The Van Buren press., 1873-02-11
NO. 40

ions. Renewed applause. What will
you say9 Will you send the repressn-
tativs Of the principle upon which you
we're slected2 Will ysu send repre-
sentative commissioned to tell the North
srn people that Georgia is still wedded
to constitutional governments, and that
is all? [Renewed applause. Or will
YOU send a representative who will 60 to
W ashinston to talk about the theory OF
Calhoun, or the theory OF Jefferson, there
by making the whole Northern people
believe that you are still insisting upon
the rights Of secession; still insisting up.
on the power to undo ell the results OF
the war, and putting the negroes back in
to slavery? II SO, see no hope Tor
you or me. allude to no man unkindly,
and they arc all, doubtless, ~ patriotic
a. | am, and much abler. l lock aleno
to the public question; TO the effect your
action may have upon this move. You
owe it to yourselves; you owe II to the
great movement. you owe Il to yoSr
] friends at the North; you owe Il to con
stitutl0naI oraye Kuvvsss--~--A--i~asl-a aelf.
government; you owe it to everything
valuable to select q Senator pledged to
the principles upon which you were sent
here. 1t is not a personal question; u
is not the time for personal sympashles'
for predictions or prcjudices. People
who talk about getting or confsrrins oI-
Gees now for tho salaries and honors, are
like nurses who aband IN their watching
aud 20 to dressing themselves in trinkets
and gcwgaws around the couch Of dying
liberty. (Applause.] win you DO ~
lift this question high out ofthe region
OF personality. and pnt it upon tho dis-
tnot issue of public safety, which says
you must abandon the passionate rush to
dcspotism through sectional hate. ana re-
turn to the good old landmark OF Uni,
on Of equal States and constitutional
limitation. Loud and long applause |
| know how this election is looked upon
elsewhere. know how anxious the Rad
ical party is for the only State in the
South at liberty to speak her free unfet
tered voice to give semc evidence Of IN
sincerity in this late move. know how
anxious you are to utter tine most dis
tiact and sounding note possible OF your
determination to continue the battle upon
the platform OF limited government Ap'
plause. | On this hinge hangs the happi
ness of your children On this basis
stands every prosperity In your country.
Everything is involved.
| will hasten on. There are many
things on this subject | wosld like to
say. would like to give you.my rea'
sons why | think wo shall succeed in the
next campaign. Wo are obliged to sue
cced. concur with Judge Bsnnisg IN
/. the opinion that he delivered in his able
address the other evening, that some OF
our people were SO unfortunate asoto get
their war passions aroused again. Upon
this same naked, isolated proposition.
. that this government is a government OF
| limited powers, believe the North agree
with us. have no doubt tnat tho West
will agree with Us upon that point. The
great difficulty is to get them to look up
on the picture in all lights The great
difficulty is to get them away from thsir
prsjudices and passions-thc war passion
which prevents them from seeing the
truth. Now is the time 10 begin the
work You can't accomplish anything
after u campaign begins. Yoa might
send among them the finest orators OF
the earth during n campaign. and they
would not listen TO you. But send them
now, and to Washington, and let the ma
ton be the audience in the conflict Of in.
tellect, and you will see who will win the
fight [Grcat applause Why, the most
remarkable feature or this whole process
Of reconstruction was that when ii was
first entered upon the very 6rst thing
done was to chsin the intellect OF the
South. The very men that have infict-
cd these sutrages upon you set about
their work by frst getting rid OF oil
Southern intellect. What Is yoursfirst
duty2 You complain OF tho disabilities
upon your people. You apologize for
your weakness in representation, because,
you said, your able men were chained.
Well, most OF them are unclaimed. Have
|. you use for them or not? Oh, my
countrymcn, invoke you, as you love
liberty, as you love your children, and
would leave them legacy worth receiv-
ing, renew the struggle, the intellectual
struggle, in the grand arena, ia the ma.
tons councils, where, before the war,
tuc oOUtl never NuSW ucieut, uuu WueTC,
since tho war, they have never known
victory Applause tits here. l have
not the slightest doubt, YOU will. in four
years, wake up public sentiment at the
North that is now completely kept down
BY the war passion. That sentiment will
arise in accord with yourselves. The
100000 Democrats that would not go
with us in the inst election VIII vnen cofiIc
with US. We shall not have tho patron
age Of the Federal power TO fight Our
, principles will be better understood, pref
udice will be laid aside, and tell You
when the nation meets to celebrate the
lOotL anniversary Of American indepen-
dence from foreign tyranny, she will cello
brate the grand rescue OF that that same
liberty from the clutches OF domestic
subversion. Long continued applause.
, Do not, then, be discouraged. take IL
we shall have trouble, and we shall have
eo!lness. And VIC bayo had losses and
We have had folles True, there ara
dangers around us. We are in valley
overcast with gloom and sorrow. But
far away. through that gloom and scr,
. row, | can see the sunlight OF hope still
playing upon tho Tennsri6e of our polit-
. ical future! Let us bury our dead--gct
, rid of the cumbersome weight Of preju.