The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1868-10-28

has lived in the history OF The world, OF
Republican Senators, Members OF Con
gre,>, and commanders VI armies art
tle most iIDbeclir meu who ever DIS,
grsc,d pub Ic pusit,ouS. IUheers
Now, l admIt there is u irar ~ The
minds Of the Republican leaders, buI
it is not this absurd fear. II is The
dread that the public mind, having
been turned to It's ibapciai and politi-
cal ro,icy, is reaching conclusions thaI
will sweep them frum pollrlcaI power
Therefore they SEX to change the Is
sLes therefore They have changed tlell
front IN this contest.
v are admvDisb.d it is a larger
Gus thing to change front On the eve oi
battle
l propose, in the course OF the can
vass, on occasions like tins, TO discuss
the policy aud conduct of The H.en N
power. To-nikht | must coE6ne my
self to n f. " reiu's elsewhere l >hai
speak of u,her wrongs and errurs.-
Nhen this wsr eud,d u, nearly fouI
years ago, it left The S"uthern States
d~lsurya"izei and Impoverished. Toe
duly OF restoring peace a: d prosperity
To that section, and putting INTO .
CONDITION VII re It could add m The
National prosperity aud aid 70 b ar u.
burdens, ieil uroa the kepub,Ican
parry
The difficulties Of the task were in-
crea-ed by the fact that its p pularl""
vas made up of TWO dIstiLct faces, one
If which had been held in slavery, and
was now suddenly called on, unturored
as they were, to act u new part ia our
social and political sysrem l dn hot
wish to underrate the difficulties with
which they had to contend bur the
magIitud of the rxu difficulties de-
mauded they should enter upon the.
task IN a wIse and th"ughrfui way
Armies alone can not bring back a due
sense OF the value OF order tn a SOM
munity. They can only restrain vio-
/, nee The healing measures OF the
statesman must make the law
The Two great ui jects to be kep, in
view were tn give AL class,s that rus
perity which lends tc max, men desl,e
peace, which gives them hopes, and Sc
cures The good order OF suciety. DE-
>I.aIr ever makes disuld.r. Another
great object and end was to litt up rhe
African, ss lar ard as fast as could he
wisely uon Huuaniry d.ciard 'kis,
the.lnt. rests Of the white poru:sticn OF
the South demanded il. As the two
races were 70 live upon rhe same s"Ii,
their coBm"n interests called Tor har-
mony OF purpose AID Of feelings. Un
DER this state If facts. wise men wou-d
se. K the aid of TN. mast inieIIi en- aud
Influential men OF hat E, cti,.D of the
Country. taking care 10 guard against
any i"flrencts springrns IRON THEN
lr' JUDGES.
Have these obvious truths been re-
earded by the men in power? Has
MOI reconstruction tailed because they
di>reearded them? The fist srrt t.
ward restoring "rdrr and reducing har
mnny between the RACES was in all wsys
70 minister TO the pr sperlry OF tina.
sec,;on-which rrusperrty world be-
,hared alike hY the white man snd the
negro. The Industry If the Sou'h
should b. n.ade pruE'nhie. Un'ess the
p u rloyer made a PR fit On bls cotton
hs could nct. pay The luborer Failing
to d. this. DISASTER brought no only
pr"vsriy, but Confusion and d~isc"n-
reHt.
Trne s.ar"snIan>hip would haze
"ut heIri, & hrt.aj hut u ha,
Ras the first art Of the mrn IN p'wer:
IL was To PM 4 m"ns:r"us exp RI TAX
# six CENTS on q p,.und u, Oh the cuttnD
ai<ed by the labor OF The nerru upo"
lie plantation of the white. struggling
the evils "f poverty. w.th the
OF their new pnsitiohs and
relationship 3. The Grsr Ie,ile IF ,rts
Ut thri- people t" gain tine ~. aps Of
We're blasted by an pnw,.r
re i-h ard viodicrive act I say NV
wise. because il has had MUCH TO do
with the FIXTURE "f the Republicans t..
rrder at the South. Tbs negro.
exasperaird by the failure of h,s ruire"
tn.pi"yer. became b, s,ile to him I; III
nC.p:oyer l">iny The little credit thar he
lad brfore in the North, rem wed his
'finris VI der still greater d~'tacultir>
han brf"Ie I say it Was p selfish ac'
BECAUSE it Was done in 'he i'terest OF
he Eastern manufacturer. alreaiy
from 'he fruits of he yur
Prot. ctrd i.y he enormous tariff
his tax ut six cents d pound upon all
export. d. was ii" ply imp"s. d
that he might buy it for a price six
,ents less than it was wnr h in III"
of the world l say il was a
act. for it YOU will Rad the
in G nsr-sz when this tax was
70 cover the sr:f.h nt"r-sts that
'r"mp'ed il, you will 6-d 'hat it ~as
Iryed npnn members from tie West T"
'fstes who voted against the interests
f their constituents. upon the .r"und
hat it was to be ipp"seI upon the
as a penalty. and thus We 6"d
hlaek aud the. white man Of the
'',uth were alike stripped 81 the mar I
value of Theirs staple rr"ducf under q
IL cumsiaucrs Of such great d Erulry
hat they were hindered ard not heir- I
i on the road to rr"spt rity by lei III :
over [AppI.u-e: j
| niyhr g" on and show how. in .ad- =
t"'rhis wrong, they were tramp !
i upon by m i'ary drspotism ; how t
lay were p'acei nader the u"r.;s .
aimed over of vaYrani men, who q
aimed wealth aud . fi"ial positions b, .
tn rhr ra.si"us of the puf- r
ard keeping alive disorder. Thesr b
en-, who now. IN the enare of tue r.
nited States wi'hou' Constituents. u
tie down the Senator'S OF N. York. ii