The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-08-10
LAMAR'S SPEECH.

ANH@ufAN y 81 AIAINAAs
The speech made by Hon. l.. @. c. La.
mar in response to call by the State
Convention Of Mississippi, the other
day, is calculated to create most favor
able impression as to the spirit OF the
Southern Statesmen in relation TO ma
tional affairs. That Mr.. Lamar is among
the foremost OF the representative men
OF the south will not be denied. Aud it
is significant that when he spoke as a
Southern leader to convention OF
Southern men, uttering most eloquent
aVowal ofardent devotion 10 the cOuu-
try, and the whole country, even in ad-
utterances were ihdorsed by enthusias-
tic applause. The time is not yet so
remote in the past as TO require any tax
upon memory to recall the period when
such utterances, even if made, were
not so received by Mississippi audi
enoes.
The eloquent encomium pronounced
BY MIR. Lamar on the conCiliatory policy
OF President Hayes, and his mastery
exhibit OF the blessed fruits already
manifested as the result Of that policy,
y, ere as honorable to the speaker as
lley were to the PRESIDENT. They pre-
sented him in the attitude Of q states
man, standing above the position OF a
partisan or q nero politician. His bold
and manly aVowal Of sentiments in full
harmony with the Executive, though Of
opposite political afinities, won the
warmest approval Of the convention,
showing that the high stand taken by
The orator for himself was most gener-
uusly appreciated and endorsed by the
PEOPLE in convention assembled. These
hings augur well for the future of the
south, and for the Union. They indi-
cate Enthusiastically that the gospel Of
lake" has ceased to exert its malign In
huence, and that the spirit Of bitterness
is vanishing before the eVangel of peace
and good Will.
But this was not all, nor tho most i'm
portant of the topics alluded to by this
eloquent speaker and rising statesman
Of the South, on that occasion.
With true phi!osophic forecast of
mind he indicated that these ques-
tions, though for the time OF alb
sorbing interest, were nevertheless
temporary because i'll their nature COM
paratiyely local; and proceeded TO
point out the great matters OF universal
national interest that would soon be
commanding public attention. He
showed that the great industrial prob
lem would require just and judicious
solution; that the solution of this intri-
cate question would involve the consid-
Grafton and settlement Of the tariff, OF
banking, Of currency, of revenue, and OF
resumption; all matters Of the gravest
r moment to the present and future well
fare of the nation.
That all this is true needs no labored
confirmation to thoughtful minds. Poll.
ticians may invent platforms, distorl
facts and pervert language, in order tt
meet partisan exigencies; but behinc
and over it all looms the great issue in
dicated by Mr.. Lamar. There is no es
capingit There can be neither evasion
nor postponement. The country can no
continue In its present lethargic condl
ton. Every interest. whether it apper
tains to capital or to labor, demands
just and speedy adjustment Of thes'
matters, so vital TO the prosperity Of all
1t behooyes political leaders u
be studlous, to be thoughtful, t.
be prudent, In order to meet thes
great issues In the spirit of patriotism
and With the wisdom OF Statesmen. 1