Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-04-19
A NEW PARTY IN THE SOUTH.

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177G, when The representatives OF
mere handful OF men, with more
than Spartan courage, openly avow
I'd their determination to resist the
upholy power exercised by the then
strongest nation Of the earth, two
political parties have struggled for
the mastery in the United States
government. Even during the re-
evolutionary struggle which ratified
beyond all human power Of contra
diction the wisdom of the action
Of the Old Liberty Hall assembly,
there were rot a few W took up
arms against their country Come,
no doubt, actuarated by an honest
but unholy impulse implanted in
their breasts by the coward y hire
iings of q foreign foe) and proved
for a period a most formidable op-
position to the heroic colonists.
The Royal and Federalist par
ties had widely divergent views on
the plaiuest question OF State, and
it was for many years after the war
Of '76 that the secret emissavies Of
England were discovered in BOs-
ton and other northern cities, ell
| deavoriDg, through the powe- of a
foreign despot's gold, to destroy
! the foul datioas Of the young Re
public. The early antagonism Of
tie North against the South. be-
cause Of the rapid development Of
| oar natural resources and the pc
culiar adaptation of the african
Slave, transplant ted to this laud from
lis own sunny cline across the At
'an'ic, by the rapacious and !ucre
loving New Englandcrs, who were
unable to perceive the sin OF hold
ing il bondage this contrabaud
chatteI, until the negro had proven
| an trprcftabIe factor in their pur-
suit Of wealth, and he had been dis
posed Of to their southern neigh Dor,
who by kind, humane treatment, en-
dcarcd this benightcd race to their
masters, was cause suficen 10 split
the p!coplo Of differ ent sections iuto
bitter faction. The negro and the
Southern white man both prospered
and this fact was cause sufficient 10
excite to frenzy the uncomfortable
jealousy Of the yankee. The
| financial success aud intel!ec-
tuai Improvement Of the negro
as a slave was the conception
of the Republican PARTY, the a1op-
ton Of whose uuhoiy principles. .by
a fanantical and unScroupu'ous
North caused the death Of untold
thousands of good and honorable
men, to say nothing Of its bancfuI
deeds since 1865, the eiftcts Of
which was visited On every commu-
uI;y in this Uuicn bat more e-pc-
Cia.iy in the South, still an Of ject
Of the most bitter hate, though al
| ready in the last throes Of death
agony inflicted by the red hand OF
the assassin Of Lihcrt;.
Long before William &. Seward
called a convention Of the dccjpies
of his party to meet in small own
in the State Of New York, had the
bold question Of the abolition o.
negro slavery been advocated from
the pulpits Of churches and the oa-
trums Of legislative and social
halls long before the opening OF
the ialc war had the politician OF
the North sworn to carry his point
against his opponent, even though
it were at the sacrifice OF honor,
integrity and even the life of his
own bro Their. but we a"o proud 10
say that such was not the case in the
territory south Of Mason AID Dix
ems line. 1t is true, there were two
parties in the South, and the re-
spectivc party adhercnts were m
bilious for the success Of their or
ganization and :ts principals, but
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