Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-08-16
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-sinr1etHI 20 emo lima, oHIo5 August 10.
,aeiThe meeting bhereA this afternoon was
large and enth pnsiastic, The appearance Of
Hon. GEoRGE H. PENDLEToN on; the stand
was greeted with tremendous cheering
In substances as soon as silence was restor-
ed, he said: 80. !
~ propose to show you that tbe Republi-
can party. by reason both of its principles
.saud its practice, deserves your reprobation-
Ten years ago YOU confded to it the pos
\ session of the State Government. SIX years
agoByDu eonfided .toyit the control of the
Federal Government. In rpoth It's power
I. has been unlimited. The day of its trial
has come. You are to Judge whether It's
wisdom and purity have been equal to its
/ deny it. zI'maintaiu lthat, in expendi-
ture It has been reckless and prodigal. In
taxation it has been unequal, unjust and
Oppressive; In Obedience TO the Constitu1
tioIi i. has been constantly and boastingly
deficient; In the maintenance of personal
Iibertyoit Has been utterly unfafthful; to
oviIe preservation of our eonfederated sys-
TEN it has been actively opposed; in the
discharge Of every duty it has been inefh+
oeient In the exasperation and qualification
cot every, passion it has been Jealous and
-unwearied; In the perpetuatfonSp pf its own
power 1t has found the sole rule of right.
= Taking possession of the Governments,
both State and Federal; in time OF profound
peace, when taxes were low the public
debt light; when harmony existed, both IN
the systems. .sof Governments and in the
hearts of the people, except so far as it was
disturbed by its struggles for power, it
holds them to-day. in the midst of passions
TEN fold more agitated than during the
war. bowed down under the most oppress-
i've burtheris, laden with an nenormous debt,
with ten States bletted out of existence,
and in their territory every vestige of civil
sQovernment destroyed, and every guard
: land guarantee sof liberty utterly broken
DOWN.. The system of government which
they have inaugurated is enormously ex-
spensiFes the, methods of administration
fare beyond precedent extravagant; the
morals of its agents are utterly corrupt !;
Violence has usurped the place of law ;
passion has become the rule of action !;
force has displaced authority; military
governments, have been made common ;
arbitrary and despotic measures have been
commended to the passions of the people:
.-Their zeaious care and just appreciation of
liberty have been diminished. Corruption
Teyels in; high places. ~ - -, - ~
these evils. '''4 80 -.
fs7I shall not depart from. my inryariable
rule in political discussions-I take parties
and policies and measures as l find them
iIaccord to every man sincerity and patriot
ism. / will not impute bad motives nor use
harsh terms.5I will not enter the arena OF
personal controversy. L prefer to consider
the effect of great policies ON public inter-
ests. rather than to discuss the influence OF
personal character on the administration
ofpfice. And il, in delineating the tenden-
scy and sequence of measures, must scan
the motives. and advert to Elemental and
moral development of those who originate
and apply them, 1 shall deal with them in
Az o-fs n
avoid the ground allotted to personal sus-
a Fl our system of Government had been
maintained, fits Integrity were unimpair-
ed, the subjects on which I w0nld address
you to-day would be few and simple. They
would relate entirely to our State affairs
they would touch only the making and ex-
-eeuting our local law Ehe election is only
for State and county offices; it refers only
to State and county affairs. Units results
1T ttouches Federal politics only in the elec-
tion of a Senator and the adoption oil
apeadmentsto the Constitution which may
possibly be proposed. To the state have
been confided your dearest interests. Look
about you.y What do you not hold under
the agis of its projections? Your life, your
liberty, the enforcement of your contracts
the enjoyment of the fruits of your labor
the title to your property, the peace of So
ciety, the saHctity of your homes, the pro-
lection of your good name from aspersion
Of your family circle from pollution, o.
your parental authority from contempt
depend alone upon your State Government
The Federal Government was organized tt
represent the States in the family of ma
: ti0ns, andiadjudicate questions of trade be
tween the States. It mas not the constitu
tional power to punish a murder in you
streets, or a burglary in your houses, or {,
riot in your City. It has not the eonsrita
tional power 20 protect free speech at TIN
meeting, or to render judgment upon AM
collect by execution promissory note TO
one hundred dollars given by one of you
citizens to another. Our system was sire
public of f5fepublics." lCheers. Its crown
Ing glory was that it confided the fewes
possible subjects to the Federal Govern
ment; and reserved the greatest possibl
number to the States; that it called arouni
the states the affections and interests of th
people by leaving with them the Legislation
Affecting their daily lives, and coufided t.
the Federal Government more remote, AM
therefore less susceptible to their Influence
the fewer subjects of International and IN
ter-State- concerns. [Cheers. ss-7ss ETl
And yet SO great have been the usurpa
items of Federal power, SO far has it over
stepped the limits both of subjects an
powers, that byits systems of taxation, q
banking, of tariffs, Of civil rights bills, q
conquered provinces, Of military govern
ments, of martial law, its measures ar
though wrongfully, dwarf into insignif1
canoe. even in State elections, all question
of State policy and State law. 2fa'-i" '
Alas that il is SO! If we shall ever b
able to restore again our system, the State
and the. Union will assume their prope
spheres; the States will perform their man
ifold and simple functions under the ey
of their people; the Federal Governmen
will perform its few and conspicuous dutie
under the direction of its constituent re
publics. The States will give dignity an
power and splendor to the Federal GOV
ernment, which, In turn, will reflect o
them the luster of its borrowed greatnes
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.-
The Constitutional Amendment confe
suffrage on the negro, and takes it ava
from the white man. We hear man
theories on this question of voting-un
versal suffragei manhood suffrage!l Ger
tlemen, will not stop to analyze them a.
nor trace in each the premise to its logic
conclusion. But this / will affirm-th
never In history-never in any govern
ment-neyer by any party in any govern
mept-eyen. including prolific New Ems
land, has the right of suffrage been
practices. held to be a natural righ
Women are excluded-minors are exclude
aliens are excluded. Pure minded, vel
informed. patriotic persons-not staine
with crime-not tainted with mental
moral defect-for some reason or other
have always been excluded; and that e,
clusion has proven that the right is Meth
natural NOR universal. The necessity
the State-the good of the eommunity--p
litical wisdom have, always controlled tl
enjoyment OF this right-and have estal
lished, as far as uniform practice can esta
lish-it, that the governing power of eve
civil society mays subject to moral la,
and the, revolutionary right of every m
nioritY, decide in whom, the political pow
shall reside. In England the ruleIof veal