Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-10-09
Senator Logan at Indianapolis.

Senator Logan at indianapolis.
Senator John A. Logan, of Illinois, ad
dressed large audience in indianapolis
a few evenings ago. He said in sub
| stance;
in n country like ours, where the people
| govern il is the duty of all citizens at each
| recurring election to canvass every pending
| question and its causes. The best government
| is that which bears most lightly and equally
upon all and protects all. Ours is such an
one. 1t is founded upon just and free prin-
| ciples was born in revolution against Oppres-
| sion and will last while these principles are
| maintained. To maintain it those administer
| ing it must sincerely believe in these prin-
ciples. A free people are always divided into
two great parties and these based upon con-
| trary theories. The Republican party is or
| ganized on the principles OF universal liberty
| and equality before the law and the protection
| of all. If liberty is good for one man it is q
| good thing for all Gods creation. The Re-
| publican party is the vindicator of equal po-
| litical rights to all persons. Its members are
| not so selfish as to deny to Others rights they
claim for themselves. Every objection to this
! is based on prejudice To-day the American
| flag covers only free men and this is the be-
| nefcent work Of the Republican party. Its
| theory leads to good government and the hap
| piness of mankind.
The theory of the Democratic party is that
|
| it leads right to the degradation OF men. Its
power was eXerted for long period for the
| maintenance and extension of slavery, and,
| since slavery was swept away, the Democratic
| party, preserving its old spirit and going as
| far as the Constitution will allow, would deny
| to millions of citizens the right to equal pro-
| lection, the right to education, worship
| travel, burial, even to be protected from muir
| der. IT'S theory and spirit are the same still,
and can only be carried out by physical force,
| and lead to revolution. Republicanism is
| liberal and needs no violence. The fact that
the Democratic theory has not been success
| full does not change the fact that this is its
| nature. The result has been always the same,
| and its last result is violence, murder, insur-
| rection and the overturning of State Govern
| ments. They claim the right to limit the
| rights of others, but if men may deny to five
| citizens the right TO vote, why not to tfty and
then why not to all others than themselves?
The Democrats object 10 the Civil Rights
bill that 1t allows all an equal right to burial,
| to 90 to theaters to schools, to church, to
the hotels. That bill does not say that they
must all 30 TO the same school, but gives each
| one an equal right to education, and who so
| base as to wish to keep Others in ignorance
Our Government will be destroyed, if it is
ever destroyed, by Ignorance. II the people
| are educated, the Government VIII stand un-
shaken through every trial. Men who would
violate the rights of man can only be re-
strained by the strong arm OF law. That bill
was necessary, because the colored people
were treated with every indignity by the
Southern Democracy; kicked from the cars
and murdered like dogs, when freedom had
been conferred upon them, and denied privi-
leges which had been allowed when they
were slaves. l hope that bill will be passed
II we do not intend to defend the rights OF
the colored man, we should not have given
him anv rights. We must do it. In Texas
out of 600 murders, not one victim has been q
Democrat, and no man is punished. They
have been accustomed, according to the Dem
ocratic theory of physical force IN governing
to regard the slaves life as subject to the viii
| of the master, and they still regard the col
ored men i'm the same way. When sixteen
were wantonly murdered in Tennessee, the
other day, and the President proceeded
against the murderers, the Governor OF Ten
nessee published protest. In Louisiana they
have defended instructions.
Mr.. Logan recited the fact in regard TO the
Kellogg election, and the action of the Senate
Then he thought there was no election be
cause of fraud; but, it having been settled b,
the State Court, and Congress, and the Presi
, | dent that this was the existing Government
of Louisiana, he considered an attack upon /
| as insurreetion. They have heard from tn
| President and the only fault to be found will
, his action there is that Penn was not ARRESTED
, and tried for treason.
Shall not our sympathy be excited by thu
sight of hundreds of our people murdered lik
J dogsp Are these Democratic murderers AM
| insurgents fit to govern our country? No
Their theory Is wrong and their action is re
, bellious. The Southern States are said to b
/ in a bad condition. Who is responsible
: They say the catse Of all this is the carpet
baggers No. II was the Democratic rebellion
Who are carpet-baggers? They are eX-solde
bows in blue, who went South to fight, and
l liking the country remained there. they ar
e Yankees who went there to aid in civilizini
| | and restoring the South The SOutherner
| inpnln'S lirplInNS.
+ cut-throats They have fondness for sue
: | Names and mean as little when applied I
= these men as they did when applied to ou
y soldier.boys. 1t is no more an ofiense |
70 move from Indiana TO Louisiana than io
G SOutherners to move North.
3 4 new party has arisen calling themselve
n Independents, which is attempting to estal
! | lsh itself upon questions OF Tanspoftauo
4 and other similar questions. Ihey say pot
= of the old parties are corrupt, but they inten
: bringing out a pure party. Now, all OF ou
+ people belong to one party or the other, an
e II both are totally corrupt how can thlr
2 | party make Of itself pure partyy Can yo
e make pure thing out OF two corrupt lhlngs
9 Can two corrupt parties make pure party
They claim further that they will defeat thes
old parties. They cannot defeat the Demo
> cratic party for that is already defeate'
l. If Won defeat the Republican party, whi
II will YOU destroy? The party Of progress, u
e party which has saved the Union, and u
J. party which is willing to be progressive TAI
!. the transportation question. Who has SUI
q gested an improvement in this direction sa'
~ the Republican partyy
II He then reviewed at length the work
= Congress upon this subject maintaining u
II right of Congress to regulate the commer'
e between the States Shall Congress, havI
II the right, assert that rightY 1t is plainly |
ls duty to do so, and thus far the Republics
\ party alone has striven to devise means
which transportation can be cheapened al
; improved and the Democrats In Congre
70 nearly unanimously opposed them. VIII "
III leave the Republican party to seek your rel
II edyY But our Democratic brothers say th
ID the Republican party is so corrupt and @
X Independents Join in. Now ! do not del
Is that there are corrupt men In the hepuDllc'
!, party. There was never an organlzall'
- where corrupt men did not creep In. CIR
found corrupt man among his Twelve DIS
le pies. There are corrupt men In every orga
Of tzation, and even In the church, the gre
at ciyilizer of the world. The thieves must
I'd somewhere, and it is not surprising that sd
ot of them should get into the Republican par
a But could point out two dishonest ofhcl
'a % in the Democratic party to every one in
ue Republican party. could point out I
VI frauds In Democratic administrations 10 q
ne In that of the Republican party.
as lie then referred 10 the frauds which
cured under Buchanan and other Democra
ed administrations. Have you forgotten thei
ei- WIN YOU turn away from party which J
ius saved the country, and take up with th'
les who never exposed the ofienses of their o
re, officials, as the Republicans have constan
iiNT. done, but robbed and buried up Their spo
he Men complain, too, OF hard times w
hat there never hard times under Democra