The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-08-17

black as any of you want him 10 be 40 SecrotaFy
Of State in South Carolina. The beauties Of negro
equality shine there with all their effulgence.
Supreme Court Judges have colered skin She
IS sending negroes to the halls Of Congress, and
paradise. Yet it is said that crime and outrage
are on the increase there, and we are constantly
told that there is rich field in South Carolina for
the ku-Klux Committee to 90 and investigate.
I am asked to go and investigate the condition OF
South Carolina, and not Of Virginia Whyistt sol
The one is goveTnedb by men in political sympathy
with the other is governed by men in polite
al sympathy with the Senator from Indians who
came here to enlighten the people of kentucky
In his garden and in his vineyard grow thistles
and all obnoxious weeds; in my garden, In my
vineyard, where my moral and political sentl,
prosperity upon the stricken fields OF Virginia
(Applause.l
Texas, can but repeat what I have said about
these other States. She is full and overfowing
with the boundless graces OF Radicalism. All the
'sfruits of the war" that people talk about are
there. have wondered what those fruits were
were more like the Dead Sea apples than any other
fruit / ever heard of-glittering and shining with
an alluring light on the outside, but turning 70
dust and bitter ashes Wheneyer touched by the
lip or tongue The fruits sf the war are there
in munifcent abundance.
gina. West Virginia was torn from the embrace
of the old mother State, an outrage as denounced
it at the time, unlawful as believe it 70 be now
the very best that people could do for them
selves under the eireumstHnees; -. a..
had chance TO rise up and vote as free people,
they shook OF the trammels Of Radiealism. They
broke their chain. They embraced Democratic
principles, and as soon es that was done, / tell
you a historical fact when 4ay that instantly
every Federal soldier was Withdrawn from her
ipplanss.) While under the sway OF Radiealism
soldiers guarded many points thafwer visible as
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Travel It now,
since Democracy has run up its banner, and you
Wii not see single soldier there, for the reason
that IL Is found not necessary. Already is peace
there. The Democratic State Government Is gO-
ing on repairing the shattered fortunes and hopes
Of many people that were stricken to the ground
by the war. Those are the fruits that love TO
contemplate.
Texas to South Carolina, to Mort Carolina, 10
to Mississippi and to all the other States, and say
and ana n te nslt breah he o. tss
that those fruits are iarcenies gigantic, murder
atroeious, arson lighting up the sky with an in
law empowering the President to send the army
OF the United States into these choice spots so
That Is the one picture. point TO the other.
Yet men are here % tell you mot TO trust the Dem
against the Republican party, would cali the
nine States down here, and would show
A sEs1EK OF THEyT,
and a sytem of plunder, by which the peoples
property is being confscated without parallel
beneEt the sun l would eall those staees ana
Morton and others that they are the worst and
most disreputable members Of our great sister
hood, and because RadieAlism triumPhs there.
lApplausel II /, on the other hand was calling
to the Old State Of Virginia. the most afiicted OF
ali. the most torn to pieces Of ALL with her male
population driven away, her bosom thrashed with
the thrashing machine Of death nom one eorder G
ten-fold heat but she has fallen into the hands OF
Conservatism and not Of Radicalism, not even
felonious finger at her. lCheers.l And this said
to him, too, on the floor Of the House ! called
upon the Witnesses there as have here; ~,
Choose ye between Conservatism and Radical
ism to govern the South.
Gentlemen, in All my reading-and i has been
as extensive as 1 could make Is IN a hurried and
not very long life-I have never seen the story
| told on paper Of such government as these Peo-
pie down here have been cursed with under Rad
| ical rule. When boy at college remember oi
my indignation being aroused and the tears
Sicily. Why Verres would be mere constable
to the side OF Governor down here In one Of
these States. His fees would be SO small, ms ms
even make q newspaper item kansaek all histe-
ry and you may do it in vain 70 hnd people whS
some disorders prevail know who is to blame
i and God does too, and in His own good time
One word more. History tells me another
story, and 1t Is this: That no people over whose
soil conquering and triumphat armies nave
/ over, conducted themselves with 50 much pro
| priety, so much forbearance and wisdom, as thS
/ Southern people, that are so much maligned-
dare say this dare to say 1t, and am glad do
/ l love to tell the truth. Show me country wher'
armies have passed through, where history tell
/ OF great battles being fought by which society
| was broken up, the husband, the father and ths
/ brother enlisted in the army driven from hii
| nome women fieeing to the woods to avoid ap
preaching armies, towns and houses burnt down
andthen add % that seryile popuiation sudden
ly let loose to increase the disOrgailization anc
the disruption of society, and. say here IN YOU
/ hearing and in the hearing Of the whole country
| that history furnishes nc parallel where people
/ thus situated have resumed their normal condt
tion, their healthy pursuits gone back to the nat
| ural channels of labor and Of industry, rebuff
/ their homes their towns, their churches, thsil
| school houses and their seminarles OF learning
reassembled their loved ones beneath their roeis
| erected again the torn-down standard OF eiyliza
/ tion in their midst say you can md no people
in all history who have done these things 50 soon
/ so well, and in so becoming manner as the Peo
/ pie of the South, out of whose miseries and mis-
/ fortunes this bloated and paramount party IS nov
| seeking 10 make further political capital witt
rule in this country. loud applause.I -,
have thought over TINS question nee ,dSieepdy, &
/ ing ont of public position. desire no breach O.
