, 1878-07-20

this lrt facts Ice submitted To candid
world One half ui the prUplc, in their
assumed Office ~ snvrryigh constitute n
practical aIi,iocrary AN aris,ucraCy of
AZ. Aud lhi.. too, ~ am hidden 10 sny
To y"u, IN direct violation Uf the sacred
iastr1mrnt from which quote.
Permit mr L. speak ot this Consuli-
dated nrisiocracy ~ an individual, tor
lhc purpose ui more thoroughly elucid-
ating my manilg He las refused his
assent tn laws the most Wholesome
nj necessary Tor the public good. He
has iuri'id,lru al, gnycrn0rs To pass laws
oi immriiale nnd pressing Importance,
unless suspended in their operation till
his assent should I've obtained, and when
So suspended. has utterly refused to Mt
tend 10 them. He has refused 20 pass
other laws foo the accommodation oi
large districts of people unless they
would relinQuish their right t' repre-
sentation in the Legislature right
incstimabl to them, aud formidable 10
tyranis "nIy. He has olsIucird the
administration OF justice by refusing to
grant us Judiciary powers. He has made
us dependent upon his will alone for the
tenure of our offices aud the amount and
payment Of sur salaries. He has erected
multitude ol new offices, and sent
hiiher swnrms of new officers tu harass
our people and eat out our substance.
"For imposing taxes upon US without
our consent. For drpriving us in all cases
OF the benefits OF u tJiil by n jury of eur
peers. For taking away our charters.
aholishing our most valuable laws and
altering Fundamentally the forms of our
government. For declaring himself in.
vested with power to legislaie lor us in
all cases whatsoever.
"IIe has excited domestic insurrection
among US 'y imp 'slng peculiar Legal and
financial disabilities upon us when mar
ried.
SHE has held two codes of laws in
probate courts, one for man., inwhich su-
premefinancial power is his assumed and
usurped prerogative, and another for
woman, wherein she is received o. every
alternative. save only that of silent and
unquestioning obedience to laws OF his
exclusive making"
Mr.. President and gentlemen Of the
convention: My constituents bid me
say to you that they especially 'leplore
the growing domestic iusurrection
among the wives seof this soon-to.b be
sovereign State. They also define the
primal cause of this insurrection. You,
gentlemen, would he equally rebellious
under equal political and financial re-
straint. else You would be unworthy of
your boasted manhood. We regard
THE HOME AS PARAMOUNT TO ALI. ELSE,
and the domestic hearthstone rs the sac.
red guardian OF human liberties. But we
have learned that, first of all there must
bo home to keep, and united head.
And we have so oftGn seen the hard earn
ed home swept from US, by and through
the unwarrantable jurisdiction exercised
over us by the aristocracv ofs'x. that we
find domestic rebellion and insurrection
constantly on the Increase, and it is not
possible for us, or you, TO cure the effect
till the cause ceases. Oppression is, and
ever has been, the mother of dlscsntent.
Foi n hundred years you have tried to
navigate the ship OF state with one of its
wheels manacied. Strange, very strlnge,
1t you do not see that ship half dis
abled, cannot sail straight on. What
wonder TINT she Ia drifting upon the
rocks? What, indeed, is there to hinder
The opportunity has come for this hon
orable body ia. take the initial step to-
wards unbinding that shattered and dis
abled wheel. In the yestibule, OF old
Hall, in Philadelphia, there
i; a TABLET upon which is inscribed in let
ters of bronze these immortal words OF
William Penn: ANY government is free
to the people under it when the laws
r ale, and the people are party to the
laws; and more than this is tyranny, oil
garchy and conIusiun.' What mean the
mighty commot!ous that shake your po-
litical heavens from pndir to zenith con-
tinually? What are they but the por-
tentious mutterings Of thai awful dawn of