National Republican., 1876-02-02

is intensely loyal-on its own
There must be no Radicals no
lgs no "niggers" to interfere with
politics." and they must hold the
and then they'll be true to the St,te.
connection the following significant
5 from reliable data will be read with
+:
HE PAST. THE PRESENT.
It be allowed, at But when l look at
my own be- you to-day, and see
0 welcome you, your e. ernest and plous
but the fore souls greaming forth
ing of that in your eager, bright
important body, eyes, and W h c n l
mt as you eyi- stand here in these
will be, that, If lovely and hallowed
e and wrong places, with this sky
ontinue to rule and this land about
lr and councils me, and their breezes
dominant sec tanning my brow;
the country, here, in the shadow
e long assemble of N onticello;
,uthern soil for mere, where we, now
rpose Of devils decrepid fragments,
ne measure by were nurtured In that
not only your ennobling love and
ial, but your gathered that truth
nd political re- full spirit which led us
shall be placed to give ourselves and
he basis of an all our hopes in the
ldent sovereign fruitful struggle to
:. L. Ydacey's keep you all free as
10 Southern our fathers had made
ion. Moa,1 o ~ us, l can not but feel
ubarHa, May 10. that the sacred spirit
is still alive in your
hearts and will again
appear and move in
you a trium p h ant
ending. John A.
Preston, dnnicer sarv
oratioH, University Of
F;rg;nid, July 1 1875.
, idea has If those who are to
ladowed forth come after us, and to
South by Mr.. whose hands the des
has been taken TIMES of our country
recommended are soon to be COM
Adreitiser Un- mitted, are properly
lc name of instructed in the
e of United theory and practice Of
uers," who, Republican institu-
up their old tions; If they are
Citations on all made to comprehend
questions, will the origin, progress
P Southernissue and elimination of
cunt and will In that great contro-
lartics, Legis- versy between the an
aud Statesmen. tagonistic sections of
= o. ". L. Yda- this continent, which
tel Montgomery, began in the conVen-
~. -iHs IS, 1860, tion of 1887, and
S. Hd"ghtcT, Of ended, for the time
I, "a. being, at Appomattox,
in 1865, they can not
fail to see that truth.
right, justice, were on
the side of their
fathers, and they will
surely strive to bring
back to the Republic
those cardinal princi-
pies on which it was
founded and on which
alone it can exist
EISe Hampton, before
the Soathern HiStori
cal Society, Richmond,
Virginia, October 90,
1873.
members o. this To perpetuate the
zation shall De memories which bound
as the Leagues us stogetherint the past;
South and Our to preserve the record
shall be, "A South. OF our actions to care
epublic is our for the widows andor-
'afety.' SEE. /. phans of comrades in
'tiOa Of league arms who have filled
a, Bethel cE,is.~L, patriot graves, and to
D,Drr sO""ty, guard by all peaceful
~ 10. 1861. means those principles
for which we fought
Preamble 10 conStiiU-
TO" Of jS,TcirorS' As
$ociafioR Of Coatede,'-
"'e Soldiers and Sal
ers, adopted al 4tldnLa,
&C., Jan. 20, 1875.
, AJolitiOniSt lie Ii the people of the
President Of the country cannot be
States, you will 4: oused to give an
resented to you overwhelming vote
6t!on Of whether against the Republican
III permit the party it will perpctu-
ment to pass into ate itself in power,
nds of your & and the people
and implacablc will lie poNerlcss to
;. In prevent it except they
mt, in such man 90 to war.-B.H Hu,
should be most bcforr tie Sbr;co,S'
Mt, [ should ASsoeid'iUs. Of CoaI;-i-
your duty to crate Soldiers G,.d Sail
for your safety o|S. AiLaHfa. C"., .Ia,,.
OF the Union ~, 1876.
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