Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-06-27
CHICAGO MARKETS, on Tuesday,
June 10Th, were as follows:

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"ISDEED the only excuse for the existence
for the last twelve years of the party for
which this follower waves the bloody shirt
pcnnant, was to establish local governments in
this aud other southern states.'-DEMocRAT
So the only erc,tse for the exist
ence during the last twelve years Of
the Republican party was to estab-
fish local governments in southern
states If an excuse must have been
offered then there has existed no
solid reason for the existence of that
party. In the National Convention
of Democrats which nominated Sey-
mour and Blair in '6S, the ex-rebel
General Hampton, now Governor of
South Carolina, offered the following
resolution, which was approved by
reclamation
"EEsolNED, That we regard the reconstruc.
ton acts 40 calleo) Of Congress a. usurpatons,
revolutionary and void
If the Republican party had SIM
ply an excuse for its existence in the
matter of establishing local state
governments in the southern states,
then it must follow that the Demo-
cratic Convention of 'GS enunciated
true doctrine in and by the fore
going resolution. Does the Democrat
at present think that it did
The Fourteenth Amendment pass
the Senate on th, Sth Of June, 1866.
The Democratic Senators voted
against it. Afterwards the Demo
cratic states of Delaware, Maryland,
Kentucky aud Texas refused to rat
ify the measure. Nevertheless it
became part of the Constitution.
Subsequently, in '6S. New Jersey and
Ohio having come to be under Dem
ocratic control, passed resolutions
annulling the prior ratification acts
of those states The Republican
party made the Fourteenth Amend
ment part of our fundamental law,
despite the utmost efforts Of the
Democratic party. If it has or had
any e,ccaiSc to offer for its existence,
then the Democratic party was right
ia doing what it did Does the
Democrat think so AS before stated
two states, 10y their Democrat Lpgis-
latures voted to anuul the ratihca-
ton acts of preceding Republican
Legislatures and if the writer is
not forgetful of the fact, the Nation
al Democratic Convention of '6S, ap-
proved-vlrtually-the acts of those
states I; and thus said to the wo.ld
that that which lcas a part Of our
National Constitution i regarded as
being no part of it. If the Repub-
licai, party, which held and now holds
the opposite doctrine had and now
has only an ercHSc to offer fer its
existence the doctrine of the Dem-
ocrats must have been true. Does
the Democrat so hold it!
The Fifteenth Amendment passed
the Senate in the February of 80,
Subsequently the legislatures of
states then controlled 10y Democrats,
being eight in number, voted against
its ratification. And in 20 the
Democratic Legislature of New lorl;
withdrew the assent of that state.
Here was Republicans victory over
Democrats. Does the Democrat say
that it was such victory as to need
an eJctGSe
The National Democratic C0nven-
ton, held at Baltimore in the July
of 70, made the following the second
plank in its platform:
ave pledge ourselves to maintain the nis
Of these States, The emancipation agd eutr-u
chiscmcut and to oppose any re.opcuug uCth,
aues,!nls settled by Tic Thirteenth, Eoh.
.ccnlh aud Fifteenth Amendments to tn,
Coi,iituiion~
The acti3a of the Corventiop in