The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1868-09-10

v cult to find aSntable answer. It
II #nota.ough to say that in neighboa
hoods there were. broils and murders
g Why: sir, some time ago Tread to til
t Senate, from one of the papers pull
: lished in thisscity, telegram comm
a from the central portion of Alabam
g that the fifth white man had been nun
-]dered in the same neigh borhood, an,
s lno notice whatever had been taken o
4 it; and that, too, under the govern
: ment, military, powerful, and despot
: ic, which youhad established there
e Mr.. President, when the people o
| the country demand to know of thei
4 Legislators why civil law is subordi
| mated to military law, why the judg,
! upon the bench isstripped of his robe.
of Office, and in his stead there is sub
stituted military commander to de
eide upon the rights of the people
when they demand to know why u
J secret commission and military eours
the citizen is tried for criminal of
Tense, or touching civil right, VIII,
these things are done in this eouiltr,
in q time of profound peace, some
grave and Weighty answer must be
given them. gl,.
E9 They win want to know why it is
that you pretend for the time to repn-
fdiate on the part of Congress the right
Ito establish negro suffrage in the
.knorthern States andsyet establish il in
the southern States why it is that You
rally upon platform attempting to
avoid the responsibility of this issue
at home, and yet would seek to estab-
lish such q system of suffrage in ten of
the States of the South; and what an
swer viii you give Do you tell the
people of the North that they are not
interested in the question of suffrage
I In the southern States? You cannot
make that answer, for this fall it may.
occur that the negro votes of the
South win decide the presidential elec-
ton It may occur that majority of
the electoral votes n the North viii
be eVerccme by tie negro votes of the
couLh. 1t may rot SO occur but yet
if it does occur = q if the colored peo-
pie Of the southeiA States, holding the
balance Of political peWer in the coun-l
.trK, shall decide who ssto be President
and Vice President of the United
states, is not that coming home, as a
practical and direct quess ssion, to every
northern man his vote iheing over
come by the vote of the 6eolored man
of the South, and that tolo. @by an act
of Congressf So that tfbe naonla Of
Inc North win want t0&. understand
how 1t is that you pretend mot to force
lpon them negro sutfragse at home,
ma yer establish i IN ten Il the States
y tne SOUTH.
5 Ihe people will want to know why
q the time1ef peace, tile rights Of the |
itizens have been trampled under
eet and The aneiegllt writs of the law
Et1l9l pFotect and seenre then, in tba;r
md IN their personal liberty
we been abrs0 gated :: why it is that
lstead Of the courts of law where
lepaa are heard face to face. the Wit
nesses called face to face, the iurv
fom the neighborhood hearing all the
deciding the case, why that
node of trial in court has been abol-
shed, and in its stead has been estab-sl
ished the military court, where there
ire none of the guards and securities
or justice that thousand years of
experience have shown to be essen,
ial? Il
Mr.. President, the two parties into
which the people of this country are b
low divided have declared their plat
orms of principles; they have put /
heir tickets in nomination; and it is
or the people now to decide which 1
ct of principles they will adopt, and 1
which set of candidates they will elect, i
Jpon this subject have but very few g
emarks to submit. a
In my opposition to the ticket that Il
vas nominated al, CHICAGO I never ox c
ect to place it upon personal grounds S
recognize the gentleman at the head p
the ticket as an eminent military s.
lan,, and his associate as a distin a.
uished civilian Aoa;ns+ +bon, ,,nn II
,nally. / never exnect to exnress r y
,ntiment onnose tba;, election al
,eause thew have beceme hy oconi r.
cling in their nom;na+;on Tho ronro v,
ntatiyes of the sentiments thst H. II
Congress for tbe last tbrae
,ars because thew stond nnon : 80 hi
rm which is ob;ect;onohIo - non+ m
a eoniyocsl IN ns,.t 30 - n
The Convention at Nav yorl hos 90
pressed its v;ews in . nlatfon,r, M
hich in no section can be m;snndas mr.
bod. The man that r,,ns -,a-- ~, hr r
d understand Tho ,,l.;soa4 oe' az 80
Tho ,oost 1