The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-04-09
mo. 80.


error, why can it not be detected,
exposed, resisted and defeated? But
it is because gentlemen feel and know
that it is truth and not error, and
that truth is mighty and must pre-.
vail. Error can be attacked, uproot-
ed and destroyed, but truth Knocks at
your efforts and defies your power.
No matter what changes and yicissl
tudes may take place in human af-
fairs or on the face of the inhabita-
bic globe, truth will still flourish in
immortal youth. Revolutions may
sweep o'eI the earth-war may kin
/ die and exiingAish its battle fires
around the globe--new empires may
rise and sink like bubbles on the
water, and nature herself may be dis
solved in elemental fire-yet truth
truth-will live unhurt amid these,
changes, and will walk unscatled,
and unframed through, the conda-
grafton.
Mr.. President, whatever may be
the action of this Convention, at all
events my duty has been discharged,
and Ileave the consequencessto those
whose province it is to determine.
and to Him who holds in his right
hand the destinics of men and ma
tons. Should this Convention de-
eide to abandon truth and principle,
for the prejudices of habit and early,
education, there is tribunal to
which We can appeal with conf
dence almost amounting to certain
Vs.. j There ler is q power 4 behind ll Us
grea,errtAan VIC, that Will sitin judy
mtent over our work; and to the peo-
pie, themselves, we must look, for
this great and ;salutary measure OF =
reformation. Il stand iheieis one of Al.
feeble and powerless minority, get,
few and weak as we arr, we have
weight aid moral influence chat can
only be derived from truth and "a
good and honest cause-not from any
abilities We possess, for we are the e
weakest of the weak, the humblest !
Of the hamble, Yet sir. we are the
champions Of the people-the advo-ss
! eeggltessof popular. rights-the. defend /.
leH rss Of truth and Justice THE grsats,
masses of the country are. With us, Il
and it is their voice which nrges US
on 10 atGe conflict, aha1 whichseheefs
and aiiima.es US in tIietbe approach g
ing hour OF defeat and aaisasteF.s g Ifa.
honorable gentlemen expect ahat the 8
agitation Of this question will cease
with the decision of this body, they
are most Wofully mistaken. The ag-
Itstion has but commenced. They
have but heard the FIRST mutterings..
of the storm. When the public
mind shall grapple with this sub
- -
ject; when the public attention shall
be fixed upon it, we. will then see
which way the popular current
sweeps, and woe. be to himHwhe shall II
lift npshis punyiarm to stem the 4
rent lof Niagara. fs aa5,iH .gir .satf
! Iihapelno despair, sir. a can look 8
from under tue gloom Of the present.
to the rainbow Hope, which spans
the heavens Ia the distant future
/ am no prophet, and no son. Of .
prophet; yet I can see traced in let
tiers Of light, upon the broad and am
pie page OF our country's future his
tory, the ultimate triumph and as
of the great principles, for
which Lam now contending. may
not live to see Tiny heart may
e'er then have ceased its anxious
beatings-its hopes and it's fears
may alike be extinguished in the
grave-yet there are those living,
Older than I, who will hail its, con,
summation. 8.
Truth, crushed to earth, will rise again,
Tie eternal years of God are Hers;
But Error, wounded wlithes in pain,
And dies amid her worshippers." 's's,ss'
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