New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-04-16
sEV EN- REASONS TOR ACCEPTING
THE C"NsIII U1ION AND ELECT

A Common Sense and DoIIar-nnd- Genie
view Of the sItuatIo ,-HPerch ny Dr..
j. II Aoyes at Ihe q r-aL RepuHiisan
ASS nae, ting uu Lafayette square,
TuesdnY EveniEg.
FELLOW CITIzENs OF LoUIsIASA: Now that
slaye,y Is gone we ure often asked i'll our
discussions, " Why refer to Iu2' | answer,
tor the reason that the plant, -, the d0ml-
nant element OF the white population Of
Louisiana, although they have ceased to be
SHAREHOLDERS, have not ceased to think, to
speak, to act like shareholders, because
they still hope, by the de'eat Of the cOmsti,
tuition aud by the aid of the Democratic
party TO galvauiZe iutu life the dead issue of
past yea 3; because they still nope III some
miraculous way to set up again the Dagun
of slavery in the name Of freedom. We
have 10 contend against the false theories
and prtiudlces that have outivcd slavery,
and stlil act as great moral forces in this
country. Whether these false theories, bOru
of slavery and kept alive by traditions of
the cOntederacy, snail prevail in Louisiana,
or give place tu new Republican, progressive
ideas, is the question which you nave To set
Tie in the election of Friday aud saturday
next. shall, in attempting to typ"s some
OF these false theories, cOnhue myself en-
tirely to matters relating 10 labor ann land,
those all important and leastunderst oil
topics in tine South. | propose to give yuu
seven practical reasons why our proposed
constitution should become the fundamental
law of the state.
First-The false theories of the old slave.
holders, the great planters, aud OF the South
elm Democrats generally, relative TO labor
and the cultivation of the soil, are, from
their very nature, Incompatible with
progress. The three hundred aud fifty tn, u
sand slave Oldtrs deprived the poor whites
Of the South Of he opportunity To work, of
that which has produced the bune and
sinew of the North, her intelligent and
wel-to do laburlng population. By this
means they converted tv6 or six mihlons OF
white people Into "a lower caste, Into "lOw
downsn and 'rOsin heels" cundemning
them toa degree OF p0verty, of Ignorance,
OF degradutlnn, Of contempt of labor aud
education from which 1t was well nigh iul
possible for theIn 10 escape aud lu winch
they hupelcsslY reVUlved from generation
to generation like the oppressed millions ot
ASIA.
The STAKEHOLDER also despoiled the slave
OF the re n ards of his toll. But what 10 him
were The fruits Ot this donOle spolia-
tiohf So far as it co cerus u
4 mans character and the we'll htlf 4 Of the
cuNn,uniry, IL makes ali the difference IN
the wDrid huw tie CONES by his huneY
Money ~ ined by fraud, by wrong Of att
kind, IL the good providence Of Il "a, 10 not
u bieseing; eqaudrI-d III idl,.ness ANA
vice II is sure 10 curse the soul otlts pos
srssur.
But although the stakeholder robbed th,
pour whites of the Opportunity to " ORR, ~ d
the black OF the rewards uf the crueI tn
be imposed upon him; although this dOubl,
spOllHlion could ia the nAtuie OF things b,
VI but hgtfe benefit tu himself, sthl, THANK
God, he could not deprive The pqur slave ol
those precious elements IA the formation al
Character the edncaLiuii aud thrift tha
fsf iabstF ftf laiN httA ht.,,
however nieasn the tools put in his h ,ads
Ana lhis, gentlemen, Is the seCrrt of tht
WUnderful prOgr,ss made by the irepdEIrn
On the twenty fOurlh Uf Alny, 1861, / wa
with Grh, raj Butter at kUrtress Al nru
when he pronounced those eDlgrnmAtit
Word-, .'BuntrAbAnd Ut NRr, winch cat tht
Gui,iian kuut ui slHvry Ia The Ulnou. Pu.
days las, r. htAildiug un the sandy bach |,
tne gray dAwD OF the morning. Aiid ,ni a
mlst tile ldr'ntical spot VIII ~ The hr>t Gag
Ofs AYES had been lail'ieti ~ Virginia ~ is o.
Il Was my good iOrtuae To wHscOms tire NJ.
bltt load 0f CnhtTRhshda thai erenp, d irUn
the rebel lines. Hat tnrn b ,tsii i,yltl tin,
AIthIn seven yparu should have the ,pl, -
unity 10 addfess an Nud'encs Ut otter
thuusBnd irrpdnitll ia New OreahH an / az
o. y IN el1nen but CttiEena nD 0ilt c,llxg6l
but otrrs, I won have regarded sAen
inipllee. aAa drtaU of ficti0n.
S,'Gund-ihe plAntrtE, Iue WVu d. a'Aw
N.HStr. aAA thc hlinbNt"Na ~ A<ifAteih
81 tiy oeii.Ne that the uwhei Hiiip - stay.
tIsilfutsd huth ibpiv uuHi Hssh t,aiisa..
'rsitlt- II 4Iu hnht "A ~ gsE'. ~,
ie'ghh0 , liant UrA gI,, rnur Ut boAd
ilher eApe Jan "a aii rye a ciu..@i i.,i
l'ns. tesit uiihe Wouhi is'n- o
ilveindi w@iths hlit ws,u a Il ,.r If ihsli
Gpnld n hs-Ffai thslM. ada 9 nt i,s !
aAitoH'd wrn M IL every ni&n In
. sna.tr5 had his plchelsi ia i { msElaAe,
an oar farmA ~ Hvp eWrHtv b ls wa
ths esaA y be ount 1SaeT en sAas -