New-York tribune., 1876-09-30
4 SPEECH BY Ex-sENAroR FESToM

TIE ISSUES or TIE CANVASS-BAD RECORD OF TIE
DEMOCRATS TnDESs SUPPORT or THE
STATES RIGHTS DOCTRINES = REPUBLICAN RE
PORN.
JAMESTOWN, Sept. 19.-Ex Senator Fenton
addressed large audience at a Republican political
meeting held here tonight Below extracts from his
aeeoh which was frequently interrupted by hearty ap
pause:
My point Is to enforce the truth with little attempt at
Ar-ineat that the moving sentiments which have here
oOre distinguished the two parties remain practically
10 the country from the temporary elevation of the anti
war Democracy, they are wholly unlike Repubc9ns IN
sway in national AFFAIRS even for season, Is 70 be
avoided. Ia other words, 1t Is the momentum o. ideas,
1t last N settled ecnyieions behn6 The candidates aud
Platforms tlat CHALLENGES our tnongau d Sa scces
oeyerY avenue Of American character ana ROVefnmen
moi long e IS e N o aoIG u o e 1dS each by lis
e0Dstheut elements by It's record ana ny its sstaO-
sshed tendencies upon greaa quIas sdsass,,0s and
Pedges made when trying to secure VOtes;
a. The history OF reconstrnet%on ION ao INC pooto ~ ~
The enfrachsed in their CIVIL and political rights s
legal tender currency on the ground Of ITS mcOnstitu-
honay and tho subsequent favor 70 tBc Increase o. .s
easf would sti1 frtber unsettle values and lead 70
Ejaculation and ruinos ventures IL not 10 actual repu-
tehdcncy 20 hOme rule OliaTcby the ono hand and
Disregard OF the pubie honor on Inc 0thet, ase ia no
hng upon the rights OF men IN the former slave States
What else this declaration here and there these votes
how and then and this OcBst mt erasyeness touching
the pledged faith of the GOVernmentI Mr.. Hewitt
p his somewhat elaborate speech IN defense Of BIT TIL
een near the close OF the late session as you VIII reein
ber read dispatch from Mr. MaBiOn Marble in AID Of
seh attempted vindcatiOu IL Was an extrct troHi an
Unpublished address, prepared by Mt Ideh IN OetoDcr
1852 for the purpose Of defining the position which nc
llllden) thought the Sew-YOrk democracy ought
70 take" at that time, and which Dir. Marble
sATa they did take. IN this extract is I"nnd
TIE following remarkable sentence addrssScd
y the rciels ia against the Government; Wlthln
Ne Uni0R wil give yOu the constitution you profess
% reyere renewed with fresh guarantees OF equal Hghts
.aa equal safety We will grye yoH everything That
iofa sefgoverment dctBands; eVetythng tlat cohl'
mon ancestry Of glory, everything that national ifa-
tefty or Christan fellowship requires" but We can
ngt onseDt 20 disDgInbeflnent a thc UHon, &c NON
Ehcn ts remembered that the construction which these
secs elaned for tie constitution they pfofessed 20
revere md the local selfgoyOiDmcnt" they demapded
sas eho right seoode from the Union Whenever they
ehnse te right extea their Institution OF human
saseEy over al Of tbe public domains the right 70 make
setdSaE sectional and slavery NATIONAL coupiod with
etlssnl o. the right OF majority OF tho whoto people 70
eet d inaaKurate President Of their choice, * such
soiee was displeaeBg 20 skenwat, let ne AK, n this
nnguage Of Mf. Tuden's, given 70 us by
ny; hsFbaa bat q recognition Of the Justice
sd propgiety OF all those mODstrOus elaiTnsf
n view Of this record it win hardly be asked what
sead ee s executive relations 30 tho Southern States,
ADsacns tbs Southern war ciains the cotton elains,