The Morning herald., 1876-10-19

our forefathers stood one hundred years ago. |
The Democratic party of 1875 stands In the |
exact position the patriot party stood In l776; |
and no man who loves his country and de- |
sires to see that country prosperous and its |
future career glorious, can, If he believes this
truth, hesitate for one moment to give his |
adhesion and support to the party that oc- |
cupies this position In American politics.
Now, consider the truth of this assertion,
for, If 1t be not true, that the DemocI attic
party occupies this position, the argument
failsa What are the evils we complain OTTO
day9 That, in furtherance of their political
ends the executive power at Washington has
overleaped the limits of It's authority by at
tempting to introduce system of govern
ment in this Republic, foreign to the tradi-
tions of the people, in contempt of the con-
stitution and the laws of the land and in
violation of the rights of the people of
thirty eight sovereign States.
It must be proven that the executive and
cabinet at Washington are so guided-if not,
of course the argument fails. ask the con-
servative portion of the Republican party
men who love their country with the warmth
and devotion OF any Democrat, who are
anxious to promote It's prosperity and am
plify ard enlarge it's glory, yet who are so
strongly bound by ties of political affinity
that they cannot and will not lift themselves
up to the position of looking at the question
as It stands-What we're the complaints
made against George III one hundred years
sgo1 That he had attempted to out
rage the rights of the colonies, that he had
sent his soldiers into the colonies to trample
under foot the guarantees their constitutions
gave them. If this was wrong then-I put
the question to any clear headed American,
has one hundred years 90 changed Its ma
ture, that precisely the same thing can be
right to-day. Has the President of the
United States and his cabinet so erred One
of the first acts of the President, while his
oath was warm upon Gods holy gospel,
was an attempt to set at naught the great
seal of the Republic and condemn and over
turn constitutional act of his predecessor.
You may remem bel, that during the last days
President Johnson's administration, he de-
termined to pardon certain persons In New
York. Gen. Grant, within one hour after he
had been sworn into Office as President OF
the United States, directed q message to be
flashed upon the lightning wings of the tel.
egraph, revoking the pardon given Dy his
predecessor thus deriding the great seal of
the Republic and overturniDg the lawful and
constitutional act of his predecessor. Reck-
less of restraint he next determined on call
ing to bis cabinet, merchant in New York,
Mr., A, T. Stewart, man whom he ought
to have known was consti utionally ineligi-
BILE and with the insolence of q crown
prince, he asked Congress to repeal the act
of 1898 that he might place In an important
position In his cabinet and in the govern
ment of the nation, man to whom he was
under pecuniary obligations.
On the fifteenth of January last there was
lawful assembly of the Legislature sitting
in New Orleans. In the interest of one OF
their Republican officials-the person who
was benefited by the same-Gen. De Tro-
brand entered the State House
of New Orleans, drove out
five members of the Legislature,
compelled the Speaker to leave his chair,
took possession of the Legislature, perpe-
| trated the most grevious crime that has ever
been submitted to by free people. A similar
crime was perpetrated about NV years ago,
and ask your attention to the consequences
of its perpetration. Charles Of England,
upon the same day of the month, January
5, 1641, entered the English House OF Com
mons and attempted to arrest five members
of that branch of the English Parliament.
what was C1e answer VI tuo LuNAcA PeOPio
| to that insolent assault against the majesty
of the people and the constitution of the
land? The train bands of London as
sembled-the free yoemanry of Sussex and
Kent armed in defence of their rights and
declared that the King had been guilty Of
treason-war followed Charles ! was ar
raigned, adjudged guilty Of treason
and being found guilty was
publicly put to death for the out
rage he had perpetrated against the rights
Of The English people. (Long and raptarous
There is not sentimental legislator in the
lspd-there is not valuable and vapid or
ator or pieus politician who would cheat
at the polls-not one but what If he were to
speak, but would say this was
q perfectly proper act OF the
people. By that act was laid deep
and broad the foundations of English liberty
which exist to the present hour, there
fore arose the freemen who came to colonize
these States, bringing withthem the free
traditions ofthat civil war, and bequeathing
to us the freedom we are endeavoring 10 pre-.
serve to-day. No Democrat need be ashamed
Of the position he occupies in American
politics for this reason, hs v ons OF tha'