The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-20
Ron lSGERs0LL's LECrURE.
Tie Gives His ideas About the Last Pres.
ident'nl Campuigns

| Tie tsiyes His Ideas About the Last Press
| dental Campaign,
And rnaorsss In Fuil the New Cabinet.
ran, cial to the Ohicago Times
NEW YonK. March Although the
night was wet and eheeTless. large
audience assembled Ia stelnWay haii 70
greet tie appearance OF Col. Robert q.
/ fnpersolI, OF Illinois, who was to favor
them with an address on :" Political
IClnaationg and Answers He started
o,It nv declaring that the campaign just
nasaed was the mos remarkable one on
reeord--it was 30 bitter, relentless and
passionate. He himself had added
somewhat to IL, but he was willing to
forgive any person that he ever said
anything against. He said the North
was arrayed against the South, one par
tv against another. Stories with but
small regard to veraeity we're spread !;
professions and mass meetings were In
order, and yet there was no light as to
who was elected. Then came stories OF
ballot-box stuffing, cipher kilograms,
returning board, octoroon balls, and the
like. and still the name OF the elected
remained mystery. The only person
VINO appeared to be elected was Cronin
l. Ilaughterl- and
| CRoN1N, AS A QUORUM OF ONE.
elected two Others by q plurality OF one.
The lecturer here drew d vivid picture OF
Cronin roaming sadly over the salaratus
desert OF the great West, which elected
loud cheering. Then the great question
arose, who had the right to count the
votes. / contend that the Vice Presi-
dent had the right to count the votes.
| Finally the tribunal of fifteen was ap.
pointed to decide who, If anybody, was
elected, Ten were selected from politi-
cal factions and Eve from purely geo
graphical qualities. laughter They
were az evenly divided Us fifteen sepa-
rate bodies could be, namely, eight to
seven. [Cheers.l While the. election
failed to declare who was elected, 1t
points out weak points In our constitu-
tional law that must be remedied IL we
want to preserve our country. Unless
the purity Of the ballot.box Is preserved,
cur form OF government must cease,
Good and patriotic men OF oil parties
should unite and declare that to cast an
illegal vote should be base crime.
THE PERIOD or REGISTRATION
to entitle one to vote ID too short, and
persons should register one year before
list should be corrected sixty days be-
fore election and published twenty days
before, and none allowed to vote whose
names did not appear on the list. Wards
and precincts should be made smaller,
and unless these things are adopted
ours will cease to be republican gov
eminent. Fraud in the ballot box un-
dermines the respect OF the people for
persons thus elected,. and they hold
them Ia contempt. Another defect OF
the constitution, also, is In the matter
Of counting the electoral vote. All the
electors should meet In Washington
and count the vote OF all the States
themselves. The executive should be
entirely independent OF the legislatures
and other bodies. This
WOULD PREVENT THE COMPLICATIONS
az 1876 ever again recurring. IL some
thing is not done, generalship will be
dashed to pieces on the rocks OF civil
war. Terms OF Office should be length
ened, as elections are too frequent, and
disturb the public mind and business.
Office hunters should be forever put to
rout. They swagger, brag, lie, flatter,
and cringe to suit their purposes. BY
frightening the term Of Office you COM
pei these harpies, owing to the length
OF time between meals, to do something
else for o living or starve. A successful
office-seeker Is like the centre Of the
draws all things toward It. It has been
asserted that the general government
has not power to send troops across the
borders OF any State to preserve order
unless on certain conditions. Every
citizen 10 q citizen, / maintain, OF the
general government, and not OF the
State In which he resides. and that gov
eminent is bound to protect him II he
needs it's aid. A government that
would not protect It's citizens Is
DISGRACE 70 HUMANITY,
aud does not deserve to live. Another
question Is that Of dual governments in
the States. There are now two Gov
ernors In South Carolina and two legis-
latures, and not one cent Of taxes has
been collected by either. Laughter
The same state OF things exists In Lou
isiana. do not say whether the Exc
eide which was legally elected, but as
the question Is before the United States
Senate 1t ought to be left to them. The
RECOMMENDATION OF silver regard as ne
cessary. We are silver producing
people, and why should we SANDER our
own wealth? Silver Is good enough
for us all, and good enough to pay our
debts with. All these questions are
upon US, and should be met and dealt
with. Also whether elections shall be
scramble for office. War does no good,
as you cannot shoot ideas into men
with muskets, nor let out their preju-
dices with swords. The
BAYoNET HAS POINT ENOUGH, BUT NO LOGIC.
There must be peace between the
North and South, not conquered
peace, but q peace that conquers. The
President should be patriot, and such
ia President HAYES He took the right
hand OF the North and put 1t in the right
hand Of the South, and said "Let us be
friends; we are all citizens Of the same
country, and no outcast class, either
black or white, shall be among US" The
President I maintain said The sneaker