The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-01-26
Truth and EloqaeRce.

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f CIR. HiIl's speech, in Congress on g
he Amnesty Bill, in reply to Nh. b
blaine, and POW find room to give q
nr readers the splendid peroration q
# that speech. Sometime since We G
leard some Of the tramps and croak- Z
rs here assert that the Democratic !
,arty, IN the present Congress, had n
Mostly new men and none with tai- f
,nts, and as a counter argument to II
.hese ideas, we hope they will read s
THAT we here publish and tell US
What they think Of the Hon. Ben. !
Hill, of Georgia:
S But why bring up such subjects?
War is always horrible. War always
brings hardships, death, sorrow, pain t
and devastation, and he is unworthy /
to be considered q statesman, look
ing to the pacihcation ofhIs country,
who will parade the horrors insepa
rabls from war for tue purpose Of
keeping up the strife which produc-
ed those horrors. My message to
the gentleman from Maine is this
There are no Confcderates in this
House. There are no Confederate
ambitions, desires purposes in this
House. But the South is here, and
here she intends to remain. En-
thusiastic demonstrations on the
Democratic side and in the gale
ries. Let fanatieism do its worst,
let it pass its multiplying acts, let it
trample on the Constitution, abro-
gate the pledges Of the fathers, in
l.cite raids on our people, multiply IN
| fdelities until they shall be like the
stars Of heaven or the sands Of the
seashore, without number; but know
this, for all your iniquities the South
will never again seek II remedy in the
] madness Of another secession. Re
newed applause.l We are here; we
are in our fathers house; our broth
ers are our companions, and we arc
/ home, thank God. Enthusiastic ap-
plause.l We come to crafty no
vengeance; to retaliate no wrongs;
to resent no past insults; to open nc
strife. We come with a patriotic
purpose to do whatever in our po!iti'
!, cal power shall be to restore an hon
), est, economical and constitutions
administration Of the Government
! We come charging on the Union NJ
wrong to u.s.. The Union neve
i, wronged the South. The Union ha
been an unmixed blessing to ever.
section, to every State, to every maj
6 of every color in America. "
/ charge all our wrongs to that highe
/. law, fanaticism, which never kept
' pledge Or obeyed a law. We sough
! to leave the association Of those VIII
e would not keep fidelity to covenant
G We. sought to 80 by ourselves, but $
: far from having lost our fidelity t
ii the Constitution, we Rugged it t
d our bosom and carried it with u
! Brave Union men of the Nortl
% followers Of Webster and Fillmore, {
II Cass and Douglas, you who fougl
q for the Union for Che sake of til
vi Union, you who ceased to fight whe
,r the battle was ended and the sWol
e. was sheathed, with you we have i
,eI quarrel. We felt your heavy arm
70 the midst Of the struggle, but abo
s, the roar Of cannon we heard yo
&c voice of kindness calling, Brother
8, Icome back We are here to CO 0
In crate with you to do whatever
h can in spite of all our sorrows to
ed lbuild the Union, to restore peat
Id to be a blessing to the country, al
5 to make the American Union VII
our fathers intended it should be
re the glory Of America and the bic
OF ing Of humanity. But you, gent
m men, who prosecuted us by ye
ss- infdelities until you drove us out
Mt the Union; you who then claim
ne to be the only friends Of the Tn
us which you had before denounced
'b- a league with death and a coyen
ng with hell; you who follow up
ng war when the soldiers who Tough
ost have mnde peace and gone to Il
es. homes; to you we have no con,
IS sions to make. Martyrs owe
'nd apology to tyrants, and while we
or or ready to make every sacrifice for
OF Union, secession, however defes
rue rue and oppressed, will confess no
try to fanaticism however bigoted
5les exacting. Yet while We make to
OF no concession, we say this: we 6
ofsS even to you in no spirit of reye
ler- We have but one ambition, and