The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-08-18
REPUBLICANISM.
Great Speech OF Hon. o. r. Morton,
at Urbana, Ohio, ON Satur.
day. August =, 1875.
An AFraignment or the Democratic
Party Of the Past and Pres
ent-The Southern
Question.

Question.
Defeated Rebels still Cling to the
Doctrine of state Rights
Secession not Dead.
This IL mo Time to Compromise with
Treason Open or Concealed
The Color Line.
The Financial Problem--RepubIfca
trasted-The National Banks
Must he Maintained.
FELLOw-CITIZENs Again the peo-
ple of Ohio are called upon to make
choice between the Republican and
Democratic parties. The success Of
Governor Allen and his colleagues
| upon the ticket will be the success of
the Democratic party. III which the
individuality of these gentlemen will
| be almost entirely lost. 1t is impor
tant, therefore, to review the history,
| the princi Piles, the purposes and lnev
| liable tendencies OF that party, In or
| der to understand the consequences
likely to result from it's success. 1t
| is the boast of that party that its
principles have not changed, and that
| it cherishes the same doctrines yester-
day, to-day, and forever. But this is
| true only as to constitutional ques-
| tions or those concerning the origin
and nature of the government and of
the rights of men, or it cannot be af-
frmed truthfully that upon economic
questions, or those of general admin
| istration, the party is agreed, or has
any settled principles or views what
| ever. =
THE DOCTRINE OF SECESSION IN THE
| SOUTH.
| Alexander III. Stevens, late Vice
| President of the Sout hern Conteder
| acy, now a member of Congress and
| the representative man of Southern
| opinion, in an address on the Fourth
Of J uly at Atlanta, strongly stated the
| constitutional grounds upon which
the people of the South and the Dem
| ocratic party stand. He said that
| each State is a nation. separate, lnde-
| pendent, and distinct from all the
others; that the States being separate
and distinct nations are attached to-
| gether only by the Constitution of the
| United States, which is treaty to
/
independent character are parties, and
not the people in their aggregate and
primary capacity. He represents the
States as sovereign nations like En-
gland and France, who have Termed a
| treaty which they call a constitution,
| creating an artificial confederate gov
| ernment, resting upon the shoulders
| of the separate nations entering into
| the coalition. From this constitution
or confederacy it follows that any of
the national parties have a right to
withdraw at pleasure, and this is the
doctrine which made the rebellion
possible, by which it was inaugurated,
and by which others may be upon any
| question, in any part of the country
that may become dissatisfied or pass
under the lead of rebellious dema-
gogues, of which we now have a living
and pistilent brood.
| THE DOCTRINE OF SECESSION IN THE
NORTH.
| This blood.stained and REASONABLE
doctrine is openly avowed in the
South, and indorsed by the Northern
Democracy, under the phrase and
label of "State sovereignty" Senator
Eaton, of Connecticut, In a speech in
the United States Senate, just before
it's adjournment last spring, used the
following language:
What is this government? heard
an honorable Senator on this floor.
within the last twenty days, call it
sovereign nation. A curious idea that
Senator has of a representative repub.
lic This government of ours, this
great confederation of States, is not a
nation; it is a confederacy of nations.
1t is composed of soyereignties. l
know the honorable Senator from In
diana (Mr. Morton) 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 honorable
Senator from New Jersey is not New
Jersey a sovereign State, sovereign in
everything the States of this Union are
except in the powers delegated to this
organ of theirs, the Federal Govern
ment? And nation, is it? Sir, |
should disgrace my own State, l
should forget the names of Ellsworth
and Sherman il l did not denounee
that heresy. "A certain
number of the States, eleven, adopted
and ratified the Constitution of the
| United States Nine was the mini
mum limit Now. what became of
that little commonwealth so ably rep
resented on this floor by my distin-
guished friend from Rhode Island
| (Mr. Anthony She was out in the
cold a year and a half. What was she,
[ beg to ask my friend. the senior
representative from Rhode Island
what was she for that year and half?
Not member of this nation, OF this
confederacy of States. What was she,
| then? She was one of the sovereign
powers of the earth, small though she
was, and foated her glorious little
flag over every sea. Neither gentle
men from Rhode Island will deny
that she was an independent sovereign
power of the earth What was North
Carolina, that refused to come into
the Union? One of the sovereign
powers of the earth, and every Sena-
tor knows it. Yet we are told here
that there are no independent States.
These States were sovereign and in
dependent, owing no allegiance to the
Constitution of the United States.
They had delegated no powers to the
Federal Government. What did they
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?
/ announce that every State in this
confederacy is sovereign, is independ
ent, as sovereign and independent as
it was in 1886, except the powers it
has delegated by the Constitution. I
1ofv any man or Sens to cuooaco