The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1868-09-09
NUMBER IA.
men. What else did these revolu-
tionist5 do?

tionist5 do?
TIE RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE A STATE RIGHT.
They imposed negro suffrage upon
the Southern States Military gov
ernment was not sufficient, but they |
passed an act giving the right of suf-
fraGe TO all the negroes in the South
crn States. I am not now discussing
whether the negroes should vote or
not. The question is. whether Con- |
ggess has the power to pass an act |
-onfranchising eight hundred thousand |
black men at the South. You know |
that is q right exercised by every |
state from the foundation of the gov
ernmcnt TO the present time. 1t is
State right. It is a power that has
never been conferred upon the gener-
al government at all. It is recognized
i'll the constitution Of the United
States as belonging to the State. This
very Congress, by one of their innu-
rnarabIe amendments to the constitu-
ton, Tecog lized this right of suffrage
as a power existing in the several
'DN-e ~ cAAANa lhOC III NOIsS CSSs w IICll
that was proposed. three quarters of
The republican Party,alI over the land
said, mo, they will never do that
they have no right to do that" Yet
they did it, and ask you now to ap-
prove it.
80 RIGHT TO PLACE THE NReRo OVER THE
WHITE.
object to giving the negro suprem-
acy over the white man. He was pro-
tectcd iii all his rights of life, liberty
and property before. Now he is given
the right to vote, to rule those ten
Southern States. Did you ever think,
my republican friends, that when he
is ruling those ten Southern States he
Is also ruling the State of New York ?
| There are 100000 negro votes in these
ten Southern States and about 500, coo
| white votes in the State of New York.
| so 900 negro votes can elect twenty
| Senators TO the United States Senate,
| While 200 white men elect two
Senators only 10 the Senate. There
fore, ten white men in New York are
! about equal to one negro at the South.
Now see if you do not by this act
/ place the power in the negroes not
( only TO rule those Southern States, but
| The Northern States also. Take twen-
ty Senators who in the United States
| Senate will. act in concert and I tell
you they can control the policy of
this government, no matter how bad
it may be. They can control New
| York as we'll as South Carolina. And
| these men have done this and ask you
republicans to follow them, although
| you have throughout the country re-
| pudiated it. What Is their argument?
Why, did you not oppose the rebellion
| and the copperheads in the war? Oh,
/ yoS, VIC did that. Now we ask you to
/ allow It's to OVerturn the government,
and rob you every moment we are
doing it. (Applause.) But, fellow
citizens, let us for few moments look
! 70 another subject. ......
. TIE CONTEST BETWEEN THE MONEY POWER
AND TIE PEOPLE.
/ Not 0nly have these men revolu-
tionized the free principles of thego
/ ernment, not only have they usurped
the executive and judicial powers that
/ belong to other departments,not only
have they established a military des-
pOtism, and destroyed a free govern
/ ment in theStates of the Union, not
only have they passed an act enfran-
chising the negroes of the South with
out any constitutional right, which
may resuiNin determining the policy
Of this WHOM country for years and
| years, but al this time they have
been accomplishing this they have
been robbing you, your toll and your
industry. (Applause } This is a con-
test not only Tor free government
directly, but it is o contest between.
the moneyed power and the people; :;
a contest between those who pay tax
eS & those who do not, between those
who labor and those who are idle
| Now / disclaim in the outset any in
tention to impair the just interests of
| capital. It is the democratic doctrine
to protect every Interest Of the coun-
try, but when the capital of the coun-
Try makes unjust -exactions-when it
plays the part of eXtortioner upon the
masses Of the people---I tell you the
Gcmovratic party would be recreant
TO its original principles if it did not
vindiclte and champion the rights of
the people. lTremendous cheers Nov
there are a few propositions that I
| propose to lay down, and I shall elab-
crate them only as I may find time
10 90 80, for | fear am wearying
your patience Cloud cries of go on,
go on u I will lay down a few pro
I Positiinns which [ challenge anybody
here or elsewhere to contradict, be-
cause it is a subject have examined
and 1 know what am talking about.
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