we notice that of Wm. P. Benton
ot1h the first time we have heard from
oGaperal direct since he died in this city
ut year and halt ago.
efshaf rooster. who was cock of the walk
us. y. ,dIl of the Customhouse-did he crow
ed merning2
an an Understand that the Seymour Knights
n eorganize as knights of the Sor-
III Countenance. Uniform black
A 4zine. faced with Canton flannel.
~~ohert NJ Douglas, the eldest son Of the
Senator Douglas, made speech, few
1 80, at Raleigh, North Carolina, and
eHINarced in bitter terms those who affected
IL Ais fathers friends, and were now
az bis name to aid the Copperheads.
words might be pondered with profit,
of With pleasure, by the friends Of Ste
mo Douglas, wherever found. He said:
Fhsn l see myself personally abused by
nneervaiive press on account of my
RIIe4 sentiments, and called traitor TO
rOA9tate in which was born, would
III % their recollection the time when |
=, declared an alien enemy. About the
R 1862, q bill was filed summoning
R1u1nf Settle (now Associate Justice of
6npreme Court) and R. A. Elling-
PRl y Greensboro 10 show cause why they
fA not surrender the property of
lent NJ. and Stephen A. Douglas, alien
u'n1iee of The Confederacy; and when |
denbnnced as a Yankee and a Garnet
ger, would remind them oftheir efforts
IEiFs me an exile from my native State
render me stranger to the soil that
ne birth. As, however, | have in
my fathers name and bis principles.
y '.ural that should inherit their ami
jo Nevertheless, it is strange that
~ men, his bitterest enemies in
=, f11uld now claim to be the truest ex-
snIs Of his principles; but not more
nm than that they should now assert
4aives the best friends OF the Consti-
1N ef the United States and the infalli-
hS iuterpreters Of its provisions, after
W I've sacrificed hundreds of thousands
Y4s and thousands of millions of treas
% srample in the dust that sacred in
Es1.ht
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