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OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE UNITED S1A1eS
osfltlkl JOURNAL Of NEW ORLEANS
THE REPUBLICANS PARTY
WHAT IT HAS DONE, AND
WHAT IT HAS TO DO.
A Speech by Hon. Oliver r. Morton,
Of Indiana, Delivered at trbana,
Ohio, August Z, 1915.

Ohio, August Z, 1915.
Fellow citizeps-Again the people Of Oni
are called upon to make o.ce between 70
Rapublican and Democratic parties. an
success Of Governor Allen and his co
leagues upon the ticket will be the success
of the Democratic party. in which the ind
yiduality of these gentlemen will be almos
entirely lost. II is important, therefore, :
review the history. the principles, the pun
Doses. and inevitable tendencies OF tina
partv. in order to understand the cOnse
guences likely to result from its success. !
ia the boasc OF that party that lite p incipie
have not changed, and that it cherishes tn
same doctrines yesterday, to-day. and Tor
ever But this is true only as to constltu
tional questions or those concerning tn
origin and nature Of the government AM
of the rights of men, for it can not be al
frmed tru,bfuIly that upon economic Iues
t;ons or those of general administration tn
. party is agreed or haa any settled principles
or views whatever.
THE DOCTRINE OF SECESSION IN THE SOUTH
Alexander II. Stephens, late Vice Presi
dent of the Southern COnfederacy, now 8
member of Congress and the representative
man of Southern opinion, in an address OF
the fourth of July at Atlanta. strongly
stated the constitutional grounds upon
which the people of the South and the
Democratic party stand. He said that each
State is nation, separate, independent and
distinct from all the others; that the States
being separate and distinct nations, are at
sached together only by the constitution OF
the United States, which is treaty to
which the States in their sovereign, inde'
pendent character are parties, and not the
people in their aggregate and primary Ca
<hA Yot
ereign nations like England and France,
who have formed treaty which they call .
constitution, creating an artificial cOnfed-
crate government, resting upon the shout
ders Of the separate nations entering into
the coalition. From this constitution or
e0ntederacy it follows that any Of the ma
tional parties have right to withdraw at
pleasure, and this is the doctrine " hich made
the rebellion possible, by which it was in
augursted. and by which others may be
upon any question, in any part ut the cOun-
try that may become dissatisfied or pass
under the lead of rebellious dems gogues, of
which We now have q living and pestilent
brood.
THE DOCTRINE OF SECESSION IN THE NORTH.
This blood stained and reasonable doc
trlne is openly avOwed in the South and in
dorsed by the Northern Democracy under
the phrase and label Of state sovereignty"
Senator Eaton, of Connecticut, in speech
IN the United States Senate, Just before its
adjournment last spring, used the following
lanSSsge;, .,;. or.,,,,a,,, ha.,a
honorable Senator on this Il ,or, within the
last twenty days, call il q sovereign nation.
A curious idea that Senator has of repre-
sentative republic! This government of
ours, this great confederation of States, is
not Q parion; it is . cOnfederacy Of nations.
It 10 composed of soverei2nties. know the
honorable Senator from Indiana Mr. Nor
ton stated in his seat the other night that
there were no such things as independent
sovereign States. In the State
Of New Jersey. beg to ask of the hon
orable Senator from New Jersey. is not
New Jersey . sovereign State. sovereign in
every thing the States of this Union are ex
Cept in the powers delegated to this organ !
Of theirs, the al government! Aud
. nation, is it! Sir, should disgrace
my own State, ] should forget the names |
of Ellsworth and Sherman if I did not !
denOunce that heresy.
A certain number of the States, |
eleven, adopted and ratified the constitu.
ton OF the United States. Nine was the
minimum limit. Now. VIII At became OF that
little commonwealth, so ably represented
on this floor by my distinguished friend
from Rhode island (Mr. Anthony! She
=
was she, beg to ask my friend. the senior
from Rhode Island, what
was she for that year and half! Not q
member of this nation, or this cOnfederacy
Of States. What was she then She was
one of the sovereign powers of the earth,
small though she was, and f1oated her glo-
rious little flag over every sea- Neither
gentleman from Rhode Island will deny
that she was an independent sovereign
Of tho oopth What Nnrth I
Carolina, that refused to come into the
Unionl One of the sovereign powers
Of the earth, and every Senator knows
it. Yet We are told here that there
are no independent States. Those States
were sovereign and independent, owing no
allegiance to the constitution of the United
States. They had delegated no powers to
lose! beg to ask the honorable Senator ,
from Rhode Island, what did Rhode Island !
lose of its sovereignty when it came into {
The Union except the powers it delegated !
when it came into the federal government!
l announce that every State in this
is sovereign. is independent; as
and independent as it was in 1886, g
Except in the powers it has delegated by :
he constitution. defy any man or Sena- {
or to successfully controvert it here or 9
my where, now or at any time. This /
3 government OF States. This is gov. 9
of States-equal States, sovereign
states, independent States. When it ceases r
o be government of tina: character, may u
be long after have laid my bones IN the
OIL near my own river. That is the nature
4 this government in brief, formed by in o
dependent sovereigns, formed by free States r
prined by equal States t
HE DOCTRINE OF THE REBELLION. AND j
WHAT IT COST. n
Here the Democratic Senator from New
IL gland spoke the true sentiments of his p
arty. and proves it to be the enemy of our q
ational existence. The Democratic creed 81
. the doctrine of the rebellion. 1t has cost ii
his nation half a million of lives and bill. p
ons of treasure. 1t has peopled the land Il
Nth widows and orphans, and filed it with r,
lOurning. ! denounce it as false in facts La
nd logic. This government was not formed Il
= the States, and is not the organ of the IL
tates. but by the people of the United g,
tates in their primary and aggregate al
apacity. The stamp of falsehOod is placed p,
pom this doctrine by the preamble of the I'll
which declares, THAT we. the til
eople OF the United States. in order to b,
,rn more perfect union. establish
lstice, insure domestic tranquility, pro. W
ide Tor the common defense. promote | W
re general welfare and secure the q,
essings OF liberty to ourselves and pos h,
rity, do Ordain and establish this consti. al
Ition for the United States of America" ri
0 show the utter sbsnrdity and folly OF n,
lis doctrine cite sir gle fact. There are til
nv that belonged to the United States, til
I'd which was the property Of the nation. -,
lese States were created by acts Of Con. ~
ess, and but for those acts would to-day
dependent Territories. They are the Oft "
ring OF congressional legislation, and CT