The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-07-14
NUMBER re.

NUMBER 23.
bot II tho masses have control, and the peoni,
axe sovereign, 1t rests with them, they have IN
poWer, ana We may expect them to correct Shl
Cn.snnt;a % H,.Sr tney have correctly measured them
moet impoverish the many. Unbridled passion
may enrich q few and make many moor fndasS
Inen why should the masses ever permit euoh
thag tshs,ngs 70 go on. 1t 10 reasonable to suppose
| do not intend to review the legislation Of
Congress which followed the surrender, be-
| bat in connection with the ides iuss advanosd :
- necessarily follows that the Taxpayer hss
his burden increased In the change Of 3 con
traSs IS vi rhiSh any bOndhoider cannot approve.
AND the merchant and shipowners who know
they have lost the carrying trade, and who Gee
that . sort OF spite against The Ameriosn
shipping, that like the little Alsbama threat
from again acquiring registration under tbs
American laws. 'Do
Then you have tho prohibition to allow ves.
ssis 0uiS Y abroad TO % registered in the United
leave the merchant, and the shipowner, and
the politician TO asoribs the cause for euoS nm
Necessary ne, conduct. We need all those ves-
position which We held . few years ago. Of
competing almost euoeseafnily yTRfsr GiSS6
gs,sS15 soE NE sS1ssoa ;sgs q she
Eior even to effete old Spein.
Apeopie worthy to be the sOurce Of pover.
q people auy sovereign, win not tolerate those
{ At of the few, and which turn the ehSnneIs
Of legislation into the paths Of wiokedness and
fraud. lApplause.
But the Arm hand Of Governmen mnst rise
uP IL the people are unfit to rule; II the peo.
pie are fit for despotism there never was
time when the despot was nearer at hsud to
step In and take the place. Cesar could not
Brutus save people At for biugation. TAp.
pfause
rel ice with You that you have reRainsd
the control OF your domestic institutions;
rejoice with yon that you have the power now
TO choose your legislators, and that your le1ie-
Iation is not controlled by the bayonet. Tiet
was the first great victory, From It would
OF the relation Of the States to the
General Government with non int reference In
!he administration Of the affairs Of tho States.
return to the former integrity and yiTtue
which illustrates the earlier period of our
Government
believe that every evil under which the
country has suffered has been directly trace.
Ibie to the pervision of the constitution and
be uSurpAtion by the Federal Government of
'ower never delegated to 1t. For example, les
'een misoalled the Missonri compromise Mis-
ouri had . right to be admitted into the
United States 40 o State, both under the con-
titution end Gsegeo Of the Government. She
oed to her by the treaty when We acquired che
srEitory of Louisiana. Yet this right, doubly
ortihed, was refused her until it was pur.
based by the drawing ofa political geography.
al line for the benefit of the North and the
ljury Of the South. When the announcement
this measure was made at Monticello, to
pom bis ear like o Are bell at night. His
racticai vision saw that this was the begin
ing Of the end which wss dreadful to antici-
ate; that this established sectional party
! Fsada hat
arty never could fnlHll the obligation for
bich the Union was formed. Men may differ
opinion and policy, bat every man knew
hat was north end what was south of the
Arallel of 3oS %, and parties organized on
lRt limo were necessarily sectional, and neceB-
'rily led to hostility and disnpion. / will
would take me back to 1850
Id some disagreeSble recollectionO that We
i'll let pass. / will only say, If the constitu-
on had been faithfully adhered 70, we shonld
I'VE avoided that long line of aggression
hich led up 70 carnage, misery and shame In
o past and shame in the present the Pam
ra box might have remained closed, and we
ght have fulalied the high destiny our fore
tbeTs hoped would result from achieving the
dependence which they transmitted to us
It it wnS this line of aggression, followed
tn insult and iDj1ry, thSt destroyed the
lion and led to EhOSe Consequences and to
at war In which your. heroic deeds oODStitu-
! the cause for your present organisation.
Am cory to admit that feel quite too
'ON W p1y " you bO-o1y aAA tbbb
Zould like to have said and yet il is imPOs~
lie for me to close my remarks to yOu with
reference TO one great event, and 20 one
lom consider the greatest OF men. Need
' that refer to Albert Sidney J1ht ston.
pplNuse
Exercising at the oatbreAk of the war q bRgh
70 umand in California, 1t was Deedful for him
cross = Continent on horseback 10 reach the
nfederacy. He came there unannOuncsd by
raid, without pretenaion, without claim to
; particular right. almply to Offer his seE-
20, . fhn Wn.r, ka- rrt,
Df, was so iii 80 TO be cOufiae 10 bed, and
able to recaiye him. Bat when beard Gho
% In the hall and recognized him imns-
'tely got up. He was shown mp. He came.
slt that great support had been put nndoR
Co1fsderaey. And when he fell, knew
fCeasinueA On clakfh usee