New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-08-29
POINTS OF THE SPEECH.

out detecLng danger VI
those communities. In Mississippi and South Carolina
is this especially true 1t is no credit TO any TO
pPoess not discern this Whatever has once happened
may recur That which produced one war may produce
another States bave attempted TO seeede; they may
attempt &c again. II does matter in what garb this
political force may be clothed IL is the same dangerous
element Call it secession, State rights, home rule, 1t Is
all the It's existence 10 inmieal 10 the Union IL
can't DO realized fact without division OF the ReDub-
lie Those who believe in 1t, proclaim it, support IT, do
with an intelligent motive. They hold To IL as rem
edy for possible grievance or the grievance they
claim the right 10 Judge What the grievance may be
that will justify them 10 resOrting to this remedy, they
have already given US an example. To be Out-yoted
and be required to submit to the voice Of the majority
as was the case in 1860, is great q wrong.
in their estimation, 10 justify an sapplica-
ton OF this extreme remedy IN It's worst form. The rule
Of the majority is tho sheet anchor Of our system OF
government. They consent 20 this If the majority
with them In it is not then they hold to the right
Of a state 10 break up tho Government a refuge aud
defence. They did not surrender tnis doctrine when
they gave up their None OF their Inventions,
mono of their papers none Of their speakers have
ntmaed purpose to surrender this pest OF our poll
ties. They fought to make 1t supreme Their failure to
make II 80 is their " lost cause" . No well in
formed person doubts that with free elections and hon
counting and effective enforcement Of results, Lou
siana Mississippi, Alabama, Florida and South Caro-
are nOtis tho result Of great crime, crime akin TO
that committed by the who resorted TO force OF
arms 10 destroy the Union, because the people gave
Judgment against them at the Presidential election OF
1850. Largely tho men have perpetrated the
present Then IL was TO maintain active seces-
sion, assure the same princlplr presented In
new dress, and called " homo rule" Home rule by
whom By all the legally qualified electors OF those
the Democratic ticket and sub scribe 10 the doe
triues Of the Democratic party. Home rulo Tor wnat
70 anfHH call M
tional Government, by the greater power OF solid
South opposed 20 divided North. That Is why the I'M
parailesed election ouIa@es have been committed IN
A VICIOUS POLITICAL SYSTEM.
These home-rue Democrats work with WILL and per-
slscntly Tie demOralizaton Of which have spoken.
dominates their politics without limitation restraint
I required vicious political system TO support human
slavery That system has survived the war; and
sous all OF the and injustice which plague the
south to-day. Il has element of good faith IN It, The
who work by IT, and through it, deem all things fair
which tend TO their political purposes. They
make political bargain but to violate IL, II that
will their purpose best. They profess loyalty,
they took the oath OF allegiance during the war; merely
20 escape restraint They participate H. elections with
no Thought OF abiding by the result, II t be AGAINST
them. TLey promise projection tO all 10 gain power
with which to Oppfess those who oppose them All Of
these clements apparent IN the South Carolina and
Louisiana Defeated m the elections In those States
Notwithstanding the atrocities resorted To 10 overcome
tue universally known large majority OF kePnD-
crnment, and demanded possession Of the States,
They made all manner OF good promises 10
induce a cOmpnadce with their demand. The
promises were accepted and the states turned over
10 them. With what result Not stipulation has been
observed by them; not promise kept ihey are mi
DOrity governments, ana as oppressive toward Tue
majority as hate aud wrong can make them. They are
10 D,nocrats and appying the iron hand 10 all political
opponents To cOnclate them the Government sur
only those States but nom almost the entire south
These southern Democratic politicians followed up this
In Wp ~
dent cOmmanderincnief, and the army, should be 80
crippled and stripped Of power; tnlt they could no
OF home-Iue. Upon this they planted themselves 70
deny army appropriations unless thelr demands Were
conceded 20 them. 10 dOnc and now more OF
ay A. m inc Southern states In the mountain fast
and Outottheway places OF those states, Illicit
Installation Is carried on % an enormous extent.
THE ROAD To PROSPERITY.
We don't want 10 march TO good times through another
war How then shall get theroi Not by Initiating
our currency. Not by denouncing capital Not by talk
ing communism. Not by sitting down and bewallng
hard lot. Not By appealing TO the Government to help
ia out OF all personal foes. Not by asking Con-
gress to enact take charge of supervise the
private business OF the country This course will only
tend 20 make things Nor will We reach g by
ceptng that widest Of all dcusions, the fat money
scheme which the Democrats aud Gecubackers OF Iowa
favor They float this scheme by Of false Tretences
They pretend they increased issue OF green
backs They ara openly aud dciauty opposed 10 real
grGeuDaeks The thing they call grecnDack Is nGt that
az ALL Ii IA fraud and its acceptance Oy the country
would bring upon us irTetrievable disaster
The labOrs needs the best dOllSr for II gives
him most In for his labor. Every In the
community ought TO teel interest IN the men who
labor. They prepare the foundations for everything
from the smallest gam 90 the colossal fortune Aud al
should remember that under system OF equality the
prudent Industrious labUrer who makes tue smallest
gain to-day has before him che possibility OF large for
tune 81 the future OF all men IN the country, the WORK
ngmen directly interested IN the utter desrue-
ton tho Flat money" madness. 10 is an Insult to their
intelligence 10 ask them TO favor an unlimited issue OF
worthless tokens which in sense represent labor
and result Only TO the advantage OF gamblers ana
reckless specuatOs IL proposition tending TO the
degradation OF labor. The who tolls Tor the sup
mort of himself and family should demand tho Oest
money for his services. lie needs money that don't
shrink and should cooperate with the Republican party
nm It's efforts to BRING all currency TO unl-
form standard of value and that OF the highest charae
SOUTHERN CLAIMS.
This organized raid has already presented over $780,
100000 OF claims against your National Treasury
Against their payment the Republican party stands
with a solid front The Southern Democracy ia push
lima Tha