The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-08-25
mo. 8.
lIorton's Bloody Shirt,

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from Senator Morton's speech that
they are longing to reinstate slavery
and that they are to-day bitterly
hostile to the emancipation Of the
slaves and their elevation to civil
and political rights, and are watching
with intense eagerness for the hour
and opportunity when they can cast
them h a..''ony down q precipice.'-
They will learn that the only reason
that the recent Northern writer's who
have visited the South have sent
home such favorable reports is that
the white people have toasted and
flattered them, lavished upon them
social attention, treated them with
ostentatious hospitality, filed their
ears with professions Of good will to
the colored race, until the Northern
man fairly Stops over with good feel
ing and better dinners. Aud then
they will learn in another connection
and for another purpose that it is
sufficient for it to be known that q
man is from the North or that he was
q Union man to cause him to be
thoroughly ostracized and detested
and treated with utter contumely in
the South. Even Kentucky is not
let of. Even in Kentucky, inst over
the river, no Union soldier, be he ever
so lond in his professions of Democ-
racy, can be elected Constable if any
Confederate soldier wants the place.
And yet Mr.. Morton might have
learned, except for his decided aver
sion to the true state of facts in any
Southern State, that the only Union
soldier who was a candidate for posi-
ton OH the Democratic State ticket
in kentucky was nominated by over
whelming odds over all his compete
tors, Confederate soldiers included.
But nothing illustrates Senator
Mortou's savage loyalty so we'll as
his allusion to those whom he desig-
mates as the leaders of the Democrat
ic party: aThey are your Tharmans,
Hendrickses, Tildens, Rayards, Sey-
mours, Kernans, cations, Pendletons,
ct I'd on1ae genus, gentlemen Of ability
each and every one of whom has been
the unrelenting antagonist Of tho
Government from the day our flag
was hauled down in blood from the
summit Of Fort SUMTER Those
who think that war is overwill, after
they prsues the speech Of the great
Western War Governor, find that
they have been laboring under a most
serious delnsion. The war is just
on. The real contest Of the rebellion
is at hand. Half score years ago
the Confederacy did not look very
bright, but if we may believe Scna-
tor Morton's facts, and accept tho
logic Of his argument, the stars and
bars are about TO wave in triumph
DER the land Of the free and the home
of the brave, with q large majority
Of the people ofthe North rallying
around it. Nh. Morton says NIL the
Northern Democrats are rebels and
all the Southern rebels are Demo-
Gratis, therefore Democratic success
anywhere means nothing less than q
renewal Of the rebellion.
The Republicans who gathered at
Urbana the other night to hear this
speech may be very intelligent peo-
pie, but from this side Of the river
we may say to them that such alb
surd and false statements concerning
the Southern white people and the
Northern Democrats are the mental
pabulum with which the lower order
Of public speakers feed the lower Or
der Of colored voters over here; but
in the most heated Controversies Of
ourrecent political campaign no Re-
publican speaker placed so light an
estimate on the intelligence Of his
audience as to profer them such
gross and indigestible food. n Cour-
ier-JournaL
How JoHN MoRIssEY HELPED TEE
DEMOCRATS HEHE LAST WINTER. For
instance, was present when Tilden
wrote that message to the l.egisIa-
|ture, telling them that, If Grant or
Sheridan killed one citizen in New
Orleans under the proclamation Of
martial law, both Grant and SAeri-
dan could be tried for murder.
I had received message from tllt
democratic committee, asking me Il
have the Governor Of New York giys
them some moral support. Tildel
went instantly to his library, foun.
4 the books and the cases lie wanted /,
1quote, and dictated that message.
was so tickled with his knowledg
i and readiness, that I just sat ther
and said Give ZEN hellr'
!. At-this point the face Of the glad
!. Iator was sort Of picnic among til
scars Of a volcano. His white teet
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