The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-02-02

Senator aud q 6eSs4zlEEl5- Eksi5fy-A Ifels
Record OF Nine.
During debate in the Senate on the
18th ult, Mr.. Morrill,, of Vermont, made
an attack on the Democracy, which was
ably defended by Mr- Salisbury, of Della
ware We copy from the Congressional
Globe
Mr. Morrill, (of VermontEI have near
ly as much confidence IN the rebels of the
South in relation to our financial policy
as have in the Democratic party. l be
heve they win support the honor Of the
country about as faithfully, perhaps as
the Democratic party; and when it comes
to the.question of the emancipation of the
colored race at the South, believe that
| the Southern rebels viii be as true, If not
truer, to the cause of Freedom than the
Northern Democracy.
Mr.. Saulsbury-Mr President, the si
lenee of the Democratic members of this
body during this debate has on several oc-
easions met with animadversions on the
other side. l for myself, sir, am tired Of
| it, or rather should say, am tired
| of some things which constantly, not
| withstanding our silence, have been said
in reference to the party to which belong.
| There has not been a single day since this
debate commenced that some persons,
very wise in their own eonceits, have not
seen proper to speak IN very dlsparaglng
terms of the Democratic party. We have
heard to-day from one SenatorSthat he has
more confidence in the people of Virginia
than he has IN the Democratic party. l
do not know what his confidence IN the
people of Virginia is, but his remark evl-
, II 1yota n 10 hot
was not much confidence to be reposed
either in the people of Virginia or in the
Democratic, party. l am exceedingly sor-
| ry that that Senator made that remark,
{ showing his want Of confidence II. the two
f million Democrats in the United States.
' Sir, when those two million Democrats
S shall hear 1t, when the telegraph shall flash
] that Jews TO them l am afraid they Will be
| terribly PANIED am afraid that they will
e / weep at the idea that confidence from Sc
r distinguished source cannot be accorded
them. Sir, it is time that such remarks
/ had ceased to be made in the Senate o
t the United States, especially when moth
n ing IS said on our part to provoke them
n Who cares for the lack of confidence thu:
expressed? Whom does it hurt2 Mr.
D. President, when the party to whom thes
y Senator's belong have done as much to ex
| EllL ltlG CnGIdCICI OI lulS HdllOu, 70 DUN
! 1t up, to make it respected at home ant
honored abroad, as the Democratic part,
n have done for it, then it will be time 70
% them to insist upon q comparison betweel
Il their party and the Democratic party
g Sir the Democratic party took the man
/ ageInent Of your country in hand when 20
le numbered but fifteen States and some fy
-or six millions people Every foot of ter
Ii, ritory that has ever been added TO th
as United States, has been added by Demo
r cratic administrations Every foreign wa
K that has been fougftt7egeIy triuHaDh over
foreign foe that has ever been achieves
has been achieved under Democratic az
IN ministration. What has the Repuhlica
party done that its advocates should taur
Democrats on this floor with a want of
n, deity to the country, or that it should 81
a itself up as the great Judge of the Demo
cratic party, its policy and its administrs
/ tion of the country? A brief existence
eight or nine years I; q land deluged
blood almost every acre of your SO
er treshened with graves debt amountin
he to billions Of dollars; a people crushed
b. earth by onerous taxation, and every saf
es guard Of civil and constitutional libert
ag set at defiance, ignored and trampled VI
rt, on. These are its achievements. Yo
~ cannot look at the history os the Dem,
a. cratic party and charge it with the viol;
| tions of the fundamental law of the lar
Of which your party have been guilt
5 I During the period of sixty years that Il
in Democratic party administered the affai
n Of this government it never arrested on
ry no, not even the humblest American cit
re- zen, and tried him on criminal aecus
ey sation, except by due process of law.
es- mans house was ever invaded, except u
le- der legal authority, during the whole six
Irs years that the Democratic party admin
in tered the government not one pub