The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-07-12
Phrases from Cham berlain,s Speech

WASHINGTON, July 1.-The Presi-
dents policy, if the termis descriptive,
is an anomoly and offense. 1t savors
of bad faith. 1t has a native and his
torical oder of treachery and intrigue.
But fellow citizens, what is the Presi-
dents Southern policy in point of
physical or external facts. 1t consists
in withdrawing military forces of the
Unitea States from the points in South
Carolina and Louisiana where they had
been previously stationed for the pro-
lection and support Of the lawful gov
ernments of those States. In point of
immediate foreseen and intended con-
sequence it consists in the overthrow
and destruction of those State govern
ments and the substitution instead of
certain other organizations called State
governments. In point of actual pres
ent results 1t consists in the abandon.
ment of Southern Republicans, and
especially the )lored race, to the con-
troll and rule not only of the Demo
cratic party, but of that class In the
South which regarded slavery as a
divine institution, which wage /
its pcrpetuation, which steadily op-
posed citizenship and suffrage for the
negro-in word, a class whose tradi-
tons, principles aud history are op.
posed to every step and feature of what
Republicans call our national progress
since 1860. In point of general p0liti-
cal and moral significance IN consists
in proclamation to the country and
the world that the will of the majority
of the voters of q State lawfully and
regularly expressed Is no longer the
ruling power in our States, and that
the constitutional guarantee to every
State in this Union of q republican
form of government and of protection
against domestic violence Is henceforth
Intellectual and worthless. ] could
frame an excuse for Buchanan. He
was the decaying fruit of century of
Northern subservience to Southern die
tation, the poor dregs of q WORKOUT
politician, whose life had been spent in
covering submission to the will of
those whom Hayes Is new called upon
to confront. Bot what shall be said of
this President educated by the events
Of the las. seventeen years, the long
AID pcrilous st uggle 20 save the M
ton TO Justice and freedom, and the
representative of party whose
lie aud inspiration in every hour of
its existence has been political justice
Snd freedom for sill American citizens
who had literally to climb TO his high
seat over the dead bodies of hundred
OF loyal men IN Louisiana who met
deaths in forms far mere terrible than
any battle field, in order that the lib
srty which they had tasted might be
kept for their children. James Bu-
ehanan could say he negotiated with
those who were in arms against the
United States in order that be might,
by peaceful agencies, preserve the in
tegrity of the Union and avert 9 frshi
eidal war. This President enters upon
his negotiations with those who are in
arms against the lawful government of
LouiSiana, in order that he might the
more surely bstrsy the friends who
trusted him and because he Was sworn
to uphold them.
Now, tellow-c;ti1ens, I exercise the
right OF an American citizen, no more,
when ] say that review Of this chap