Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-09-28

Mississippi mtlSt protect It's own citl-
lens. but that the government has
nothing to do with 1t unless the Gov
ernor or Legislature Of the State calls
upon the general Government. lap
plause.l The United States claims
the right to draft every citizen into
the army. It claims the right to
stand every able-bodied man in 'front.'
OF q cannon in time Of war; and now
to say that when peace has spread
her beautiful wings over our land,
when some citizen is struck down,
that the United States cannot protect
him when the United States will
make him protect 1t, Is Infamous.
Applause and cries of"gcod. good. VI
The flag that will not protect its pro-
tectors is dirty rag. lApplause.
It contaminates the air in which
IL waves, and II that Is the true the
DRY of our Government l despise it.
Applause. It is the duty OF this
Government to see to it that each
and every American citizen has all
his rights In every State Of the Union
(applausel, peaceably il we can, fore
IDLY five must. IGreat applause
The Republican party made the black
men Of this country citizens. 1t put
the ballot in their hands, and 1t is
the duty of the Republican party 70
see 70 1t that they have q peaceable
opportunity to cast their baollts.
[Applause.l There are plenty OF
men In the South who fought against
the Government and who were salts
fed with the arbitrament OF the war,
and who laid down their arms and
are Union men to-day. want the
Union TO protect them, too. APP
plause.l AS q general rule, how
ever, the population Of the South is
turbulent, and the best men cannot
control 1t, and men are shot down
for opinions sake. 1t ought TO be
stopped. Itisa disgrace TO American
civilization. They tell us the colored
men are treated very well. Oh, yes,
very welH read every little while
of two peaceable white men going
along not thinking OF anything, AZ
harmless and inoffensive as lambs,
and they are approached by ten or
twelve negroes, and the ten or twelve
negroes are shot, but tho two peace
able white men don't get q scratch.
Applause Tho negroes are the
ones to bite the dust; it is Infamous.
Applause The Democratic party
don't care. Samuel j. Tilden don't
care. He knows that many south
ern states are to be carried by asas-
sination and murder. .[Applause.l
And he Is willing that they should
go on. Tt Is Infamous beyond the
expression of language. What party
will be the most apt to preserve the
liberty Of the negro, the party that
gave 1t or tho party that denied 1t?
Who will be tho most likely to pre-
serve tho liberty Of the loyal whites
of the south, the men who fought for
them, or the men who fought against
them?
TiLDEN AND THE NEW YORK DEN
oCRACY.
The Democratic party have as
their candidate for the Presidency
Mr.. Samuel j. Tilden. Is ID enough
for me to say OF him that no Is a
Democrat. lie belongs to the Demo
cratic party of the city and State Of
New York. The Democratic party
OF the city and State of New York, as
l understand it, and we have heard
1t out west, never had but two
objects, grand and petit larceny.
Great laughter. We always heard
out west that Tammany hall bears
the same relation to the Penitentiary
that a Sunday.school does to a
church. daughter and applause
understand that thehDemocratic
party of tho city of New York got
control Of the city when 1t didn't
owe dollar, and that it has manag-
cd to steal until 1t now owes about
one hundred and sixty million dol
lars. / understand that every con-
tract ever made by the Democatic
party of the city of New York was
larceny In disguise. / understand
that every election was fraud. /
understand they stole every thing
they could lay their hands on, and
oh, what hands! Laughter and APP
plause.l They grasped and cluched
until they stole all that it was posi-
bic for the people to pay interest
upon, and then, clapping their enor-
nous hands to their bursting
pockts, they began yelling for hon.
esty and reform. Laughter and APP
plause.) understand that Mr.. Til
den was pupil in that school, and
that he is now teacher In that
school. understand that when the
war commenced he said he never
would aid in the prosecution of that
outrage. / understand that In 1860
and 1861 he said the southern States
could snap the tie Of confederation as
a nation would break u treaty, and
that they could repel coercion as
nation would rcpel invasion. /
understand that during the entire
war he was opposed to Its prosecu-
ton, that he was opposed to the proc
lamation of emancipation, and de-
manded that the document be taken
back. / understand that he re-