The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-21
MIR. HILLS SPECIE


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me ine :, NORTH Or Western Chronicle -,
lished In st. Paul. Minnesota os pub.
the following sensible view IN O1 r.,s''s
70 MI Hills celebrated speech IN 'saaa
to Blaine's ghoul.like TRADE ID 's'll
Mr.; Hill, Of Georgia. in hia roll,
ghoul.llke effort OF Blaine, was ,oti.
mo past issues, which the good ODD oI t9lcst
ol helther section desire To ss .l
opened. Mr.. Hill understorssee T.
eminently-he had no other , raa' tha
bi;aiile charges point-blank tho ,g,''ss
siHcrings OF Andersonville u, p,Ieoas
Confederate Government: no ' n,. hs
TO faSten II terrible dishonor "".'etnpts
name OF the entire Southern upon To
and is Mr.. Hill In the Interests j people,
or u common American histor,r alth,
idle under this passionate IVY, cit
an INSCRIPTIONS slanderer? r. 'Ve u
Are there any Confederates in r." Why'
existence? Mr. Hill of Georpia a" ons ID
the precise attitude in Conpress, vupes
septlng his State, that Mr.. Blaibn'o' spis
as the memberelect Of Maine III n.y. uos
men meet on terms OF perfect oa anenH9
What Is the argument then? ITdbu ".
ex-" rebeI' Is to consider h,naas' w
sonally an inferior being. 'not II PEI
dead, but socially and morally diae0 ,llT
because OF his Confederate antecedassss
Let the Radicals Of the land di; s"lu'
themselves of this impression ti'aels
mon of the country place no such ny T.. ua
probation upon the past. I'D NS' 'a'e'
IT Mr.. Hill of Georgia and Blal,.
Maine met on equal terms wba, what" Y
there indefensiblc in the action ' y, W Y
former? Blaine makes nm acc,sa ii %
Hill disproves it. Hill ID not res,"a
BILE for the issue introduced Hp p' I
either to meet it; or in silence ,n on ad ~
| it. Policy might have dictated tho s.
course il We believed so, We would ~
| ply designate it as an Infamous MIL,
/ Secession is dead, blaze away al y !, I,
YOU like. The men who followed Il.
States out OF the Union are alive. ' J.,
they cannot in justice to them selves ~.
their po ,terity, permit such tsry,f
charges to pnss unchallenged UPON +,
record. EH eH
But Hill goes beyond defence T.
| aSSal lS-~by tine same right that no A.
tends himself Ut 0H The truth !. y,
palatabie, that we grant but tho C,s'.
gian uses itin illustration OF n pene,oa,
proposition. Had Hill exaggera,ed mo ="
reprobation would be too severe. bni,1o
papers that so accuse him are etbs,
grossly misinformed or wilfnly ne,,
rect. He handles his fdcts, as he hastso
right TO. to establish from the LOGIC !,
parallel cases, the inconsistenpy !,
Blaine's personal argument. Mr. H1I
does not hold Abraham Lincoln rpsns.
sible for the prisoners shot down A
Camp Chase and Rock Island. He ds,
not charge the starvation, eonseaumt
disease, and CHASTITY array Of dead uI0n
the Northern people. .t3Ht
And why does this Maine polhjbn
dig up'the bones Of our American dpd
be they Of Rock Island or AndersonyIa'
We have seen strange things in ourdar
and it is not n long one. But the strsp,.
est would be to find any considersbs
portion OF the American people inds
ing this political jackul, who plies BIZ
resurrectionist trade in the broad gs,
Of the Centennial, to putrefy an aims
phere of peace and fraternity with tn.
faint of passions long since buried, ss
resuscitated to subserve persNa
ambition, rs reckless In its means u h
is illusory in its object. @sf Z
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