The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-09-17
OUT FOR TIE FARM Frs.
THE HON. GEORGE W. JULIAN
OF INDIANA DECLARES
FOR A NEW PARTY.

On last Saturday, the Hon. George w.
Julian of Indiana made speech at Rock
willie in that state, in which he placed him
self squarcly in favor of a new party as
opposed TO themonopolios, the corruptions
and the dangers to free government to-
ward which the dominant party is NOV
1 ing with steady and dangerous persist
enco, Tho following sysnop,is of Mr..
Julian speech we take from the Chicago
Times of Monday:
Mr.. Chairman and Fellow-Citizcns
The present season of unusual political
quiet IN Indiana seems TO me remarkably
favorable to calm judgement and an hon
est search after the truth. The dawn of
a new epoch in our politics, which was be-
coming Wis ible last year ia now unms- !
taxable, and both the love Of country and !
the instinct of sof-preseryaton plead with !
tho people for some wise and timely |
methods of reform. In the light of these |
facts, | believe this is Il time to speak rath- !
er than time TO be silent, and | have |
therefore accepted an Invitation from per-
sonal and political friends in this section |
| OF our s,Nta to address the people At this
point to-day.
! I have chosen for my subject the now
trials of our American democracy. The
practical success of our democratic expert
ment is seriously menaced by the labor
problem. THIS subject j. involved in what
| have said of the mOnopolizatiOn of lands,
the growth of cities and the power of cor
porations, but IL demands a distinct recon-
sderatios. a right adjustment OF the re-
lations of capital and labor is absolutey
necessary TO the permanent success Of pop
Mar institutions. We have seen this
ilAistratcd-in tue old slave system of the
south, which was simply an extreme form
of the tyranny of capital 1t was the log
ical climax of that system Of political phil
osophy which makes tho protection OF
property the chief end Of government
Democracy teaches that the laborer is
worthy of his hire, and that man is para
mount to wealth. Let me say n word now
on federal usurpation. The constitution
expressly declares that the powers not del
egatci to the United States by tho const-
tution nor prohibited by it to tho states
rcspec.Ively,or to the people; but the the
DRY on which Gen. Grant conducts his re-
ministration is that all powers not con-
ferred on the states by the constitution
arc reserved to the United States, thus
|
the fathers and setting at defiance the ex-
press words of the constitution. This is
now the political creed of the men who
sit a. the right hand Of the president and
he not only tramplo5 down tho principles
Of local set-goyernmont, but sets up his
own will as law, even against the author
ity Of congress In tho San Domingo af-
fair we have seen MIN deliberately usurp
tho law-mhking power, which is vested ia
congress by the constitution. On the pre-
tense Of helping the farmers move the
crops We have seon him assume 20 Wers
which no despot would dare exercise in
Issuing millions of currency without any
warrant of law, and on his own individual
caprice We have seen him appointing
to civil places men in!the military service,
in violation of an express statute which
! he is sworn to execute. In disregard to
law and in violation of the constitution
| and his oath Of Office we have seen him
quartering federal soldiers on the Cherokee
| neutral lands in kansas to protect n rail
| road corporation in driving from their
| homes hundreds Of settlers who claimed
the land occupied by them in good faith,
under the presumption laws. We have seen
him standing by q reckless and corrupt
federal Judge, in Louisiana, and using him
III SisahIHS O"s Aut SpN VI HuiSHb IN hIucT
that gsng of graceless demagogues and
conspirators may set up pretended state
government, which even his own leading
friends and most lealous par,sanG confess
TO be cheat and sham. Thcso arc n
lew examples only selected from many
, showing how the president carries the i'm.
perial and military spirit into his high Of
fec, and sets aside the laws which are
as binding upon him as upon any other
citizen, while the example Of his disobe-
dience is pre-cminen,ly mischievous.
What We want is perfectly unshackoed
movement Of tho people, fellowship of
honest men IN every section of the land,
against the forms of aristocracy which the
greed OF sudden wealth and the agencies
Of modern society have created.