The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-12-19
pert their supremacy everywhere on The face OF

your agents. the Freedmen's Bureau agenpi III
getting every cOlored man In the South lplo 10y
al Leagues and swearing him never 10 vote ior
Democrat That is where the color line began 10
be drawn. That institution which took chaI8e OF
the negro at the ballot-box took charge OF MIN IN
the cotton feds, everywhere SUPERVISED every
contract he made, allowed no contract 70 pe
made unless IL met the approval OF the agents OF
The, Freedmens Bureau. II spent money ana
property called captured and abandoned pop
erty" that was surrendered TO u, and many NIL
lions of money directly appropriated OUT OF tne
Treasury Of the United States. 10 was thet bureau
and its agents who first drew the color line, ano
yetwhen the white people of the South, when
men owning property and having inlelnBe1ce
and education, at the South saw their very Social
system men0Ced with destruction, saw lheiT very
households threatened with ruin under an lhuu
dation of barbarism directed by the most unkoru'
puous Of men-and when they naturally united
as a people menaCed with danger ever VIII unite
then cry is raised against the solid sOulh'
Oh, Mr. President, II will not DO.
This system Of legislation toward lhe SOuth mat
began ten years ago s reaping its NUT and IL u
not by additional penal laws that you can DelIer
the condition OF this country. What docs the
Senator want more penal laws i0r2 Let MIN look
into the statute book on this very subject Let
him read the statutes In regard 10 the ENFORCE
ment of the rights of citizens 10 vote, and DEFY
MIN to 6nd I'm The statute books Of any civilized
country oh this globe q body OF laws SO minute 80
geArching and bristling all over with penalties
and fines aud fOrfeitures as 40 these laws, put
that is not all. In addition to that you nave lhe
vast machinery of SupeTintendenH OF EleCuOns
Federal Supervisors Marshals, Deputy Marshals
paid electioneerers out Of the Treasury OF the
United States, under the guise OF being men to
preserve the freedom OF suffrage ana peace al
elections. You have a whole army OF them pro-
yided for by your statutes. What mole does the
Senator wantH think | see, Mr.. President what
is wanted This is a uOte which is sounded TO the
people of the North that they must retrace their
steps, and this very party which required amend
mentB TO the Constitution to be made IN the inter
est II was said, OF the colored populallon Oh Ine
South is now preparing q face about, retraee It's
steps, and undo what II did only q lew years ago,
either directly or by iDdirecliOn. Indeed, thO't
while the Senator from Maine was making his
speech how much reason this country, and espe'
cially the Southern part of the country, had to
eongTatulete itself that the next House of Repre-
sentatives will not have majority OF gentlemen
thinking like the Senator from Maine. For If he
is right in what he said, If his threats are not
mere idle wind land certainly do not attribute
any such thing to him) II thev are the deep seat
ed end permanent thoughts OF those with whom
he acts then should be prepared to see House
of Representatives In which there was Repu0li'
can majority exclude Southern members by the
sCore then | should have been prepared TO see
them decide that the right U1 suffrage was pro-
hibited down there to the negro, and then to see
them in their supreme authority, as they would
cOnstrue IT, vote out the chosen Representatives
OF the SOuth-nOt by ones notify twOS, but by Tue
score It's fortunate thing for this county, II
is fortunate thing for our free Institutions, that
there is not in the present House OF Representa-
tives, and will not be in The next, mi, 10 iIy
thinking as the Senator from Name thinks, aud
willing 10 act as he is willing TO act.
Mr., President one word ON the amendment l
have offered. It Is my own belief that there is
far greater danger that menaces our Institutions
and menaces the right of suffrage in this county
than that to which the Senator from Maine has
alluded Sir, the most disturbing thing to an
American who loves free institutions Is to see
that year after year. the corrupt use OF money in
elections is making its way, until the time may
come, and that within the observation OF the old,
est man here when elections In the United
States will he as debauched as ever they were in
the worst days Of borough Parliamentary elec-
tiOns in the mother land. Mr.. President, there
is the greatest danger The danger is whether
this county shall be governed with view TO the
rights of every man, the poor man as well as the
rich man, OF whether the largest purse shall car
ry elections and thus be mere plutOcTacy in.
stead of Democratic Republic. That is the dan.
ger, and that danger let me tell my friends, ex'
lists far more in the North than IN the South. Sir,
il he wants to preserve the purity Of the elections
If he wants 10 have this Government perpetuated
as system that can be honestly administered
from the primary election to the signature Of
bill by the President, let him set his face toward
and exercise his great ability in stopping the
food gates of corruption that threaten 10 del
uge the whole land, and bring Republican insIi'
tutiOns into utter ruin and disgrace.
