The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-02-18


surroundings, not yours. You must not
judge by the Legislature of Wisconsin,
whose only trouble has been coalitions.
You must consider that In that legislature
there was danger on every hand. do
not soy it was lawful act. 1t put the
Legislature upon the footing which the
law put IL upon and it allowed members
who were elected to talks :heir seata. Ii
was one Of those impu!sive acts done in
the interest Of law and order, and which
resulted in staying bloodshed.
The State of Louisiana is shown by testimony
to be substantially in a state of war. They have
there what is equivalent to a regular army. They
have what ls called the White League, made up
OF old soldiers OF the Southern army, They are
! regularly organized. They have their Captains
Generals and Commander in-chiei; ard telegraph
dispatch from that commander would put 5000
men in arms In New Orleans in s8 hours.
| What IL the meaning OF all this? What is the
purpose of it? We are not left at all TO doubt
upon this subject because in their resolution ard
10 their platform; and on their banner they have
inscribed their purpase, which is TO restore the
state government to the condition of being "a
white mans government" which means that no
colored man shall be permitted 10 exercise bis
rsSnt 10 vote. That produces condition Ofth1ngs
IN inc state which is almost equivalent 10 stale
! of war.
| hen Grant went there in the first place he
found fhese men under aims, and he Ordered.th en-
to disperse, and they did dsperse, but they went
nome ready 10 De cut again at n few hours notice
The famous telenraph which Sheridan sent to
Washington, In which he styled these men as
bandlti1, and suggested that If the Presiden,
would leave tie question him he wbnld take
care Otlt, was not intended for The Secretary oil
War. But on the day il Was sent the condition O
things In New Orleans was such as to raise The
belief that blood would be shed; and re thought
such dispatch would cause khe white Lcayuers
to 20 home. The dispatch did not suggest a
remedy lii strict contormaity with the law, but it
suggested to those rascals that they had batter
/ gel hcme. aid they "sot'
have stated what / believe to be the true
condition OF the Louisiana difficulty. and, while
! the President has besn troubled to perform his
outy, think every man Will say he has enforced
the laws. de has TO way 10 execute his duty
except through the army and the army never were
good lawyers, and they may hev- overrtepped the
boundaries CT the law. Ii The American neopls
require OF an army that they shall keep themselves
Wltnlu Cn6 line OF Inc constitutions, tney must
send body of lawyers, who shall determine how
many shots shall be fired, and whom the firing
sfail Cease.
There is one other subject which I wish tc
alude TO this evening, because ii is oneWhieh tho
Republican party in Congress and in the states
has to deal with, aud that is the management Of
| corporations.
Every man of wealth sympathses with every
! other man of wealth. You Introduce bill III
Congress- affecting 3bank in Maine. and every
bank Of California will shat . worse than The
Maine bank Cities are the homes OF the rich
men, and capital ceLters there. The Interests %
agriculture have never been represented by.a
| consolidated capital, Farmers live their far ms
more or less insulated from each other, ana have
no opportunit> to get together for consultation
aud foI their mutual protection.
| When these corporation began to spring into
existdnce very little v as thought about til ,m
Wher men came to the Legislature wanting bulls
passed authorizing The baildlDg ola road from
one point to another, the bills were not care /,
considered If the man was satisfied With having
q bill pasee authorizing aim 10 bnil0 a road Il
was done, and the members hurried on 10 some
thing OF importance postage stamps bacE pay, on
something of that klud. Laughter But very
soon it asceItained that these railroad,
would become, and were, the most profitable
investment Tor capital. railroads we're built al
thrO ugh the Unied States.
Now, 1t Is aEcer aine0 hat these charoers whiCt
were obtained contained provisions 50 broad Ina
managers can do as they like almost. There IL
no occasion Tor blaming railroads for nsing thet
| reasonable tolls they began 10 take tolls which
everybody tho1ght were uni easoLable.
Ii IL rubject that must be met III the face, and
hand ed by The legislature of This state and ~
other state, and by Congress. 1hese corporations
are interruptions. THY have 10 Learl, 0 eel
ing, no sympatbies You take the hardest hea' te(
man III the world pu suing me schemeof avarc'
and sOMe sight OF suft ring may sofit n him; hut
not so with corporate ns; they rec nothing bu
their own intel eSts.
| The whole subject has grown into importanc
within the last three or fOu: years. The legsatul
o. this state has attempted to regulate hi
subject, and now an attempt is TO be made Il
repeal the law known the Potter aW, tn
principal Of which is III the power OF the Sta e t.
regulate an manage the corporations OF lis owl
creation. And now as | am returning to priva
rfe, may exercise tie right OF private clivel
10 ,mplore the Legislature to adhere 10 tn
principle which settles the Question whether thi
state shall govern c0TporatlOos, or cooperation
govern he statct [Cheers
Some say the mission Of the Republican, part
Is ended, You might as well say that l. e mlsslol
of the chuIch ia ended because The Billie is print
ed, as to say that the mission of the Republican
party is ended.
AS long as there 10 wrong 10 be richted. q
IoLg as there is any privilege Of citizenship TO
protected, the mission OF the Repu blican part
will exist
Let me implore yon ALL as Republicans, havin
accomplished the purpose You had in vies
: separating Tito two hoGie. TO come back int
camp come to the common flag, and shou ldsr I,
shoulder march 4Or ward to the exec utiOn OF on
common purpose. [Lond aud long continues
cheering.1
From the Albany Evening journal.
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