The weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1872-1882, 1872-11-02

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you that when such friends as Gree.
ley tell you 10 turn, gtaesight, be
sure and 60 20 the left, then you
will go right. I am. not here to
abuse his friends, but. 10 convert
, them; [Applause.7
4 Fellow-citizens, this meeting to-
day is bat one of thousands of ga
therings throughout the length and
breadth Of this broad land, with
their proud banners Of JOY and
hopo, which proclaim God and our
native land-peaco and good will
towards all men. Ny colorod friends,
you will properly infer that / would
only draw political distinction be-
tween the Democrats and yo,.r
friends, the Republican party, whose
noble exertions gave you all tho H.
berty you now enjoy, and dltin-
guishcs you from the slave of ten
years ago, and your present free
condition. Yes, when you forget
how and by whom you were mado
free, call in aud collect the vacillat-
ing thoughts Of your unfortunate
mind, and go OH an imaginary tour
to the hills and plains where Gen.
erals Grant, erman and Sheridan,
and hosts OF other brave generals
won their great victories. There
look at the graves of these stirling
patriots, who died that you might
live! Sec where they sleep, all
along the'banks of your own river
and valleys, visit their graves; and
while thcro meditating, think of
their fathers, mothers, brothers, sis
ters, of their little children at their
distant homes gazing on the vacant
chairs around thoir hearthstonc;
look at them and weep. She'd a
tear of sympathy for their grief
strikcn hearts; and remember that
from every belch Of the cannon and
roar of muskets made to achieve
your liberty, when sorrow like a
furnace blast was sinking over tho
land piercing with. sadness every
kindred heart; and if then you for
get that President Lincoln died at
the murderous instisation Of your
enemies, and that four hundred and
fifty thousand brave soldiers per-
ished on the field of battle; the suf:.
fering in hospitals, the facing: Of
deadly missiles, that you might walk
the earth breathing tho pure! air Of
freedom and independence, you will
be undeserving of your liberty. But
no man who has n heart or soul in
his composition can forget. We
want liberty in the country for the
white man and liberty for tho black
man. We wish for no liberty to be-
accorded to one man that is not al
lowed to another. This is the great
work of the! Republican party, the
beacon light by which we stearcd
through years of war and blood.
We have just reached the point,
shall we now turn back? [Cries of
mo! no!''] Then let us elect our
ticket, think Of the past but to sti-
mulate us to enter into this work
with hearts and hands, and help
the Republican party to reconstruct
This disorganized state, to bring
back the truant and prodigal to his
Eathcr's house, and build up solid
government that will riso in strength
md be as perpetual as the earth's
revolutions around the noon day
sun, and as bright and glorious as
The silver moon and stars that shine
above your heads, and on the grave
If your friends, kindred and child
rcn, whose bodies moulder in dust.
>Iaize a firm resolve to stand blythe
Republican party. If You fail to do
his, the blood Of Abraham Lincoln
will cry out unto You from the cold
ground, and the corpscd fingers Of
;hree hundred and fifty thousand
brave soldiers will point at you with
lerision and scorn for ,eqzecting to. .
''terSM blessing by lhea1 50 dearly
'ougM.
The speaker retired amid great
'heering:-S Struightout Republican.
Charles Francis Adams, Jr:, bro
her Of the Sttaightout Democratic
'andidate for Vice President, has
ecently n,ado 4syesy able speech.
,iiying hiereasons. ;thdrawing
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