National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-06-28
THE SOLID SOUTH.
LUcIus oUINTIUs CuRTIUs LAMAR.
lie Tastes the Delights of Public Life, and Listens
to a Brass Band-He Speaks q
Piece to the Band and the
Bystanders.

The Oxford (Niss.) Falcon states thai
Senator Lamar was the recipient of a serenade a
his home, in Oxford, on Monday the Goth. He re
sponded in speech, which is thus reported: Hi
speech was not a long one, but it was long enough
to convince those present that, matter what be-
came Of him, he would lever stand faithful TO his
post, advocating the rights of our Southern peo-
pie. 1t was filed with sound doctrine, and could
it have been heard by srme of those who are now
seeking to break the 1halanX of the Southern
Democracy they would have certainly tucked their
heads in shame and acknowledged how true his
every word was. He gaze brief sketch of the po-
litical situation as it sands to-day. In this he
warned the Democraticparty of Mississippi to look
out for those who wChld cause break in our
lines to satisfy poiticaldesire In giving his rea-
sons why our people sh,uld thus stand he pointed
with the finger of scori upon the Malone, of Yir-
ginia. He said: "Whh
THE So-sH IS SOLID
she is strong enough to yard OFF all measures detri-
mental to her best interst" The proof of this
not be denied. "But,' said he, with one two,
three, or four Mahonegn the South our party is
weakened, our men nd in unison and our chances
ofsuccess almost or ftever gone" He spoke of
these things in Language so strong and convincing
that it is only necessa for the Democratic party
to look at the pi:;ablseondition of the
POLITICAL ABtNA OF VIRGINIA
and there find an overwhelming proof In again
referring to Malone, hEsaid: "That by the solid
column of the South h hfwas kept from his reward,
and is to-day without tiends or party in the Sen
ate, and misreprese1ing one of the grandest
States the SOUTHLAND "If there had been one
more, even, of this ind there" said he, 1.-The
Democratic party ouynot have held its organiza-
ton;" the truth of wlph is too patent to admit of
an argument. Senato Lamar did not stop when he
had go completely finihed up the Mahonism, but
he then directed his tbughts and words to
lob ROSCOE.
There it was, that keshowed the difference be-
tween the statesman al6the tricky politician, and
there it was he again shiYed us the necessity of
conservative policy in or State canvass this fall.
In speaking Of the consecutive policy adopted by
the South, he SAID that ittas now gaining the ad-
miration of the North an long as it was carried
on we need have no fear iof national interference
in our home affairs Itfor no other reason, it
seems as though this Wild be sufficient to keep
The DEIoRATIC PARTY
on this sure foundation One of the striking parts
of this speech was til. manner in which he
trimmed up the now shal of his glory Lord"
Rozcoe Conkling. He dicribed him as being a
man whose only ambitiqwas to rule in the in
terest of himself and tat all men were mere
pigmies when comparediith him. Of Conkling's
course in the session of e Senate that has just
closed, he condemned 0 the most unmeasured
terms. He says of lDa4 that in resigning his
seat he fully expected rand rush to his rescue
but in that he had ben as he (Lamar) was proud
to say, sorely mistake and that to-day we find
Conkling, the oncehaughty, proud, ambitious,
egOtistic epithet-sliier, mere suppliant at the
Legislature doors offs State asking to be restored
to the honors that had so ruthlesSly and dis
honorably cast off So much Of the vanity and
none Of the patriot here shown that it cannot
but convince us tb We, too, must
KEEP TOUR WATCH FIRES,
that no traitor n enter into our rauks For
Conkling's colleaie, Mr.. Platt, the Senator did
not say much as had not been in the Senate
sufficient length time to deserve passing no.
tice before caus up by his Lord " and carried
back to New Yq there TO remain in company
with himself anwith the thoughts of his own |
disappointed sy. After again and again re- |
III ming his thsls for the cordial and hearty wei
come extended him, he closed his remarks by |
extending 70 !; whole crowd an invitation to |
come into his suse, g for said he, "my house is
and should beour house also; for what am to- |
day you, by yr hearty support, have made me,
and l again lite You to come in that we may
SHAKE HANDS, &C.,
face to facet This cordial invitation extended !
on the partf the Senator, was unanimously |
accepted bNhOse present, and it is need
less for uko add that the hospitalities of
his home re freely open to all. After a
general hanaaking the assembly dispersed with
a unanimity thought that Senator Lamar stands
to-day the fnowledged leader of our Southern
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