The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-07-30

teal and direct question TO every
Northern man, his vote being over
come by the vote of tho colured
man of the South, and that, too, By
an act of Congress, so that the poo
pie of the North will want to under.
stand how it is that you pretend
not TO force upon thom negro suff-
rage at home and yet establish IL IN
ten of the States of the South. The
people will want to know why, in a
tlmo Of peace, the rights of the citi.
zcE have been trampled undor the
foot and the ancient writs of the
law which protect and secure them
in their property and in their per =
sOnal liberty havo been abrogated
why VI is that instead Of tho
courts of law where men are heard
iaco to face, tho witnesses called
faco TO face, tho jury from the
ncighborhUod hearing all tho evi.
dence, deciding the casu-why that
mode of trial in court has been
abolished, and in its stead has been
established tho military court,
where there are none of tho guards
and securities for justice that a
thousand years of experience havo
show TO be essential?
Mr.. Prcsident-The two parties
into which the people of this coun.
try are now divided, have declared
thoir platform OF principles. They
have put yheir tickets in nomination
and it is for tho people now to dc
eide which set Of principles they
will adopt and which set OF caSil-
dates they will elect. Upon this
subject i have but very few re-
marks to submit. In my opposi.
tion to the ticket that was nomina.
ted at Chicago, l never expect to
place IT upon personal ground. /
recognize the gentleman at the head
Of that ticket asan eminent militia
ry man, and his associate as II DIS
tinguishod civilian. Against .bcm
personally l expect ever to express
u sentiment. l oppose their elcc-
tion because they have been, by ac-
quicscing in their nomination, the
representatives of the sentiments
that havo controlled Congress for
the last three years, and because
they stand upon platform which
IS Objectionable IN part and equivo-
cal in part. The Convention at N.
York has expressed its views on a
platform which in no section can
be misunderstood. Tho man that
runs may read and understand
The plaincst as we'll as the most
learned will interpret 1t alike. 1t
declares our views and our purpos
es distinctly and empha' really that
tho people are net aud cannot be
Tho contrast between the
two platforms struck ne with great
force as l listened TO the Senator
from New Jersey (Mr. Frelinghuj-
SEM, some minutes since, us ho read
one of tho sections of the Chicago
platform, declaring thar the public
debt must be paid IN accordance
with the letter and tho spirit of the
law. What does that mean2 Ny
colleague would say, ! have no
doubt, that 1t means ore thing, and
The Senator from Now Jersey would
claim tha: 1t means another, very
different thing. Many Senator'S
claim that tho spirit Of tho law is
that all the bonds snail be paid IN
gold, while other Senators, eminent
md clear. headed, say that 1t m cans
they shall be paid in greenbacks, if
Congress chooses to pay them. rhe
resolution OF the Democratic Con-
vention Is Us follows:
Payment of the public debt of the
United States as rapidly as practicable;
lll moneys drawn from the people by
taxation, except so much as is requi-
site for the necessities of the Govern
ment, economically administered, be-
ing honestly applied to such payment,
and where the obligations of the Gov.
ernment do not expressly state upon
their face, or the law under which they
were issued does not provide tina they
shall be paid in coin. they ought, in
right and justice, to be paid in the
lawful money of the United States"
The resolution declares that un-
less the obligation issued by the
Government or the law authorizing
Its Issue, expressly provides that il
is to be paid in gold, it may be paid
in lawful money. The law author
:zing the issue Of fve.twenties pro-
vlded for lawful money, and de-
clared Treasury notes with the le-
gal tender clause to be lawful mon
ey, and nelIher the law nor the OBJ
legation provides that these bonds
shall be paid in gold. Governor
Seymour stands upon this platform,
and | claim that tho platform ex-
plains itself, and standing upon the
platform his position is not and can
not be misunderstood. l had tho't
of reading ono or Two other of the
resolutions adopted Mt New York in
with the resolutions adop-
tod at Chicago, to show that at New
York POSITIONS were assu med PLAIN.
ly, distinctly and directly, 80 that
tho people could not be misled by
any thing that was there said. But,
sir, us it would likely take more
Ilme than am able to occupy this
l will not 80 further In
that direction.
With platform explicit and dl.
rect upon all tho great questions
that now attract the public atten-
tion. 1t only romans TO inquire who
are the men that stand upon It. l