New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-04-19

to the State, places mo in . false position
before the world, which can only oe REIN
stated BIZ repudiating the repudiators-
CAUSES OF OPPOSITION TO RADICAL RULE.
But l come now to the practices Of the
Radical Grant managers OF more general
nature. You all know, men Of Kentucky,
what sacrifices have made for the liberia
ton of the blacks. Believing that elavery
was in opposition to IT, avowed' principles
of our republican government, the laws of
nature. and the expediency, have not
rested content until it was abolished. and
all men, of all cOl0rs and all nationalities,
were placed upon the broad basis of equali-
ty before the law. never have professed,
nor will now, for any personal or partisan
accomplishment profess, to love the blacks
more than the whites. On the contrary, l
but follow the instinct OF every rightly con-
stituted individual when ! say love my
own race as well as any other race.
Their, tellow-citizens of cOlor-fOr some of
you see here-that distrust, and yOu NAV
justly distrust, any man who processes to
love your race better than his own.
CHEERS.
THE MISSION OF THE REPUBLICAN. PARTY
CLOSED.
For all which have cOntended has been
achieved, and you. are placed upon the
broad basis of equality with every other
nationality in the republic. The mission OF
the Republican party has been accomplish
ed 1t was 60 part of the Republican pro-
gramme, as announced through their lead
ing men and by their conventions any
where, that the blacks should be placed
above the whites. Have uttered such 2
sentiment! And because l would raise our
own race to the same equality to which we
have for 40 many years commended, we are
denounced as renegades from the Repub-
lcan partv. The times call for plain
speech in favor Of amnesty.
That clause of the fourteenth amendment
which DISTINGUISHES all the leading minds Of
the South, while all the blacks, without re-
gard to antecedents or qualifications from
experience, or intelligence in the admins:
tratiOn of political affairs, are vested with
political powers, was intended, and has had
the effect to subject the white race of the
South to the black race of the South. l am
against that now and forever. lCheers.
EQUALITY OF THE WHITES.
You know, fellow-citizens. how often 1
used the argument that all we asked for the
black man was to have ian open field, fair
fight, and the devil take the hindmOst." 1
was for that then, and am for that now.
As Southern man, identified with South
ern interests, never will consent to the dis
franchisement Of my own race, and the bar
barism of the South which the Radical party
seem SO determined to carry out to the end
We have no instance in history before Of
such tsuccessful attempt. By the laws Of
nature it will fail now.
OF the restoration of just equality Of
the South. feel as certain as l was sure
the abolition of slavery would be the final
oa,r1f of tho 10fo nkrnnnv0 whinh hQo
80 much treasure and 90 many lives.
o.. GENERALIZATION.
l eau not act with the Radical Repub-
licans, because they are changing the
normal organization of our institutions.
Ours is Q government Of censtitutions-of
written constitutions. The States have
certain powers, and the national govern
ment has certain powers, by the people
given them. To the States il intrusted
local administration and jurisdiction over
life, property, and the highest interests of
civilized communities. To the national
government is intrusted only national In
terests for the regulation of commerce
among the sevreal States, but more
tons. Now, Whatever is not delegated to
the States, or to the nation, is reserved ex-
pressly by the State and national constitu-
lions to the people themselves.
I oppose, the Radical Republicans be-
cause, violating the principles of the con-
stitutiOn and the experience of all man
kind, ignoring the glorious fruits Of our
local and national governments,
and for going back npon the often-tried and
cast off forms OF Capitalization, which in
all times have proved subversive of the
liberties Of the people. While the South
vibrated to one extreme for State rights,
even to secession and disunion, the Radi-
GALS, without that high craftsmanship which
should belong to those who attempt to con-
troll the destinies of the nation, are vibrat-
ing with equally criminal result, if not in
tention, to the other extreme, of ignoring
al the rights of the States, and engrossing
the whole power of the government in the
national administration.
UsURPATION OF POWER.
Men of Kentucky, time will not allow me
TO specify oil the violations of the constitu-
ion which have been made by the admins
ration. l have marked certain articles
which, in my judgment, have been prac-
ically, if not in the letter, utterly disre-
yarded and violated. ] shall speak now of
Itself, but few defenders upon the basis Of
ts constitutiOnality. The first section Of
he fourteenth amendment to the constitu-
ion provides that "all persons born or
in the United States, and SUBJ
ect to the, Jurisdiction thereof, are citizens
# the United States and the State wherein
hey reside. No State shall make or enforce
my law which shall abridge the privileges
n immunities Of citizens Of the United
States; nor shall any State deprive any
person Of life. liberty or property without
iue process of law, or deny to any person
within its jurisdiction the equal protection
IF the law"
Now, l ask you, what does this clause
neane Does it mean that if one man shall
Kill another, or if one man shall wrOngfully
withhold from another property, that this is
IN abridgement of the rights of life and of
property, on the part Of the State, in which
he national government may interfere and
undertake to punish an individual by the
aan will contend that it is. How happens
t then that in South Carolina and else
Where, where there is no law of the State \
bridging the privileges and immunities of
itizens of those States, that the President
f the United States, through what is called
he u-Klux bill, violates all these clauses
# the national constitution, which are
Gually as high and sacred as this four
zenith amendment itself, which declare no
pan shall be deprived of life, liberty, or
ubstance or property without due process |
of witness face to face, and |
bove all that great writ and safeguard |
f liberty, which we have Inherited
rom the British nation, which declares the |
writ of habeas corpus shall not be sus-
'ended only in case of rebellion or in |
aston, or when the public safety may re-
nire it. And yet the President, in times
# peace, and by the authority of a pre-
ended law by Radical Congress, tramples
ateguards. While speak to-day is there
my rebellion in South CarolinaY And if
o., is it OF such magnitude that the public
atety requires the suspension of the
'abeas corpusl Then how dare these men,
violation Of the same sacred principles Of