The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-09-02

| ltluc We lelu lO anu IOuGnC Tor Tor four
yeah; but now the Radical rarity hes taken
the exact position that JEFF Davis and
other leaders of secession took at the COM
mencement of the war Applause, and cries
OF That's SOL tell you'll have no ami
mostly toward the negroes; and those who
are pretending to be their friends
are really their very worst enemies.
Every one knows, from my history, that
when the negroes were in, slavery l was an
advocate for their emancipation. advo-
Gated 1t at the worst times and in the worst
places. | advocated it when the present
pale faced Radicals of Missouri did not
dare lift tip their heads. Prolonged
cheers. And now 1 say that unless the
| negroes submit to tho intelligent guidance
OF the powerful white race, their fate will
be that OF the lndians--they will be exter-
minated. The negroes can only be happy
and prosperous as long as they are guided
ny the intelligence of the white race.
| Cheers Whenever it is sought to dis
| franchise the intelligence of the country.
and make it subordinate to the ignorance
OF the country, whenever it is sought to
| subordinate the white race of the country
to the black barbarism' of the negro, the
prosperity of the country is ct an end.
| Applause and cries of "irhat's so."1 But
| come back to the proposition with which
started. that the Radical party done these
things IN defiance ofthe will Of the people.
Have the people endorsed negro suffrage?
laNever." Did you not condemn it in this
State? Was it not condemned In all the
States of the Union at the last election I?
and shall the Radical party persist in press
ing it upon the people, that it shall be the
rule! And when, as have already stated,
said in New York, that if the Democrat
ic party should carry these elections; if the
people should elect a Democratic Presi-
dent, this pretended reconstruction should
be undone and if these miserable carpet
baggers in the Senate were in the way of
its being done, the people will find a way to
execute their will; those miserable creatures
who have undertaken to forestal the popu-
lar will say that any one who undertakes
to execute the will of the people is revo-
lutionist. Applausel Look at the atti-
tude ofthese men. Who are the revolu-
tionists? Who has put at defiance the popu-
lar will T? Who has taken away the powers
of the Executive as granted to him by the
! Constitution? Who has curtailed the juris-
diction of the Supreme Court of the United
States? Who has done all this? Why,
the Radical party. Cheers and cries of
That's so."] Who has put ten States Of
this Union under martial law in time of
profound peace? The Radical party in
Congress. Who has taken away from the
President the constitutional powers grant
ed him as Commander in Chief oftila army,
and conferred it on their candidate for tic
Presidency? The Radical party. Who
hold eight millions of white people of the
South pinned to the earth with bayonets !?
The Radical party. General Grant was
selected as the candidate of the party be-
cause they knew they were beaten on their
principles, and because he alone, with his
great personal popularity, was supposed to
be able to arrest the tide that was about to
overwhelm them; because with the almost
omnlpotent power now given him in ten
States of this Union, they thought he could
control the votes to their own advantage.
In this man. who has bayonets at the
Threats of eight or ten millions Of the peo-
pie, the proper rep, esentative of the pco-
pie? ["Not much''] And are those who
seek to turn aside those bayohets aid give
the law and the Constitution control revo-
lutionists? I tell you now, all their at
temps to sublueate this people will be over
thrown. The success of the Democratic
party at the coming election is foregone =
1t is ordained of Heaven. 1t is thing al
ready consummated almost, because the
people of this country are not the men to
surrender their liberties. Never, never
Nor can the eminent services or prestige
of General Grant mislead them. APP.
plause.1 / desire to speak of Gen. Grant
with the greatest respect for his services to
his country. l shall never allow myself to
speak of him otherwise than with the
greatest respect, don't think we gain
any advantage by disappearing him or
his services.
A Voice. We have not heard from him
yet.
General Blair. No, and you are not
likely to hear from him. Applause.
But as he is candidate for the highest po-
sition in the world, he is subject to fair
criticism on his conduct and language. /
call your attention to the report made by
General Grant when sent by President
Johnson to the South to investigate the
condition Of affairs there. He then stated
to the terms imposed upon them by ethe
No'SAhAhSHo' uhu 1h1et uCy WCLC uttCu W
return to the rights of citizens in the Union.
Since that time he has seen proper to
change his attitude on this question. do
not impugn his motives, but we are all at
liberty to look at the facts When the
Radicals were keeping the States out, he
recommended their admission. know
very well, from General Grants former
position, that no has no affinity for the ne
gro. Neither has General Sherman, nor
General Sheridan. They have no hatred
toward the people of the South. Look at
the terms General Sherman gave Johnston
at the surrender in North Carolina. It all
goes to show that these military leaders,
who are all now arrayed against the De-
mocracy, in their hearts believe in the doc
trines OF the Democratic party. They did
then, and they do now. But will tell
you the secret what has brought them to
the Radical party. 1t is their military in.
stinct, which tells them that the Radical
party is in favor of despotsm in this
country, and without having any affinity for
the negro, or hatred for the white people Of
the South, they felt that the Radicals were
in favor of erecting despotism, aud they
know full we'll that that would give addi-
tional consequence to military men. Thai
lis the secret of these men arraying them
selves against Democracy, against consti-
tutional liberty, and against the civil in