The Ouachita telegraph., 1882-11-25


why that proportion should have been
changedf There may have been few
dsfections, tts sf but there are other % elements
safe fol. any defections. that may have
%ems sEi %red Eanns sls
at the same ttime. to assure you
isr Gf tnfF %sh yflse sRs subject ss fRsrs sal sI
different elements in the city of New
Orleans that heretofore have not figured
have alluded you have heard discussed
here at length, their origin, their rise
and progress until to-day. can also
victiens just as deep as that Of an ac-
complished fact can be that that Liberal
gi se wRhsd 4Rhs s Of
it is my Conviction. This party
81 Of men whose sympathes Dase are enrs eaemems and
who are actuated by the same motive
that leads us to assemble here to-day,
was a moment of temporary darkness on.
our political horizon but which, Ike
fugitive clouds that while you look at
quickly away. 1t was q moment of dis
. content. and 1T was then that our friends.
who are still our friends, led by the. inn
or the counsels of false friends. nbandon--
ed the old party to which they legiti-
and talked WI ith them in the daily walks
of life, and from the admissions they
made ! am justified in believing. they
only from what have been able to learn
been told. They will return not only
turn to the stronger power, but also
from strong cause that we have
and the that Should Bind ns
together even than policy, and prevent
desertions of that kind from the party.
the one of feeling-feeling, that we ig-
more SO often and so much in the to day
stronger one of ejaculation and interest.
bining together in closing in still
stronger ties those bonds that link suffer-
ers togetherf Shall there not be a sense
the Thought cross their minds that even
policy, and by some unheard Of event or
Teyclution their party could possibly be
ase seme stronger tpsss c9uld men such Ss
that have joined these ranks, con-
sent, tor a moment in the ma
tural revealings of their own hearts, to
from that position on the sufferings and
wrongs OF menIsuch as Warmoth looks
down dow a upon to-daymand have no part in
that conviction that not even calculation.
can BLOT out from the m1nds OF men
betteT to with onr than
to triumph with our foes. tell you. my
friends, that 1T is my firm convictioa.
will we then have A united party of
all those that are opposed to Warmoth
I and to Grant, the two great persecntors.
and tyrantS against whom this land has
been fermenting for four years. When
we know that we have the numbers, that,
we possess the strength, can we fail in this
battle merely from the supineness of
such as are unwilling to perform their
gart9 1 conceive, not. Pictures too
faithful of the condition of our country
| and State have been drawn before you,
for me to take up your time in doing so
| again. 1t is proper for us to keep our
blood warm and circulating with double
| rapidity in contemplating these pictures
we have to wipe out. And yet there are
l men who think there is a possibility of
placing Mr.. Warmoth as the nominee of
| party in this State who profess to re-
| deem it from corruption. There is
thoughts discussed that the Nervousness
| of his offenses should be in the least at
tenuated. Can we afford that his dA nasty
| should continue four years nlores Can
| you look on the long rule Of the man
| who has ignored every moral and divine
| right, and who is surrounded by Il pr.a-
to protect him from your just iud:gna-
| tionT Can we contemplate for mo-
ment the existence of party composed
| of Iouisianians whose chief this mau
should be Is there any political evan
gel can be preached which would
thrown ie to the breeze G the banner anne of p vice , T
| Do you believe in the regeneration of
| society, corrupt as it is TO day, under
| such a standard-one so foul that it will
| long live on the pages of our country's
| history as q green and fostering spot OF
| infamy2 Can party exist under such al
| banner2 No. Therefore it is that say
| it is my conviction that the Domocratic
| party will stand as whole, and we will
fight the battle with increased strength
There is then but one party really to
| fight. 1t is against that one that YOUR
energy must be brought to bear. That
is the Custom-House party. To unthink-
ing minds this designation suggests men
| whose ayocations We're devoted to the
peaceful pursuits of commerce aud the
development of trade, just as you have
seen vice and the most infamous char
acter assume for the accomplishment of
its purposes the outward garb OF virtue.
| Under that mild name of the Custom
House party" rest the great original SIN
| of which all the others, even that infa-
nous scoundrel, Warmoth. is an Offset
| You have been more fortunate than
| Sen,e of your neighbors, for have seen
or countrymen gathered up in the high
ways like brigands, and without q word
of farewell to their families and chill
dren, who they were leaving behind,
driven at the point of the bayonet to
that peaceful retreat dedicated to COM
merce and the development of trade. the
| Custom-House, under Gen. Grant. Are
| there words in our language capable of
| conveying the Indignation of a people
who see these abuses pass under their