The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1877-03-03
JOHN YOUNG BROWNS SPEECH.
An Eloquent and Able speech.

Mr: Brown, OF Kentucky -- Mr.
speaker, we have nearly reached the
end OF the swelling scene; part farcicai
part tragical. Fareical IA that 1t has
been burlesque upon truth and JUS
tice; tragical In that 1t has been riur.
derons TO every principle Of law, fair
dealing and honor that should govern
among men.
/ was In favor Of tho bill creating this
Electoral Com mission | indulge now
In no childish repinings over the result.
l thought We could trust the selected
mon OF the highest court OF the fsrc.
most government in the world.
Human laws ean not put limitations
upon fraud they may punish but they
cannot prevent. We trusted these men
and they have betrayed our trust. All
laws must be administered by human
agencies; II you have the corrupt Judge,
no matter what your laws may be, you
near u talse judgment. Jeifreys was u
lust Judge snye where tho interests Of
the crown were concerned. Bacon, "the
wisest and tho meanest OF mankind. ="
TOOK bribes, yet rendered, with ono or
two exceptions, just Judgments Hale.
although refusing TO take the civic oaths
OF Cromwell, yet was made one Of his
judges
Our judges Of theSupreme Court hold
their offices for life, with liberal sala-
ries; are independent Of the mutations
OF politics, each having his personal
and political honor to maintain, and /
thought that surely there--if the de-
pravity OF Radicalism was net univer-
sal-we could find integrity, My CON
tldence WAS generous, patriotic, un-
submitted. But In this Electoral Com
mission supposed incorruptib1e sages,
In their exalted positions, have played
the part Of banded jockies. and have
done in the face of the world that which
hungry mountebanks should scorn.
They have done
That blurs the grace and blush Of modesty;
Calls virtue hyp3crite takes off the rose
From tho fair forehead
And sets blister thore.
And these successors Of John Mar
shall To-day how must each feel "his
title, like o giants robe, hung loose
abeut him" Suspicion is whispered
that certain judicial commissions bear.
the dark and damning stain Of intrigue
and ring 1obbery; and that the first
judgment Of their holders was tho
price paid for their promotion. These
indeed are days Of degeneracy and
shame. Read and consider the record
or the decisions Of the majority OF these
men; note their shulIiing tricks, their
Inconsistencies, their evaslong: and
they are such as would bring blush to
neophytes In learning; such as pigmies
in setf-respect and honor would abhor.
In the fable we read that tho cat was
changed by the fairy into the fine lady
yet at the banquet, upon the appearance
or . rot, this fine lady chased 1t. Apply
the story, and you need no suggestion
to draw u conclusion from it's neral.
You have, but IL barren sccpter In
your grippe" Your fresh garlands on
twine around your hatchment. Your
party stands to-day surrounded and
saturated with such turpitude that the
Judgment OF the hour and Of mankind
hereafter must be against it.
Your Jugglers have proclaimed your
victory, but 1t is tarnished with shame
and accompanied by perjury and every
species Of fraud. Tho Republican
party is In the attitude OF
4 cutpurse Of tho empire and The rule,
That from shelf tho precious diadom stole
And put ii in its pocket.
What OF the South? The conduct Of
her representatives during the last few
months has refutsd the ISLANDERS OF
years: Their votes and utterances here
haye been for peace, law, order.
The South has been familiar with mis-
fortune; sorrow and defeat have min
gled In her experience. She has drunk
the cup Of bitterness to the dregs, but
thank God Is u stranger to dishOnor. |
and most Of US from that section stand
for the faithful and inhexible execution
Of the Electoral bill. Honor saws it. |
policy says it; without 1t We drift into |
confusion. Our escutcheon Is unstained. |
We can better afford to accept disap-
pointment and defeat than by parlia-
shifts and tricks to avoid the |
orderly execution OF the law against |
which only eighteen Democrats or this |
House and only one In the Senate voted. |
Something has been said of bargain |
ing with the South. You cannot win |
them over by bribes; they want moth |
ing but justice. I sec before me dis |
and cherished friend from
the South Mr.: Lamar, q gentleman OF
the highest ability and unspotted In.
tegrity; honored by his people and
worthy of their trust. I SPEAK mot by
his authority, but as his name has been
mentioned In this connection, I say that
I am sure he would shrink from such a
coalition as his soul would recoil from a |
cruel wound OF dfshoYlor.
The men you could bribe In the South |
are not worth having. You would ioathe |
them when you got them they would
have no followers or influence at home. |
And Ii they were to join your party to
sustain 1t in Its past and present pol.
icy, they would fnd themselves politi-
cal pariahs In the land Of Cheir birth. |
Nothing swill' conciliate the South but
Justice, and you will SO find it. They |
want rest. order, home rule. Your lar
CESS there will be thrown away il given |
to corrupt: These people are your peers, |
equals, before the law; and neither by |
bribery nor force can you change them
from serfdom to villainy. In the pre-
cious name Of their manhood I repu-
pudiate, the intimation with scorn un-
ltterable.
There will be no division In the De-
nocracy. Lay not that fattering unc-
lion to your souls. 1t is difference to-
4 a. on U q ann as bavy, ~ = =