Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-02-05

| thanks Of the State Of louisiana Wilt and
his Conservatiyes, II seemed, still wanted
| the Interference Of the military as VIM had
Bddressed the President Of the ,uniioa states
some very respeclfnl inteuot,nH ions ahd ur.
gently requested-dc -that the teoops
| of the United States should be ordered 10 re-
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| Speaker, this incarnation Of the law-9bidlng
spirit Of tho Democratic party. now after the
great lights Of the party had spdseIf here,
after " long radiance. of theiF.-yie~s had
reached all the way ~ the Gulf, addressed the
President Of The United States, asklng him to
march the soldiers Of the United States into
| the halls OF The Legislature Of Louisiana and
rcscat him in the chair. ads
Mr. Conkling read from the memorial Of
Witt and, resuming his argument said he
fCOnkling) was only looking to'seeh II was
really true, as charged here, That neyer. since
| the separation OF the Colonies from Great
Britain bad there been such danger To the
country. Was II trpc that The pillars Of the
temple Of the Republic were about To { am
blcY That liberty was about to fade and
| that the Republic was about 10 ''fOld its
tents like the Arab, and as silently 4steal
awayT
He was done with one scene Just enacted
in the sad history Of Louisiana, and ? now
| turned TO another What was the excuse
| for the disturbance thcreg What the 'Opol-
| ogy for the commotion in her bordersgs The
| plea was heard from the Senator from Ohio.
/ III was lnAL hellOEH WAS not III Jfuln CIeCtcu
but was falsely counted in. suppose he
wasg Did that justify the nameless horrors
which have stained the annalsi Of the State?
Other States have known deeper wrongs
than Lousinna's New Y,k had Known
deeper wrong. 1t was an open sedreb now
that in 1868 John t. Hoffman, was counted
into the Office Of Governor when the people
had elected John A. Griswolds The count
was falsiaed more than $4,000 in two
falsely falsely counted in. Who did si4 The
managers of the Democratic party, and they
| seated in the Legislature, year after gear men
| whom the people voted down at the Pallot-
| box. The same regime made courts and made
| them corrupt They issued frauduientnatural-
| ization papers by tens of thousands. a They
| appointed Returning Boards and made them
| corrupt They appointed inspectors OF elec-
tion who polluted and debauehed the ballot
| box. They so divided the chief city OF the
State as TO bisect blocks and houses 90 that
men dOmieiled in the same house icOuld vote
and repeat in different election districts.
They held State Of 100000 Of people by
the throat four years. BY such astoondng
means political party dominated that
great State, usurped power and plupdercd
her Treasury by the most COLOSSAL rob
berries of modern times. What did the RepuD-
lcans do? They did not resort to- ruthless
| violence. They did not resort to tho blade,
the bullet and the torch. They did not
butcher men, women and children. They did
not seize the chief city of the State, barricade
its streets shoot down its police. No, they
persevered in peaceful efforts. They asked
Congress to break the hold of organized fraud
on the ballot-box, that the citizens Of New
York might vote. How was the prayer re-
ceivcd in this chamber by the Democrats?
The people Of New York were blasted with all
the constitutional anathcmas OF the Democ-
racy. Those who remained in this
chamber mute, while they were pelted
with storms Of denunciatioh,l" have
not forgotten history, nor the cost
OF this legislation, but the law was passed,
and for the first time in years there-was an
election in New York approaching fairness.
leading Democratic paper called upon the
populace to arnl and pitebitlie officers of
election into the river but rioters have
wholesome dread of the claw and beak of the
Federal power Theydid not arnthcInselves
How different was the course Of the kmcn in
Louisiana who complained, of fraud, and dis
honest elections Thitty five hundred muir
ders and woundings in eight years, says Sher-
idan, for political PURPOSES Search the an
nails Of history. Search the fearful story OF
mans inhnmanity to maD, aud where IN mod
ern times can you find picture of such God
daring and man-hating monstrosity?4r
Finally, in September, under q formal proc
lamation OF Penn, the Government of
the State was seized by open revolution,
and her citizens shot down. Was it any won
der her securities had lessened in value? ?
Show him mode of pacifying the South, and
no matter what party opposed IL MS vote ~
should have. No party could liveto sand in
the way Of the pacification of the South.
Buster and revolution will not paeify the
Southern people. Bloodshed will net make
friends II he had the power 10 make his
voice heard and believed in every Southern
hamlet, in the sincerity of his heart he would
say: Build mend, heal, sow, plant-ln short,
20 to work. Let fair days wages be paid
t for a fair days work. Dwell together III IRA
+ ternity, and all will be well. n-s
The honorable Senator (fhurman1 said The
record was National Rlice G0=etie, and he did
not like it. He (Conkling) would tell that Sen.
ator how to stop it. DismouRL ,eee ,teee Fiaoa Fdiscom'
tiAGEt tdei sbbf266ddy' 'assizes OF the Democratic
/ party, and then the record will cease to be a
= Ndtioi.ol Police Gdzette. When the fate of the
: nation trembled in the uncertain balance OF
A war, the colored people struck no blow against
/ it. They prayed for the Union, apd, the
/, American people said they Should be
. free. They imbedded e.. their will with
: in the bulwarks of the Constitution. Tho
a nation forgave its enemies, but at the samt
Y time conferred the right of the ballot and self
? government upon those who had been op
) pressed for centuries. They were made cru
i. zens. There stand the amendments to tn
!. Constitution. Civilization is for them. TIT
n nation is for them. God IS for them, and po
# litcal parties and revolutonists shall not pre-
" vail against them. Social equality is no par
IS of them, but hate and pride rebel .agains
% them. This is the moral rebellion c
g ike ike and the the south win be Tranquil
n in year, Who doubts it? His friend be
Of fore him (alluding to Hoye) says in sixt
IN DAYS He (Conkling) guessed so. This Ta
~ ~ the issue in the South. He feared fo
~ awhile it would remain the issue, bat thos
rs most concerned could unite the knot. Ihos
10 who have their.eonfdence can persuide theI
IN | to discontinue their outrages. Peace would Nc
w be brought about by fqlsifying the truth.
n wouldnot be brought aboet by denials wors
10 than apologies for wrong. II would come
oi sooner or later, in an honest, manly acqu