The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-08-08

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their congregation to keep them. III
then referred TO the Hamburgditiculties
He did
NOT WANT VENGEANCE
| for all these crimes in the South, but h'
did wish 10 see the calm majesty OF th'
law visited on the perpetrators of thes'
crimes. There was no instance stated ye
in which the glorious Democracy il
power in any State in, the South had pun
ished any OF the murderers who commit
ted murders for political purposes. A
few lessons like that Of Hamburg woulc
be sufficient 10 show the class OF men re
Gently enfranchised that they must no
vote for that party which had given then
liberty and their rights !ils t'ts
| He then reviewed the Alegislation o.
Congress on amendments 10 the Constitu
ton, and said that those who voted
against the 18th Amendment in the Sen
ale were Davis, ,,of Kentucky, Hendricks
now Democratic candidate for Vice
President, McDougal, Powell, Salisbury,
and Riddle.
HERE wAsA DEaocRATI CANDIDATE
for Vice President coming from free
State, solemnly recording himself in ia
yor OF retaining the institution OF slavery
when It was proposed to get rid Of ii in a
perfectly constitutional way. That legis'
iation was followed by the Democratic
Convention at Chicago OF 1854, OF which
Tiiden was "a distinguished member aud
which declared The war for the preserva-
ton Of the Union failure.
j Mr.. Morton said in the course OF the
debate on the 18th Amendment in the
Senate,
HENDRICKS DENIED THE POWER
Of Congress or Of the people Of the United
States to abolish slavery by constitu'
tional amendment.
Mr.. Edmunds resuming said personally
he had great respect for the Democratic
candidate for Vice President, but as he
(Hendricks) denied the power Of Congress
to make this amendment, il he should
by any accident get in the Presidential
chair away would go the 18th amendment
and all the others. He then read from
the Journal OF the Senate as to the action
on the 14th amendment and mentioned
those who voted against il as follows
Cowan, Davis, Doolittle, Guthrie, Hem
bricks, johnson, McDougal, Norton,
Riddle, Salisbury and Van Winkle. The
States which voted against this amend-
ment were all under control OF the Dem.
ocrats. They were Maryland, Delaware,
Kentucky and Texas. He next referred
TO the 18th amendment, aud said those
Senator's who voted against it were Bay.
ard, Buckalew, Davis, Hendricks, Nc.
Creary, Norton, Patterson, Salisbury,
Vickers and Whyte. The States which
voted against il were California, ::Dela.
ware, Kentucky, Maryland, Oregon and
Tennessee. Every Democratic State
voted against these amendments.
YET IN RECENT MANlFEsTos
put forth from St. Louis, and in the still
more recent one put forth from Saratoga,
the Democratic candidates, In spite OF
their history and that Of their party, said
they were happy to accept the present
situation, to give to everybody their con.
stitutional rights. The people were told
and asked to believe that there had been
a sudden reconstruction Of the Demo-
cratic party. There were not many who
would believe that tale, The Democrats
had steadily voted
AGAINST ALL CIVIL RIGHTS R1LLs,
and Jet the country was asked to trust
the rights OF the colored people to
that party. Was there ever such mock
ery?, 1t shocked common sense aud hu-
man credulity. The Senators might say
that he (Edmunds) was making a politi-
cal speech. So he was, and every speech
made here should be a political speech,
because the. members Of Congress were
elected to secure the people alf the .bless:
ings under the Constitution. 2
He next read from tie Democratic
platform adopted at st, Louis and said
he would not say ii was dishonest, that
would not be parliamentary but he
would say this; II those who had framed
| It had been dishonest men they would
have resorted to exactly such delusions
and deceptive phraseology to gain over
the people.
BE next read!from the letter Of accept.
ance Of Tilden and argued that II he
should be elected, the kind Of law and
kind OF constitution he would administer
would be that laid down by the 81. Louis
Convention. The peace and unity which
Tilden spoke Of existed at Albany and
Indianapolis butin Mississippi and South
Carolina there was no peace and order.
He argued that the present session OF
Congress had shown that the moment
that the Democratic partyshould get into
power all legislation to secure civil
rights TO the colored people
s.i WOULD BE SWEPT AWAY.
It had already been announced that
Congress had no power to legislate to
enforce any of these amendments; that
belonged to the States. Had not this
Senate seen in the appropriation bills a
sweeping proposition on the part. Of the
House Of Representatives to repeal every
law to secure any guardianship and in
spection over an election, for member
OF Congress even. Every time these
subjects had been discussed here, there
had generally been one stereotyped
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that the Republican party still kept up
their hate and animosity toward the
people Of the South, and Haunted the
blo5dy shirt. II there was any one duty
which the Congress of the United States
owed TO the whole'people, il waste ~
y uNsfAsK EVERY FRAUD
which any party might attempt toperpe.
trate upon the people. He denied that
the Republican party had any hatred
towards the'people Of the South, it had
passed no amendment to the constitution
which was said TO be wrong. In conclu-
sion he said the Republican party wanted
peace and not a condition ot caste and
aristocracy in the South,
Pending the discussion Mr.. Allison, OF
the Conference Committee on the River
and Harbor Appropriation bill, submit
tod a report that the Committee had
agreed upon the bill and II was ordered
printed and laid over until tomorrow.
The Chair appointed Messrs. Ingalls,;
Oglesby and cCreery a Conference Com:
mfttee on the bill to authorize the secre.
tary Of the Interior to deposit certain
funds in the U. s. TreHsury in lieu OF in
Il vaati0atinU them