New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-12-03
Al OLD AB0LITE0NIST TURNED,
SOWR,
one OF TuDEA'S HENCHMEN
4 GLANCE AT THE RECORD
TA6 Past and Present Of George,
W. Julian.

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". Julian.
Louisiana has lately been favored, by the
invitation Of Abram s. Hewitt, of New York,
with visit from Georgs'W. Julian, of In.
diana. His attention has principally been
devoted to the Returning Board, and his
occupation that of . quiet spectator of its
proceedings. He has been made welcome,
especially by the Democrats, having the in
dorsement of Mr.. Hewitt and being asso.
ciated with such committee, Governor
Palmer, and others whose devotion to Mr.
Tilden's interests none can question. In
former times these Endorsements might not
have aided the Free Soil candidate for Vice
President on the ticket with John p. Hale
and his reputation might have given diff.
ferent tone to the congratulations on his
arrival. Some OF his utterances later would
not meet with favor now. In the last ll872)
edition of his speeches there are many
things he would not care to repeat now. As
he says, however. in his dedication to the
American people:
While in few instances opinions are ad.
vanced which have since been modified,
INV constant and inspiring aim was to de-
clare what believed to be the truth.
Masters are changed now with him. He
is NO longer the apostle of abolition, the
champion of the Union, the denouncer of
treason and advocate of the use of the war
power of Congress. He came here charged
with the duty of seeing that the Returning
Board declared the election was fairly and
peacaably won by the Democrats, not to
believe the story of Eliza Pinkston, nor
that
They tthe negroes) are ct this moment
PROSTATE and helpless, undsr the heel of
their old tyrsnts. PsRe $780,
Grown older, he has changed from the
character given by L. Maria Child in her
introduction:
Even at that early age teigtheenl he
manifested the tendency, which has since
characterized him, to take . firm stand
against abuses.
He has no doubt changed his opinions of
the rebel leaders, for he said, in 1865 and
1855, over and ovV again:
The qrandest assassins and cut-throats of
history should not defraud the gallOws,
while ordinary murderers are hung. Jeffer-
aOn Davis should not have the same place
IN history a. George Washington. Bene-
dict Arnold was not the beau ideal of .
patriot, nor was Judas Isco1i0t "a high
souled gentleman and . man of honor"
try who engaged in . mistaken cause"
The green mounds under which sleep our
slaughtered heroes, are net to have any
moral comparison with the caves of trail
tors. Page 33l.
Robert E. Lee, whose spared life has out
ragged the honest claims of the gallOws.
ever since his surrender, is running at large,
perfectly unmolested and safe from all
harm. Black with treason, perjury and
murder; gu,ltier by far than the Christless
wretch who obeyed his orders at Anderson
Vile; he goes his way in peace. while the
government, in this m0nstrous and aPpall-
| ing fact, confesses to the world that treason
is unworthy of its notice. Page 328:
Talk about mercy to jeff Davis! Why, it
| is not in the dictionary. In the
name of half million of soldiers who have
gone up to the throne of God as witnesses
against 'sthe deep damnatiOn of their taking
| off,'-in the name Of living soldiers-in the
name of the republic, whose life has been
put in deadly peril-in the name of the great
| future, whose fate to-day swings in the
balance, depending on the example you
make of treason, demand the execution OF
| jeff Davis. Page 267.
And l would not stop with Davis.
l notice that Wirz, some days before he was
| hung, sent for q copy of "Baxters Call to
the Unconverted." I would give Lee q
copy of the same book, but would let the
| paliows have him and leave God to deter
mine what should be done with his soul.
| Nor would l stop with Lee. l would hang
| literally while had my hand in. would
make the gallows respectable in these lat
ter days by dedicating 1t to Christian uses.
Page 26S.
II an officer or soldier was heard to speak
disrespectfully of the great Confederate
chief he was summarily reprimanded, while
the unrivaled repr0bate and grandest OF
national cut thrOats was pronounced high
eouled gentleman and man of honor! Page
23l.
| In those days he did not believe in our
misguided brethren"
| In ny Judgment our first and immediate
duty is the adequate punishment OF the
rebel leaders; the adequate chastisement OF
the villains who plunged the republic into
war. Page 265.
| Sir. whether we have ~illed it or not, this
is now war of s~tiwgatio's, and the law Of
nations must govern the parties and the SET
element of the dispute. Page 2l7.
Nor was the constitution, "a the rebels
and their sympathizers construed 1t, an OBJ
stacle to him:
They 1.-THE rebels) will have simply the
rights of conquered people under the law
| of nations, that is to say, such rights az we
shall choose to grant them according to the
laws of war, untrammelled by the cOnstitu
ton of the United States. Page 2l7.
1.-The constitution was made for the peO
ple, not the people for the constitution" II
was not designed as . shield in the handt
of traitors, but as a sword in the hands o.
the government to smite them to the earth
Page 2l8.
He knew that slavery was the cause and
the sustaining power of the rebellion. ant
persistently struck at it. Graphically h
describes the army of which he stood in thu
front:
And q great consolation to Abolitiouist
il ia that, few in numbers, hated OF tn
world. and branded as fanatics, incendia
ries and madmen, they yet have a perfect
assurance, faith runnin over with ful!
ness, that an Almighty arm will crown Will
ultimate success their humble and slncer'
strivings for freedom and humanity. rag
81.
And, stranger than all else, thousands o
anti-slavery men, who have for long year
pleaded for the elevation of the African or
the ground of q Christian brotherhood
oil, are now fighting under this intidel ban
ner, and thus aiding q movement whic
completely justifies the ens!avement of tn
negro and every other form of despoti
rule. Page 119.
He quotes Albert Barnes:
"There is NO power out of the America
|. church that could sustain slavery an hOul
if it were not sustained in it.