Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-08-18

Mr.. Garfield. Let the extract and the
denial stand together. But, sir, I will
qubte q resent utterance of public opinion,
The authenticity Of Ehich I am quite sure
No oRentleman viii deny. They will neither
deny the ability nor the prominence Of
Robert Toombs Of Georgia, formerly Sen"
/ ator and Secretary of the Treasury. On
the 25th of January, 1876, he addressed
the Legislature of Georgia by invitation;
and the following extract from that
speech viii show how far the trans
formation hss taken place in him and IN
his followers:
I'VE got good many honest fellows into the
first Legislat1re. 51t vii tell you heE we koe
newspapers won I tell il TO you- we got them
there By carrying the black vote, by Intlmlda5
tion and bribery, and helped p DO IL Wouid
have scorned the people if they had not done i.
/ And will bay them as long as they put beasts
to 20 to the baliot-bOxi No man should be
given the elective franchise who has not the in
I telliRence to use Improperly. The rogue should
not have It, for government is made to pEnish
him: the fool should not have Il. for govern
ment is made 70 take care Of hiInl Now, these
miserable Wretehes-the 4ankees-haTe in
ieeted i've millions Of savages into the stomach
Of our bOdy-pOlitle, and the man who says he
accepts negro sulrege. L say, aecursed be he!
win accept everything; I viii accept Grant
and empire Del0fc VA accept buck = OlmO-
crati The poor, ignorant negro-talk Of him
governing you and mel 1t takes the highest or
der ofintellect TO govern the people, and these
psor wretehes talk Of governing nsi Why, they
can't perpstuRte their own negro power. In
the countries where they were IN the majority
I they did not preserve their power and perpetu-
ate their rule. Ny remedy helped US to break
that up. We carried them with US By bribery
and intimidation. ] advised it and paid my
money for it You all know it, but won say 1t.
But viii say i, for1 fear no man, and am am
prepared to render an account to none but the
Great Judge. before whom / must appear in a
i few years. for my enemies have thought my
Services to my cOantry 50 great that they have
done me the honor to exclude me from again
serving my people. contest that honor
Ritb our chief, Sir. Davis. / am just as
good as ne is, and he Is no better than am.
demand that they shall place me beside him.
! thank them for I'll II Is very few things that
Ihave to thank them for. but do thank them
for that.
In view Of the testimony have offered,
we must wait for an answer to the question,
when and where did the transformation
occur? It occurred long ago in the philo-
sophical and patriotic heart and mind Of
the gentleman from Mississippi; but has
it occurred in the majority Of the eleven
millions who Joined with him to destroy
the Union, to perpetuate slavery, to defend
the cause that Is now lest 2p
Had it occurred last week in the town
of Meridian, in the gentleman's own State?
/ quote from the Meridian Mercury Of July
18th, 1876.
We heard Lamar's scooba speech. and while
1 his truth to his beloved South, perhaps, famed
ont little more than common we remarked
nothing inconsistent with his other speeches
we had heard or read Of. The morning of his
arrival here the Mercury contained sharp
fling at him about the summer oration, and
that night at the court house he ventured to
chaStlse us sharply for it in the house Of our
friends and was bOisterO1sly applauded. We
lcOnsOled Ourself that the applause might have
been more IN compliment to the excellence Of
the oratory than in satisfaction at our eastiga-
ton. We had our revenge. though, IN taking
1 which We inaugurated the policy Of the can
vass IN spite Of him which carried the State like
prairie on hre. he, and Others who wanted
70 dress up in nice starched and irOned white
shirt that would shame the bloody shirt, estab-
lished laundry ct Jackson on the 4th OF Au-
gust, and great many patronized It and came
4 out in snowy White fronts to present themselves
ereditabiy before the northern public senti-
regarding the deep under-current Of public
opinion, they sdeclared by formal resolution
against the white-hne policy.
Ihe Mercury had sounded the depths Of that
under-current. and We knew it would not do.
In heart we felt with the platform, but our judg-
ment assured us that the CANVASS must be lost
on it, and that TO practice it were fatal error.
We denounced the platform upon the instant,
and took what care We could that Lamar 5
] speeches upon his national reputation should
not ruin our canvass We called upon the peO-
named it, and form the White Line beyond it.
The summons was music to their ears, and the
unconquered and uneonquerable Saxon race of
Mississippi rallied to the slOgsp-
We have got the State; we know how we got
it, We know how to keep 1t; and we are going to
keep it, without regard to race numerical ma
lj0rity.
Mr. Chairman, after the facts I have
cited, am not warranted in raising grave
doubt whether the transformation occurred
at all, except in q few patriotic and philo-
sophie minds? The light CLEANS first on
the mountain peaks; but shadows and dark
ness linger in the valley. II is in the val
! ley masses of those lately in rebellion that
the light Of this beautiful philosophy, which
] honor, has not penetrated. Is it safer TO
withhold from the eHstody and supreme
control of the precious treasures of the
Republic until the midday sun of liberty,
Justice and equal laws shall shine upon
them with unclouded ray
Ia view of all the facts, considering the
centuries of influence that brought on the
| great struggle, is it not reasonable tosuppose
that il villa require yet more time to effect
the great transformation Did not the dis
tinguished gentleman from Massachusetts
/ [ Mr. GEORGE F. HOARJ sum up the case
fairly and truthfully when he said of the
South, ,iin his Louisiana report Of 1874:
They submitted to the national authority. NOT
because they would, but bscause thsy must
They abandoned the doctrine Of State sovereign
y, which they had cla3mcd made their dnty 10
1 their States paramount te thai due TO the natiOn
in case OF conflict, not because they would, but
Il 0srrtr N q o.
stitutional amendments, Which rendered their
former slaves their equals in all political rights
not because they would, but secanse they must
The passions which led 70 the war tie passions
1 whien the war excited, were left untalned and
unchecked, except 30 far as their exhibition was
restrained by the arm OF power.
The gentleman from Mississippi Mr.. La
MARI says there is no possibility that the
South viii again control national affairs. if
the Democracy be placed again in power.
How is this7 We are told that the South
will vote as unit for Tilden and Hendricks.
Suppose those gentlemen also carry New
York and Indiana. Does the gentleman
believe that a northern minority Of the De-
mocracy viii control the Administration ?
Impossible But ifthey did, would It better
the case?
Let me put the question in another form.
Suppose, gentlemen of the South, you had
won the victory in the war; that you had
captured Washington, and Gettysburg, and
Philadelphia, and New York and we of
the North, defeated and conquered, had
lain PROSTATE at your feet. Do you believe
that By this time you would be ready and
willing 70 entrust to us-our Garrisons, our
Phillipses, and our Wades, and the great
array Of those Who were the leaders of our
thoughs-7to entFust US the fruits of your