The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-10-23


which we copy from the st. Louis Republican:
Fetlolo Citizens thatk you for the kind W.
come you have extended to me this evenin
lou must, however, EXCISE me, my friends IL
ask you to give me quit audience, as 1 am yar
hoarse from much spea sing already. will a
ana speak loud enough No be heard, If you vi
give me your attention, / promise Won hefo,
hand to be brief so thht will not detain yo
long, after the very inteiesting and elonnent :,
narks t1st you have heird from Mr.. O'Nel, {
1owa. L lnibk ne mas dohe ample justice to th
suDlect, sDa the latenes1of the hour admonishe
~ os p,iei ana 10 the! point. You know, m
friends, that the Radical party has been false !
al tne promises 1t made the people to obtai
power in the country Dries of that's 40 ~
defy any human being tossdduce particle Of evi
Eehce lnst that party ha1 admitted to the peopl
that they would carry ous such measures as the
have fastened upon the cfuntry On The contrar
they pledged themselves by their platform and h;
lhelr speeches, made by fheir leaders everywhere
against the very measurds that they have sine
liked as yoke on he ne tks of the people The,
were charged by theit adversaries with III,
lmtenuon OF establishing negro suffrage
They denied 1t. Their platform gave then
the lie. They were charged with waginp a wa,
Oh subJugat.on against tho people of the south
ihey denied II, and IN the Congress they
gave unanimous vote declsring that II
was not their intention to wage war for any pnr.
pose Of subjugaiion. but to maintain the Union
and TO restore the States IL their original relations
with each other. That being done they pledged
themselves to give those States all their rights
under the Constitution Snimpaired. Instead of
carrying out their pledgesto the country instead
OF restoring these States 20 the Union, which was
tne declared purpose OF tie war. these men have
sought and failed to achieve. They have dis.
rupted the Union and today there are three of
the States. which are proclaimed to be outside of
the Union entirely. The, old State of Virginia,
which gave birth to 9 lont line of presidents, il.
lustrious throughout thes whole history of the
country, and the States OF Texas and Mississippi
are now held TO be outside of the Union by these
men who pledged themselves to restore all the
States TO their former EDITION. They are out
lawed because they refused to vote the Repub.
hcan ticket, and for no other reason. The other
States that were IN revolt lave been brought back
into the Union, but how? with the white people
DISTINGUISHED and the neliroes clothed with the
right OF suffrage because they anticipate that
these negroes will vots the Radical ticket.
well knowing at the same time that the
W css Of men rhs SGqd r gSss their sb Ssst
OF persecution to which the people of those
States have not been subjected since their armies
laid down their arms and Submitted to the govern
pro@sus RArS' ,Ss
would return to their allegiance and lay down
their arms. That parole Jas been violated and
prescription and persecui ion have been visited
upon the people Of the Southern States These
men pledged themselves to restore peace through
out the country, but whyever heard of peace
being brought about by Prescription or by perse-
cution. In other countriet this thing has been
tried time and time again. TIT has been tried for
centuries in Ireland where the government of
Great Britain has sought b! prosecution and per-
secution TO bring about peace and prosperity
Have they succeeded? TIP experiment has been
tried there long enough, ZONE would think; for
centuries and centuries has il been going on and
yet wherever you meet On Irshman, whether
upon the old sod of the Green Island or in the re-
hottest part Of The world, there Is one sentiment
which he chershes above all Others aud that is
hatred to the men who haze oppressed his race
and peTsecuted his countrytnen. (Cheers.) And
SO OF every other country where this pan
acea of prescription sIid persecution has
Deen trled and SO IL Will be while there
are prosecutors. This feeling of hate
has descended from father to son as an inherit
ance OF scorn and revenge, which will be cherish.
ed against the men until they are trampled in the
dust. Ii s a natural sentiment. Ii is one which
belongs to all people in dvery land, and which
these Radicals are making now In our own coun-
try. They are making hers new Ireland by the
course they are now pursuing They have bor-
utes which England has foriso many centuries in.
fcted upon the Irish, and have inflicted them
upon the Southern States. Cries of that's son)
That is the way they propose to renew the reign
of peace throughout the COUNTRY. That is what
Grant means when be says, 9 Let us have peace"
He means, my fellow -citizehs, the peace of des-
potsm, the peace that reigTis in Warsaw. That 10
the kind OF peace he intendsito bring about-peace
at the point Of the bayonett peace at the expense
of the Constitution, and of free, constitutional
government. tell you, m friends, that this ma
ignant system OF prescription is foreign and alien
TO the Constitution of the United States. That
great instrument blszes alf over with the nobler |
and more glorious sprits of liberation to all.
(Cheers) That is the ver5sheart and foundation
Of our Constitution.
My fellow. citizens, once, during the history of
the Roman Republic, some pf the dependent pro- |
vinces Of that power revoked. They were over |
thrown and subdued by thesprowess of the Roman |
BOdieTy, and then the question came M for dis |
cussion In the Roman SENATE as to what should be |
done with the malcontenss. A number of the /
senators, like the Summers aud Wilson's Of our day.
favored determination. Th2y said: Let us de- |
stroy them from of the facp of the earth. They /
have rebelled against the glory and power of our /
republic, and they deserve not to live." But,
there was one senator there,who rose in the midst
Of this clamor, this inciteflent to prescription,
persecution and vindictiveness, and said: "No,
Roman senators, let us mike them Roman Cit.
zens and thus extend the piwer and glory OF our
T SsaSss the nss R a IS 81 S Ss
c AIRED for the honor and rGiown Of their nation.
That republic extended unit il overshad0wed the
whole world, and its glory lives to this day to ami
nate nations and to Ierve the arms of
case Of Rome, at leSst, overthrow her
power (Cheers.) Now,' my friends this
ls an example worthy our imitation. worthy of
D noble and magnanimous ,iation. The example
BOW beng sent by the Radicals of this country, |
Is one OF which We have seep the results in the ad-
ministratiOn OF the governaent Of Great Britain
10 its prescription o. the lrish people, driving them
INTO exile In every region Of the world. II Is one
which has been SET by all the other mouarchical
governments OF europe in their vindictive policy
10 those whom they have overthrown. We should
initiate the example of the Roman republic
Of that nOblest and brsvest of all nations, which
rose 20 a great height of power and prosperity.
By doing We shall extepl the power aud glory
Of the American republic and only by following
70 ilusirious an example esa we ever hope, not
only to maintain the power if the republic, but to
maintain our own liberty. II we set the example
)f enslayiDg the southern States, If we undertake
% enslave this great body or people in the South,
We may be sure that the very despotism which
will deprive them of liberty, will tnrn upon us
md take away our liberties also. | tell you,
ny fellow .citzens, We might well expect |
hat, as live men, could exist with dead
body chained TO us, as to hope to prosper
shist we are striking down the prosperity
If the Souh. Her prosperity Is part of
he prosperity Of the nation. Every blow that
We infict upon her rebounds upon ourselves. 1t
5 limb OF the national body. Every atrocity
hat we commit against that people Is an atrocity
committed against the entire people of the coun.
~. repeat it, that every wound given to the
south tingles through every vein in our own bod