The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-03-08

u 70 it's eDOrnaity, and the
evil might nave grown untii II "a7 -
large and too deep to contuei a
- Eradicate. The melancholy ana ia
mentable examplesSls no" petoio
all its disastrous Consequences, III"
hatieya thec country Will administer q
ran,eay At least the uSurped STATE
government cannot stand. Il Is o5ihS
from its own corruption SO laSt La.
cannot y ana Sl'f
life. Swinging from no cpuiaf Will
s~urrounded by no popular affectohs,
restrained BY no moral sense, directed
hv no enli2htened patriotism, 1t IS
obliged to fall crushed by the weight
Of its own abuses, and universal con-
tempt and detestatiou await its down
fall.
Let us be more than thankful that
cannot take roof III ,ne
soil. cannot flourish in the pure ar
of the Republic. Beneath the WIZ
ering shadow Of its bayonets the
prosperity and freedom of halt a
million people nave s!ckeifed ana
ia Hen to the earth, and its deDfeSS-
ing influences have extended Tar De
yond the limits of q state n are
felt in every limb and artery OF the
Reuublic. The commerce Of a ma
ton lifts its hands against the wrong:
the manufactures of a country protest
against the impolicy: ali the trade OF
the states condemns the folly; all the
industries of the Republic resist the
iniustice: all the humanitles OF the
people rebuke the expressions that
have depressed. paraiyzed. n ex-
hausted their best and cast
q rightfu cloud upon their hopes.
Every interest in the Union ynpa-
thizes with the misfOrtunes OF Louis
lana. The blow that STRUCK her down
has staggered the energies OF the
North and the East. Her blight ana
the adversities Of her southern sisters
have ex~tinguished the fires in youi
furnaces. closed the doors Of your
mercantile palaces, left your ships to
decay in the docks. stopped the music
Of your looms, and have taken their
daily bread from the mouths of the
noble sons Of LABOR who support your
wealth, prosperity, and glory.
when the enator from Delaware
(Mr. Bayard) declared to us a year
since in clear words that Justice TO
the South was self-prOtectiOn to the
| North he uttered a great truth, one
full of wisdom and full OF patriotism.
Time has verified his craftsmanship.
Justice is the safety of the nation.
1t is the only law Of perpetual life,
the only principle of permanent pos
session, and or wherever it
is violated, the sooner and the more
palpable it's retributions come the
better will it be for the country. That
| relation which makes the prosperity
Of each section depend upon the
prosperity Of the other sections of the
Union is the guarantee OF its Justice
and the indiSSOluble bond of it's in
must rejoice when he bellOldS a con-
%spicuous Illustration OF the sublime
principle. It is the union Of duty. Of
interest, of self-preseryation that binds
together more firmly than laws, the
union Of the States, and the people.
The destruction Of material prosperity
in the South has been followed, as
the night follows the day, by the de-
rangement, depression, and distress Of
all interests at the North: and the
injury to constitutional liberty com.
mitted on the State of Louisiana may
not as promptly but will as surely ex.
tend it's dangerous Influences over tho
free institutions of the country. An
organ, a limb, one of the senses of
the human frame. can no more b.,
cut off or manned without inpairing
the vital strength of the whole sys.
tenn than can a section or State Of
this Union be mutilated, stricken
down. or dishonored without weaken
ing. c~orrupting. degrading the power
and character of the whole Republic
Sir, let this Union, with it's harmonic
unbroken by injustice, mad hate, and
j11 Iii 0ioCOi us, ne Il great ana con-
tinuing circle OF beneficcnce, diffusine
It's influence as the light comes from
the armament over our heads. and
let its protection, its benefits. and
honors descend equally upon all parts
OF the country as the daws from
heaven, and 1t will stand as bright
and as grand as the stars.
The time will come, when the
excitements Of this heated hour are
gone, that the country will thank the
South for the exhibition of that yirt,a
which saved the Southern States from,
the fate Of Mexico and Jamaica you
are not now in a temper to appre-
clate this tact but time, the great
arbiter, will do Justice, and for tba+
judgment we must walt. History will
write it down that our policy if ac-
complished would have turned tho
Southern States over into the hands
Of the newly emancipated blacks and
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