The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1875-02-25

necessary. Necessary for what? 1t
is necessary for England to keep an
armed force in Ireland; Germany an
armed force in Alsace and Lorraine;
Spain an armed force in Cuba-all
this for subjugation and slavery.
II looks to me very much as If this
administration did not wish for
Tcccc, tranquility, and good govern
incnt in the South.
1t Looks as il the administration
was actuated by the same motives to-
yard the South that Queen Eliza
beth was toward down-trodden Ire
land. Her plan Of pacifcation was
very simple. One Of her intimate
counsclors said:
.sTf we undertake TO restore to this
country order and civilization twill
soon become powerful and rich. 1t
ought therefore to be our principle
to keep the country in state Of con-
fusion"
History IS but repeating itself.
IF the policy Of this AdminiStra-
ton is to be continued toward the
South; if Sheridan's wishes are to be
carried out, we will find the South in
the same condition that Lord Gray,
governor of Ireland, wrote to the
queen rs to the condition of that
country "that her Majesty would
soon reign over only ashes and dead
bodies
Lct-Sheridan's course which the
Secretary of War saysis approredby
the President andhis Cabinet, be con
tinucd, and the whole southern PEG
pie viii he compelled to fIeefrom the
land of their birth to some place or
government where they can have
peace and protection like the fight
Of che Tartar tribe from the Cypress
ion Of Russia so wildly described by
De Quincy.
Year after year Louisiana has been
rafting her chains and showing her
scars. VIII you listen? VIII you
look upon them, or will you continue
10 close your ears and shut Your eyes
to their wrongs and sufferings as did
the naughty Pharaoh to the children
Of Israel? If YOU do. assure as there
is a just God who rcigneth, the God
Of the Israelites viii be the God of
those oppressed people; and as surely
as Pharaoh and his hosts were pun
ished, SO surely will the oppresSors
Of these our southern brethren be
punished. if You continue in this
course scenes VIII occur which will
cause your cars TO Jingle and the eyes
Of those who witness them to shed
Z, drops Of blood. Admit for the sake
Of the argument that these people
have done wong; what right or pow
CT had the Administration to use the
military as they have done?
Allow me to adopt the language Of
one Of lrelands greatest orators in
the British Parliament:
of there were crimes committed.
they were excited BIZ you. l think
now as thought then, the treason
of ministers against the liberty of
The people is much more culpable
than the rebellion Of the people az
ainSt ministers
So spoke Grattan to an English
Parliament.
Napoleon | dispersed one Of the
branches OF the French congress, the
: i've handred, SiShhis AIMED grena-
-diGfsz& Sa t5taon7fl With fixed baN=
cnets also dissolved the National As
scmbly Of France. Napoleon had
his Mcrat; Napoleon III had his
General st. armand, and President
Grant has Sheridan and Kellogg; and
in my Judgment unless this military
interference is promptly rcbukcd,
like scenes Will be witnessed in this
Hall on the first day Of the Forty
fourth Congress.
1t is asserted by those in authori-
ty that the present government Of
Louisiana cannot be sustained cx-
ccpt by military power; that thous-
ands Of murders have been commit
ted. The very announcement Of
such 4 fact carries with it the con-
demnatlon Of the Administration
sary to maintain aStato aorcrnmcnt
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