The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-09-30
Address OF Senator Logan.

INDIANAPOLIS, September 29.-Sena
tor John A Logan, of Illinois, addressed
a large audience at Masonic Hall this
evening, being introduced by General B.
Spooner United States District Marshal.
The Senator said in substance: "ln a
country like ours where the people
govern, it is the duty of all citizens at
each returning election to canvass every
pending question and its causes. The
best government is that which bears the
most lightly and equally upon all and
protects ALL Ours is such one. 1t is
founded upon just and free principles.
1t was born in revolution against op-
preston and will last while these princi-
piles are maintained Those who admins
ter it must sincerely believe in thes G
principles. \ free people are always
divided into two great parties, and
these are based upon contrary theo-
ries. The Republican party is organized
on the one principle of universal liberty .
and equality before the law and protec
ton Of all If liberty is good for one ,
man it is good thing for all of Gods
creation. The republican party is the
vindicator of equal political rights to all
citizens, its members are not 50 selfish rs
to deny to others the rights they claim
for themselves. Every objection to this
is based on prciudices. To-day the Ameri-
can fag covers on Y free men, and this Is
the bcnefcicnt work of the Republican
party. It's theory leads to good govern
ment and the happiness of mankind. The !
theory of the Democratic party is that
men are in part free and part not free,
and it leads right to the degradation of
men. Its power was excited for long
period, for the maintenance and eIten-
sion of slavery, and since slave
ry was swept away, the Demo
cratic party preserving. It's old
spirit. and going so far as the
Constitution will allow, would deny TO
millions Of citizens the right of equal
protection, the right to education, wor-
ship, travel, burial, even to be protected
from murder. It's theory and spirit are
the same still, and can only be carried
out by physical force, and lead to revo
luton. Rcpublicanism liberateS, and
needs not violence. The fact that the
Democratic theory has not been success
Iul, 'l'h'~ ll'l 'llhIS' N'l' l'NI Nli''N b''F -
its nature. The result has been always :
the same, and its last result is violence,
murder, instruction, and tn" ovcrturn-
ing of State governments. They claim
the right to limit the rights of Others, /
but if one thousand men may deny to ,
five citizens the right to vote, why not .
to fifty, and then why not to all Others .
than themselves. Democrats object t. |
the Civil Rights bill, that it allows all
An Equal Right TO Burial, TO 40 10
Theatres. TO schools. to Churches.
10 Hotels.
That bill does not say that they must .
all go To one school, but gives each one .
equal rights to education, and who .
i, 50 base us to wish to keep Others in .
ignorance Our government will be de-
,trovcd, if it is ever destroyed by ig- /
nurancc. If the people are educated the .
government will stand mistaken, though /
severely tried Men who would violate
the rights of man can only he restrained .
bv the strong arm of law. That bill WAS .
necessary because the cOlOrcd people .
were treated with every indignity by the |
Southern Democrats; kicked from the
cars and murdered liks dogs, when free
dom had been conferred upon them, and .
denied privileges which had been al
lowed when they were slaves.
Hope that Bill will be Passed.
If we do not intend to defend the
rights of the COlorcd man we should not
have given him any rights. We must
do it. In Texas out of 800 murders not
one has been Democrat, and no man is
punished. They have been accustomed,
according to the Democratic theory of
physical force governing, to regard the /
slaves life aS subject to the will of the
master and they still regard the cOlorcd
man in the same way. When sixteen were /
wantonly murdered in Tennessee the ,
other day. and the President proceeded
against the nurdcrerS, the Governor of ,
Tennessee published a protest. In Lou
isiana they have defended instructions. |
Mr.. Logan rccitcd the fact in regard .
to the Kellogg election, and the action of .
the Senate when he thought that there
was no election, because of fraud. I
but it having been settled by the State
Court. and by Congress, and the Presi-
dent. that this WAS the existing Govern
mcnt Of Louisiana, he considered an
attack upon it aS inSurrcCtion. They !
have heard from the President, and tn"
only fault to he found with his action
there, j. that Penn was not arrested and
tried for treason Shall not our sympa-
thv be- excited by the sight of hundreds
of our people murdered like dog? Are
these Democratic murdercrs and insur-
gents fit to govern our people? No!
Their theory is wrong, and their action
i rebellion and murder. The Southern
State, are said to be in bad condition,
who i responsible? They say the causc
of all this i the CarIe: Bag
gers. No, it was the
Democratic rebellion. Who are
carpet baggcrs? They are c1-soidicr
bows in blue who went South to fight,
and liking the country, remained there.
They are Yankees who went there 10
aid in civlizing and restraining the
South.
Southerners Call Them Thieves.
During the war they called all Of Us
thieves; Lincolns Mrclings, and cut
throats. They have fondness for such
names. and mean a, little when applied
to our men rs they did when applied to
our soldier boys. Itisno more an offence
to move from Indiana to Louisiana than
for a Southcrnor TO move north. \ new
party has arisen, calling themselves In
dependents. which attempting TO cstab-
li,h itself upon questions Of transPorta-
ton and other similar questions, say both /
of the old parties are corrupt, but they /
intend bringing up pure party now, as
all our pc, pie belong to one party or
other. and if both both are totally corrupt. !,
how can the third party make Of itscifa 7
pure party? Can YOU make a pure .
thing out Of two corrupt things? Two .