The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-11-16
Joha Quincy Adams.

. lIems We give place 70 shs 1JloTlug
: pointed speech Of Mr.. Adams at FAueuii
! Hall. We commend it to our readers. !
big fight will be made by the Demo
cratic party:
LIT Government prevent men from
expressing and cheating each olber, but
beyond that let each man absolutely
alone to pursue his own happiness in
his own way, without any interference.
81 saith Tho,uas Jefferson, and that is
ali the law ard the prophets. The mo.
ment Government assumes tie directing
and projecting plan" that moment it cea.
/ SIS 10 10 Democracy and becomes arisiocra-
{ cy. Tue Representative, Of people who
all ToIv viii necessarily, il tue long run,
be exactly cGua! ii worth 70 tue ssersge
! Of their constituents and 10 more. For
the representative Of an average to as
sumo wisdom superior 10 the average
! OF hls people is absurd. All be can do
! il to leave them alone, and PASS such ne
ctssary laws Glue fewer the bctter) as
shall compel thcm TO: leave each other
! alone in all innocent pursuits. Beyond
that, not one step. The rule of the
b.st is generally, as We znow to our
cost, the best government the world ever
! saw--lor the best. But q very rcspec.
/ table coored man told US here, in this
hall, some few days since, that it was
wrong to leave the people Of the South
free to govern tiScm>el, es, because there
were "outrages" there. Now, We know
that fellow "oulrasv" and his ways by
ttis time as well as wc got TO know the
! ''ln,elIigent con.rahand" during the war,
and just before election We have become
accustomed to lpok for u good maay o!
him. But, supposing for tie sake of the
argument, that they were bona Tide out
rsges-supposlns that they We're AS gen
uine outrases as the peo;le Of Boston
were guilty of in OH Colouial times. I'M
aglne that the Ku kiuS were as rough
as the mob which sacked Governor
| Hutcilinson's house, and broke open and
ravaged the dwellings, Of S;orer aud
uallowei.-. loyal mru aud oficcaoldcrs;
or US lawlcSs as the risn no thre% the
tea Into the tsrbor down below here, or
helped AtlucEs stone the "iubs,cr- backs"
over in hl"g street, yonder.
! Let Us assume, 70: instance, that ,hc1
love reconstruct IN aud 'dislranchise.
!ncn:" aud negro a;istocracy just as we'll
as our fathers liked King George aud
''taNatioo without Representation" and
the British sristocracy, and are as 10y
al III that kind Of thing as Sam Adams
or John Hancock. What docs it prove?
Oniy this, thst if you will vioi.te the
law Of free goverument, you must take
the Consequences. If you will t:amplc
on nru's pride aad senliment-yes, or
even Oh their cherished prejud!ccS, to
say nothing Of their rights-you may
l'ok for "ou;rages." Why gentlemen,
have read Of these ou,rages in history
before now and where do you think lhcy
occur? Why, Ireland has been famous
for ''outrases' Tor Centuries. Poland
hAS been u land Of outrage. Hungary
MAS for very many years very nest and
| bot-Icd OF ontr2seS and Indeed she br-
ctme so outrageous that Austria had
finally TO tnd cure. AAd sho fauud
one, my friends, perfect cure; not au
"oat rage now to DC heard of And
"hat was il? Why, she restored 10
Hungary her constitutional rights; that
is all. And US soou as we restore 10 tue
South ber rights under the Cuns,ution
we shall hear no more of Cottages"
No wonder there are outrages. | won.
! der there are not mors. am sure We
should not be as quiet if the cases were
reversed. | know We were not all quiet
one hundred years ago when it was t,icd
here. fear you should put the Asia
tic to rule over US, as We have put the
African to rule over them, there would
| DC some triRlng outrages going. But
there is Very little Of political violence
down there, though certainly there are
some "outrages." know Of one my
sell; plaln, manifest, fragrant, intoIera-
blc outrage upon free government and
constitutional law, ard that is recon.
siruction" itself. No, my friends; you
must stick to your principles even if the
clouds do lower
Although the way seems impossible,
you must go on fcar!essly, or you are
lost. Either the good sense and good
feeling of the people Of the South would
have at last established peace and good
order and good government there wilh.
out the dlctation OF Congress, the dis.
tianchiseusnt of "rebe!s" and the en-
lorcement of liberty by the soldiers, or
else the "truths" Of the Declaration are
lies and the whole charter fraud. This
way of spreading liberty by the bayonet
is very favoIite way with our Republi-
can friends, and it is growing more use,
ful and more necessary to them every
day. Judge lioar declared at Roxbury
that The Republicans must not permit
the Democrats to take Office, because
if they were once in, toe Republca us
could uever get them out without civil
war. Well, that is true, | think. lfoncs the
people 90 teste liberty again if once
they sre Tree from this expensive, fussY,
,ueddlesome, corrupt concern Of money
and morals, this arlSlocracy, nicknamcd
repuhiicaniSm, | think myself that they
| ~lil DC very lotn 10 let II mount them
again. In fact, | do think that ouce out
the Republican party will have to in
augurate civil war before ever the people
will submit to them again. One taste Of
such q rule US theirs is very satisfying
aud aIp the more Confirmed in this bc.
lief by the constant and considerable dis
play Of force which is requisite even to
keep from overthrow that odous olisar.
chy. For several years past bayoncts
have been necessary in ten or twelve
States TO point out to the people the
blessings Of Radical rule. In North
Carolina. lately. even this favoritc argu,
nent of arms failed to con:incc people
! fatally bent on freedom.
! Whole companies Of soldiers at the
polls were hardly sufficient to repr1ss
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