New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-10-29

furnish his portion of muscle in time q
war, to furnish, as it were, his portion q
brain, to furnish, a. it were, his portion o
labor, to add his portion to tho genera
prosperity; and the contract of the govern
nent was to defend each citizen, not Onl
from the violence of every other citizen
but from the violence of every other nati0
Now say We are nation, and not Q COZ
fsderacy; and will tell you what make
me cay 90. Nearly al of the territory on
of which States have been made since tn
constitution was enacted in the Unite
Ststes-nearly all of that territory has bee
paid for with tho common blood and tn
common treasure of this country. ow
| Louisiana - much a. any man who wa
| born in Louisiana; own Nevada, the 6ierr
Nevadas and the Rocky mountains;
own tho Pacific slope; I own all o
q much - tho man that was born there
More than thai, the original colonies whel
they declared their independence, it Va
simply declaration. There was not one o
the colonies free. They were simply IRE
upon paper; and not one of the colonies oh
| tanned its own freedom, but al of tho colo
mics together obtained the freedom of oil o
| the colonies together, and not separate and
not apart. So say that own part O
Louisiana, and the people Of Louisiana
have no right to take my part out Of thu
nation. despise tho idea that the natioE
can in moment be dissolved; that We car
pendent States. Think of man gratifying
his ambition in Rhode Island. Think Of it
If you want to be . great people, . grand
people, you must have great and . grand
country. Our plains, our mountains, the
two oceans that kiss our shores, our lakes,
our niagara everything great and splendid
that We possess-pasees, - it were into
our people, and gives them . great and
grand and continental character. We can
do nothing divided, as are the little States
in Europe, ana these little States are simply
being swallowed up now by greed and
splendid national aspirations, and it would
be the same way over again in the United
States of America. l say am not an Illi-
noisan. l am citizen Of the United States
of America, living in the grand old State of
Illinois. don't believe that the old flag
carried by our fathers over the fields of the
rebellion, the flag carried by our fathers
over the fields of 1872, the banner carried
by our brothers on the plains of Mexico,
the same banner carried by our brothers
over the cruel fields of the Soulful don't
believe that flag stands for q CONTRACT
don't believe that flag stands for bargain
i SOu UCl1OV0 gA0g A3k ou0uue luz d COus
feleracy or for league. l don't believe it,
and l declare that that sacred banner
stands for great, sublime, hoping, aspir-
ing nation, and for nothing else.
Every man will admit that it il better to
have q free country than q slave country.
I believe that tree labor is better than elsve
labor; because the end of free labor is wealth,
and the end of slave labor is poverty. 1 tell
you my friends, theft is not thrift. A man
is not rich, and nation lie not rich, simply
because it steals. No, sir, the road to wealth
Is the road to honor. The road to national
wealth is the highway Of industry, the high.
way of free and untrammeled labor. Now,
cay, and every man here believes it is bet
or to have free labor, and you all believe
hat it is better that labor should be honor
Ible rather than dfshonorable. Labor is
lishOn0rable in every country where they
lave slavery, in every country where they
'elieve In slavery.
Now, if nation is going to prosper, it
an do 80 only by free labor when that
abor lie honorable. The man engaged in it
aust be considered an honorable man, if
hey are to be useful men. believe in an
Of usefulness, and not in the
ristocracy of idleness. I believe that
very man who adds to the wealth of the
alton is one of the arist0cracy. I believe
hat the man who adds to the glory of the
alton is one of the aristocracy. believe
nat every man who does that which is of
BAL use, which adds to the happiness of |
ossible. Now, then, my friends, which |
srty is in favor of free laborl Honor
right. Throw aside your prejudices, be
onest for just half minute; which party
the two great parties of the country is
q the ride of free labor?
say there is only one party in this SCUM
y that is in favor OF free labor, and that |
the grand Republican party to which I |
elong. The Republican party founded the |
rst free government ever founded on this |
nth. The Republican party gave to the |
II the first pure flag that ever fioated. The |
epublican party is the first party that |
i'd: "All men shall be free" "All men |
hall be equal before the law" No other |
arty ever stood out and said that.
1 want to tell you little something
bout this Republican party. When the |
epublican party was born the Democratic
arty was endeav0ring to force slavery into |
l the free Territories of the United States |
very honest man knows it. Every man |
nows that the bred Scott decision was |
umpet tugle blast to every man that |
avery, by right and by law, could extend |
yer every inch of our free soil. The Re. |
1blican party said: slavery has gone far
,ougb; it ehall 60 no further" and l have
tell you that great fact that it didn't 60 |
~ further. The next thing the Repub-
ian party said was: "This is . nation.
on have no right to secede from this
Mon. You shall not secede. You shall
me back into this Union;" and the Repub.
can party, with the mailed hand of war,
,0ve them back into the Union.
The Republican party said another thing:
Slavery shall be extirpated from American
ILL.," And, by the Gods, slavery was ex-
rpated from the American soil. When the
epublican party was born you had law
/ your statute books, an Infamous law,
at would have been disgrace to hell in
} palmiest days. You han upon the stat
% books law that made it the duty OF
cry voter in Illinois to clutch every man
no was simply endeav0ring to regain his
,erty. You had law.by virtue of which
United States marshal could cot voter
Illinois upon human being the fatne as
N would hiss dog upon wolf. That is
hat you had, q fugitive slave law, and ev-
y man that obeyed it turned himself into
dog, and every man that commanded him
do 90 turned himself into dirty, ecurvy,
ieving villain. We also had here in this