The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-04-27
REPUBLICAN HYPOCRISY.
From the N. O. Democrat

From the n. U. Democrat
Mr. Yeates, of North Carolina, made speech
IN the House on the 23d of March, in which We
find some very true and sensible observations
on the Republican party. The assumption Of
the leader Of that party that disloyalty to the
Republican party is disloyalty to the Govern
nlent, has been worn threadbare and become
exceedingly thin. The Republican party is
now the only sectional party in the country; it
would prescribe men because they are South
erners; it still desires and seeks to prosecute
the Southern peoples it denounces the decis
ions Of the Supreme Court and tramples upon
the Constitution. 1t is disloyal to the Gov
ernment as organized by eur fathers, and yet
it declares that hostility to it is hostility to
the Government. Mr. Yeates, in showing up
this hypocrisy, said:
want to draw comparison, and show to
my friends around me that the cry Of gentle
men on that side of the House in regard to
rebels is not honest, but byrocritical.
When you hear them talk sometimes, you
would think their idea was that o man who had
been In the army of the Confederate States was
hot fit to occupy aplace on this floor or to hold
any office Of profit or honor antier the Govern
ment. The gentleman from Maine Mr.. Blaine),
when We had under discussion the amnesty
bill, undertook to produce here q letter which
he said he had received from distinguished
gentleman from North Carolina / want the
country to know who are his associates in the
k0uth. lie had read here q letter OF Gov. Hol-
den, of North Carolina, his political ally, his
warm friend, his supporter perhaps for his
ambitious views and schemes, and he held
that letter up here as a letter from model
patriot, who was crying out for his own liberty
aud his own rights. Sir, Governor Holden for
twenty odd years was the leading secessiOuist
in North Carolina, the bead aud front of the
rebellion-a member, gentlemen, OF the seces.
secession with q new gold pen, and then waved
it three times around his head, and said it
should be placed away among the valuable
archives Of the family, and that no mortal
man should ever write with it again. This
IL the friend Of che distinguished member;
thia il the man he wants to make out is better
than the men on this side Of the House. But
that is not all
could 20 through the Southern States and
select leading secessionists of the country
whom the Republican party has Rugged to it's
bosom long ago. There is one distinguished
he.o and leader, General LOngstreet, whose
tsfy columns were felt on every battlefield
buta few years ago, and whose name was worth
thousand men to the cause Of secession.
Where 10 he to-day. and where has he been for
the last eight yearsl He is on that side, and
they think him maryelously proper and good
patriot
Twill tell you q secret. The Republican party
undertook to buy up the men of the South with
oiee and money Those who sold themselves
they thought TO be patriots, and those who did
not they denounced as rebels. That is what
you haycdone. Therefore, gentlemen, feel
ifeet speak herein this House; Tor people have
sent mo here - they sent you, to represent them
80 Tree and Independent man. Let the country
understand that Do not let it be said or thought
NAT because there are great many Southern
Democrats here this is. therefore, an tex Con-
hoerate House Of Representatives. They are
Undertaking to weigh down the Democratic
{atty ofshe North by saying thisis an lex Con-
@deeate Congress that has met here. Why,
- Chairman, and gentlemen, they carried
e up On high mountain, showed ME the glo-
- and beauties of the Republican party, and
I'D: aAu this win / give thee if thou viii fall
sevn and Worship me-" And said to them:
va thee hence, Satan; it is written thou shalt
eeehse By Office alone" [Great laughter I
80 nee only my humble self; there is not q
SolEneln Democrat here but has heard the
- siren voice and beautiful song They
= ont In the cOld they would not pardon
~ uled to starye rs into submission to
~ party and now they raise the howl that
xea % rebels, because they cannot buy us.
as.enon, You have got Holden and Long
sfeee, and . thousand more, whom YOU bought
q - pat In your pocket, and whom you now
loee marvel0usly proper and patriotic men,
Seensfy viii judge of such things. Let
~ zen, gentlemen hare, who represent the
~ that there are Union soldiers ON this
- & the House.
81 MAite-Will the gentleman allow met
Aeesee-No. There IL on this side Of the
AeeN ny distinguished friend from Ohio.