The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1868-10-30
according to constitutional modes.

were brought against me. [Cheers. a
now these same men come before the pub
and try to alarm the people with the i'd
that it we succeed in thi- election the pea
OF our land will be periled Is there q
thing In The history of the Democratic I'D
ty during It's long continuance in powe
was there anything In Its conduct DUR
the war, when we filed our armies. wi
the members Of that party; when we $50
By an Administration politically opposed
US; is there anything in our actions
teachings, since the war, that makes
open to this charge of being men, who
not seek the peace and prosperity of
country, and the welfare OF our peop
lCries of = No, no. and cheers. "e'a
Bat it is said that IF we Get into now
we shall, with violence, destroy all that tn
claim to have done rishtfulIy, legally,
constltutlonally. Now, as | said beior
we cannot only seek constitutional ends, b
we mean. whatever we do, to follow cons
tutlonal modes of action. [Chcers. W
is it that makes the charge? What do y
see? A General in one of our Southe
States acting under advice and in accor
ance with the sentiments Of the Republic
party, and subordinate of the candida
for the Presidency, has recently put for
an order in which he denies that at
coming election soldiers in The South,
the preservation of peace, need not be go
erned by the techncallties oflaw, Law b
no tcchuicalities. The proceedings of
court are sometimes technical, but the fiji
time In our land we hear a declaration til
the language, or requirements of law M
be treated as technlcalltleS, to be set asid
not by your Courts, but by military powd
1t Was never before heard in this land tn
any Court had the right or power to 8
aside the language or directions Of the sta
ute, on the ground that they were technic
directions. The day was when tho me-
assumption of military officers to sit |
judgment on the laws, would have arouse
this whole people. But here is propos
ton that goes further than that. They "A
not only to decide what laws are, but tho
( are to take upon themselves to disregal(
the provisions Of these laws if they see
to claim they are technical
W hat are the laws which arc to
thus tramplad upon? You have heard
charged against me, and against Genera
Blair, that if NC could obtain power
would trampe on the reconstruction laws
and yet, at the very moment they max
their charges, one OF their own parti>an]
aotIug under their own Influence. is traniT
ling these very laws under foot by dire !
ton that his subordinatcs shall not fed
themselves bound in their action if they Sc
tit toregarl amy of the provisions OF thcs
laws IN technical. Cheers Let us loo |
a little further at this charge.
| resent with ndgnation tie suggestion
that any member Of tie Democratic par.J
or that party as an organization, or thai
myself as an individual of that party, will
ever do violence to law or order. Cheers.
Let us look into the reasOnableness of ,hi
charge. Suppose the people Of the ITnitc(
States see liz 10 elect Democratic Presi
dent, which they will, and a Democratic
Vice President v hat then? Is you
Government changed Do we hold I'm
quail fed power? Gould we make war
Could we control the legislation of th
country? " bat will our rover lie unle
the laws as they now stand. You have sec,
ii Chief Executive Of these United State
shackled by legislation. You lave seer
hlm arraigned as a criminal before tn
court. You have heard the majority o
that tribunal pronounce him a guilty man
and he would have been dcposed from
power had they not lacked one vote t,
make two thirds of the Senate 20 sanction
the action. These statute laws. which to-
day shackle and hinder the action Of \
johnson, would equally shackle u Demo
cratic Executive if he succeeded in thi
election. Our Republican friends will con
troll the Senate they will control IT,,
House OF Representatives and they vii
contro! the army, for their candidate S tht
General who commands that army. How
absurd, then, is the cry that there is dan
ger from an Executive thus shacklcd anC
poweress, even ii he desired to d. wrong
Ii may be SIX 81, then, what do we gain
If we change the Executive, and place one
of a diff rent party in the Exec tive Chair
when his powers will he so limited? jus
this, my f lends. While he can compare
lively do bat little, he can DO m lch Il
check the unwise action of the party nov
IN power. lie can do much to protect The
labor Of this country from unWise leglsla
ton. He can do much to check, in the fu
ture, the dangerous policy which threaten
ell the dealest and most vital interests 0
the country. Cheers But more thar
that, it is necessary fer the welfare of th'
American people that. there shall be glyeI
a popular verdict which will say that tht
policy OF the men in power are rot such a
meets their approval. That is what WI
hope and aim to do In this usurpatioT
AID unwiSe legislation, the men in power
have neither established a successful sys
tenn Of reconstruction nor done anything tC
tighten the burdens which oppressed Tho
the people Of the North. Cheers.
My strength, my time, this vast audi
ence, prevents my attempting to address
you at length or dwell in any detail on this
great subject. We act, you know, by your
votes, if you shall put some cheek on the
usurped power exercised by the Congress
sional party. If we do well in the place
you put us, and our conduct shall be such
that we gain your confidence, then we shall
aid you in another time and at future
election to go on with the work OF reforms
and reinstate, in full power, that great aud
glorious Democratic party which is identl-
fed with all that is glorious Ill the history
of our country.
] have but one word more to say, and
then will give place to my friend, MIR.
Herman. | implore every man within the
sound of my voice, whatever his political
views may be, before he casts his ballot at
this election, to seriously ask himself
whether it is not better for this whole
courtru tb,t poIt.icol ,o,ror boulI ba IN