The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-06-20

oppo>ttion. nor will they SEEK to embarass
the de fact0 administration, bat will sustain
| q 10 what is right hecause IL l. right and
Tor the welfare OF fhe country, and nor M
All because of any fealty to the party that
stands defeated and condemned by the peo-
pre- The peopls cahuot allow the selection
OF their Chief Magistrate To become a thing
OF chance or OF sharp practice. The fraud
nrst triumphant in American history" must
De ass igRed 20 ITS proper place among the crimes
dgdtESt p9pHtsr g0rerRneHt aud made SO obi
oes N q no parry tct dare 20 attempt its rope
titiOa.
He whdpfs elected President must be IMAM
gurated Until that is settled ard made
sure 40 Democrat can be seduced from his
devotion and allegiance in any way, not by
the allurSHentS of office, nor even by the
str ng appeal in the abandonment Sby the
Administration of vicious principles and
dangerous policies, and the adoption of bet
ter doctrines and just measures Demo-
Gratis VIII not tntrust their most cherished
principles 10 the keeping of pc %er which is
attained by vicious aud corrupt means
They will the rather coatinue their faith
IN the right of the majority to rule in accor-
dance with constitutional provision. All
Democrats rejoice with unb0unded JOY that
iree republican governments are once more
allowed TO the states OF South Carolina and
Louisiana. They rejoice in the good fruits
that must follow. They know that peace
and good order will prevail; that capital
VIII be made secure, and labor safe conten.
L.
and the cruel burdens OF the Government
and public corruption will be lifted from
the shoulders of labor; and that production
VIII increase and lands advance i'm price.
But they know that, in the language of
Gov. Morton, it had become inevitable "
Good government in the States was not a
freewllI Offering upon the affairs of the
country. Foryears the Democrats had con-
tended in Congress and before the people
for free republican States throughout the
south. and finally it became :" inevitable
because the right aud truth were too strong
to be longer suppressed. In this Democrats
ma reason To stand more firmly with
their party Out of 20 wer, with no patron
age To dispense and no money To distribute,
but animated by the spirit OF our institu-
tlonS, and inspired by the sentiment of the
right OF local self-government as inherent
IN the people, the Democratic party during
the past ten years has restored one State at.
ter another, until now the tread of the sol
der Is heard in no legislative hail. but i'm
every State the people are governed by laws
OF Their own e1acting and by Officers of
thelroWn choosing.
have but one word more to say. The
outrage that has been perpetrated is an out
rage upon the rights OF the people not upon
me, not upon Gov. Tilden, except as we are
cltiZeus of the country. The people have
been outraged by the denial TO them of the
rlght To select their own public officers ac-
cording To the laws and the Constitution.
Ihat act viii work out, as been suggested
its own redress. | have no fear OF the fu-
ture. Even If the Administration shall
adopt Democratic principles and follow a
policy based upon those principles it can
never gain the confidence and heart of the
American people. (Applause.) 1t will
never do when man has taken land which
belongs to another man by title not good,
and holds tit will never do to say that the
man who holds the land wrongfully should
have it, because he would cultivate il better
than the true owner would have done. Be
fore we reach that question, we will decide
who owns the land.
say this, not because Gov. Tilden has
been wronged, but because the voice OF the
American people has been Il ne l. W hen
that voice was spoken nc -ordhg TO the Con-
stitution of the United States. But | fear
not the result. AS l have already said,
great and sincere people will pass their final
verdict upon the outrageous act. Demo-
cratic principles will be car ried out by De-
Gratis. and by such fair minded Republicans
as VIII not make themselves a party to the
wrong done last winter. This will be ac-
complished in 1880 by the majority of voters
in the several States, and / venture to say
that that majority will be surprising to all
parties. | think | may say of 1880, As |
said in 1875, that Indiana will again do her
duty.