New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-01-16
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4 among Inc nrsS 10 volunteer IN defense Of
the nations honor; an orator Of no common
gifts Of popular and persuasive eloquence;
a lawyer, perceiviAg almost by instinct the
fundamental principles of justice that I'M
derlie private sRd public relations, both in
regard to property and personal rights a
politician bold and fearless, yet generous
and forgiving, skillful and yet not artful,
and statesman in embryo who needs but
the opportunity and the experience to be-
come Of great service to the state and the
country at large.
The movement for comforting the right Of
suffrage upon the colored people of Louis
lana commenced with Judge warmoth.
He was the first representative who ever
approached the halls Of congress and
demanded admission upon the basis of col
ored votes. He was the first man ever ad-
mitted to the floor of congress claiming to
represent loyal constituency composed of
all races and sll eolOrs, No one who did
not reside in Louisiana can form an estimate
of the amount Of moral courage required
three years ago to defy prejudice
and stand up as the representative of
despised aud long dOwn-trodden race. But
few Northern men, bred in the very hot
beds of abolitionism and friends of the
negro from their youth up, would have
ventured to do it, Judge Warmoth went to
Washington and, although not admitted as
delegate from the territory of Louisiana,
was admitted upon the floor of congress
and cordially received as the forerunner of
q great movement about to be inaugurated
for the reconstruction of the Southern
states. From that moment until the even
ing Of his nomination for governor of Louis
lana he has been the leader of the Repub-
liean party in this state. No one has been
more active, no one more vigilant, no one
more fearless. Time and again he has
stood up in defence Of what be believed
to be right, when death itself seemed to
hover all around him. But the man who
learned the smell of gunpowder and heard
the music Of bullets under Grant was not
the man to quail before political opponents.
He mounted the platform and spoke aloud
in behalf, not of impartial, but universal
suffrage, and ever since has stood upon
that platform. His record is Republican |
throughOut-radical, if there are any who
prefer the word He believes in the ele- |
Walton of all who are oppressed, and not
alone the negro. The poor white is under
the slavery Of ignorance and superstition.
and needs the fostering care Of free schools
and liberal churches. He will labor to raise
him from the social degradation slavery re-
duced him TO, and lead him to feel that he /
is citizen Of the great nation of the United |
States, and not a mere dwelleF within the
limits of Louisiana. Next to the education of
the masses, Judge WarmOtb is pledged to.
the work Of the restoration of the agrioul.
tural and commercial interests of the state.
Our levees are to be rebuilt, the navigation
of the Mississippi is to be improved, lands
now worthless are to be restored to their
former value, emigration from the North
and from Europe is to be encouraged, the
latest improvements in agricultural and
machinery are to be intro
duced, appropriations from the general
government are to be obtained, railroad
charters and grants are to be secured, the
vast resources Of the state are to be placed
under process Of development, and capital
be induced to flow in and not from the
state by millions. In word, a new state.
ihrobbing with life and enterprise, is to
iPring from the decaying body of the
Did oRe, and Louisiana is once more
70 walk forth the prOudest virgin in the
south. Her dark eye will again CLEAN
With passionate beauty, diamonds will again
shed their rays from her fair brow aud
rom the tresses of her abundant hair,
'ich iaces viii rise and fall with the wave.
Ike undnlations Of her vOlnptuOus breast,
Obss Of silk from the looms Of India will
'dorn her chaste limbs, and sandals of
soid eegGr her kasatisssasls s sss. a proud
'eauty, she will Sit in her garden Of de-
ights, and all the flowers Of the earth viii
blossom around her and Eli the air with
heir fragrance. Lovers from the north,
he eaat, and the west will woo her in the
language Of passIen and pledge the world
Or one long, clinging, close embrace.
We love to dwell upon the picture.
imagination fails to conceive what Loaisi-
ma may mot become il she will but
asst down the idols Of the past and
esurn to the worship Of the liy-
ng God. Nature has favored her =
Beyond almost ali others. With prompt J
lesS, sagacily, and energy she can com
nAnd, sitting as she does at the moath Of
me mightiest river in the world, the com
MERGE Of an empire larger chan Roman
smperors ever ruled, and richer in rasteriaE
wealth than Roman emperors ever dreamed
~ But before this eau be realized Ia the
practical good Of an, the reign Of comnon
ense Ennst return, Che past mast be entirely
orgotten, emancipased md eulsanohised !
lavss must be cordially recognized a free I
aen and political equals, and ali that the
Ear Conquered become the law eF he
and.
Judge Warmoth Is at the head Of the stale
ieket. Rrom day to day We shall speak Of
II asssciaseu az our space viii adrait. All
lFe well and iavorably known In the state.
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