The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-11-02


{ State of Missouri To break down the dis
franchising clause of our Constitution, zap
I plause,) and arrayed his fellow countrymeI
As one man against the administration, and
7 despising the offices of Grant, despising hi.
patronage and power, resolved to preserve
{ that freedom which America had given to
MIN and his eountrymen. Immense APP
plause.)
Now, my feiIow-citizens, the Germans i'm
Missouri, although Republicans almost to a
man, have always voted against the dis
! franchising of those who were opposed TO
them during the war; (applause,) they
needed no instruction upon that point from
anybody, and they resolutely maintained
the doctrine that neither Congress nor the
states could by bill Of attainder, deprive
men of the right of suffrage. (Applause )
They maintained that position in the last
contest through which we passed in Missou-
ri. They held it good against the blandish-
ments and threats of the administration /:
they stand fairly and squarely to-day, SOL
idly to the last man against all disfran-
chlsement and for universal amnesty. (Ap-
plause They are opposed to this ku klux
| legislation; loud applause.) against the
| suspen sion OF the writ OF Habeas Corpus !;
| trenewed applause,) and in my judgment il
| man Is presented as the candidate of the
| Democratic party If the Democratic par
" will now, instead of adopting any New
| Departure, put forward a man, or accept
one who may be put forward by others. who
! u sound upon those principles, he will re-
of the United States, numb erng AS 1 have
| been informed, from five hundred TO eight
hundred thousand men. Immense APP
| plause.)
As matter of course we ought To have
something 10 say in nominating the man,
| and think we Will. | think the Democrats
| an Virginia had something to do with the
| designation of the candidate whom they
! supported. believe they had also in Ten
nessee. We had, | know, i'm Missouri at the
| last election, and if we can get a man OF
that kind, one who fills the bill, one who il
elected will call halt on all this unconsti-
tutional legislation and throw out of power
those who are using your means to deprive
you OF your liberty. extracting from your
pockets the means by which they control
the government, 1 think we may have i'm the
future career which will enable the peo-
PIE of the South TO restore their prosperity
and bring about real peace by the restora-
ton of selt-government in your midst
Applause.
know that it is very common thing
nowadays, for the Radicals, whenever they
are in tight place, when this accusation Of
using public money is brought home TO
them, To point 10 Tammany in New York.
just here, my fellow-citizens, l have a word
70 say the corruption i'm New York grew
out of legislation by Radical Legislature,
exactly similar TO the Congressional legisla-
ton for the South. Applause Ii was the
denial by the Radical Legislature OF New
York TO allow the city of New York TO gov
q II It's Own dudlTs, Tic deprivation OF local
sef-government; the construction of Boards |
of Commissioners to be appointed by a Re |
publican Governor To take charge of the af- |
fairs OF the people of the city OF New \ ork, |
precisely Congress has done in all the /
states of the South; Applause and the re- |
suit which has followed them, of the plum |
der and corruption by mixed commissions |
of Radicals and Democrats, is precisely /
what has occurred here in the plumber and |
robbery of your people by Legislature /
forced IDOn at the DOint of the DaNnupf /
Prolonged applause. Why, my fellow /
citizens, the first time that the State of New /
DIRK elected a Democratic Legislature /
within seventeen wears. was the one which |
assembled two winters ago. The Democrats /
in the Legislature, with the exception of
five or SIX, demanded the restoration of the /
city o: New York; that the people should
again have the power to elect their -own |
town magistrates and their own rulers
and the Radical members of the LegIsla-
ture, with the exception of one single MEM
Der, not only voted against that proposition,
but united with five or six Democrats, in
Guiding Tweed, who was himself a Senator,
not only to confirm the rule Of Tammany
but to extend its power. (Sensation.)
If the Democratic party in the first ses-
sion in which il obtained power i'm the New
York Legislature had not thus been defeat
ed by this com bination of few of its cor
rupt men with the entire body of the Radi-
calls, they would have overthrow Tamma-
ny and restored to the people of New York
the control of their own affairs and we
should have heard nothing of the pluder of
these millions which have recently startled
us.
If the Congress ofthe United States had
allowed the people of the South to reorgan-
i've their State governments, to elect their
own officers and rulers, we should have
heard nothing of the profigate plumber of
two hundred and fifty millions dollars
which have been taken from the treasures
of the South. [Great applause.l l have
been upon this committee To examine into
the condition of the Southern States, al
most from its inception have listened 10
all the testimony which has been given, and
find as the net result that two hundred
and fifty millions have been extorted from
the Impoverished and down-tTodden South
by the carpet baggers who were put in
power in the Southern States. Immense
aud long continued applause.l
The sun does not represent the third of
their robberies. (Applause) It simply
represents what they have abstracted from
the State treasures. (Renewed applause.)
In addition to that they have seized upon
the treasury of every county in your state.
and ia every State in the South. and Of
every large city, where they have fattened
and gorged themselves. Continued APP
plause,( Five hundred millions of dollars
would not cover the extortions OF th ese
leeches and i've hundred Tammanys can
not rival them In their robberies. Great
cheers.)
Feliow-cItizens it is not my purpose to
detain Won. Goo on, go on.O did not
purpose to make any speech when l came
into your midst. | did not deem that it was
entirely appropriate that j should assume
the attitude of an adviser, out nave Deen
prev allied upon by some of my friends who
have been urgent in this matter, to make
you a short address. have had no time TO
ponder the topics most appropriate; and 1
have only taken few brief moments from
the duty devolved upon me by this Com
mittee.
| will say to You my fellow-citizens, that
am here rs you all know in the Capacity Of
an investigator by my own free Will
{apulaus(-nOt that | believed that the
body that sent me here had the power 60
do this thing; but because others came and
il was not right that the South should be
stabbed in the dark; great and prolonged
applausel that IL should not be convicted
without hearing. I know how imperfect
my defense will be, from my lack of ability
to do you justice; but have faith in the
defense of great and righteous cause-that
which will give strength and vigor even TO
the feeblest arm, inspire with determina-
ton 10 do what would be done If the people
of Alabama and the people OF the whole
South. as | wish aud We all wish. had the
right which belongs TO them TO select their
defenders from their oldest and best etti-
Zens. (Applause.) have come freely aud
with a sincere desire to do the utmost in my
believe, az have already said, that the
day is not far distant when the courage, en-
durance. obedience to law, and devotion TO
the principles of liberty which is inherent
in the hearts of the Southern people will be
by the whole county,
loud appiause) lam sure that Republic
can government has no better nor more sim
cere friends on the face of the earth than
those who sit before me now. who are de-
prived of it's benefits (cheers) which once
belonged TO you and can never be perma-
nently taken from yours (Applause.)-l
Those who hesitate now to be your friends
will be your friends when they find that
their own liberties are imperiled with yours.
(Cheers.)
Foliovv-cftizens I am exceedingly obli0N