Le Louisianais. [volume] (Convent, La.) 1865-1883, 1870-03-26
THB L%OUISIAl,Nl,A,y',
Saturday, March 26, 1870.

whole case here, in the full conviction that,
IN view Of this Overwhelming evidence,
no sane person would have the ,emer.
'ty to deny that all New Englanders have
already progressed morally, much farther
man IS necessary in order 10 classify them as
SAINTS ! (Avoice in the crowd:-"Yes, a heap
far,herD
But this unparalleled testimony, besides lis
moral value, has another advantage. Ii illus.
uares Nsw England sfeyurutire progress for
see what a figure those exclusively New
England peculiarities make before high
heaven! and see also what a magnificent,
example Of the figure Of speech called
"hyperboIe," is adduced by the mere enuncia.
ton Of such derivatives as Saint Beecher or
Saint Greedy or Saint Sumner! or Sain,
Anna Dickenson! tHear, hear, hear, and
thunders of applause
Continuing his proofs that New Englandcrs
are the Saints Of the Earth, Perrersus, as
soon as the applause subsidized, said:-Asto New
Eng'and's concentrating progress, it is we'll
known that during the war of 1912, there was
a Convention Of the New England States
called together, and designated as "The Hart
ford Convention in which the proceedings
were conducted for three whole peeks rih closed
doors, and in which il was conpenantea, to barter
to Old England four mother country) the
interests Of the then young and growing
Republic This, some people might call land,
in fact, have called) treason 10 the United
States; but that is both an abuse Of words and
a fal!acions view Of loyalty, into which those
are apt TO tall, who have no proper conception
OF the superior claims Of self and psll and who
have no correct understanding Of New England
progress! Expressions Of approvaI)
My friends, coatinued Perversns, (warmins
with his subject) the instances Of our New
England peoples conrenanting progress, are
innumerable! You all know how we conven.
anted with John Brown TO attack the armory
At Harper's Ferry; how we convenan,ed with
travelling Methodist Parsons, long before the
late war, TO 60 South preach abolitionism
and inci'e The black population to i%nsurrec-
ton! OF course, it is quite unnecessary to
assert in this assembly, ,ha, we are still
moved, governed, impelled by the same high
moral feelings that made us disregard the
consequences Of an iniernecine war, SO long as
self and pey were Swallowed forth, however
d'm'y, IN the futures prospective glass and
that we are entirely prepared TO covenant nae
Ito %consort, TO %concoci, to league-wilh all
kinds and classes Of people. without distinction
OF color or race except the race after pey;)
even with the very dregs of humanity, in
order to promote the same magnanimons and
selfish views (n fact, magnanimous because
selfish and pelisho by which we and our pious
forela,hers Of sanc,imopious memory, have
ever been governed Unprecedented applause
and maniacal vociferalion y
When the %vehemence ofthe applan1ing and
vocifsra'ing delegates had somewhat aba,ed,
Perrersus (who had taken advantage of the
man'acal o%u,bursf, to provide himself with
some necessary refreshmen,) again appeared
on the platform, apparently reinvicora'ed and
inspi'ited; and proceeded to lay before his
attentive and sympa,hizing auditory, tho
remaining proofs of New EngIanders' RICH, to
consider themselves the Saints of the whole
Earth, solely and exclusively!
The next point to which | deem it necessary
10 direct the attention Of this respectable,
appreciative, and sanity assembly Of delegated
IsMs, said Perpersns. is the extreme progress
New England has made-commercially viewed.
Had New Eng|anders no direct proofs Of the
immensurable strides male in This aspect, he
commended tina, il would be quite sufficient to
remind the world Of the heartiness with which
they worshiped whomsoever had achieved by
any means, commercial success; while they,
in their turn, desired full compensation for
what unenIiah,ened outsiders called toadyism,
by exac.ing from all the world besides, a delft.
cation of their unequaled New England !!
loud cheers, with some expressions Of
dissent.)
Ludifcantis, who had followed the argument
of Perrersus with unwearisd attention, and
who, on accoun, of the rapidly of the speakers
ulterance, failed in several attempts 10 inter
rupt him, now begged leave 10 ask, how New
Eng'anders would exact a worship which
many good folks through obstinacy, no doubt,
were unwilling 10 give?
lfthey are obstinate and incredulons, replied
Psruersus, SO much the worse for them They
demonstrate their own moral degradation! and
it is just because there are SO many people in
the world who obslina,ely deny New Eng
landers' superiority, and are incredulous Of
their sanity character, that we must keep
up the incsssant cry, that Passamaquoddy
Bay and Long Island Sonnd stand at either
extremity Of a region that has no parallel in
the Universe! repeated outbursls of ap-
plause y
But, observed the learned and eloquent and
loquacious advocate Of the fanaticaI cause, if
an incredulcus world can not, or will not,
accept our readiness to apo,heosize the rich,
|" proof Of our commercial progress, we have
evidence OF q practical nature which none
m Il, noinsns, and v,,l;nI L.-... .r.p,