Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-10-05

faculty OF self-governments /. withers away. |
mere VIII ha no use for it, for will be copduc,.
Ell s at the central government. All measures OF
the republican party Of the last seven years have
tended IN this direction.
Inc election law OF 1871 was certainly in
tended to place the system of free government |
entirely subject to Congressional control =
tllat the elections in the state should not be /
controlled by the people according to their
necessities and wishes but according to the
wishes OF the general government at Wash |
lngton. In 1871, nine counties, with 200, 900
people, OF South Carolina, were placed beyond
the right n OF civil government. The same law
was on the point Of being enforced even in |
this little State. IT the president Of the
United states had IT in his power to suspend
the writ or habeaS corpus at will, what chance
would there be for a free election in this
country The election trouble in New York
city during the war will be remembered Wa
owe the inability Of the central power to s,s-
pend the writ of habeas corpus in Delaware
ana substitute marshal law among us. to the
Liberal Republicans Of the land Applause |
| The objection Of the Democratic party to ,hc
l4th and 10Th amendments was based upon the
grounds that they plainly tended to centralize
power; to interfere with the rights Of States. and
| dangerous to the system OF distribution of now
ers which protected against llsnrpalion and con.
solidaticn Of power.
On March 4, 1869 the present Preside ent Of
the I. ;, was inaugnrated and special session
Of the Senate called The Republican party
had complete control Of The government. They
held the South in chains by miltary force -
They instantly commenced the most arbitrary
course oflegisation Congress commenced al
once system of centralized legislation. Out Of
such conr-e,the Liberal Republican parly haa
its origin. The Cincinnati Convention wa.
originated by those who wished 10 save the
| A,,y,l
broken away from the party in power.
The doctrine Of local selfgoyernment il essen.
tial for the safety Of this country.
| would to. day,refuse to place absolute power
in the hands OF 4 Democratic President or Con
gress As readily as 10 grant the same to A Radi-
cal President and Congress. Applause. l
want every man in this State, whether OF nv
party or not to have all the rights Of nv party.
aud want my party to stand equal with me
in that respect. Applause Our people be.
come fitted to take III larger matters by being
ednt ated in minor IN it,era. A man in our Levy
Court begins to learn local sef.governmeut. ;:
From this he expands his knowledge till able
to comprehend and arrange matters in the gen
eral government as we'll AS with other States =
We begin by entrusting him in small way.
lhus,a citizen arises from obscuriiy and becomes
a prominent and valuable member Of society.
DO not destroy the autonomy of your State
1t is essential TO your as we'll AS to nv liberty.
| am speaking as much for my Republican
friends as for yon,my fellow Democrats. want
TO insist on the rights of each man.
There is admitted at this time. in tile
, nited states government, to be a widespread
condition of corruption. There is a general
,, sense of distrust in official honesty, and cases
ot deialeation and want of peculiarly honesty
are shaking the nation. This must be checked,
, or the decentralization will be fatal to our ma
!, t,.,.,n ,t,.A-
the President of the United States in regard to
the malfeasance in office of government
officers during his administration. He turned
Jacob B. Cox out of office for not allowing
himself to be influenced in dsreputable ae-
tions. He kept in counsel CiessweIl WI
lowed the claim of one Corpanuing which ha j
been disallowed for nine years-the claim be-
!, ing for $3.50 o0-see congressional proceed
ings for December 1871. Then, there is ,iov
: Holden of North Carolina, who was seces
] sionist, but turned Ia the victorious side, whf
committed a gross peculatlon Then, there
is the case of Bullock of Georgia, who was
: concerned in large pecuation fled to Can
: ada, and afterwards to parts know not
. There IS Bowen. the bigamist of South Caro-
a lima, another conspicuous member of the Re-
i publican party, who has fallen into merite.
r disgrace. You will also remember the dis
graceful operation Of the gold market in New
i. York on . black Friday. in which jim Fish
and Corbn. II relative of the Presiden. fig
A nred. Most, il not all of these frauds wert
i exposed through the agency u honest Horace
a areeleys newspaper. Neither must we for
get the case OF collector Murphy OF New
York. lie made merchandise of the public
o offices of the government, just as much As til,
|, marketman sells produce in open market
5 Therefore, We see, that one duty of the hour
: is the publication OF political offices.
Ii there is one fact admitted by the American
Z people. it il, that coercion as means Of gov.
l prnnpbf II a fallurp
Count Won Bisnark of Germany has vel
:, said that what was left nnconquerel bv lh,
sword could only be gained hy love. Horace
! Greeley, has been generous 10 the Southern
: people since the war. DO YOU not remember
g when Jefferson Davis was confined in For
i Monroe and Mr.. Greeley was asked whether h
: should be let out on bail, he said, "yes bal
him.
And most particularly would address. mysel
! now 10 the young men OF the Country.
a The duties 0, life are now upon them. Th,
Il dnies of government must pass into their hands
Y If they do right, all will be we'll, They vii
: make the nation strong and safe. Applause.
The honorable speaker closed with touching
: : remarks Of a travellers passage by Nj. Vernon
the tomb of Washington.
> During the delivery OF Mr.. Bayard's speech
Y which occupied about two and three. quarter
o hours, the closest attention was paid by tn
1 great audience while frequent bursts OF heart,
II applause testified their interest, in and approva
y of his remarks. At their core, three heart,
5 cheers were given for the speaker, the meetin,
4 then adjourned and the large assembage sowl,
dispersed.
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