New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-10-29
Z NEW ORLEANS REPUBIIoAN, SUNDAY, OCTOBER % 1878

OCTOBER 20 1875.
States 70 b an outrsget viii You, I cay,
support the man that fought for you, o. will
you vote for the man that used his moral
enoe moral in6uence-egainst your c0un-
try1 That 10 the question. and you have to
decide it for yourselves. If you decide Ia
favor of the Democratic party, You decide
patriotism to be crime and treason to be
. virtue. If you decide in favor Of the
Democratic party, you says that the United
States of America will in time of peace
Drown with her proudest laurel the man
false to her in time of war. [Cheers. ]
Rutherford B. Hayes fought for you and re.
oeived many wounds in his flesh, not ono
scratch on his honor. Samuel j. rilden 70
ceived Q great many wounds on his honor,
but not one scratch on his flesh.
But says . Democrat these are very hard
times. We want change. What kind of
. change, Mr.. Democrat A change for the
better or for the wOrsei That 10 the ques-
ton. You say you have got hard times.
Well, tell you, you can DO poorer than to
lose al the property you have got; that il,
to lose your principles in the bargain.
Whenever man gets 80 poor that he can
not love his country he had better 60 into
the bankrupt court of death. Whenever .
man gets 90 hard in want of money that he
can not be in favor of justice, he had better
emigrate. Now, it makes no difference
how hard the times are, that 10 no reason
that We should have hard heads: that 10 no
reason that We should do an act of injus-
tice; that is no reason that we should turn
against our country. And when the Demo-
Gratis talk about hard times they don't know
what they are talking about. Lot me tell
you, Whatever hard times We have got, the
Democratic party of the North and South
brought them upon us; whatever national
debt We have got, the Democratic party of
the North and South have piled upon the
shoulders of American industry, and the
Democratic party Of the North did great
deal more in that direction than the Demo-
cratic party of the South. The Democratic
party Of the North prolonged the war at
least three years by holding out to the
South the idea that they 1.-THE Democrats of
the Nqzfh) would in . little while get pos
session IF the country through the ballot,
and then they would compromise with the
South. More than that, the Democratic
party of the North msligned our credit,
elandered our credit 20 that extent that
gold went up to 800. But We wanted the
money to buy powder, to buy shot, to buy
guns, to buy shell to kill Democrats with.
and the Democratic needed killing 60
bad, that We shaved the paper sixty six
per cent. Now put this two-thirds to
the Democratic party of the North. and
one-third to the Democratic party of the
South, and whenever Q Democrat opens his
mouth to You about hard times tell hi n,
"Your party made the hard times; your
party brought on this war; your party made
it necessary to have all these officers to col
loot these taxes. Your party made it nec-
essary for US and our children to work
through this and the next generation to pay
the debt brought on the country by the
for slavery. and the Democratic party
of the North sympsthizing with them and
aiding them ali they could"
Now, want to say one word to the Irish
people. was over in your country only .
few days ago. went all over your island,
and tell you it is almost depopulated com.
pared with what it was once. Will you
please tell me, Mr.. Irishman, how it 10 when
you are driven from your own country you
want to come right here to this free soil and
another tyranny yourselves. You
csn't explain it, and the only way for you
to get ont of that il to join the Republican
party Ut this next election.
Why can't We all be justi Why can't We
all be square about this thing-be all fart
There 10 room enough for Us all. There 10
liberty enough for u oil. There is love
enough in the human heart and in the world
Tor us all. Lot everyone have his sweet.
heart. his wife, his house, his little family,
svery body else shall have the same, and
vots the Republican ticket every chance
get.
1t doesn't take away my liberty to give
WI Wv y no.. Be- dsoen WSy not 0 be Sonsss
Why not be fart This Democrat says:
You are taking away the liberty of the
white man of the South" How l weep for
he liberties of the white man of the South.
T0r 200 years, tell you, he robbed the negro
# his liberty. For over 200 years he branded
,im as we do cattle, and now We are
Jailed upon to weep over his miseries and
because the negro has out
1Oted him in one or two States. They
sy-eyery Democratic orator says-the rea-
ON the white man abuses the negro in the
south is that the white men are weak and
ave no power, and tho only way to make
hem stop killing negroes ia to give the white
men more power and take away what little
trength the black man has. You will never
AVE peace in the South, they say, unless
'Ou give the white man more power. l am
lot willing to compromise with the enemies
f this government At the expense of the
riends of the nation.
Now, think more of the black patriotism
han of white treason. Don't youl think
more of black justice than do Of white in.
ustice, think n ore of Q man black out
ide and white within than do of man
vhite outside and black inside. l think
oOre of the black man who fought for
be country than for the white who fought
gainst it. think more of black industry
hat 1 do OF white idleness; The black
eople are the best people of the South
es, sir. I'll tell you why. There are some
cal good people in the South, but they are
ct in the majority. The most of the men
f the South to-day have nothing to brag
n except their being white, and when .
ian comes to that low boast he had better
O out of existence. The black people do
II the work, raise all the cotton, sugar and
orn. and do everything in the South except
rake devilment and raise hell. For that
eason say they are the best people-the
eople who dig out the most ground, who
o the most to take care of their families
,r others-these are the best PEG.
le, whether they are black or
,hite. Of course they are. Now,
1en, the question is, will you protect the
Industrious citizen of the country against
be idle citizen of the countryl Will you
rotect the friend of the country against |
ne enemy of the countryf Will you pro-
,ct the black patriot as against the white |
'aitor7 Will you protect the black man,
filing to give to others all the rights he
aims for himself; or. will you protect the |
hite man who simply wishes to hold his
wn9 There is another objection have got |
, the Democratic party. l don't like their |
andidate for President. No, don't. He |
not in my Judgment an honest man; he
as willing to trife with the life-blood Of
,e nation; he was willing to say, 1--WE will |
au y awe WON'T naYv He Waa willing to |