| law; denounce every man that disooeys law
| but when do so, I would not be imbued with the
slightest tinge Of philosophy if did not look fur
/ ther back and examine for the cause OF these
| things; and when find the cause and the effect
| it becomes my duty, and yours alse to say wheth
| er this people have done better or worse thar
| other people under similar rcircumstances-oettel
or worse than you would have done under similar
! circumstances, or better or worse than the Sena
/ tor from Indiana. or the like OF hlnl, would nave
/ doneunder similar circumstances. This wholesale
| torrent Of calumny has to be met; 1t may as vel
/ be met one time as another. feel that arr sus
tanned by the powerful spirit of truth in making
/ these feeble defenses for a people who whatever
| their wrongs or crimes may be, are much sinneo
against in these latter days by those men who are
trying TO build political fortunes upon their ruin
Arising out Of this state of affairs, however
| stands this
| mDEoUs LAW,
/ a law, as have already told you, by which the
| President may determine at his own malignant
pleasure-for the present Chief Executive Of the
| temperament-he may deteimine at his own ma
| lignant pleasure, where people are conducting
| themselves in manner not 20 suit him, and HheI
/ he has so determined, the law empowers him tc
/ march the army against this people, and thus
make civil WRr here in our midst again. That
/ the law; the law that the Senator from indiana
crossed the Ohio river to defend in your midst, ]
| cross the Ohio river to denounce II as the wors
law that has disgraced the annals of any civilized
government for more than two thousand years
lGreat applause.l
But, my fellow,citizens, another question arises
| here, and ! suppose we are not losing time II
| dealing with principles OF right This measure
| that have spoken Of overthrows your Govern
| secured by law There is no liberty that exists a
one mans pleasure and forbearance. That is no
liberty; that is not free government. That is tn'
capriciaus tenure by which slaves held their right
| of their masters. And when l point you 4
statute, Cnqusstloned and 9ne9ntIadiieteal "a ina
empowers the President to do the things that
| have told you, point you TO the absolute over
throw OF American liberty in this land of ours.
TIE FORCE BILL.
But to 90 a step further The Radical party i
to be defended AS it is. Let us see what else IL IS
Let us see what else it has none. 1t passed one
| other law at the last session of Congress which
| shall comment on. This law is sometimes known
as the Force Bill, the bayonet al the ballotbox
| a law by which the Federal Government usurpi
control OF every ball0t-box throughout this entire
| broad land. Why, there was time, ladies' Rnc
gentlemen, when the idea Of Federal officer ap
proaching voting precinct TO supervise II, to SPY
| upon it, to regulate it. to count the ballot as
went in TO inspect it after it was in, to inspect
| and count it as it came out-there was time
| when such a mans life would not have been wortl
| the passing breeze. He would have be0n looked
| upon as an emissary of despOtism, resurrectec
Tory of past times, spy from some foreign coun
| try come here TO bring our institutions into dis
repute- -,
| Aud yet this Radical party passed bill las
winter by which Federal officers are appointed e
| supervise the ballot-boxes of the country, and
| every town that has over twenty thousand inhAbt
| tants has certain officers in it empowered to cal
/ for troops at their will and pleasure II one o.
these Federal officers at the polls conceives him
| self interfered with, hindered or opposed in his
duty can call upon the nearest military post, and
| the commander, under heavy penalties, is bound
| TO obey his cali and furnish troops for him tC
| command. That embraced in what was
|