The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-06-02
sour eountrymen.'

1oOos
call them, too, sour eountrymen.'
lGreat appIause.1
l believe, fsllow.citizens, that thai
is the sentiment lying at the hearts o
the people Of the north.
There was for short period
A SENTIMENT OF DIsrRusr
OF the southern people, but II was while
the Republican party was In power
when they were sowing the seeds Of
disssnslon and dtscord throughout the
south and mistrust in the minds of the
northern people. Therefore they witt
messed with inexpressible anxiety the
installation OF the Democratic party Al,
Washington, but scarcely had that ad.
lninistration begun to move under the
guiding hand Of Grover Cleveland, the
firm, sagacious. liberal minded leader,
calling southern men into his cabinet
and into the treasury service, appoint
ing q leading son Of the south to the
supreme court Of the United States,
knowing no sectionalism In the adj
ministration Of the government, then
confidence began to grow up until a
rich harvest has been gathered,
throughout the whole north of
trust, respect and sympathy for the
people of the south.
Fs'low-citizens, what are the proofs
of their sentiments In that respect :?
Yo. &Segin to see capital aud imnigra-
tion a1n3 into the southern states.
You Witness new birth OF
! INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
throughout the south; the waste places
made to blossom as the rose aud land
but few years ago devastated by fire
and the sword, torn by civil disssn-
sfons, now smiling In peace and plenty,
and gladdened by prosperity that
springs from sober Industry, from care
ful thrift, and from generous and brave
endeavor not only In the fields of agri-
| culture, manufactures, mining and
| commerce, but OF science and letters,
Not only are we preparing to cons
vert our wood and iron, our leather and
wool and our cotton into factories of
utility and beauty, but our people are
rapidly extending their public school
system and building up great universi-
ties that already attract the attention
and admiration of American scholars.
Fcilow-citizens, this Is our union,
our constitution, and II could do any
thing In my public career to bring the
hearts and sympathies of the southern
people to cherish the union and the
constitution would feel that my task
had not been In vain. 10 give peace
and concord to the greatest continuous
empire in tho world Is an undertaking
that would enobie the efforts Of the
highest genius and obtain pardon for
the efforts of the meanest undertaking
1t is true that the constitution has boon
changed and that
SLAVERY HAS DEEM ABOLISHED
In the organic law of the land. 1t Is
true, fellowcitizens, that the principles
OF secession have been eliminated from
this structure Of the federal constitu-
ton. We might we'll say TO our north
ern friends If this struggle was made
for the constitution as II was; II you
were right In your theory OF tho consti.
tuition and southern statesmen were
wrong, why did you find It necessary
to change the constitution after the
war? In the bred Scott decision the
supreme court OF tho United States |
held that we were citizens OF the Uni |
ted States by virtue OF being citizens of
our several states. Citizenship and al
legiance are co-relative terms, 50 when
our military leader, General Lee, was
summoned before the reconstruction
at Washington, and the
question WAS propounded to him wheth-
or he felt tina. he had been guilty of
treason or not, he said that he had
NOT BEEN GUILTY OF TREASON
because he owed his allegiance to the
state Of Virginia OF winch he was citi-
zen, and no held his com issou from
the state OF Virginis. IIc was ciii-
zen OF the United States by virtue of
his being a citizen OF tho state OF Vir.
ginia. But, fcilow-citizens, this Is
changed now, and tho necessity OF
the change In order TO elinI-
nate tho doctrine OF secession IL tho
strongest proof that II there had been
no change the doctrine would still have
been there. But the fourteenth amend
tnent OF the constitution of the United
States declares that all persons born
within the United States or subject to
the jurisdiction thereof give II briei-
ly--are citizens OF the United States
and it is the first
DEFtSITfON or CITIZENsHIp
Of the United States that can be found
in that instrument from one end to the
other. In every other article OF the
they speak of the "citizens
OF the several states" The government
was run on estates" but by the four
teenth amendment we all became citi-
zeus of the United States, and there,
fore our allegiance Is due primarily to