Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1872-10-08

solIdatIon and empiregF1 stood exel
cIsing the veto pOwep;@ arresting. ull
constitutional legislation saying &
the South, you were wrong-toJ tn
North, you are wrong.d Veto after We
to went in. aStillTthey did not sta,
their hands. But did act as a.break
l did restrain, but not ITO the extent
| desired. | was an obstacle to be re
| moved. l must be put out of the way
Then what came for resisting consoli
dation+ military rule? & THEN from
| thedHoase came liihpeaeh meat. II Th
sum and substance of it was politica
| consolidation and empire. The Senat,
OF the United States was organized in
to court Of IfapeacIlnient, with tht
Chief Justice at its head. 1 wa.
brought before its harlfor vetoingi am
politically Opposingt their arrogancs
and usurpations. There o Isstood fol
whOm?~ No patriotism or loye o
country at heart !LMy Friends in the
South pressed down. Others yinTth
council of the nation trying to 1pdl
me- down, as q stay .Where+aid j
stand2 Imperialism on; the one hapd
armies on the other. Between the
whirlpool and the rOckIi There I'Il
stand alId con tinuelto stand in spite OF
taunting organs and petty cOnven-
tons. 2It7isC time for You to consider.
TheGCnstitution is in peril, but. was
somebody nomiHated- by some little
cOnventiOH2 IthoughtI was right.
| dOn't.chaTge anybody with wrong.
This Will be for historians to deter
mine. L felt in all good conscience |
was right. Others feel that they were
right. When | look back and see
where we have been, I pray that war
may never come again-this land
stained with brothers. blood. | had
rather see this land marked with the
scythe and thresher, and plough than
plOughed with shot and shell. Let us
restore it to the peaceful pursuits of
industry5 My thoughts are of peace
War is not an element of my mind, =
/ study the science of government l
would rather wear on my garment the
dinge of the shop and the dust of the
field than the tawdry decorations of
war. Then let 'us have peace and re-
cOnciliatiOn ard prosperity. Let us
go forward in. PROSPERITY, elevating
ourselves in the arts of peace.
There are no necessity for the inter
vention of electors in!the election OF
President. The introduction of the
one term principle in the Cincinnati
platform is wise measure. But |
would dispense with the electoral cJl
lege. Let the Union be divided into
electoral districts. Let the people
vote directly for candidates for the
Presidency and Vice Presidency, and
give to each district one vote. If nO,one
should receive q majority let the two
highest be returned to the people, /
merely throw out this idea, believing
it would be decided improvement on
our sytem. IN the selection of Uni
ted States Senators the people should
elect. As now elected by the, State
Legislatures it results in wholesale
and a reduction Ofthe-Sena-
torial character and dignity. Instead
of such men rs Benton and Calhoun
and Crittendeu and Clay and Webster
being now in the Senate it is dwarEtCd
into insigniiicence.
Let Senators be chosen at the oall0t-
box as Congress men are. 20
Then theiHembers Will have stand
lug expence and worth. sufficient to
the people. The people
can make jhdiCious Stlfcti5tl: tN'btr
those who have the largest purses,
and are the most unsc:uPUlouS, are
Some Of you my think
me a little sensitive Oh tEis subject.
How long Since a majority of two
thirds of the people. desired the eiec-
ton of a certain individual to the SEN
ate? Oh yes it is terrible !. If you
don't vote Tor Gen. Cheatham, your
vote will be thrown away and Mr..
Manard elected. Yet these same
men entered into a conspiracy Sc
cret concLaye. gotten up TO defeat the
will of the people. These men max
ing speeches against me and for my.
competitor, entered into covenant
with y or 13 radicals to defeat the
will of the people of the State. This
same Green Harris, who abandoned'the
State, ran away with the Bank in
with these ''abominable
radicals" Anything to beat John
son. ,rI Tremendous cheering fol-
lowed BY a voice .'Hurrah for Cree
Iey.") Yes / say hurrah for Greeley
Isn't il Strange for. these men to call
me a traitor? Itake Mry Greeley as
the first step to break and make an
inroad upon powerful aud corrupt
five can't break this
there can be no way for
The people to get into power. Gree1
lev has DETECTED from the corrupt
1rganization. and tam fotS SIf!. tGree-
ey.s Reason We can get--enousil
Of honest republicans with the demo-
Gratis. to hwl this corrupt administra-
.icn from power. sI-eIH-
While impeaching me there. why
lidn't those who arraigned me, before
hat high court, impeach Others? Mr.
Sumner says Grants course iSa yeqn-I
,lomeratc, erery part Of which was
worse than. the whole treason of John
,on Why didn't they bring Grant
before court of Impeachment? On
he 3rd day of November next, this
nan ariU be impeached before the
grand inquest of this nation, oool
Schools the question Of mixed or
separate schools. ale things tobe}eh-
Iuired into. The appropria ton of !
he public lands must be enfufed 10,
o. Members Of Congress are found |
With stock, in this rail road, and ia |
hat, we sec what rings can do. The |
all road land rings have divided out |
learly all the public domain.El 4 !
,rouaht fJrward in the Congress Of the
IS. a bill, which was passed By a
wo thirds vote. setting apart, 160 7
cres to every. >domicilied nan, but
most oft has been absorbed by these
adical rincs.L let sthe4people 5haae
ONES with soil 70 till, and then they |
;ilI be able to build their owns road.
low taxes consume every thing II
Jhder federal and state taxation, The
eople are borne down.
Just here Mr. Johnson. made q state
,ent abo1t the "redr Q ioa of tlie public
ebti, as claimed by Grant $ adnlipstra-
ion. Eyrhfeh escaped Hs. = LESDendf-