The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-01-04
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ExTRAcr FROM MR.. THuRssAsN's RE,
GENT SPEECH I'M THE UNITED STATES
tOENATE.'i!" huA ,1"nqs1oil ihii!;.t
.Sir,d can tell you that these, charges
Of intimidation will not cease as long as
underthe mere pretenee of intimidation
you can overthrow Abe votes Of the pee-.
pie OF State. AS long as you have THE
machinery Of q returning board, q per-
fectly irresponsible returning beard, ,ac,
cordihg to tho present claim that on the
vague notihn of intimidation you can
change. the result OF an election, ,as in
the case Of this very sane James Madison
Wells parish in the coant of 1876. which
disEranchisede hjsi ;Rbele parish on his
otan affidavit deprived. dt of Its three
members whom ithadelected, 10 the Leg
1slature.o and. put in three men whD had
not bern elected on his own mere affidsc
Wit, alleging, intimidation when he was
| not there, his affidavit not made in pub
lie, not submitted to the inspection OF the
public, but filed tafier that board, weat
into secret session, aud was never seen. 5y
the. men who,were elected; ;ineger seen by
their counsel neyeraeen bY the public
rs long easaeh thipgs as that ean be done
there will be claims of the votes of, these
States being contrnlled by intimidation.
Why, Mr. President, it is new .featura
introduced into the Americapi Ganstit,it
ton and the American system. Of govern,
ment. We did think once that the only
question about an election wass iwho has
a.fnaloritya aof the votes2 That is what
we thought. that is what our, fathers
thought when they made our Constitu-
tion but that is not the question any
more. The question is not who. has the
majority of the votes, but who, has the
majority of the men. who count the
votes? ~ la.ll.,-. ,sr.4.,a -.,.
Ifyou have. returning board with o
majority ready to count out Democratic
candidates and count in Republican can.
didases, they have o power rs great as the
the voice of the people b not. simply to
veto what the people have done, but to-
determine what the people ought to have
done, according to their judgment Of
what they think. to- be bcsts That is it,
/ And now my colleague, in the very i'm
passioned, andnvsTy eloquent. speech hs
made to-day, saye. that this results, as. I
understand him, from the color line. i
| tell him: that l stand prepared to prove
that the responsibility for the color, line
rests on his party, tell him that stand
| prepared to prove that millions of the
| peoples money hove been expended to
establish the color .,:ne. I know very
well why the right of snffrage was given
| to the colored men, It. is not matter of
speculation; it is not matter Of Inference;
it was openly arowed when the fifteenth
amendment was under consideration +;
openly ayowcd in this Senate that the
Cepnblican pGrty needed the 800, 900 ne7
10 votes that, could be given if the fif-
tasenth ameloment were adopted; that
the Republican party needed them, and
that without them the Republican party
would lose its power in the United States
Yes, sir, The. Republican party did need
them, and the trouble now IS that the
KspnSiica11 pasfy Do 5n!oft noft gSs them
Why, sir, they talk pf intimidation j
Here are. thousands OF negro men in
Louisiana who come up and Say, "we
| voted the Democratic ticket" I have
seen it stated as high as. thousands, call
it hundreds if you choose !. call it any
number you please; they. come. up and
say, eve voted the Democratic. ticket"
| What does the returning board say?
Count their votes7 Not at all they any
| 'iayou were intimidated to vote the DEM
ocratic ticket What then? They
come up and make afidavit that they
.ctedF 4 withn nnt intimidation What
does thee" returning board say3 10 t"Yon
/ we're iItiiniSiHtsd %; HlaAe the amdavi!,;
| And so it goes, ~ =, ~" p.'H@
=. ;.s : .!.s s!::: q 81. LII 4?
Cannot, any man who 'hhs the least non,
/ esty ard the least sagacity III The world
see that if: slGh practices hs these be toll
Grated anything TIE tfpablicart institn-
tions and free goyefhm eht and d free BAL
lot are at yAh shd? = You put the dealt
nies Of whole States in the hands of four
Irresponsible men called n returning
board, andttaalGs { 4 about . Republican, form
Of governhehIr You Want To itvoke TIE
whole force Of the government, its army,
| its navy, to Secure to State u republican,
form of government; and you put in the
hsnds Q! four i irresponsible men, and not
Of TIE highest character either, the right
10 determine on the phase OF the govern il-ta :
ment of that State. And yet you call
that u republican form of government !
Mr.. President it Will not do; no, air.
it will not do. NY colleague said, with
| great forG, and eloquence, that if'eleE-
| tions were to be carried in this co, ,tnfry
| BY intimidation there was an end OF re-
publican institutions. I agree with him !;
| abd'T teif him, and I say to each one of
Suu, tint II Il elections afe to be carried by
the use of the arhy of the United States
and It's J. .irIiihtion, there is an END Of
| fepuhlicaI institutions. Sir, all the ihti!
midatioh that ever nctually existed On
the part Of the Democratic, or the white
people Of the South is but as o drop in
| the biicket 10 the danger OF that intiihil
dntioh which Comes from the standing
| army or the Uniten StaIes. anarchy. in
! any country Mt Inst corrects itself, for 1t
cannot BIZ bofhe; but the use Off stand
ing army 10 control the people his been
fatal to libef,y y ever since republic exis-
| ted agree with my colleague that in
/ timidation of the voters is fatal to repnb-
lican government; but ask him, while
| his mind, heated and excitedsby what he
has heard, IL brooding over casesef hons
iclde, e,iof violence, and the like 'tuthink
0athe far greater danger OF naturalization
by that organized body which carries the
sword I'aild the bayotiet, and sields the
artillery Of the aTmy.p'f SAX him to- think
OF that much gfavef danger pf'intiestdav
ton from him who.shalf hold In his hand
the purse and tthe sword.n j aslolliIn to
| remember, that there, have been CIesars
and Cs0mWellsj aud BonapAToes ia the
| tgoTldglaho have eveTthfoWn republican
institutions; but Republican sinstitutioas
never yet have been ov erthfoWn by the
] kind of iutit0ilitinn of ,Rhich !he spualB.