The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1875-06-09

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bill. He charged that the Republicans
by their cry of outrage and "ku-
klux," and their resolutions in their
that there was no security
to life, limb and property here had kept
of immigrants from our State.
He affirmed that Kentucky was as free
from outrages and disorder as any
State in the Union, and said the Re
publicans were not rcsoluting about the
Outrages of Pennsylvania, Illinois, and
other States under Republican rule
where disorders prevail. He augured
that if immigration were secured Ken
lucky had brilliant future before her;
that she would at no distant period be-
come one Of the great manufacturing
States Of the land. If the Republicans
would only cease their bowling about
outrages and kuklux, foreign immigra-
ton would soon pour in upon us. and
our vacant lands speedily become trans
formed to splendid farms and beautiful
and happy homes. He referred to the
successful exertions of Governor Les
lie in suppressing lawlessness, and said
his patriotic conduct had not been sur
passed, if equalled, by any State Exec
utive. If am elected, he said, will
Use every legal power at my command
to preserve law and order and peace,
and throw the fullest protection about
the lives and property of citizens.
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
He said he was willing to trust the
people. He had favored the bill for a
constitutional convention, but reserved
to himself the right of an individual, if
he should see proper by that time-and
should discover any danger ahead-to
vote against the calling of the conven-
ton. or the constitution it might adopt.
The constitution needed some changes,
and he knew of no better time to make
them than while the State was under
Democratic control, forit would be safer;
but it had proven otherwise when con-
stitutions had been changed in States
under Radical control.
THE COMMON SCHOOL QUESTION.
He said this question demanded our
serious consideration. | have been al
ways, he said, the supporter and earnest
friend of free education. The history
of the worlds progress is tire history of
education. Washington spoke prophet
ically in regard to educatiml. The
country's grandeur depends OH the la
borer, the mechanic, the farmer, etc,
more than on the silver-tOnsued orator
or the professional man. And these
men, all who achieve cminence in their
avocations, are the results, the proud
trophies of our common school system
of education. The Radicals of Ken
lucky wanted to change our present sys-
TEN so as to embrace the negro, and
their leaders in the Legislature attempts
ed TO make the desired change-to turn
our common schools into mixed schools
for such would have been the practical
result and working had they sue
ceeded in obtaining their measured. -
They proposed to divide the school fund
with'the negroes, who are generally
non-property-holding, non-producing
class, and thus throw upon the white
citizens of the State the burthen and
expense Of educating the colored chill
dren. | am opposed to this whole
scheme, he exclaimed. / am opposed
to admitting colored children to our
schools. | am opposed to dividing the
school fund with the colored people
| so voted in the Legislature, and will
ever oppose it. lam emphatically for
applying the common school funds to
the uses and for the purposes TO which
they are now dedicated by the law. |
want it distinctly understood, whilst |
occupy this position, that neither | nor
the Democratic party are opposed to
the education of the children of the col
ored people. On the contrary, ii was
Democratic Legislature which passed
an act devoting the taxes collected from
the colored citizens of the State to the
education Of their children; while the
white citizens, in addition to the cost of
keeping up our common schools, are
compelled to pay all the expenses of
the State government, which protects
the colored people III person and prop
crty as well lis the whites.
THE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL.
He took strong grounds against the CIV
il rights bill, and denounced it as a meas
ure lraught with evil and unaIlOved with
good. lie called upon General Harlan to
define his position on this question. He
wanted To know if his com petitor lavorel.