Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-10-05

Hon. James Harlan addressed q
full house in this place last Saturday
afternoon, and made one OF the most
powerful, logical aud convincing ar
guments ever heard in this county.
we have space but for brief refer
Ience to a few points made in the
speech. He frst showed that the
/ Democratic party is committed 10
the doctrine of state rights. The
platform upon which James Bu-
chanan was nominated d~reafiirmed
! the Kentucky .resolutiAis oi 1898, de-
c!afing that e State has the right
to withdraw fq6m the Union for suf-
/ ficient cause, of which each State
must be its own judge.
! Buchanan in his message said he
failed To find in the constitution any
authority TO coerce a State and conf
pei it 10 remain in the Union.
Though the Democracy had u major
! ity in Congress when the Rebellion
commenced, not finger was raised
Y by them tn stop the rebellion IN its
Infancy. They claimed that the ma
ton was coRfederacy OF independ
ent sovereign States, held together
/. in the Union merely by agreement
/ which might be broken by any State
at it, own pleasure. That South
I Carolina had the right to dissolve the
compact, aud being sovereign State
there was no earthly power above
it-no power to keep IL in the Union
longer than H. chose to remain.
/ Such a state could make compact,
/ treaty or agreement. hut no power
! could enforce such bargain. IL
could be violated ~ pIengure.
This doctrine ial been endorsed
! hy the Democracy fora qnarter of a
century. Believing thus honestly,
they could not. Of course vote for APP
| preparations for the army aud navy
to put down the rebellion, Tens Of
thousands Of the young Democracy
| spraug to arms for the defense OF the
UuiOu. and fought ~ bravcly as did
any Republicans. Bat the old leaders
remained true to the traditions Of
the party, and opposed the War.
They tell us this Is a dead issue.
| would admit this they had given
up tlelr pflneiples upon lltis dhfs-
'ion and rcpenied. bat they haTe
done neither. Senator Eaton sara IA
Congress only last spring That this
Government was not nation, but
only II confederation OF sovereign
States. lie had hut recently stepped
into Congress-~was ono Of the
fruits "t "a recent Democratic Vic'prg
at the polls In Connecticut foih'
me, If you can, To ah utterance OF Il
single representative Democrat re-
pudiating this doctrine. untli 1t Is
authoritntively repudRted by that
party IL is not dead issue. There
; viii be 50 "X-reheis ~ NE next 'oh-
gress. Carl Schurz - kicked ont o'
the senate, and II succeeded by III
ex'r,'hcl General irom A!s-"hrl'
Who have they nominated Iof GOV
ernor III Iowa? NOT an eN'oh'"''
soldier, nor one VINO EyinPh'hi"co
with Union soldiers hat an or,
Bourbon Democrat ha'iFe "i VI"
Virginia. they tell us 'ha' ny V"t'
ing for Il rampant l'nd''al-i"rac''
dreeley~~'hey gave "E'o'"'' % ''a'.
ing given up ~" oof'f''e' - ''"'
evidence HORACE pfs'''FS' ,"'""s" !"
the columns oI u" Ne" ''fN '''D
'ale, declared mat ''l'' u '''' Pe'p''
nf apy State W"nlea 70 ~ 'u' - Wv
Union he would let ln"ln Gp Ii'',
lie wa5 always coi'ihi''eh 70 ''"'
old Democratic dogma
Republicans h"'h ~ tue "","'"'
asserted III the DocInfa''"" u i'''
penucnce, lhaE ail iiI"i' "s'' N''"'I"
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