Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1882-07-15

1"d"la'e for the seat COW me IN
on.rcss. Ti,.-- o.hcr geu,ssinrn looks
ins aserIy coward ,hi, di,'inc,ionS whose hon
o.ab.c aspiration. ! canno, cond'r'na. 1t be-
come. me, therefor, fratf@y TO SNe'cn, what
s '',, , saa1 may have and to satisfied
/, twill be- urged iha, two term. ir Congress
ought fully 10 sar-iy any a".hlton., 50 tar as
the mere personal -. t. "t the cast ar" con
cernrd tai. = .r.e "a, i..~r. re other con
,idcraiioi.s 10 be Ac., DO. lew by both you
and myxf
You - i remc,'ber 'i.ai when you lid ne
The honor t" ,ho,.,e IA" rs yorr standard b"ar-
r. rnu'd ~, bargain for m easy tine.
: a" # tho gentlemen now most auxinn> to
.upIlant me NIGH, ,GcL have had tue chance,
- i,i a, | va. cUrcrInc,l for The asking Let
that -. II Was a difficult aud dangerous
tax. ha! 40 desire 20 shrink from il, for II
Sa' tho peril and toll Of the undertaking
which made your nomination then greater
honor 'lan you can ever confer on inc a;ain.
II IS easy To find leader IN the primrose
path ,f daliianr, BIZ, II. the ragged road We
we. then forced 10 tread t. be ci,uscn - cap
tain 81 the ''ioFlcn hope, AMI 10 win and
wear II. laurcl> il 4 prize higher ,lian y"u ran
ever again hes,ow u!ol candr'a'e FOX CON
gees, Far be l. from IN" t. vaun, myself mp
on Tie " ork oi those days. except As the PEG
pie choice th'n Ncv.r did Cuvc:amicr cn-
counter more danger, for l., f,t.l OF Chi>;ian
Nariyr in tie Caiac0mt, enGlrc NOR" safer
my than the true m,-l of t!,li day who stool
tori. to redeem the State | Wa Of them.
You remember we'll fellow citizens. that
tli, eicciion dill not end tho ordeal. When
open force and bribery had i.;i'co Ia the hands
of the desperate alien advert, rcrs who had
been crushin. us INTO the dust the Republican
party in control oC the fei,ra! Government
employpl Russian terrorism t. DIVE back
the Druocra, who should have the audacity
to claim seat in Congress from North Louis
lama. The a.,cranlIvc Wa cell IN some
Northern pcnircnriary, with the chance IN
favor of the latter and iE.> was tic wclcoh1c
Washington. |, was situation which a
brave man ncel no. BE- ashamed 10 acknowl>
edge as APPALLING. did no; quail; and my
friends can say to those who now dcprec!ate
my abilities that oitaineI and bel my seat,
aud now. in the fall of Il hostile and anscIu'
yulous majority, predetermined TO uns"at all
Democrats they could reach, ! am rs firmly
fixed in my lawful position a a unenbcr from
Boston.
The line of duty which marked ont for
myself was as follow, The Inst thing Was
to get tina, seat and hold il. This, a | have
wi,hou, forleltins the ina!icnab!e right Of self
government, TO secure every possible, material
advantage for my State and district. la doing
this. have tried. without fCrfei,tg my right
to independent judgment, 10 act with the
wiscst and most faithful OF our Southern rep-
resenia,ives The result has proved, am
confident tha, the interest Of my consli,uen 5
have been wei! served.
To recapi,nate in detail my labors here
would be a long story. My worst enemy
will hardly charge that Lave been indiiier-
ent in 4 SMALLEST matter that concerned my
LIT fSt, hnl h.a fam. A
with me for an energy, which has been term
ed restless and per,iuacitY which some may
have found ircsomc in the pursuit Of Objects
involving the welfare Of Louisiana. These
Objects were public, TO, personal, III character
';;'nc '.he. ,ioa of our people from UNJUST and
rpp.-, VI, political laws, and their repreSen-
;at on i. Congress, as a right not favor; the
puli,ca equality Of Louisiana, 50 long denied
with each and every commonwealth in the
Union the establishment of courts OF justice
the improvement, of our waterways; the rec
tlfication and increase of onr postal facilities
the prevention OF tie introduction and spread
OF yellow fever, aud the Improvement o! the
Mississippi River; those were my aims.
am very far from SETH, up a CAIN to be the
leader in the mighty scheme which is to curl
the waters of the Great River, give ease, saie'
ty, and developemcn, TO the commerce which
is borne upon Its bosom control the flood'
which dcva.,a,e the peaceful homes on 1t;
banks and bordering low lands, and make II
in fact. Ian INLAND sea for the purposes O
commerce, but an inland sea subject to the
control of man and obed.ent to his inieligen