New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-09-24
To the Enemies of the Republic.

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eminent, and point to priestcrsft and MOI
archy as desirable example-while defa
nation of private character, and abusiv
assaults upon public officers are weapon
employed to crafty personal malice Q
satisfy political cupidity, it is encouragin
to read word in favor of the republica
form of government from one of it's tru
| and trusted servants. Hon. Caleb Cushin
has just returned from Spain, land whose
autocracy. aristocracy and submission
to an hierarchy. is deemed by our Demo
cratic leaders as the per fection of civil rule
de has had an opportunity to compare tn,
condition of European countries with tina
of his own.
On his arrival at home, few DAYS since
he was rendered public reception at Sails
bury Beach, at which Hon. Richard s
Spotord, of Newburyport, presided. We
can not forbear to copy his touching and
patriotic response. He spoke as follows:
My Fellow Couutrymen-When 1 look
upon those who surround me here, although
to my sorrow l zee only the sons and grand.
sons OF the associates of my youth, must
reject all words of form and call Won INV
dear and kind friends. l saw, in memory
not OF eyes but of heart, my dear and kind
friends, that it is with uDalloyed satisfao.
ton that revisit this scene to meet with
the people of the county of Essex. and
especially OF the town OF Salisbury, to meet
you here under the bright sky and in view
of the green plains and fair woodlands and
picturesque bills of Salisbury, and especial
~ IN the sight and within the sound of the
grand ocean, to review the record of the
past, to reflect upon the present, and to at
tempt at least to look forward on the fnture
OF our own dear country.
At my age lite is retrospect. Old men
dwell in the past. We are creatures of the
earth In living. in death all that is mortal
returns to that earth. l desire to avail
myself OF this opportunity to impress sim
gle thought-faith IN our country. cont
dence in our present cOndi ton, honsfnlness
IN It's future greatness and prosperity. It
taxes all our minds to compare to-day with
nifty years ago, or to recall the stupendons
changes our country has undergone. We
nave all witnessed the application of steam
10 navigation, and the introduction of the
raiiroad and the telegraph, all of which
nave reVoiutionlzed the intercourse of ma
IONS ana men. All material facts have
changed. Have We changed! Has society
gone forward in its career of yirtue. of
honor, of truth and intelligence, or have We
gone oackwardsf Are we worthy of the in.
aerltsnce bequeathed us BY the men of the
heroic age OF our countryl Have we degen.
Grated from our heroic ancestry! In foreign
countries l hear it too often said we have
ost 'neIr simple and grand virtues and
,uuH .n.o miserable mlsappropriations of
'clIH a1o power. ! deny-I repel the as
ertion.
Mr. Gushing then compared the present
WIN lhe past, showing that virtue and hon
enges the past We are better not onlv in
he matter OF prosperity, but in many ofbet
aspects. We are better than our fathers.
mo nave not degenerated. We are more |
Intelligent, more cultured and more moral |
han we were IF y years ago, and still mos.
ess that which has raised US to among the |
y snest, II not the highest, places among
No nations OF the earth. until our name has
'ecome the synonym Of greatness of power
nd of authority.
mr.. Gushing then spoke of 1.-THE great cor.
u Upon VI tne times" which we hear of on
II sldes, saying: | repel the assertion with
IL my heart. We have discovered recan.
asses OF corruption. Is it new fact| Ia il
DAY that men are evil! He would ask his
carers to go back to the better dara nf
resident Taylor. One OF his secretar;es
ell from his high place into utter disgrace
70 back to the days of jackson.
nd there, too. you will find that one Of
Is secretaries fell into disgrace. Ia Mad
'on augmentation this thing also &C
urred: Nay more, 60 back to the heroic
avs OF our republic, to the days of Wash
'gfon, to remind you that his Secretary of
tate also fell. These infirmities are not Of
ne day, but OF man. How can it be d1emed
lat We nave degenerated when we have
lst emerged from war in which .OOO. OO0
our tellow-citizsns sacrificed life and far
Inc in defense of the principle of union.
ght and government! When reflect nnon
le solitary fact that 1000 OCO men in a apus
lsbanded in q day and returned to neacs
nd The associations of everyday life. / am
onstrained to say, said Mr.. Gushing. it was
tact without parallel. And when I com.
are our land with Europa, men belopgino
} the same intelligent race as ourselves and
20 l0,OOO OO0 men under arms while we aye
edlcated to the arts of peace, when CON
asst our land with other lands, thank
cd that am an American. As Ameri
ms believe we possess that which ia able
raise America to the highest pinnacle of
Fea ness the world had ever seen. Mr.,
ushlng then dwelt for little on the "hard
mes We are too prone to attribute |
lem to Congress and the government, as if
icy are omnipOtent to create wealth and
minish property at will; but all over
!ropa, as we'll as at home-in Great Bri-
In, France, German v-there is the same
prostration. l would ask, has
~ error Of the Congress OF the United
ates-here are your representatives to |
ouch for it-has any act of theirs in
iced this state of affairs in Europt2
ne fact is, the system of production and
assumption has become disarran ged. We
ust wait until the equilibrium can be
stored and the consumption equal the
oduction. The government can not rs-
we US. We must relieve ourselves. In
e country and one alone 10 there possessed
tho m0ana IF ~na lsh all <ho< ;...1---1 | a,