New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-09-06
AN ELOQUENT PERORAr1oN.

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We present to our readers the close Of
The great speech delivered by Henry Will
son at Bangor, Maine, on the twenty-sev-
enth ultimo. 1t is worthy of careful
study:
The declaration of General Blair in fla
yor of trampling in the Gust the recon-
struction acts, instantly aroused the rebel
clement of the South, and sent the Ku KluX
Klans on their errands of insult, outrage,
and death. No wonder that the rebeI Gen
\ eral Preston fastened to nominate the au-
4 thor of that rebel.inspiring letter as the can
4 didate for the Vice-Presidency no wonder
that Wade Hampton leaped to the floor to
second the nomination; 70 wonder that
3 Fort Pillow Forces, who now declares that,
h in a certain event, he will foot his horn"
4 for the rising of his "old troopers" and
who as at Fort Pillow, will give no quar-
ter announced with SO much JUNCTION the
vote of Tennessee. Blairs disorganizng,
I eeditious, and revolutionary letter struck
b responsive chord III the bosoms Of the South
| ern Democratic leaders. These delegates
assured their Northern political associates
that they would carry the reconstructed
States fer the greenback and drawback tick
e.. The holder ofthe rebel leaders hardly dis
! guise their purpose to seize the polls and have
4 only the white vote cast aud counted Wade
4 Hampton called on his Democratic associ.
T ates in New York to Register an OATH that
they would place Seymour and Bairin the
! White House if they received the majority
( Of white votes, Tin spite Of all the bayonets
l. that can be brought against them" This
r rebel trooper and Democratic leader tells
the people of the South mot to employ any
one, white or black, who gives his aid to the
Il Republican party And this proposition is
generally approved and applauded by
i Southern politicians and presses, though SO
Tcruel and oppressive to the poor laboring
! linen, houseless and homeless, who will thus
be compelled to exercise the right of suf-
Il rage under duress, and with the menace
constantly before them ofbeing driven from
their humble cabins, and dispossessed even
Of the fields they are cultivating on
shares. / need not dwell but briefly on
what the Republican party proposes to do.
) is hibry, its platform, and its candidates
/ kpeak TO the full comprehension of the
4 American people. To that history, to that
! Platform, and to its candidates it points
Il with confidence and pride. 1t appeals, as
= ever, TO the higher and better sentiments
and impulses of the nation. 1t appeals to
II tia. comprehensive patriotism which
a embraces the whole country, and the peo-
u pie of the whole country: to that
II love of liberty which aceords equal rights
Il 10 all men; to that sense OF Justice that gives
I EQUAL protection to the poor mans cabin
and the rich mans mansion, and to that
humanity that lifts up the lowly and the
weak. III success crowns its efforts, If the
= A1ministration shall be intrusted to General
Grant with House of Representation to
srstain that administration, the policy Of
reconstruction will be perfected, the States
f. viii all be speedily restored to their practi-
CSrelations TO the General Government,
equal rights will be assured and disabilities
remoVed the nations faith will be unfair
- rI<ho1 and r.radif inn
and Peace in the language of Mr.. Lin
coin, twill come to stay Then the blood,
n0nred out like autumral rains, will not
have been shed in vain; for then united and
nee America, with liberty for all and justice
70 all, will enter upon q carer of develop
nent, culture, and progress that shall insure
n future grand and great No less sig.
nldcant and no less pronounced are the his.
lorys the platform, and the candidates of
the Democratic party. Its history recalls
: no inspiring ideas, no benehcent policies,
NC ennobhng deeds for patriotism, for
for justice, and for humanity. Butt
Ndoes recall images of slavery-its shack.
les, its whips, its unrequited tolls, and its all
NpervadiDg impurities-The Slave Power,
it. arrogant nominations aud aggressive de-
Hmands, ever associated with humiliating
Vtoncessions, compromises and apostacies to
lreedom dark consplracies, lawless rebel
Hilon, fields of blood, taxation, debts and the
M-4dfNc Vi tut QEdas It's pldliOIIu
Nspeaks of the reconstruction acts as ''revo-
dictionary, unconstitutional and voidn-be-
nefcent acts by which seven disorganized
Hcommonwealths were recognized, on the
basis of loyalty and liberty, and restored to
Representation in Congress and TO the bless
ings and benefits of tie Union. Its candi-
N dates are pledged to "trample in the dust
NJ woalths, their constitutions and lave, by
4 which equal rights and privileges are ac-
@ corded and secured to all. Those candidates
4 are also pledged for that unconstitutional,
pnAmerican and wicked monstrosity, so
Il alien in spirit and tone to the Declaration
q Independence and utterances OF the
Fathers, "a White Mans Government in
Z place of the constitutional and Ameri-
! can idea-a government "of all, by
Hau for alI.r This record of fourteen
years, this platform and these candidates,
the wild, revolutionary and digorganizing
utterances of Blair, Toombs, Cobb and
cher Southern Democratic leaders, speak,
n language not to De misunderstood by the
teuntry, the purpose OF the Democratic
ralty, and what it proposes to do. The cur
Nncy is to be farther deprecated; the pub
lc faith broken, and the national honor
limited; State constitutions are to be abro.
mated; the civil rights of millions impaired
.Ae right to vote, now possession, taken
Eom threefOurths of million of working
aan the education Of the people so longed
.by the poor of both races, is to be post
10 hatreds, insults and outrsges to the
IA to be intensified, the soldier who
III sDr the restoration of the seeding
Ind who now hopes BY his skilled
, to make the war-wasted fields Of
aAlh bloom once more, is to be forced
t1A<e his new home, and the malignant
aplrit Of slavery and caste is 70 rule again
Then this mnrderous advice Of Albert Pike
t1e friend and champion of Blair and hey
nour, addressed to the young men Of Mis-.
tlssippi, may be accepted aud followed t
tslte bitter end Young men, it is fol
{ou to bring back to the country its colder
DAYS The South is our land The Nortl
u foreign aud hostile realm. stant
~ the altar of your country. Swea
tiefpal hatred to rs oppressofs. Swea
Tat the day shall come when tn
fnsquehannah ard Ohio shall be like river
q IRE, as they are now rivers of blood, be
tween your native land and that Of III
Neflhern Huns, watch no man shall attemp