The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-02-21

States ia the field Of bis glory--havc
we NOT see. him stricken down a 81
cord time. and that Ivy Executive a, J..
mostly, displaced from his committee.
"str'''z"d from the R,puhl can party
because lie dared TO l,- free. and hnn-
est, and eravr7 tCherrs.1 Aud have
we not Witnessed, fmtlrr, that great
AMI 'iistin" ui~hrl editor, who has
excited, perhaps. as much influence
through his journals as amy ether in
TIL" nat'"n-I alIud", +" Mr.. Creole. -.
the T'ituue [chccrs that man who,
Ivy single article was able, in tines
past. Ia wheel whole States of the
North into lin" with The Freedom sen
til"cnt 81 the Union have we not seen
him. within the last few months, una
hle t" rXerr sufficient Influence to
have il r"rnlt official removed from
:hc Cusr"ml,Ouse in New York. who
was abusing tie national anthn,i ty
"r party pnrp"Srss t'heer>. Have
We not Seen another great public inrr-
nal of The Northwest. that had eNrriei
Il Control inferior tn Dne in the Valley
"i the Mississippi, stricken from the
TOLL 1T favor. and questioned III ciarac-
ter, because ii feared not tn dissent
and .lrn"unce these disastrous courses,
Cheers.
| 1t is not nrcessar, that Isi,nn!,l 90
on with this long list oi nartyr.loms
| that have been pr,pctr:,t..l IN the
name of freedom i'y those WIN u,rn-
gate t" them ~cl,es the ii hit I" repre-
sen, and be t"r Republican party 81.
this nation. Bat let nl.. tell you, gen
| iismen, that strong as the Prrsidrn,
is-aa'iim>t whom personally it isAh-
fashion i" charge I'LL :his-;,ul an,
If those who believe linn to he u
strong, aud brave, and seif-wille,l man.
hat there are stronger intrliectS lmGiui
him WI" hav" none potent influences
han any that he wie!,lS. and il is will,
those likewise that y"n have tn make
!y"nr fg..t for the r"ntIul ~ this naiinn
into ether aud better c0I,sts Ii j.
they who mould these In,licirs; and
,y"n will find that this issue that is IL
~" joined is not 10 t'r personal issue
against IA single inli, idna!, hut It is tn
he fought sqralcly and I" final con-
summation again>' the whole element
that surrounds AID >n>taims him.
Nj. President, il is nor my pu,. osr
T." z" int" any general discussion OF
the varI"u> matters that have been
prescribed iy Your res"luri"ns; bat
there is one t" which feel that i, is
appr"rrintr tha, ! should alL.,.le here
II; This time. refer tn what is known
as the suspension of the great viii at
night the hahe;.s r"rpus, that g,,aran-
tees Aonr liberty and mine, at the
bach aud will at ii single individual, on
The pl.a that perhaps somewhere else
sumclot1, ma, commit u cri re. Now
sn. that mole unconstitutional AID
a',ncinns le.i,laii"n, designed, as
lave henson I" Il, 'Inehemd, father for
l.alt'zHn than for ra,,intr pnrpnstS.
WAS never erw'ratrd under this
Government. Cheers. l Il" not
ju>rif, thu St. wrongs ,ha, are general,
4 ~ Il
klux- think that all iuyas,nn- nf
Law should he put down. think that
peace and ",le, s.,"mId be maintained
in every community but, sir, there
alc either and ln tter modes ,nt sustain
ing peace aud ord. r in such civil sncie.-
T, as ours, and the refusal to adopt
them, and the swift resort to ihps,.
harsh and dangerous Of snl,pciiug
everything to military terrorism, is
lint a,,other illustration of that shrorti
cd DANCE, that is h,Oatiing in our midst
Aud here tho q'esii"n may be fl,rl.
rrol"'uulrd: What construction is 10 |
lie placed upon This ti,lln,r, for six |
long yeats, Ia accomplish any recon-
of the torn communities ~
the South with the general order and !
h. mon. Of Omr >eli.re.ulatius rCpnh !
lic;im syslrnIg TGnSr " l,U ave in enti,e
Il, Rrpnhlicahism point to
that fact. aud allesr that there has
been design, un,ler the prmess Of
lil!age aud misrnl", inv"l, ing So n'ncl'
If bankruptcy. t" i..rce new disorders |,
Ton the rnrp"'St. of having. an excuse +"
maintain II parts domination there. !
While may n", concur in snrl, belief,
certainly as to the inteiIt Of a large |
mnj"rit! Of Republican law makers.
,et.I wnu'd call yonr tln,n. ltiul at
t..ntion 4" the result of an elaborate
irquir. Recently made Ivy IL Commits
>i"n, under the Congressional antI,uri-
~. int" the Ku-klmx outragrs at the
South.
1t is said that the commission hich !
has recent, p,ssr thr"ngh the South.
rrn States investigating these grave
charges. has come back hmriened with