Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1878-10-26
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it'ciS, WHICH every NOtcf III orr parish
should read carefully and ponder on. One
was made by senator Roscoe Conkling-
one by senator Hill and the other by Gov.
Wade Hampton. Senator Conkling spoke
his before the Republican convention of
New York, at Saratoga. He is one of the
ablest men in the party, the greatest or
ator of all their public men, is very am
bilious and aspires to the highest office
in the land-the Presidency Of the United
States. He differs from most of the Radi-
cal leaders i'll one respect, and in this is
our most dangerous opponent. He is an
honest man, q truthful man, man of
high personal character. Almost all the
Radical leaders are corrupt, dishonest,
without truth, without honor and with
low characters. Any party lead by such
men must ultimately tail-as fraud, ras-
cality ana corruption always tail, in pub
lie and private life, as well, after Il brief
run of success. The republican or radi-
cal party is dying, and il is dying of cor
ruption. Decay has seized OH its very
vitals, and it is merely IL question of time
when its loathsome body is hid away
from all mems sight, as all disagrceable
and disgusting things are buried from
sight. Mr.. Conkling uses every ar
grment to encourage his followers and
lead them to hope for future successes in
elections before the people. But his
main argument is addressed to tbs il pref
udiccs and hatred of southern people. He
knew the republican party was bound to
be defeated and disgraced if taken on its
past record for twenty years, as party of
law, Of honesty, of purity and faithful
ness TO the constitution. He therefore
raises tho old war cry OF the party, the
rebellion at the south and the attempt of
its people to strike at the life Of TIE nation.
He tells his hearers that the great danger
to the country now is from a solid Sonth !;
that the men who were lately in arms
control Of the government that congress
isssill d with sucl! men, half the commit
tees in the lower house are controlled by
such men, and the senate bids fair soon
to be under their control also. When
men like Conkling talk thus, what is to
be expected of the cunning knavcs and
demagogues Of that party! Our south
ern people can never expect Justice, fair
ness, equality, or ri ght under our cons:i-
tuition at the hands of the radical, or re-
publican party. We must oxtort and
conquer all these things from the north
ecn people, not by fighting them with
arms III our hands, for we tried that after
being driven to resistance, after forty
years of political aggression, and failed,
but we must fight them with ballots. And
in this sort of contest it is necessary to
marshal every man we can under our flag,
and display the same alertncss, ac-
tivity, courage and patriotism, that
would be necessary III an actual war. We
must permit no divisions among our
selves, no laggards, no shirkcrs and
above all no traitors in our midst. We
must present u solid south to northern
hate-northern Injustice and northern
prejudice. We will then command their
respect, and make all of our demands
heard. With such a country as we pos
scss, so large, SO fertile, with such bound
less resources of soil, climate and pro-
auctions, we can get control Of the gov
ernmcnt again, as we once had, and
maintain our control, by being united
among ourselves and presenting q solid
front to the enemy. A people who make
the annual crops we do of cotton, sugar
tobacco. rice &C., &c, have immense
intelligence, courage and patriotism to
gain that power in the government which
such immense wealth justly entities us
to.
The speech Of Ben Hill was address,
ed to Georgia audience. II was elo-
quent, pointed and true. AS coming
from an old wing, the reading fairly
makes an old and life long democrat feel
proud-proud of his grand old party, the
party of the people, the party of the con-
stitution. A party which has welded
control Of this government three-fourths
of the time since its foundation, which
has outlived its founders and all of its
swept from existence every other party
which ever existed in this country, which
has survived Il great civil war, and is now
about to rise once moro in its majesty
and power and bury it's last and most
dangerous opponent, the republican par
ty. Mr., Hill calls on all democrats to
stand firm in the ranks in this impend-
ing contest, and to allow no questions of
any sort to divide them. dis arguments
are most conclusive and his appeals I'M
answerable. How miserable become con-
tentions among our people about all mi
nor questions of curi ency, taxation &c,
&C., wien the grand battle for the su-
premacy of our party is to be tried? And