The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-11-01
Rife Club Intimidation.
Mr.. scHURz DECLARES MILITARY FORCE TEE
ONLY REMEDY FOR THE SHOTGUN POLICY.

ME-. scHURz DECLARES MILITARY FORCE TEE
ONLY REMEDY FOR TIE SHOTGUN POLICY.
There is still one other thing / would call
your attention 10, and that is the question of
national peace. | do not mean 70 repeat what
| said of my action with regard to the Southern
people, and the impulse of generosity which l
have always followed. Of course / did that
with the expectation that satisfactory response
would be elected from the other side. We gave
them back their rights with q lavish hand We
gave them back their rights 50 shortly after the
rebellion that | can only repeat what / have said
before, that the generosity OF the American
people has never been equslled By any other
nation in the world in thai respect. We did il
will the Just expectation, or at least the reason
able expectation, that the Southern people, re-
ceiving their rights at our hand, might be
counted upon to respect also tho rights OF
others. am sorry TO saw that that
expectation has been in a grea; measure disap-
pointed. When you look az the State Of South
Carolina you will not deny that the situa-
ton Of things is exceedingly serious. ] am the
very last man III thecountry who would approve
Of the presence OF troops in the neighborhOod
Of the baAot-box, and l would stand by TO the
last in the endeavor to secure to every man the
right to vote uniphuenced by force OF any kind.
But. as things now stand, if the United States
troops are Withdrawn We are pretty sure to have
another armed force in It's place, and that is the
rifle clubs of the South Carolina Reform Democ-
facN. 1 pcifcNe IN reloFIn. 1eutientn. nub 4 10
not believe in the reform of the rife and the re-
volver in the hands OF a terrorist. Now, then,
they may succeed possibly in subjugating Re
publican majorities, but one thing | look upon
as perfectly sure-we have come 10 the settle
ment Of the questions growing out of the war
By debating certain Constitutional provisions.
These Constitutional provisions may, for the
time being, be oveTridden il this or that State,
but If the attempt is made-vhich | look for
almost as inevitable in the event Of q Demo-
cratic yictory-if the attempt is made 10 nullify
them in the whole extent OF the Southern
country, / am sure that the loyal people of the
United States of America viii not submit TO it.
[As1ause.
If the attempt be made upon such an issue
between The North ard the South, the solid
South on one side win find a solid North on the
other side and liberal and generous as / may
be when the question is between a solid North
end q solid South, | am on tho side OF the North
all the time. LApplause.l I am on the side of
the North, not because / happen to live here,
but because j believe that the North contains
the intellectual as well as the moral vitality of
the American Republic as # is nov constituted.
Now, gentlemen, looking at the attempts that
are being made in the South, can anybody doubt
that they would be greatly encouraged by a
victory Of the Democratic partyt ! am sorry |
am obliged to say e, but stll that party stands
in the politics OF the country o. q continual
threat of reaction against the results of the war;
and it is my conviction at the present moment
that the candidates Of the Republican party are
not only The best, but they are the ouly iHstru-
ments by which the true i~u-erests Of the Ameri-
can people can be promoted. LAppiause.