The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-07-22

the feet Of their then idol. warmoth,
sand. Are We afraid Of such oddsf b
there any reason worth censiderasl0n
ans Ssve 6ssn fs%
that are brought into the field on our
snd Snat that heSe
ments I shall briefly mention. stating
ct the same time 4S.a tG a .m 3.%y G9'r
81 t %th ne SUBJECT bee there are
different elements in the city Of New
g weS
have alluded you have heard discussed
here at length, their origin, their rise
and progress until today day. 1 can can a also
complished fact can be that that Liberal
sgSos be Se wRs s SS 81
t is my Conviction. This party
is made up IN ~ best slsme ans
who are actuated by the same motive
that leads us to assemble here to-day,
but they nave Seen 1,aGyiSSe &c IL a u. re
our political horizon; but which. Ike
Fugitive clouds that while you look at
then change TIER eolo9s, u P asssis sl
content. and it was then that our friends,
who are still our friends. led by the inn
Pr 81
mateiy belonged: This know. met
81 1ife and 1 rom sn the admissions they
made I am justified in believing they
will return to the fold. I say this not
Dersyonsi1y Ss also gs 1o osen wha s Z have
been told. They will return not only
because policy leads them 70 re-
and the one that should bind us stronger
q fRS ah shs
which is eminently Louisiana,s- is
the one of feeling-feeling. that we ig-
stronger one of calculation and interest.
And shall there be NO feeling in com.
bining together in closing in still
els together' shall there not be = sense
MS together cloeerf Win not
if they were right on the question Of
fevciution their party could possibly b
sse som 5ens 81 tSss. efa fno% suss
that have Joined these ranks, con-
sent tor p moment, in the ma
Ne
triumph with our foes and to look down.
from that position ON the sufferinGs and
wrongs of men..such as Warmoth looks,
our saserinss. tel You. no. becan nss Of Of
that conviction that not even calculation
can blot eut from the minds of men
Is fo With thaa
TO: triumph with our foes tell you. my
friends, that 1t, is my firm conviction
will we then havef "a united party Of
all those that are opposed to Warmoth
and to Grant. the two great prosecutors
been fermenting for four years. When
we know that we have the numbers, that
we possess the strength. can we fail in this
such as are Unwilling to perform their
faithful of the condition of our country
for me to take up your time in doing so
blood warm and circulating with double
we have to wipe out. And yet there are
placing Mr.. Warmoth as the nominee of
deem it from corruption. There is
no reason because we have heard these
thoughts discussed that the Nervousness
tenuated. Can we afford that his d. nasty
should continue four years more Can
you look on the long. rule of the man
right, and who is surrounded by a pre-
torian guard whose salaries you pay,
to protect him from your just iudigna--
tion Can we contemplate for II mo-
ment the existence of o party composed
of Louisianians whose chief this man
should be9 Is there any political evan
gel can be preached which would
warrant dealings with q man who has
thrown to the breeze the banner of vice
Do you believe in the rege generation of
society, corrupt as it is to. day, under
such O standard-one SO foul that it will
long live on the pages Of our country's
history as green and fostering spot of
infamyY Can party exist under such a.
bannerf No. Therefore it is that say
it is my conviction that the Democratic
party will stand az whole, and we will
There is then but one party really to
fight. 1t is against that one that vOur
energy must be brought to bear. That
is the Custom-HOuse party. To unthink-
ing minds this designation suggests men
whose av0cations were devoted to the
peaceful pursuits of commerce and the
development of trade, just as you have
acter assume for the accomplishment of
it's purposes the outward garb of virtue.
Under that mild name of the Custom
House party" rest the great original SIN
of which all the others. even that infa-
nous scoundrel. Warmoth, is an offset.
You have been more fortunate than
sene of your neighbors, for have seen
ways like brigands, aud without q word
of farewell to their families and chill
dren, who they we're leaving behind,
driven at the point of the bayOnet to
that peaceful retreat dedicated to COM
merce and the development Of trade. the