The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1868-02-29

IuI SPcecH Oh LHe loLH uit', NJ LIMA, Al
len county, Ohio. 1t is replete with in
tercsting and instructive statements. We
extract portion relative to the Rcpubli.
can party, 10 which VIC ask the readers at
tention. Said the eloquent orator:
When / ventured lately to condemn
the whole policy Of tho Republican par
ty, an influential party newspaper ex-
claimed-"but what remedy does Mr.
Pendleton propose lie exhorts us to
return and stand by the Constitution--we
do not exactly understand what he means
by that"
Gentlemen, that is true that is the
whole difficulty. The Republican party
does not now, and never did know what it
is to "stand by the Constitution" They
have never made il the rule Of their con.
duct--thc guide OF their action. They
have never appreciated its wisdom they
have never cultivated respect for it's bind
ing obligation, and so they have never
studied its spirit or its letter. Whatever
they desire to do. whether from the sin
cere belief that the good of the country
demanded it, or that their party interest
required it. that they have always done
Their own will, not tho Constitution, has
been their rule. And to this standard,
and no other, they have always been per-
fectly true.
In 1880 they opposed the establish
mcnt of the Missouri Compromise Line.
In 1854 they opposed its abrogation. In
1860 they opposed its rc-enactment
In 1876 they refused the use of State
jails and State magistrates to execute the
fugitive slave law, on the ground that the
rcturn Of fugitivcs was the duty Of the
Federal Government. In 1850 they re-
fused to vote more stringent Federal
law, 0a the ground the return Of fugitiycs
was the duty Of the State governments
In 1856 they passed personal liberty oils
on the ground that the State should not
assist the Federal government, and in
1861 they repealed all the laws on the
subject on the ground that neither State
nor Federal government should execute
the Constitution.
In 1858 they had possessions of the
Stete governments, they magniGed States
rights, adopted the resolutions of '93 and
80 at their conventions, exalted the idea
of confederation as against unity, and
prepared to array the States in armed con
hict with the Federal authority. In 1862
they had possession of the Federal gov
ernment; they denounced States rights,
called the Kentucky resolutions treason,
aud have, as far as in their power by
mere brute force. as we'll as by legislation.
reduced aud degraded the State govern
ments.
In 1856 they declared that "no war
could be right, and no peace could be
wrong" that if the South desired to
change their political relations aud form
Of government, their right could not be
denied. In 1862 they declared that the
trinity of our salvation was taxation,
emancipation and war"
Ia 1865 they declared that the interest
of the country required the restriction of
suffrage, aud that the Germans, and Irish,
and English, and French ought to be
distranchised. In 1867 they declare that
the interests of the country require its
extension, and that it must be given even
to the negroes.
In 1859 Mr.. Chase, then Governor of
Ohio, asserted: We have rights which
the Federal government must not invade;
rights superior TO its power, on which
our sovereignty depends; and VIC mean
to assert these rights against all tyrannical
assumptions of authority" In 1867, Gen.
Hayes, who aspires to be governor of Ohio,
asserts that ''the States have no sover-
eighty whatever"
In 1864 they asserted that the Presi-
dent had the power, by proclamation, TO
emancipate four millions of slaves. In
1867 they deny that he has the power to
remove a member of his cabinet.
In 1862 party purpose required them
to consider the Union uubroken. In
louisiana the Federal government had
possession of New Orleans alone. They
admitted Hahn and Flanders TO their
seats as representatives from that State.
In 1865 it had possession of every foot
of the State; these same men presented
themselves as Senators, and they are re-
jected because the State of louisiana has
ceased to exist.
In 1862 they desired to create West
Virginia, they must have the consent OF
the old State, they elect Gov. Pierpont
and Legislature, and take their laws as
the solemn act of the State of Virginia
asserting to its own dismemberment. In
1866 they set up a military government
over Pierpont and his Legislature on the
ground that prior to his election secession
had destroyed the State.
In 1861 and 1862 and 1863 and 1864
and 1865 and 1866, during the war and
after the war, they admitted representa-.
tives from Kentucky, and now they re.
ject them until a committee can inquire
whether Kentucky has Republican gov.
ernment.
In 1868 they established military com.
missions in Ohio for the trial of citizens;
and by their Judgment sent them to
death or exile. In 1867 the Supreme
Court by unanimous decision, declares
these tribunals illegal and their sentences
void. In 1868 they vexed US with many
oathy, and in 1867 the Supreme Court
refused to administer them.
For this they have threatened to i'm.
peach the Judges, and have actually re.
duced their numbers.
In 1861 they appealed to the patriotism
of the people, and raised immense armies
to maintain the Constitution and the Tn.
ion. In 1865 they preferred to maintain
the war rather than make peace on the
basis of maintaining the Constitution and