The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-03-25
HON. L. Q. C. LAMAR IN NEW ENG
LAND.
Representative Lamar-A Peoples Cause
Eloquently PIeaded-A Dispassionate
Portrayal Of the Condition Of the South
The Attitude, Intentions and Aspira-
tiOns OF Her People.

Portrayal Of the Condition Of the SOuti
The Attitude, Intentions and Aspira
tiOns ofHer People.
from the Boston Advertiser.
/ NASHUA. n H., March 7.-Represen
tative I,n ?, Of Mississippi, spoke t.
the cst.z If Nashua last evening, OF
he conau 80 Of his people at the South
Though the hall was engaged by tht
Democratic Committee, and he wa.
invited by it to speak, it was BY no mean!
IA party gathering that assembled. Repub
lic4ns and Democrats. attracted by the
reputation which he bears for eloquence
ability and worth, crowded the large hal
till they filled it to overlooking. Hi;
address was exactly suited to the mixed
character Of his audience. 1t was re
markably bipartisan, consisting merely
Of a statement of facts, braceG by the
reports Of Congressional investigation,
and a logical tracing Of the causes which
have led to whatever turbulence and
disquietude exist containing scarcely
an alusion TO either Of the two political
parties, and none whatever 10 the APP
preaching election. He spoke for about
/ two hours, not concluding till nearly /
/ o'clock, and retained the closest attention
to the last and then, as several times
! before, there were loud calls for him to
continue The address was earnest and
forcible, and made a deep impression
! upon those who listened to it. Mr.
Lamar was preceded by Colonel F. w.
| Parker, Of Manchester, lifelong Repub-
/ lican, who made very earnest and pow
erful speech, in which he, with sadness,
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cratic ticket the fact that he could not
| express his sentiments through the leaders
of his own party. He did not believe
/ the Democratic victories were owing to
the good that that party had done. Rep
resentative Lamar was received with
great applause " hen it had subsidized
he said
Fellow-citizens Of New Hampshire
cannot realize in words the idea | have
Of what would be appropriate for me to
say upon this my first appearance before
the people Of this grand old Common
wealth. | don't know that | can better
attest my high appreciation Of the honor
you have conferred upon me by inviting
me here, and of the cordial greeting that
you have given me, than by speaking to
est thoughts l have come, under the
persuasion that the citizens of this State,
as indeed the people all over this coun-
try, desire that the era Of sectional discord
and alienation and strife, from which the
country has been so long suffering, shall
be brought to close, and that a new one
shall be inaugurated which shall be illus
trinus as an era Ct cordial reunion between
the sections, of harmonious fraternity be-
tween the people. There is but one impe-
diment, | apprehend, in the way of that
cordial understanding. | don't believe
| that there exists on the part of the people
of the North any desire to Cypress our
people, or to continue the system of
! Federal interference in our local affairs
The only obstacle, therefore, in the way
| of harmony in this country Is the appre-
| heusion in the mind of many honest
people that such is the condition Of affairs
/ in the Southern States, such the temper
of the Southern people, that local self
government in that section will not give
the guarantee of personal security, OF
personal liberty, of prosperity and at polls
tical rights to which American citizens of
all ella. ses and of all races are entitled. l
propose this evening to lay before you
calmly and dispassionately the condition
of the South, the attitude of her people,
their intentions, their purposes, their as
pirations ] would have preferred to
have come among YOU upon some other
occasion than that of political canvass.
| Coming to plead the cause of one people
to another, the very sanctity and dignity
of my mission naturally lift me above
the petty passion and ambitions Of party
strife, and my only motives are my final
| iudges-God, conscience, truth, country,
posterity. Applause. And if among
among my motives there lurked one less
pure than truth. if there were in my heart
glenciEg thought of party profit or party
| advantage at any approaching election,
should feel that | was trihing with
sacred interests. Applause.
1t has been represented to you, fellow
citizens of New Hampshire, that upon
/ the part of the native white population of
! the South there is a determined scheme
to obtain supremacy and CONTROL if neces-
sary by organized fraud, violence, muir
der, for the purpose of subjectiDg the
newly enfranchised race of that section to
a servitude something akin to their former
bondage, and to defeat the results which
you have achieved by the war
that you closed in 1868. If you Will
give me your attention, think | can
satisfy you that no such purpose exists.
That there does exist in some Of the
| Southern States disquietude in reference
to political affairs, aud disorder, amount
! ing sometimes to bloody conflicts, which
| do not exist to the same extent in the
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/ Southern States, and which ought to be
/ unknown in the workings of American
/ Institutions, | do not deny. | make this
/ statement in all candor, and | want to
show you that these disorders are refera-
bic to no ambition for political suprema-
cy-to no party passion These motives
/ existed in the South before the war far
more powerfully than they do at this time.
Then, when the people of the North were
engaged in the pursuits of literature and
science, and mechanic arts and manufac-
turing and commerce, regarding the
| science of government the highest of all
sciences, the Southern people looked
upon political celebrity as the highest
object of a noble ambition. Hence
parties were equally divided rs Wings
and Democrats, know-Nothings and
anti Known othings, and they struggled
fercely for supremacy, with alternate
success and defeat, and yet the tranquil
lity of society was not disturbed. At
this time one of the great evils in the
South is the disposition among the
masses of the intelligent people of that
country to withdraw from all action in
political struggles, from all participation
in the responsibility of government, as a
task too arduous, too hopeless, too thank
less. Nor are these disorders OWING 10