The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-30
A TIMELY SPEECH.
SENATOR RrIH HILL ON TEE NECEs.
sHTY FOR sOUTMERi@ UNITY.

sHTY FOR s0UTHERN UNITY.
The Duty off ala EaBOd BeBastcraf afs- why
Third Parties aEaptaaa be AvOlsae sE-TEte
Democratic Party to Centred the
Country for aaeneratioRs
First, wish to say t8 this eadience that
the Republican party Is dying. He is blind
who cannot see 1t.
It we arise it will soon pass away, and the
places which have known it SO lorg will Know
it no more forever. [ApplauseI There are
publican party which ii cannot avoid, and
which 1t cannot escape. In the first place, the
Republican party was always a sectional
party. It was formed IN sectional issues, and
the second place 1t was always an ut6onstibu-
tional party 1t had its organisation in an
ayowed attempt to change the constitution OF
thg country 9y orceand It did - H.. 70 bta the
mainly devoted to the Improvement OF Glasses.
It is q sectional party-a party 1lftgonstitu-
tional IN Its principles and class In the char
acter Of its legislation. Il cannot i've long IN
virtue and patriotism OF the people TO believe
otherwise The Republican party has accom-
nished ali the purposes OF its existence, st @ and
Republican party could be restored TO power
when it has accomplished the purposes Of it's
existence.
/ said to distinguished Republican two
years ego, "There will never be q Republican
House OF Representatives again in this coun,-
try Some say we will not have the next
House Of ReRE}regentatiyes sent tel you my
publican party will have q majority. IAp-
plause
[ said to him: "In the course of tirno we
will have a Democratic Senate He was
3{S,t,E
next Senate is fixed, and 1t will be not less
than six nor higher than ten Democratic mae
iority. [Applause.l
After the year 1880 there will never be an.
Thank God for that. IApplausel They have
q Republican president from 1876 to 1880 GRE
ated by fraud, and we have submitted rather
| than break the peace Of the country. Then
naturally, philosophically, the Republican
party must die.
What party must take its PLACE What
party will be in power after the Republican
party has passed away? The indications are
Just as clear what the party is as that the
Republican party must pass away. The
party destined to control and regenerate the
| interests of this country for d generation to
come IS the Democratic party, EApplausel
In the first place, the Democratic party Is q
national party. In the second place, the
Democratic party is a constitutional party.
| It intends to administer the government ac-
cording to the principles of the constitution:
| You have heard great many definitions OF
Democracy. will tell yon the best definition:
purposes, the local government for local pur--
poses; we have the general government
| from the constitution, The local government
by Inherent authority and reserved pow
ers, which remain and are not delegated
The Democratic party is q party that keeps
and respects the rights Of the federal gov
ernment and the State government within
their proper bounds and administers the
| Gtp4H j1fn
| interest Of any. section or class OF people
You cannot kill the Democratic party, be-
cause 1T is the outgrowtE and representative
| Of our constitution. You cannot kill the
tion out Of which 1t derives It's strength and
existence. ] say this, being an old Whig-
and to this I want to call your attention o
moment Before the war there was no diff
cratic party as to the character Of the gov
| ernment as 1t now exists. We differed as to
such measures Of notification and secession.
The Whig. party has passed away, and the
Democratic, party, absorbs the Intelligence
and patriotism which once existed in the
| Whig party with perfect consistency, and
every man In our country who is in favor Of
the constitution is, by the very force OF cir
CumstanCes. & Democrat.
These two facts being established ii being
established that the Republican party is go
| ing out OF power, and the Democratic party
| coming into power, what Is our duty? 1t is
plain. And it is for the purpose Of enforcing
| the remarks I am going to make to you that
| make this argument.
! Fellow-citizens. you need not doubt it, you
need not question it. The Democratic party
is going to control this government for gem
Grafton. There Is nc, party which can control
| 1t; no nation on earth can control it,
begin to think that the Democratic party
can never be killed. EAppiause.1 Secession
did not Kill it, the war has not killed It, fraud
has not killed it. it has not killed itself, and it
will not die. IApplause.l
Here Is the point to which want to direct
the attention Of my friends: 1t Is natural that
| after this sectional Republican party has been
in power eighteen years it should have passed
a great many things that bear heavily on the
prosperity Of this country. You hear Of dis
| aster, sorrow, arrangement, confusion finan-
cially and otherwise, all over the country.
That is true; They are all results Of Repub-
lican rule. They are deep. widespread, terri
BILE, as consider it. A sectional, unconstitu-
tional class-legisating party cannot domi-
nate over this country eighteen years without
producing misery to the people, and the Re-
publican party has produced these results.
We are all anxious, to remedy these re-
suits. We want to restore prosperity to the
country. But it Is natural In seeking reme-
dy for these great evils that we among our
selves should differ. independent honest,
| thinking men on such questions as this will
Republican party deranged it, and the
kept it deranged. When we come to reme
dy this, one, Democrat thinks. that one
means is better than another. What do we
differ about Not in the belief that the
evil exists. but in the belief that the coun-
try is suffering; not in the belief that o
remedy is necessary. All that we differ
about is, what.-is the remedy? That being
the case, what wish to say to you is this:
The only power in this country that can
give efficiency to any Of these remedies is
the Democratic. party. You cannot expect
1t to comefrom the Republican party, because
it produced the mischief. You cannot expect
it to come from Il third party, because to have
any strength it must be composed mainly of
the Republican party, and what the Repub-
lican party cannot cure in Its own name it
cannot cure under any other, and no party
can a1. give relief to the country b but the the Demo
proposition: # you and [ differ as to the
remedy for these evils, let us agree in this
that we will stick to the party. You cannot
carry out any remedy otherwise; you cannot
hope to accomplish it otherwise. If you do
not propose to do SO by the Democratic party,
how yc11 sff, VoT, s1p h1ycp