Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-12-04
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die.
If America in history goes to
meet the coming ages, she has
two inspiring examples Of polit-
ical pertidy, and moral turpi-'
tude for the ambitious-in the
fraudulent election of Hayes,
and in the rejection OF the
erandest soldier of the age, and
one Of the pures;t of men, to
place in the Chief AIa.istracy a
man whose name is linked with
intam:- world without end.
The stimulant to a virtuous life
and 10 patriotic aims dies
with the election Of nlr. Gar
tield-tEe Inlpits will feel the
shock, and the rising youth will
have learned that to COM
NIT high crimes is the open
sesame to popular applause
and to high political distinc-
ton.
Gen. Hancock was not, at The
outset, our choice, and we
doubted the policy Of his noni-
nation because we feared the
Southern people could not be
persuaded to forget that bnt for
him the independence OF the
Confederaey woukl have been
established. If there had been
no Hancock at Gettysburg
there would not have been to
day a Solid South in the Union
TO curse and to .pcrsecnte.
But the sentiment of forget
and forgive rose higher in the
brave but maGnaniihous South
ern heart than we could have
dreamed OF, and the spirit OF
the Sermon on the Mouth was
never more beautifully exem-
plitied than when we stirred
the ashes Of the camp fires OF
our enemses hoping t. find CON
cealea within then, the glowing
cmbars that should light the
way to pac:fi :ation, prosl Gritty
and a perpetual Union. Bat
the Northern people have struck
down the bearer OF t!ie olive
bra,ic;.-:he man who saved
the Union-and in due Time
they wilt strike down the Union
- lift W the man from the
gutter to the throne. Saiah
In the presence OF fifty million
people, Mr. Garfield stands
charged with penal crimes, ana
Mr.. Arthur has been expelled
from office for '.iAcon'retcncy
and corruption'-;,lr; yet these
two arc the chosen oneS--the
iaire2t among ten thousand an,
altogether Iove,y-in tsie hearts
Of tie people. The men VINO
stole .!lc golden wedge and the
BaE.yIonish garments We're put
| TO death, bus oar two culpIlts
arc made the rulers ci the king
dom.
The incu!ca tions o&pcace and
the advancement Of the public
| welfare have not been tie mo-
}tiyes Of the republican cam
Daiun. The nonio..t Mr. Conk-
iinm made his first speech ne
| proclaimed urrelcntinG hatred
OF the South and hostility to-
| wards her people as the rcpub-
lican slogan, and c!nu'al!ng the
ven@eful spirit Of Cato's Hatred
Of the Cartllaginians, his cry
was wherever he went ''DrtendH
est Cay,hogo ''-tartiiagc must
DO destroyed.
! It is, citizens, under this ort
iof yult that We u'ist live. 1t Is
}our d:1ty to be l;,y abiding clti'
yens, Let us be s'ich. B:lt Is
)itour duty to feed these people
TO Dorr our millions into thcll
Golfers? ? Shall we forget Balu'
more for pl,ilaile!phia? or \ e"
, Orleans for New J ork: OF
, Louisville and It. Louis fol
> Cincinnati and Ciicago II "<
are TO be cursed let us keep ou'
; If heirin. OF the mails dlctions
T};e Southern citizen has a'
empire of his own, and Its par
lament councils are aEoulio tht
t;rnsiIe. Ask your children i