Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-11-23
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loaned in 1861 went at 81 lilo per cent, making
most remarkable difference between then and
now. In 1861 il was SO lilo per cent, and
the same securities selling al LOG per cent.
in gold to-day. [Cheers. As you will have seen.
these very bonds, which were put upon the market
at SO lilo in gold, were on the second OF thls
month of November, worth in the market 10
and some cents in gold. showing difference De
tween the credit of 1861 and that OF 1910 OF sew
enteen per cent. in gold. Applause auVlse
NV honorable friend when he undertakes to talk
finance and 10 make comparisons 10 Inc circuit oil
the government between now and then, that nc
examine the whole record, that he speak so broad
" and candidly as to cover the whole case. When
he speaks of putting out loan be should tell you
the result OF that loan; and when he talks to you
of difference in credit, he should know accurately
its standing. Now, my friends, in this brief and
desultory wsy have called your attention to one
of the great leading fundamental questions which
lie at the bottom of the great issue now pending
before the American people. Every man who has
an interest in the public credit can sec on when
side safety lies. On this side, If you adopt the
policy that is definite clear, concise certain, the
end will be reached-the cousummation may be
expected. On the other hand all is uncertainty,
hesitation and doubt. believe IT IS said that the
head of the ticket is hard-money man. Laugh
ter Well, that is good-it IS very good. But
will he stick Laughter That is the question.
1t depends upon who elects him-upon the COM
pany be keeps. That depends upon the party that
surrounds him and upon the hands into which he
falls.
THE OTHER END OF THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
Let us look at the other end Of that ticket, if
you wish TO get an idea of what will be done.
What do you say to the other end Of the ticket
Is il sound Cries of Mo- "NorI Is he
hard soft lLaughterl Decidedly soft, |
grieye to saw TMeriment continued Now tell
me, in which end of that ticket is the strength
Voices, 1.-The tsill"l Well, If the strength is in
the tail, then the tail will wag the dog, won't it
tGreat laughter and cheers. am told-though
1 do not verify the report-that their names were
scarcely cold on the ticket before that end of the
ticket was able, as concession TO himself, to have
the resumption act repealed by democratic House
of Representatives. Cheers. Now, suppose that
ticket is elected and that influence controls, what
doyou think Of the chances of resumption in 1917
What do you think of its chances at any time this
side Of eternityf Laughter What think you
of the probability of fixing day during the fol-
lowing year on which resumption shall take place
All uncertain, my friends. Therefore, on this
great fundamental question, solid men, financial
men of Wall street, Of New York and elsewhere,
and laboring men, who would have your wages
measured by an honest standard, make no mistake
for whom you vote on Tuesday next. [Applause.l
THE SOUTHERN QUESTION AGAIN.
One other question. and that shall be brief, and
/ will then relieve your patience. That is the
Southern question. / have already asked it :
What is the trouble down South There is irou-
Bile, dissatisfaction, discomfort II is said the re-
pablicans have done something dreadful. We'll,
what is it In the first place, after the rebellion
was put down at the point of the bayonet, the
republican party did insist upon it that the slaves
who had been emancipated should be free men
that they should be called citizens Of the United
States. Was there anything wrong in that Ap
plause and cries of "No."l You father like that
do you u [Yes !" "Yesl"l Very well, that is one
Of the questions of TIE time, let me tell you.
Every democrat in the Senate of the United
States, believe, save only one-all praise to his
memory said "No!" A voice-"Whow was it !"l
Reverdy johnson, peace TO his ashes Applause.
They ell said "No, we did not mean that; that Is
not what emancipation means. lie was a chattel
before you emancipated him; and emancipation
don't make him citizen. lie Is freedman, that
is all, not free mana freedman, slave freed"
That 10 what they said pretty difficult to believe
but it is true, and the record will show it. We
had q great controversy in Congress over that
question whether the slave freed having been
born in this country, the disability having been
removed, is a citizen, or whether he was simply a
freedman. Well my friends, you who remember
the reconstruction policy of the South, know that
Andrew johnson undertook to reconstruct the
rebel States upon the idea that the slaves, having
been emancpated, were not citizens; that they
should be turned TO the rebel States, and that
they might be made slaves to the States they
bad originally been slaves TO their masters. Now
q republican Congress said that they were citizens
and that being citizens they were entitled TO pro-
tecuon.s And we passed an act as early as 1866
enfranchising those men. AiierwaTd YOU remom-
Der. we put into the Constitution of the United
States an amendment providing that no citizen
should be denied the right 10 vote. On that ques-
tor of giving civil rights to the negro protecting
him as citizen in all his rights, civil and POLITICAL
TO which any other citizen was entitled, you will
find the democratic party in both branches Of Con-
gress nearly solid. Now, if you understand the
significance Of that fact, you will understand why
they do not allow the negro 10 vote there if they
can help it. They do not believe he had or ought
to have had any right to vote. There is no pfin-
cple in the question 80 far they are concerned.
As mere matter of policy they would not allow
him to vote. They think i. an outrage that we
allowed him to vote. But remember, you who
boast of American liberty, you who profess to
believe in human rights, inasmuch as you deny
the same privilege and the same right 10 the least
of Gods children, shall it be meted out to you
in the end. [Grest applause.
There is no hope for human liberty in this land
there is no hope for the Gospel of the Declaration
of Independence that all men are born free and
equal and equally entitled to life, liberty and the
pursuit Of happiness, so long as the Government
of the nted states fails to see to it that they are
protected in their rights. (Cheers.) Now, answer
me, with such record as the democratic party
has on that question, if they come into power,
what do you say will become of that aspect Of the
negro question, or Of the Southern question The
South SO strongly rebeled against that proposition
OF reconstruction that il become necessary later
ment act; that was act declaring that any citi-
zen who desired TO cast his vote for member of
Congress OF any Federal officer should have the
right TO yste so, and he should not be disturbed 10
it; and if anybody should disturb him it would be
breach of the peace, and that the Federal officers
should see 70 il that be had the right to vote
Well, that is the law, but the democrats voted
against it in a body. They tried to get it repealed
last winter when the House democratic; they
did the best they could TO have ii repealed on an
appropriation bill, SO that it should be forced
through the House to the end hat these people
should have no protection from the Government
of the United States ia the exercise of the rights
which are denied them when they attempt 10 90
to the polls Will you trust that Interest, then, 10
the democratic party; do you think it is safe If
you mean that these men shall be free as implied
IN their emancipation and Acknowledgement do
you intend that the law shall be enforced and
shall be made good to them, and that it shall come
to pass in all the South that it is lawful that it is
right, that 1t is permissible, and it is safe for
negro man to deposit his vote in favor Of the men
be prefers for the officei Applause There is
another feature TO the Southern question. Our
democratic friends say, great deal of ths is talk
for election purposes. Why, have you not read
the history of the Ku Kux and the Hamburg
martyrsf Are these mytbsi are they fiction
Have not these gone into history haven't they
been recorded, and won't they constitute a most
oisgracetul page in our record hen II comes to