The weekly Louisianian., 1874-08-29

SENATOR MORTONS GRE4
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Senator Morton who, is justly.reearde
asthe most vigorous us hce is the ,cleeyeere.
Republican leader in the Southwest, l1
in his late Indiana speech. e~tf.ctuall
sounded tho key note upon the vital cue
tlons affecting. the Republican party
continued service and trust; SO admifabl
handling; not only; his. sate an
section, but National affairs, thu
our regret is the greater tia
wo are preeluded from want Of spac
in a more extended notice. On th<
subjected Civil Rights the. Senate,
after reference to his State Dsmocratti,
platform and its reprobation bf"th,
Bill, and illusions to his colleague
Senator Pratt, and himself, argues il
his usual ire chant manner, stating:
There 2 is something very remarkable
in the operation of this prejudice
at8,sihse color. Persons who in thei,
infancy were nursed by negro women,
in their childhood slept and played
withnegro children in youth and man.
hood were the. daily companions OF
negroes in the workshop, upon the
farm, in the carriage. and upon the
journey, who employed. negroes as
body servants, and in that way were
almost continually in their society,
dressed by thcm,, shaved by them,
nursed by them i'll sickness, and in
various ways inhaling their breath a
hundred times a day; and having with
them that physical intimacy and col.
tact which does not exist between
equals in society; yet when tho same
.lcg;ro, as a freeman, presumes to stop
ut the: ssme hotel, or to ride in the
same car with them. or to serd his chill
dren to the same school xiish theirs, OF to
kneel ! 4 the same church, they ore mex
pressiby shocked, and declare that social
equality will degrade and d.stroy society"
Of the stupidity and folly Of the Do1noc-
racy in the South, he rightly says:
3"To be a Democrat in 'the Southern
States means not only opposition to the
civil and political rights .of:the negro I'M
der ail circumstances. but the political and
social ostracis:a of every wh:to man who
recognizes such rights. aud will act with
the negro in any political orsanization7
in the South means. u conflict
Of races, and has no use f., the Dar,oc-
r"cy Of tie North, except 80 far as tire
'ogn'zes this race conflict and tho prin-
,ipies Of the white mans government"
Setting forth the logical sequence Of tie
Constitutional Amendments MI. Morton
ius defines the position:
''The Republican party placed the thir- !
fourteenth and fifteenth amond-
v ,nts in tho constitution, dnd is boGnd !
y its allegiance to the constitution and to1
lie eternal principles of,the declaration OIL
independence to preserve ccd defend the
''ssIo in tie enjoyment of his freedom and
f his civil aud Political rights. And here
7 presented a great and vital issue betwenc
two parties. The Democratic party
pledged by its constitution, its history,
li;iatioas and hopes Of. thc future to .a,n-,
yiny Hostility to the. negro race. The
cp"hl'can party is'pledged,; by its hisot-
!, by its. Sacrel principles, to stand faith
+: by the four million and a half Of new
IN irccnen; and mast c6nti6ae totbe in
10 future sasithhs III the hast;, tile party
liberty, equality, justice nnd the indis- !
'lublc uhion ofsthc States. ~.5S :,G;! L
Truly refreshing is The manner in which 4
punetares the; bladder which Gov. J
crnpes:, ex-aov. Hebert, Gov. Bard, and {
her Southern Democratic. 'haders had :,
Oh the Presidents Presidents presumed !,
'taeoenisn} to the measure: IL. +!.41e
"a msahievors suppression has been |
pnngly made in: the South that, the s
fsidsft synpathizcs with the Southern r
amoorAey UPON theHAabjecto of civil rights, ,
ID will differ with .Norths4n Rdpnbdcans
'on that question; aud This impress. ion
'lsoldens the, movement against tho no b
oes which is growing in the South day :,
day. For this impression I know Of T.
foundation. No word. or act Of the T
esident has given it co%untenance. In :,
December message he expressly re- !,
''tthe enrichment of q law to r
tier secure the civil rights which; free
. should secure, but has not ehectually +
'o,ed to the enfranchised slave;;' and q
'el with indignation the suggestion that s.
President will prove false to the prin- t.
les Of tho Republican party" u
The 1nisgovernment in the South is IL
stated: Ii
For the oorruptions and disorders ex :.