The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-08-11
WHOLE NUMBER 1, ,7s1.

unreliable has been his leadership 10 men
OF Of, prlnc,iRie: We appeal TO the eepior-
OF onr position ON the suffrage question. Bank
rupt states, beggared communities, wasted pro-
our witnesses. The senator says, in his speech
here week ago, that democracy in the south
means a conflict Of races" Even il this were
rue, which il is not, who would be to
blame for it so much as the senator himself? In
his speech at Richmond, Ind, he proclaimed
that the establishment OF negro suffrage and ne
gro state governments in the South ~wouid re-
venient afterwardI proceeded to assist in doing
hrs own hapdfwork. 1f
An appeal is now made by the Senator 70 the
general principles OF humanity ard natural
right IN behalf of his course on the civil rights
which has openly refused 10 permit the China
man to even naturalize in this country sounds
noilow and lnsincere- once witnessed a de-
pate in the Senate of the United States IN which
Mr. sumner, who was always consistent, la
ed as TO include the thrifty and intelligent emf
grants from China. He was resisted by every
republican Senator and member in Congress from
the Iac1flc coast and by sufficient mum Der from
other states TO defeat him. 1t seems therefore
that there are natural rights for the negro butnot
Booth, the accomplished governor of California
can not discover the natural right of China
man TO become citizen of the United states.
The Chinaman is as much superior TO the negro
as the American Is 10 the Chinaman. Is IL pre-
1udice or what that causes the republican party
70 shut the door in his face while preaching
loudly about the natural rights OF the Afrlc ans
But Senator Morton grows indignant over the
assertion in the democratic platform, thOr the
civil rights bill is an attempt on the part OF the
federal government TO take control OF The
schools and other institutions therein named.
He says:
'sTlle bill does not attempt TO take control of
all the schools, churches, hotels, railroads,
steamboats,, theaters aud graveyords on the part
OF the government of the United States. but
leaves that control precisely where it is now
lie arraigns the democraticc convention
for gross Ignorance in asserting the
ln
disputed point. The second section
provides that any person violating any oi the
cite others to violate it, shall forfeit and
pay the sum of $500 To the person
on the case with full cosis.v But 1t does not
stop at this. IL is further provided by This sec
ton that any person, whether landlord, eondue-
tor of q, railroad, captain of steamboat, stage
driver or schoolmaster, who shall discriminate
in the slightest degree between negro and
white man or woman, shall be deemed guilty of
misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof
shall be fined not more than. sl,ate, or
shall be Imprisoned not more than one
year, If the declaration by law
that the institutions enumerated in this bill
shall be conducted in a certain way under the
enormous penalties of civil damages penal
fines and long iLn1prlsonmeAt be not the sSser- ,s
useless TO predicate an argument ON the univer-
sally accepted force of logic and the meaning of
words. The remaining sections of this most
odiOus bill are engaged in fixing the jurisdiction
for the trial of offenders growing Out OF a viola
ticn of il i'm The United States courts. exciu-
quiring The district attorneys. marshais and
commissioners OF the United States Ito tDstl-
tqte proceedings agalnst every person Tho snail
TO be arrested and imprisoned, or baiiec, as the
case may be. for trial before such court OF the
United states. or territorial court, as by law has
cognizance OF the of1ense.
Here this issue, most momentous and far
reaching in its consequences to the American
people, may be safely LETT for their decision.
They viii not be easily persuaded that the fed
eral government has the constitutional power
10 determine the character of guests 10 he adj
nitted By landlord; the manner in which pas
seated and accommodated; the regulation OF
public schools, and the right of admissions 10
colleges, and in what grayeyarsis people shall be
| clude that such an usurpation of power hss not
been before attempted since the foundation of
the government. and that II makes respectable
| the worst forms of federalism.
CHEAP TRANSPORTATION.
On the subject of cheap transportation. Sena-
tor Morton overlOoks the principal and mcst
obvious means by which it can be secured.
Whenever the chief articles which enter into
the construction and equipment Of railroads
shall be cheapened by low rate of iraport
dutis S, the problem, now troublesome, viii be
more than half solved. But while the manu-
facturers of iron and steel protected in charg
| ing nearly two prices for what tney sell,
| falls ON them in the shape of heavy
rates for transportation. IL railroads have 70 be
! expensively built on account of an eNhoEeiiant
| day follows another that the builders VIII get
their money back I'm turn from their customers,
cheap transportation is TO break down the huge
! and oppressive monopoly OF the present tar1n,
| side of the people. AS it stands now ii enlLches
the few and ilnpoverishes the many, and n no
way more effectively than in the expensive
transportation OF the products or your farm.
| Another mSans OF cneapenlng tranSpor!aiion. n.
now much discussed, is the construction OF
1 sippi Valley TO the Atlantic seabOard This is
most desirable, whenever it Co n be done with
dinpfion 10 the constitution. the canal a..d the
river are the cheap thorOughfareS for produce.
The outlay Is not great In the construction OF
| projected canal from the mouth OF the kanawha
10 the James river is justly attracting great at
tention. BY il the waters of the Ohio, ard con-
i tafies, win DE connected with ocean navigation
than any that now exists. Competent
engineers have pronounced the work
piesed. IL the great interests OF agriculiure are
properly considered. Another work OF similar
character is under contemplation through
Georgia to the seaboard. 1t has every argument
4 in its support that should insure success. An
extensive Improvement of the mouth OF the
Mississippi, that greatest OF all water lines Of
transportation, has also been deliberately dis
cussed. Al these questions sllouls be thorough
ly considered, and intelligently understood by
the lab0ring masses In them, and like enter
prises, the most vital interests OF the producers
| are involved. And in the course of time they
win settle the farmers issue of cheap trapspor-
tation much more safely, and fairly and more in
accordance with natural laws than any action
\ of Congress that viii ever be obtained.
THE SELF EXAMINATION AND cORRUP-
TONS OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
| The exposures of corruption in the republican
| party have been extensive and startling in
the last two years that the only apology its lead
ems now make is that they themselves have de-
fected their sWlndlers. This is the plea
made here by Senator Morton, and for which he
| claimed great merit.
He did not deny that the people had been out
ragged by dishonest republican officials, but
claimed In repeated phrase that the party had
| "selfexamination," in which il had made the
most CHASTITY and horrible discoveries of its own
inpurity. The people are not so much con-
cerned as to how frauds discovered as they
are in regard TO the fact that they exist. The