The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-08-19

the reilglous conscience of the hnnh,ou. -.
lauu' tie must maintain, without a.'lzan Of the
zenship. o. Vi al American o;tt
me experience Of every public man -,h.,
~ MS trust, teaches him that no n7 oeen
'iie au1ies Vi me office Of the President mia aa DO
ready not only to undergo the fasehoods eSs be is
the bad, but to suffer from the eensnro "0 aouse Of
VINO are msied By preudices and msrenrass e's good
ihefe are no attractions in such pos;ff long,
deceive my Judgment when saw that CO. Which
Is gong On in the public mind The mass az G,aa9ge
publican party are more thoughtful tenera9 ug he
than they were during the excitement which M inst
the progress and close of the civil war, "''eaaed
As the energy Of the Democratic party s,si..,
their devotion to their cause and not to ttn:s ron
dates, may with propriety speak Of the f Valql.
never, IN the political history of our country mat
action of any like body been hailed with s,c na The
sal and real enthusiasm that which has hao 1er'
IN relation to the action Of the National Dea 'n9Ra
Convention, with which the candidates had notSna
DO. had any Others of those named been salont5t %
spirit would have been perhaps more marked Lib
15ai energy 81 ii eeF46es=a;-
springs from desire to make change of poli Ases
from belief that they carry out their pYrn, sa
In this faith they are ngthened by the co6naF.
of the great body Of those who served in the sSa
army and navy during the Having given s Sa
$4,000 commissions to the officers of that arm Il
which they fought. The largest meeting of thasa ~
liant soldiers assembled was held in Nav Wy
and Endorsed the action of the National CoRvnn;A
In words instinct with meaning they called ~ a.
Government to stop in its policy of hate disooD3
disunion, and in terms of fervid eoauence 5ao 1a
the restoration of the rights OF the American nT
When there is such accord between those tyho Trn
themselves brave and self-sacrfciug in war and 5
who are thoughtful and patriotic 10 council, canns
doubt we shall gain political triumph which viii ~
store our Union, bring back peace to our Land ,r1
give us once more the blessing of WISE economieaan1
honest government.
am, gentlemen, truly yours, etc.,
--. H0RATIo SEYMOUR
Gen, G. W. Morgan and others, committee, etc.
THE ELECTORAL BILL IN ALABAMA. "A him l..
passed both houses of the Alabama Lecisatnra o,.
powering that body to elect the Presidential aeoto,
instead Of the people. The Governor will no ao,A.
approve it and Congress will acknowledge it to ha o
law. The New Orleans Times in commentjng On fso
above, pertinently remarks:
IF this example is to be followed in Other Stato
and it doubtless will be, our own among the nrrnb1
the election Of the next President Of the United Sa
degenerates into as AFFECT farce as that which mazda
Napoleon Emperor It remains to be Seen Wbefbsr
our Democratic brethren at the North will remain mi
escent under this attempt to deprive them of thai.
rights Once at least in the history of recoastroon
the blows Of Radical tyranny fall with equal eecuDon
both North and South. To deprive us of our fan
chise Is to almost destroy the in which the
Northern Democrats doing battle. They have yo
nounced the laws under which these iniqutes are Der
petTated as revolutionary, null and void The cues
ton Of the hour is them will they submit to it? Pow
erless, but an1iousIE, we await their answer.