The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1875-08-13

disruption ~ the Democratic nafty. Mcau-
Mngle state y ha- 40 happened that
,on''hiign th,-sn To- nominate tnte officer
onif officers Who will have no Jurisdiction owe
W." currency question has, uIp,n this question
aipi'd platform that my judgment does not ~
prove. have heen Democrat all my life, an,
When aud where tohc Democrat was 10 he POLITICAL
erir,cissi have clung 10 tie party IN fts dafkes
houa as veil ~ In is brightest with something akiI
70 hvo'ion hecau-o my head and heart approved IL
,Sndsnen,al principles yet look 70 i as destine,
aud economical government, IN prOnnte fraterna
leelings between all s parts and 10 JsrIeuate fire.,
Institutions i9r ages TO come and can not ny any
wonl of act ol mine, ooniribuie 10 lis overihrov.
Know that II l. not infalible for party Is imam
Die. Know that II has committed errors, and thai
every party has committed them but also know
lhM ~ fundamental principles are ~Jund, and that
H. nufp1sss are honest and patriotic II therefor,
well dcafr'es and commands my support and al.
though NY influence may he small and my service,
hllle wo,th II has Just claim 10 them 10th that
have thought II proper 10 make these remarks ~
my hrst speech ot tho campaign, aud Ir-sibly one,
Tor all, Tor u may 10 happen that, my ,ievs bcinl
clearly expressed and generally known, " will moi
hc nrucssafy 10 ofeat them. Mud important ~ thi.
currency question is there other questions that
IN my iudlrneut are still more important, and thess
prvlpse ~ the course ui the canvass, To discuss
hut have lscn personally assailod and misrepre.
senici, aud the hard-noury Democrats Of Ohio with
whom act nave hecu tauntcd and ridiculed aud
seli-r~TTct, and the duty owe to them, de-
they and SLEEVE and that should set forth why
without Inconsistency humiliation or loss oi honor,
~ IAN support oar iichot. And, h,sldcs MY cun-
siltueuts have right 10 my opinions uI0n public
Affairs le they worth much or little, and have M
disposition " conceal them. Aud lastly, ! hold 1t
tu w. my duty tp advocate what l~lcvc TO he true
have said. and repeated IT, that We can, without
dshonor OF III. surrender Of any PriHcipie support
the ticket, and have given you some, reasons ior
lhis "rinioni hut not all that may lie given, and
ihoush the task ma, seem supnrtous, beg leave "a
drtatn YOU with II little longer.
And, m tie nrst place, observed of political
pllitotms In general, that no platform ever was
adopted by any party Convention that, In every par
ucuiHr, reccNel the approval II every member VI
the party. There Is always something inserted or
something left ont that causes criticism. Indeed the
business II platform mak ing has attained mmen-e,
aud some IeroiS think Unreasonable, proportions in
THIS generation. The time was when II mih-
Cient to know that man was Feieralist or a
Democrat To knov what were his political opinions
Then u was not deemed Becrssary for either party u
sol"innly piomulgate creed every year much l,-ss
70 resolve uI-n every minutir of puhlic concern.
lhen platform making a. a means oi suc'ess, not Of
tue party but In the party, had not ieen invented
much lcs l.rume dnr art Eut nov ~ have
ncetiy ~ rnite hundred slate platforms con-
struttcd every year, and how many minor
platiofms arithmetic Is scarcely able To tell.
Aud these multitudinous deliyerances are, as
i.ight we'll h. expected a. various and change
able rs the scasous themselves. In some ~
more OF them any year may he found reflected
every opinion, however crude, and dogmatic judg-
, n,n' W." W, 'n.ssuIc, no"etI nihus. me
"ht year "lNfu- th' pVe- r''n the "'he'i eh-
n'i. ~ s,os i''o's,s.s"s} % WIN .ne No,h =, ,nt
him imnli,iiiy N niaiIorms ihs ,h"0Sea ' ihs .s
.,uiJ s',ycIv H., ,,G,. y.,i,,s r fsn
tastic than his lin, cnns,s,ncnc, IL that the ,,,s
have, Ia great extent, lo-t faith IN platforms A
vast majority do not mad them at ALL and Of thosc
n.tbiug l,T tb,u, ,uher ,cn,e s,...int, nov, N,
they arr shamelcSsly violated when power has b,cn
attained, come tn regard them as iickS and shams
The r,sul, oi ths Is that man strongly attathei Ia
his party for reasons suficicut unto him, would
make himself ridiculous aud lbs. s.lf-rtsIs,ct and
he respect Of his fellow were he &, .tIge his
make a blunder in a platform.
As.in. The currency ,,,s,i,,n 81 far as I,.,izI,
ion can afi,ct IT, rests with Congrcs, The ofhc,rs
Ia Lc elected in ,hio mi. ye,r viii have a. have
,i,.,dx ali ~, ,vc, n II a. Natnn,I
and nal a u,er, State Concrrn and aith,,,s cyc, y
state has rrrf.rt right to ,,,ess its opinin nr-1
N md ma nrn,..riy Jn - w., H. .,l,tion il A.
,'l,ssI ,n1 ih .s,.,putaii,,s cl ali tho stats In
Congress ass emhl,-l. And the drafting ~ MAI onai
Iarty platform upun it, to lr submitted to the I-,,-
p. is the Office Of National ConVention rrI,rsssnt-
Ing the PARTY In all the states such q Convention
VI our party will meet next wear, and its deliver
ance We may fairly presume will reflect the oidn-
lon aud manifest the will Of the entire Democracy Of
the Erpuhc.
