Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-08-16
A SOLID SOUTH AND THE CONSEQUENCES.

the democrats down IN Oregon, but by these crimes
and they have control of these States. The South
has been conquered from the republican party as
| the rebellion WAS before conquered by the armies OF
the Union. Now friends, let us consider what 1t Is
going TO bring TO republicans or as democrats
| in Oregoni What will it bring to the people OF the
| Northf For, my democratic friends, we
| are all in the same boat in this matter. W hat
| affects them dssstrously affects you and
| you cannot afford to stand by and see any
| class of men deprived of their rights, no
| difference whether they white OF black, rcpub-
| iicsn or democrat, Protestant or Catholic-you
cannot stand by and see any class of men deprived
OF their rights. For when any class OF men are sue
cessfuy deprived of their rights 1t blow struck
| at human liberty. II may come to you before
| long. The South is to be welded as SOLID
| South. 1t is to be tied up one shoat. II Is to
| be unit. 1t is intended thereby to make it the
| master of this country, and when tney nave
crushed the Republican party out OF existence IN
the South they hope by "A solid South, with the
| aid of a few States 10 the North-New York, New
Jersey and Connecticut will sufhcc-by having
solid South they expect to dominate the Northern
| Democrats as they did Southern Republicans.
| This is their policy, and it is question whether
the people of the North will long submit to this.
| NV friends, they will not We cannot sacrifice
| principle because those who may be the present
| victims of it happen to der from us IN politics
| want my Democratic friends to understand we
cannot consent to have 1000 900 or 6,OOO,0OO of
| men struck down and made slaves because they
| happen to differ from others in politics. Tins
| h,
class wlthout other classes being injured thereby.
We must insist that every man shall have iul and
complete enjoyment of his political rights.
| Thank God the Republican party stands on that
| platform; it is worth every thing else. We want
| to be party of human liberty. We want to be
| a party OF equal rights. We want TO be party Of
| equal justice. We believe in giving equal rights
| to all men without regard to opinion, aud without
| regard 10 THEN condition.
| SOUTHERN PLEDGES VIOLATED.
In Louisiana and south Carolina, when Mr..
| HAYES was inauguraed, he found their Govern
ments simply existing in The state houses lie de-
termined not to undertake to sustain them. am
not going TO discuss the question whether he could
| or not but my own impression Is, he could not
| But be determined that he would not undertake
| it, But they gave him certain pledges, gave TO
him certain promises, agreed to do certain things,
in the army was Withdrawn from LOUISIANA
aud South Carolina, Every one OF these pledges
has been violated. In direct violation Of their
| promise, they have indicted members of the Re
tuning Board, circumstance that should make
the face of every southern man crimson. In the
State of South Carolina they violated every
| pledge, showing that these will keep faith
with no one. They will keep no faith, observe no
obligation. Observe that don't intend to say all
the people of the South are of that character.
There are a large class in those states who abhor
these things but they are powerless. They dare
not express this, they dare not raise their voices
in regard to il. There Is a tite-eatng and az
| gressive class who, though in the minority domi-
nate these other men just rs they did before the
war. When the rebellion came on there was a
| large element who opposed ii; majority in
Louisiana opposed It, majority IN tennessee, In
| North Carolina aud perhaps other states, but the
fire-estIng class who gambled and run horses,
these the men who controlled the politics OF
| the South. The men of property and education
are silent because their protection demands H.
| Wade Hampton is but a representative OF TINS
| class. Nichols is but their representative, and
several other southern men that could mention
And then the murder Of the Chisholm family TOOK
place under circumstances of such extraordinary
horror that it shook the whole world you have
read the story. The story OF that gnl VIII 20
down TO posterity, and that son and murdered
father will be recorded among the martyrs; yet
so strong were the murderers that the Governor
of Mississippi did not dare to utter word, nor
did their Senators and Representatives. VIII
not say their Governor did not abhor that decd IN
his heart | will not say that their Senators did
not; but do say they stand IN terror OF that ter
rife element. They dare not offend 1t or open
their mouths against it. They are themselves
slaves N this case. They are driven to DO things
| which sm glad to believe they eXecrate. But
that element which brought on the rebellion, that
terrible savedriying element, is dominant at the
South to-day
PAYMENT OF REBEL CLAIMS TO RE DE
MANDED.
Now friends, few words as to what is likely
to happen if the Democratic Party Of the South
shall get control of this Government. may say
right here to you that the people of the South
desperately in earnest. They have a policy. Our
Democratic friends of the North have no policy.
will ask the most intelligent democrat IN the
State of Oregon what is the policy of his par
ty upon any subject do not care what 1t Is, and
he cannot tell me. ! would like to put them on
the stand and have them answer. They have no
policy. On the currency no two hardly agree
on the tariff question they do not agree and on
ipta al tbnx- do mot Jhax
have policy upon only one pont--they are all
for the offices. Not with the South. They have
policy in which they agree. They will say to
you, "Take the offices, but give us the measures.
They will give you the President, ice Presndet
and members of the Cabinet but they want their
measures. What are your measures, gentlemen
The first is to pay them for their losses during
the WARRIOR property destroyed by our Army and
their Army; for the real estate injured and per-
sonal property destroyed. This Is what they ask.
They will be satisfied with nothing less. The
democratic party of the North never agree
with them except upon that policy. There is one
secret some of you here do not know. Mr.. Ill
den wrote letter just before the LIST Of November
late in October, driven to ii by stress of circum-
stances, IN which he said: 81 shall never be in
favor of paying rebel debts" lie put it off until
the lastsmoment, but the letter lost him the conf
dence of the South They never respected him
afterward. The South now, if they were to NOM
mate a candidare would not touch Tilden with a
40 foot pole. They voted Tor him atterward be-
cause they were clearly satisfied it would be bet
ter for them than to have a republican. If it had
not been for that letter, they would have flibust-
cred and prevented the count. Ii is sometimes said
that the decision was produced by contract They
consented to lose Tilden because he had declared
against their claims. No democratic candidate
W il! ever do that again. The very moment he did
thai he cut his jugular vein. The South are de-
tfrmined upon that policy. They will not act
with the democratic party except upon the condi
ton that they concede to them that policy Once
begun, it will bankrupt this Government, run
ming up to hundreds and thousands of millions of
dollars. | may refer to one thing, that so far as
these Southern claims concerned they have
been voted upon for the last five years, and that
no democrat has been found voting against any
claim in the Senate because the owner was reb-
ell. SO far a. that distinction is concerned it has
been ignored almost entirely. Votes in both
houses have ignored that distinction. The claims
have been defeated in the Senate of the United
States, where it was known that the property be
longed to rebels, not one of the democratic mem
bers voting against the claim upon that account.
The Southern men will not stand it. The South
ern men will not permit them to vote against
these claims; if they do the partnership is dis
soived--it only exists upon that condition. But it
don't stop there, friends tins is the first thing,
and when they paw all claims whether of rebel or