There arose in the senate of the
United States that day a command
ing figure. Many winters had
snowed his hair, his mind was rich
in the knowledge of the passijig
years, and with great dignity he
rose there in that greatest delibera
tive body in the world-and the
most dignified, I am told-and out
lined the history of the Democratic
party since the war. Hd recalled
that in 1868, when *- cast his first
vote, he had risked his life several
times, and had twice, under the in
iquitous rights bill, been carried, a
youth as he was, two hundred and
fifty miles to appear before a fed
eral judge in the city of New Or
leans. He mentioned the 'fact that
the national Democratic party at
that time had done naught to bring
about white supremacy in Louisiana,
or to help the men whom they now
would crush. He pointed out that
while our platform had said, in spe
cific language, no hartr should be
done to any American industry, and
while he stood as the platform had
stood, for the development of ai
the agricultural interests' of the
country-he pointed out to the sen
ators of North and South Carolina
and others the fact that they had
taken a duty on cotton goods, while
they denied protection to us.
