Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-07-05
the GREAT WAR BETWEEN RUh'
MA AND TURKEY.


MA AND TURKEY.
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WOODSTOCK. Csnn.. July 4.-Ths
celebration Of the Fourth Of July ut
Rossland Park was attended by
thousands. and when the meeting began
the grounds about the speakers stand
were fairly crowded. Our politics wore
represented by Hon. James @. Blaine.
sx.Governor Daniel II. Chamberlain. OF
South Carolina. and Hon. John I. Wait.
our poesy by DIR. Oliver Wendell Holmes
and Mrs. Mary Clemmsr. the purely
national character OF the day and our
educational institutions by Professor
Dyrus Northup. Of Yale College. and the
ministry by Rev. James Buckly. OF
Stanford, Conn. and Rev. Thso. l..
Cuelsr, ID. D., OF brooklyn. The meeting
was formally opened by a short address
from Henry q. Bowen, who nominated
Hon. John T. Wait as President. Mr..
Wait was unanimously elected together
with u long list OF Vice Presidents.
After prayer Professor Northup spoke
upon the revolution Of &c. and Its re-
suits. The President Of the meeting
was then introduced. Hon. D.. II.
Chamberlain, Ex-Governor OF South
Carolina, us that patriot and statesman
whose very marked ability in discharg-
iup the duties OF the GovernorshiP OF
South Carolina had won the respect and
admiration Of the whole American peo-
plc. Governor Chamberlain was greeted
with hearty cheers.
Chamberlain In hls speech started with
the assumption that they wantsd him to
state frankly his opinion. lie did so
from q sense OF duty In behalf OF the op.
pressed, helpless and deserted Southern
patriots. He dicclaimed any ambition
in his remarks. and declared that he was
greatly relieved by the events which
took him out Of the active political life
which had been q burden and sorrow to
himself and friends. Hethen proceeded
To vigorously denouncs the Presidents
policy In all It's manifestations. and to con-
dsmn.ths motives Of the President him.
self. lie defined the policy rs an sxter-
nal physical fact, the withdrawal OF the
| military forces Of the United States from
South Carolina aud Louisiana. where
| thoy had been stationed for the protsc-
! ton and support Of the lawful State
governments. The consequence was m
foreseen, the overthrow OF those govern
msnts and the substitution Of others,
| the abandonment Of Southern Republi.
| cans, especially Of the colorcd ones, to
| their deadly enemies, the Democracy.
IL Is a proclamation that u majority Of
voters lawfully and regularly expressing
themselves cannot rule. He then 70.
called the facts under which PRECEDENT
Hayes assumed the control OF the GOV
eminent, and the condition Of Louisiana.
which State he declared had all parts Of
a government, with Packard ~ Chief
Executive. All were Republican. In
fact they must have been to make Hayes
title to tho Presidency complete. Not
an element Of legal regularity or valid,
ity was wanting to Paekard's title. The
President found that IN armed. violent
mob. calling itself a State Government,
had already seized the property at the
capital aad public offices. His duty
under the circumstances was ~ clear as
day. The Constitution provided in the
fourth section the remedy I; nay. itmade
II mandatory upon the President to up
held the lawful government and put
down the mob. Said Chamberlain: 81
leave out OF view for the moment all
consideration Of that most humiliating
feature Of this business, which consists
in q willingness on the part OF the Pres
ident to accept for himself the fruits OF
the election in Louisiana. although II Is
an indisputable fact that the vo Q for the
Hayes electors fell short Of that for
Governor Packard by several hundred.
and yet while clutchins those fruits
with u ready II not eager hand. 10 plan
and carry out tho overthrow Of Gov.
Packard" He here paid a high tribute
to the liberal speech OF Blaine. conpli.
menting his speech NJ national and not OF
party. He lplainedtbath no had spoken Of
Louisiana, that being q case In which he
was not personally interested. but he
felt as strongly on the South Carolina
question. and though the facts were less
patent. though the Republican EIscu.
tive was not apparently elected and the
Legislature was in doubt ON the face OF
the returns. no regarded the Presidents
action on South Carolina with the same
disapproval an on Louisiana. He took
leave hero and now TO dsnouuce the
Southern policy as unconstitutional,
revolutionary. subversive Of constitu-
tional guarantees. and false TO every die.
tate VI political honor. public justice
and good morals. He denounced In
scathing terms Stanly Matthews work
and ridiculsd the idea that the President
was ignorant Of all his Vaccinations.
and those OF others Of his bosom friends
who were the while playing with the
blood Of the brave men and women OF
the South who believed In honor. truth
and justice. The speaker said be was
the author Of the permanent paciiication
plank In the Cincinnati platform, hav-
ing written II at the request Of other
members Of the Committee ON Rrsolu.
tons. who desired him TO make II M
strong rs he could. The Presidents
letter did not foreshadow his plans. and
no would not have dared 10 do II
before the election. The steps now
taken are irrsversitle. The policy can.
not now DO changed. South Carolina
and Louisiana are now part Of
the solid South. President Grant's
policy vas not Q failure wherever Il az
one with the Law. only when he yielded
and changed At critical points. lie re-
ferrod to the Chisholm massacre ~ an
instance Of the new paeihcation policy
In Mississippi. lie reprobatsd Senator
Morton for his shiftless defense OF the
President. which. he said. amounted to
the argument that without the policy the
Republican party would DO defeated and
hence the policy was right. This was
saving the life Of q party and sacrificing
ito principles, which II suicide. lie
didn't believe that a firm policy would
have insured defeat. He was confident
that IL would not. lie finally attacked the
Presidents financial policy. The Prssi.