The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-11-21
THE RIGHT RING.

We are furnished with the following
by a friend, it being the concluding por-
ton of IL speech delivered Mt Vernon by
Hon. L. Il. Kidd, of that place:
The only question to be answered is,
should we organize to-day IL Parish
Convention, and send delegates to the
State Convention, to be assembled in
New Orleans on the oath inst: Every
man in the sound of my voice would
answer that we should. We should
take every step in our power to prove
to the approaching Congress and to the
world that Kellogg is n usurper, and
that if "Richard had his own again"
John McEnery would be the Governor
of Louisiana to-day. I know there are
doubling Thonases in our midst-men
who believe that no matter what we
may do, or however just our cause,
Congress will disregard our appeals
and still support that INDUSTRIOUS, mid
night, Kellogg offspring, born of the
drunken brain Of Durell, and fOndly,
madly cherished by the vindictive and
silent, because incompetent, Executive
of our nation. 1t may be so: it may
be that all our efforts and all our cries
will be in vain, but that is no reason
why we should fail in our duty. Be-
sides, because it may be SO, does not
| argue that it will. Let us initiate the
noble McEnery-he stands at his post
like a stone wall, and he calls to us for
help. Let us answer that call, and
prove to the world that no matter from
what other portions Of this Union the
! soul of Liberty may have fled, here at
| least it burns as brightly and gloWs as
warmly as when first it lit the fires of
! freedom around the heights of Bunker's
Hill oInnro1 20 Irnnni,,rr 1,n ,rtS IF
patriots at the dreary camp OF Valley
| Forge. Let us show that we appreciate
the blood of the revolution still. Let
US prove that the land of the mocking-
bird, the orange and the pine is the
land of freedom still, and that when
she dies, if die she must, it can never
be said that our inactivity fastened her
dissolution. Let us show that tyranny
in no form can find here a congenial
home that although the noXious weed
now sends its vile stencil all over our
State it is still plant OF foreign growth
and must sooner or later inevitably
perish. Eel!owcitizens, 1 believe the
day Of its doom is not in the distant
future. Even in Congress the reaper
may soon stand vino is to NOW it down.
The mighty people are rising. AS a
strong man bursts the cords which bind
him, so they are tearing asundcr the
chains of party slavery, and rs II blood
hound they are on the path of corrup-
ton. Credit Mobiiier Swint'les, back
salary grabs, official plunderings, Lou
isiana usurpations, rings, monopolies
and stealing everywhere, beginto open
their eyes, and they arc coming to the
rescue of threatened America. 81 see
them on their winding way;' their
banners are moving and their music
begins to beat the inscription of the
one, "Aloft with virtue and down with
corruption,' land the refrain Of the other
that grand old song of liberty, "Nlarch
on, march on to victory or DEATH" The
old war-horsc Democracy has again
pricked up his ears; his hoof has press
ed in triumph the soil of Oregon and
Ohio, and the vibrations Of his tread
are felt in every corner of this Union.
With the breath of his nostrils che
hath sounded forth the trumpet that
shall ner@t cUV rcf,eW.' Congressman
must behold the sign, and Louisiana
yet may hope.