~ -. ,L,, s,.i ,,.,,. t,, ,h,, ,;o ,,f ,,,,,
,,r,s H. IN, mi ,,nI,rrl,u .,,.t,n,e ~ n,,ny
,,,,s II uns,tr,ass,,i 1..In,ss in ,s,vcr lis fnrt
han
,,",,in, E,,h tbs, i, i, again dst,n,J io i,lr and
-, -i,., ~ ~. J.s,it,, oi IN. n.tlnn
-, - ,-iI' :, 4, ,.,-, l.,
u i not lHf'!, my li"hls, !" N sh,nu"he,i io'
uahsuty 'Nus's lna snuuenls all'' anu a. sunuts-
" lh's away i's iuun"sh"hs ai' nD uV'fi i's iiii
0pl'e '"" ''''l! ih"iNn'sh WIN theN'iY ha'uie ui
h"l, ~ lNthil " "s'"ia'on - l"''5 q, ~ sp''
m'u, s'al eNist. ~" N,lnv"l |. ~ -".''u -u1,
m'h IN la,I nha'eN'i mihnt :" " nal"s, N"u,u
son o,ds,, hseI lnests' p'hNia'" H.n'p,s ar
,.it S,, r ,., ~, ,hs In
H""'m N""lu nave u" ii''' On 'he 'h'"'
But II Is tune 10 refer more particularly to some Of
the points Of difference lStsen Us aud our adVer-
Slfics, aud To some OF the causes ol complaint that
justly exit against Radical administration. And,
INST let s briefly consider oCal sell-uN rrnment and
iis opposite, ceniIa<aiion what Is local ssh-gov-
ernmen,' II Is not nulihcati,n o. s'oc,slpn as It's
enemies - often talstiy assert. u has nothing IN
common with ia" docttlues "i hu lhction or s,ceS-
sion. u may exist, and IN better days Of the H.
pul.hc did exist, as iully aud completely In the
non a. u could have d"ne had every STATE htsn IA
al nteths, separate Sovereignty, Local seli-gOy-
crEmrni Is simply the right oil community To make
aud administer Its own Jaws upon every subject that
concerns II alone To Illustrate; The doctrine Of
lo'al stii-so'ernmenl delnahds thh me laws that
govern tine purely domestic cunCv NJ Of Ohio shall
hs uade and administered by ono alone. The
doctrine OF Capitalization on he'ontrary demands
that these laws shall be made by the congress Of the
United states and administ'red by the Federal Ju-
diDlrrand Executive. Nou see at once how widely
and Sically different aro these two systems, and
how mumentuus must he the Consequences oi main
Aililii- NiN one 'i iilf hiHfi ihNi "ltif
that LET me call your attention 10 the tact Of how ar
'bc principle oi local ,'lf-sovernment has always
prevailed M ONO lnieT our constitution Of lsn@
oT that Of 1851, the General assembly might have
l11-ated Tor every subdivision OF the state, how
ever small and in reference TO every subject how
ever peculiar 10 that subdivision. such SYSTEM Ia
great extent, has always existed IN France, Nher'
not mad can he made, bridge built, oreven mill
erected withuut permit from the central Admins
traion. such was the system that prevailed IA that
country Tor many centuries, and which has not,
h,hcNe, hosn much modified even at this day How
widely diervnt from such Capitalization Of power Is
ths stem Ia Ohio adopted 10y oar iathers and per
I=tuatci ever sin,e The state j. divided into uu-
msrpus suldysions--sobts Of thom eNoo~lingly
smtll-and upon each ot these subdivisions the
power Is h'' niilerl'l 81 lrtulauhg IA gr'ai"t or
hNs drf''r' u own l"emNf 'itoihs lht
smallest 'ui"lNisiHh y, Nhe N'h'pi hnltitl,
wuh IT, htud "l trustees, authorized Ia
ruvi ~hnpl, ,h"us'S ,mpd"l icahtn, super
va" thr ho"s ana l9r lhese puripss TO levy with
"a" as'gni OF me E-pe' taxes 70 hlhllei amount,
hlsihs ~ ", Ns', N' 'nhle 70 me l"shsllp' WIN
~ hsd ui ltusu's 'n'lH~ei'd :" IA "ul 90 ,aOtt
certain i~'is' IN s'hh' ''ah''' h'i"i luhl' hulhl-
iNss' 10 tfo'he iH lhe temporary s"PIIri oi ih'
ls"r' aud To rrlwm u,hei luh, ,I"ns mat concern
lhe loNhshlp atone 'll ai'n 'l"'ht,l WIN hoiied
power 81 AAsll"h' NrNi .om" lhe ,lu'r shd VII
h'kes' WIN tneli gN'st lsSlsialui's lhe '"inmpt
'"uh,iia "uih"'iN'" !" mas law 'ai'h "iu'haht'e
anu ahu lheli Various 'Nt'u!so "'h''is, tnals'h WIN
lhelt 'ANu,uh OF Nln lh. ioSiNal9h :" lht
SAGE anu hei' afali, liill''-i lnN"i nl taxation
= s,nhi'n'n ulA'h ln' .Sh hgl>lhuie oi tue muhlti-
panty hNlhk ltl hkti We tsHit 10 lhai kttdi SUD