The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-06-30
Speech Of Governor Allen.
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/ FELLow-CITIzENs IL have appeared be-
fore many audiences, in this State and out
fof it, but never before one in whose pres
ence I felt myself more IGNORED than this.
Never before have met a vast concourse
ofpeople who bore in their countenances
and in general demeanor higher evidence
OF intelligence and fitness to enjoy liberty.
know that this great assamblage has
other work to do thai, to listen to speech
es. You have other and serious labors yet
to perform before you take the cars for
home. However much | might feel dis
posed tolspeak on public questions, and I
dodge nothing. Twill be compelled to
postpone it till some other time, hope in
the near future, when we viii have a sort
of leve-feast--a love-feast at which there
Will he three guests: intellect, reason and
the love of liberty.
The October election in Ohio is eonsid-
cred to be, On all hands, an era in the his.
tory of>this country which will be long re-
mefnbered. If the. Democratic party sue
ceeds. twill guarantee our Nation'a free.
dom for. another century If it fails, then
farewell to all our hopes of liberty. To
sum itup in one word, it is to be q con.
fiict between the .ballot-box and the bayo--t
nett We know that the Federal Govern
ment has interfered in the policy of State
Government, and ordered the Legislature
OF a sovereign State TO be,pnt out and am
other set of fellows to be put ill., We.
know. too, that the, Senate at their last
session had, thanked the President for .Tis
substituting the bayopet for the ballot iii
governing the State Of Louisiana. / need
not talk about Grant, though he ID the
least cuipable of any of them. He didn't
know probably what the result would bel
and was not ito be- blamed; but Grants
Congress we. are after. They can't dodge
it. ~ i4s,3.5 & f,,g.
This little Convention; Of Republicans
that met hero few weeks ago honest, i
good men, probably. But q little soft ii |
the upper story-said that Grar6sswas an
excellent good man, but didn't mean to
let him have another term. They havel
Grant and his Congress, which
wasias rotten as rotten could. be; Endorsed |
too, his bayonet policy, which was worse
than all their rottenness and all their
stealings. The leaders Of his party are in
favor of a stronger Government. Thou
sands and tens of thousands Of the masses
Of Of them, though are seeretly alarmed.
no SAStturis, W1ut y rCtubSSI QVsScIuuISHb,i
aud a; proof oft is the Senate's disregard Of
the rights Of States since the war, and to
treat them as counties and townships.
The act, such as they committed, was pos
,ible to MIN who wanted those States to
tease to exist. Ts "a f
The Democratic party is an unchanged,
5arty; other parties have changed their
names repeatedly, but Democracy has heidi
20 hers through evil and good report.
Dur oppohents have changed from Fede-
ais to Wings, from Wings to Republicans,
md before long they will want still an.
,ther name. Would you suppose such a
et of fellows would change their mode Of
.ttack and adopt for it religionq They
ire o pretty set of people to talk about
eligion! 1t is like q set Of petty brigands ,
,oing into plumber for religion; but they
will fail i,f this, as they have in other
matters. To vote is one duty of an Amer
can citizen, to pray is another; and we
re not going to confound or mix them, or
lebauch the ballot-box by introducing
uch things into our public questions. I'll .
vas not the Democratic party that passed
he alien and sedition laws. It was not
he Democratic party that prepared gag
OF the mouth Of every free-born American /
8 well as foreigneri
Right here he wohld refer to something
hat came to his knowledge, even at the
isk of creating a suspicion that he was
Id. When he went into the fight he said
o expected to outlive the Republican {
arty, and he hadooine pretty near it ALL
eady. Even SO late as when he was in
Congress they passed 8 law to reimburse Fl
he heirs of Martin Adams for: money as