The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-07-27

Leet and Stocking frauds in New YORK
city; of the fact that by the influence OF
the National Administration every South
ern State except Mississippi, in which
the Republican party has held sway, is
to-day bankrupt; of the fact that VIM.
w. Belknap is now on trial for high
crimes and misdemeanors; of the TACT
that the private secretary Of the Presi-
dent of the United States has been tried,
and although he was acquitted, was gull
tv of frauds upon the Internal Revenue;
of the fact that reforming Secretary OF
the Treasury has been compelled to re-
sign; of the fact that an honest Commits
sioner of Internal Revenue has been for
ced from office; of the fact that an honest
agent of the detective department has
been driven into private ife-with a
man who, in the face of all. these facts,
can say, "I am proud Of the administra'
ton of Ulysses S. Grant, it is worthy
successor to the administrations of Ad-
ans, Washington, Jefferson, Madison,
Monroe, jackson and Van Buren," with
a man who can say this, | for one will
not attempt to argue. 1t is useless ZAP
plause)
There is another class with whom de-
batting is useless, and that is the class OF
people who think that this country is
sill engaged in a war against the South;
that it is necessary for the Federal Gov
ernment to keep an army Of occupation
in the South for the purpose of protect
ing, by armed Federal influence, the
lives the persons and the property of
citizens, of the United States who may be
travelling in this barbarous and foreign
country to which we are building rail-
road from Cincinnati. | say there are
people who believe that the war is still
going on, and that it is necessary for us,
under the banner of the bloody shirt,
and the chieftanship of Oliver P. Morton
on his crutches, to march upon the South
and conquer it, reconquer itand reannex
il to our loving selves, in order that we
may hold it in close and loving embrace
as part of the United States of America,
and that it has not been reconstructed
and not reanneXed.
But friend of mine, who lives in this
vicinity, published in the Commercial
the other day, the reason why l-Calling
me by name-had no right to urge the
election of ilden, and one of them was,
that the moment Tjlden was elected ev-
cry citizen of Northern birth living at
the South, and every Colored man would
be driven into exile or semi-slavery. l
| was notsurpris, d when | saw those fa-
miliar initials, and saw the terrible de-
scription of the woes that would afflict
our unhappy country if Tilden was elect.
ed. was not surprised that our friend
was so vehement in his opposition to
our Southern Railroad that we are build.
ing, forgetting, as he did, that this very
Democratic Congress which is now in
session, had placed in his seat jeremiah
Haralson, man of color from the State
of Alabama. He forgot that Demo
cratic Congress, with all the prejudice Of
color, including these seventy Confeder-
ate Brigadiers who are said to be there,
had absolutely voted Haralson into his
seat, Notwithstanding a Democratic
of Congress was contesting it,
and he a man of color. He forgot, too
no, he could not forget that, because he
could not prophecy-that only yesterday
the Committee on Elections of that same
Congress have reported in favor Of the
contestant, Platt, from the
State of Virginia, against the Democratic
occupant ofthe seat, Good. We can not
forget that from the day Republican mis-
rule ceased in the State of Virginia no
disorder has existed within her limits
When man tells me, a Republican, an
old Abolitonist as | am, that supported
the Thirteenth, fourteenth and Fifteenth
Amendments as did, and thank God
that | did-when he tells me these peo
pie are not safe at the South, that we are
still at war, tell him if he is honest he
is mistaken, deceived; ifhe is not honest
as many are not who make the complaint,
that he is simply raking chestnuts out of
the fire by the hands Of those who be-
lieve with him that are honest. Laugh
ter and applause
Judge Hoadly continued his remarks
at some length, with a view of showing
that the "bloody shirt" had been tiaunt.
ed long enough, and that there was moth.
ing to be apprehended from the South in
the event of the election Of a Democratic
President. He commented sharply on
the mismanagement of the South by the
present administration. He referred to
Ihe fact that by the election returns, Nc
Euery, instead of Kellogg, was the Gov
ernor of Louisiana. Kellogg was sus.
.ained by Federal bayonets. The warm,
right had of friendship was, as John A.
Andrew said, what should be extended
TO the South Many of the Southern
States, when returned from bayonet rule
20 the control of the people, were in
state of bankruptcy. Their money had
0een all stolen, and their finances hope
essly involved. There was a history of
shame, a history of disgrace, but there
vas not, in the efforts that had been
made to right these people, anything
ike war. (Applause,)
The people Of Virginia were right
when they elected Gilbert G. Walker
Chief Magistrate of their State, and they
lad abused no colored people. The peo-
ole of North Carolina were right when
hey impeached Holden, and thrust him
n shame from the Chief Magistracy of
,he State which he had disgraced, and
which he and his allies had bankrupted.
Had they done any wrong since? Not
It all. And so it would be in Louisiana.
The moment the people in Louisiana re-
,ained control of the State from the War
moths. and the Caseys, and the Pack
.rds, the moment these men were driven
nto political exile the State of Louisi-
ma would be as quiet as the town of
Avondale. (Applause,)
Judge Hoadly continued: Now, Mr..
Hayes says in his letter many words of
indy significance to the South. l am
lad to read them. l am sure he is err
ectly sincere in them, for l believe him
o be sincere man. But is he any more
incere than was Ulysses s Grant when
le said, LET us have peace?" That word
rent all over the United States. 1t was
N the banner of the Republican party
for one believed in it, and when the
ime came for my putting my ballot in
he ballot box, it had upon it the name
f Grant; and how much peace did we
ct by it2 How much peace will Cover
or Hayes give us? He will give us
nore peace than Grant has. That is |