The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1868-11-27

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Az he is, aud place him on the judges
bench, and In the legislative hallso IL
II wise or kind to hold him up before
the community in an attitude that
makes him absurd and odious" OF all
the cruelty that has ever been practis 4
toward th" negro, that IL the worst that
has thrust him onen-ivey into the fa,o
o. ihc public, and put him IN where I've
Is not fit to he. (Chpers.i
Train him up To his new duties md
give him Mt least, n decent chance. al.
piauSe.) There is no ointclligcnt,t thought.
fui man who can say that tha llicr "
the Republican party towards the negro
has been wise. | will not say Il has
been cruel In purpose, for the Ropubli.
IAN party comprises almost one half Of
tn" community, not quite, ana we can.
not afford tn think of them as bad mon,
hut when we are allowed to soc the nc.
count books Of this Government for the
! eight years, there are certain men who
shape their policy and fire their passions
for their own selfish purposes who will
not stay In this country 10 look an
outraged community In the face.
ttheers.) If four years ago had said
that the Republican party would do
what they have done they would have
met me with scorn. Can we afford 10
endorse their policy by your votes, my
Republican friends? From time to
tihie your own leaders have i,nplOrcd
sou to stop in your course. The New
York 7ribuW', the New York Ereni3g
Pest, the Springfield Repu6iicdn, Chief
Justice Chase, who was once the pride
and beast Of the Republican party,
nave attempted to stop It in its mad ca-
rrcr, but each one of them hal been
crushed beneath their ilccl a+ the mad.
dcned herd Of buffalo crush their lead.
ers when, seeing danger ahead. he tries
Ia cheek them or save them from de-
struction. What makes Il nation great
and strong? il l. the error Of that party
that they assume that II is Armies. Il
i not 50. a nation i- great aud strong
that looks to fresidr rights and condi.
tiona of the people. (Checrs.) l toll
so" ihnt that government policy, or
that governmental power that Is not
"a ed on the hcarths.onc, that does rot
find ia rudimrnts under the 10 ,f-trce,
that does not find it, first rrinclplo In
tho family circle, is not stable; and
that the government which does not
nave In view the sanctity of the homes
OF its people, so that sll men, whether
poor or rich, shall feel that there i, "a
sacred spot where the old mother may
sit in safety by the fireslde, and the
father, worn out with life's work,
may have a covering for his ago and
80 that the sacred relationship of hus-
band and wife and father and child shall
not only be respected but made happy
government which does not have
this IN view, first and above all other
things, is not a We'll administered gov.
crnment. Great and continued cheer.
ing.) The trouhle with the Republican
party Is that 1t has not understood the
truth. During the war we spent three
thousand millions OF dollars, more than
was ever spent III any war before known.
1t uas not wonderful when money was
poured out with such profu,cncss, that
there was corruption. 1t is no wonder
that there were men who got suddenly
rich, who now boast Of their loyalty
and call the wounded soldiers who will
not vote with them, ''rebtla" and "cOp.
pcrh, ad-'-i Sheer. AS WAS charged
by eminent Republican Representa-.
ives, and you, Mr.. Chairman, have
heard it that there had never been such
acts Of corruption, waste, and protiga
cy known aS was exhibited on the part
nf these men who We're eve. Y day Wit
Messing the exhibition of loyalty, devo-
tiou, and sclf.sacriflce on the part OF
those who went forth to the battlefield.
/ When | was Governor of New York
visited the scat of war, went to the
tents Of the soldier and saw the men of
| New York and Pennsylvania, with
! those from other States lying outside in
| the rigor Of the winter. They were
.
"f life, and there was hat one thing
tina, g,udd"ncd them. Their eyes W, re
clear and bright when they saw the
. tiag ut their country, aud they were
Joyous that they sum rcd to muintain
( our COuntrv's greatness and union.
/ went from there into the halls Of our
national Capitol, II II lightly structure of
! marble costing millions of dollars.
saw it all pictured with all that art
| cunld dV to tell of oar nations greatness
and glory, with the likcncs~es OF the
Stgos, the heroes, aud the warrior, %!
the revolution, cmblemS that should
quicken mems patriotism, everything
! that should soften the passions, every
thing that fills mems mind with IA con-
cep,inn OF their great duties, everything
that should stimulate thelr better ma,
turcA. l listened 10 their debates, aud
there We're words uttered of hate aud
bitterness, and ! thought of the noble
contrast which the men in tho tout aud
IN the hospital presented tn these mrl
who studied how to stir up strife and
how to grow rich out ofthc spoils drawn
from the devotion ofs suffering people
II Il because some men have done thing,
which they dare not let see the ligh'
that they employ such desperate mer
10 hold their power; theretoreit is tha
you see such enormous amounts of mon
ey used in these elections. What Is IN,
meaning of this policy that flIs ,h'
Senate with Northern men who proris
to represent the south, but who repro
sent no constituencies for tho whit
man could not vote for them, and mos
Of the black men did not know ther
was such thing as the Senate of tn
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