Mr.. President, there is one thing that made me
doubt as to the propriety of this resolution-al.
though, as ! said, am going to vote for 1t, and
what the Senator from Maine has said has added
to the great doubt which entertained on that
subject-and that is that l am not quite sure
there are not persons who favor this kind of reso
luton; and as much debate upon 1t as you can
have and as much investigation as you can have
nrdu IN utt ia
questions which ouRh bit to engage the Congress Of
the United States-quesIiOns of economy, ques
tioDs of finance, questions of gOvernment-all are
showed aside thai popular speeches may be made
tending TO excite one section of the people against
another, aud 10 set their minds mad with passion
instead OF appealing 10 their cool and deliberate
reason. | certainly do not charge the Senator
from Maine with having done this for the pur-
pose of putting aside and throwing out OF view
that which should form the subject OF our
thoughts and Of our legislation; but l fear that
such may be in some mems minds one Of the
things to be lesired by such resolution.
Mr. PreEident have said much more than
intended TO say. Indeed l did not intend TO
speak ten minutes, but have spoken twenty,
and do not know but twenty-five. | beg pardon
for speaking so long and will take my seat
SPICY RUNNING DEBATE.
The ce-President-The question is on the
amendment proposed by the Senator from Ohio
Mr.. Edmunds-Hr. President, am good deal
impressed with what the Senator from Ohio has
said, particularly in respect Of the corrupt use Of
money, aud the attempt to use it to influence
elections Disclosures that are said to have been
made and have been stated in newspapers during
the last mpaign, will undoubtedly lead to an
inquiry into that very dangerous practice, and
nope that his amendment will be so enlarged as
10 cover all subjects Of that character But what
rise to do now, is to ask that his amendment
may be printed, and then 10 call for the regular
order.
The Vice-President-The order to print will be
entered
Mr. Blaine-I do not desire TO detain the Sen.
ne, but wish one word The Honorable Sena.
or from OHIO has informed the country, and In.
ormed it With as much authority as any man can
peak, that property in the South will rule.
Mr. Thurmhn..I said no such thing. l said no
Bore of the South than said Of everywhere
hat property, intelligence and education will
ule.
Mr.. Blaine-Regardless Of numbers?
Mr.. Thurman. On, well, now, the Senator can
make it regardless Of numbers II he wants to.
Mr.. Blaine-"I understand the Senator ] was |
oing TO stale him correctly.
Mr., Thurman, The Senator can not misrepre-
ent me in regard to that. How will they rule re.
ardless of numbers by unlawful meaus? No, |
IT. Does not the Senator influence good many |
,eople in Maine to vote as he thinks9
Mr.. Blaine..-I should like to influence some in |
)hio. [Laugher.l
Mr.. Thurman. He failed this year. He does It |
very year, year in and year out because he has
Intelligence and education and skill and proper. |
=. That is the reason Of 1t; aad so let me tell |
i'm that II he live down South he would per.
uade, he would have tail OF niggers more |
engthy than any Hiehlsnd Chief ever had in the |
highlands laughter, all by reason of his charac
.r education and morals.
Mr Blaine / am equally sure that If the seDa.
Or from Ohio lived in the South he would not |
ave tail of negroes following him at all
Laughter.l We shou be just in contrast; but
'antsd him to print this remark. The Seuator
ualides 1t, but still 1t stands out; and take
oHth Carolina with 10000 more colored. men
lan white men, and the leader of the Democrat.
party based on the rights Of the people, with.
Ut regard to caste or color, with the educational
est or property qualification as Democratic doc
-ine 1t has always been announced here to us
nat property and education would rule, and
,hen we assert that they have ruled by violence,