The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-10-04

states, By the grecnbackers, prohibi-
tionists, workiugnen, and others, there
is none more important sihallthat from
thearepublican party, recently iilaugn-
rated by few of the most radical
leaders of the most radical element Of
that party. This movement is headed
BY such brilliant orators and able
writers as Roberts g. Ingersoll, Wen
dell Phillips, Parker Pillsbury, and
James Parton, with several other rad
icals of scarcely less ability but less
celebrity.
Agitation, amending and nntiring
agitation, is and always has been the
vital element of the republican party.
In its swaddling clothes, wllcniit was
christened the abolition party, 1t fed
exclusively npon agitation of the slav-
|cry question. 1T turned away with
| disgust from such political Ipabulnm as
questions ofinternal improvements, the
Ietariff, state sovereignty, and construc-
IItion of shesconstitntion to devour with
avitlity everything relating totthe en-
lfranchisemcnt of The colored man and
Ibrothcrin the south. 1T throye won
|derfnlly on this diet, and finally, i'm the
lvigor of its maturity, lnxnriated in the
agitation Of i civil war melted onlylby
itself. Its triumph was its defeat, its
victory its Waterloo. With the abo-
litionlof slavery its apparently exhaust
| less supply oflprovisions was cnt off,
and it MAS compelled to seek new and
nntried sources of agitation. Sotfar it
has managed to exc olta precautions
existence on the agitationof ireeonstruc-
ton of the southern states, and the
Eagifation of the bloody shirt, but these
supplies too have been exhausted and
starvation stares it in the face Its
leaders, the arch agitators Of the party,
men like Wendell Phillips, the greatest
orator and the most splendid intellect
Eof them all the man who asked the
question at Mnsic Hall in Boston, of
an audience assembled to rejoice over
thelnews that Lee had surrendereagto
Grant, when Grants cannon come
home what is left for me, and for men
who, like me, agitate ~ an ideas -
these men see the handwriting on the
wal, and seeking new fields to "agitate
|sforean iteav are already organizing 2
new political party TO be styled the
Liberal party.
In one of this new party s organs
(" Man. a weekly journal of progness
| and freedom. 1--we learn that the con-
Ivention Of tthe E Liberals = Of the Uni-
lied States, which met at Cincinnati on
THE 18th ultimo, was called for the
purpose Of q public and formalorgani-
zation of this new party, and that the
declared objects Of the party are TO
deprive religion in any form ofnational
and state governmental protection, the
! abolition in all courts of a belief in a
Deity, or in a future state of rewards
and punishinents, as "a itestforthe com
potency Of witnesses; the abolition Of
all Sunday laws, and the recognitionof
Alright in all persons ito act as they
| please On every day of the week, in
Guiding Sunday, provided they do not
in any way interfere with the rights Of
Others; !" the abolition of the Bible and
LOT allireligious services insschools and
lafew other objects which latter are
Favored BY all parties.
\ Thc same newspaper contains a scath-
ling arraignment IF republican, party,
Iconcluding us follows:
/ In view 0f all these crimes against liberty
Ecommitted byA once trne and glorious but
now decaying party, because fallen under the
| poiscn0ls ilSfluerce Ut the priesthood, the
Republicans, hold the Republican party, a.
We hold IN arid, dried up, wQauroMt country,
I To ne q FIRST rAte party 70 epai9ratefr0m
| HI doing this we have no fear Of damage to