The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-09-11
RsET, Pa WEDNESDAY,, SEPTEMBER II. ls7s

J. it was to maintain active secession
r now to assume the principle presen
: ed in . new dress, and called
"HoME RULE"
+ Home rule by whom ? By all th
5 legally qualified electors of rbos
States By no means; but by sue
0 only arc willing to vote the Demo
Q cratic ticket, and subscribe to tn
+ doctrines of the Democratic party
Home rule for what purpose? ? I
capture all Of the departments Of lh
National Government, by the great
er power of solid South opposed t
a divided North. That is why th
unparalleled election outrages hav
been committed in those States
That is why the resident Republi
cans of those States, largely, it il
true, cvlored men and poor, but still
men and citizens, and lawful electors
are kept from voting, and at las
driven TO an abandonment of theil
party organizations and it is for the
same reason that system of socia
and business ostracism has been es
tablished toward men of Republican
sentiments of the Northern States
who desire to emigrate TO the South
TO aid in building up its waste pla.
ces, promoting its prosperity, and
give it the blessings Of activity and
thrift. The South is not, for the
reason named, free country to
Northern men, and the well-known
fact was the inducement to that man.
iy utterance in the Des Moines plat.
form, which says: 1--WE demand for
the people of Iowa absolute freedom
to go whithersoever they NAV please
within the limits Of the nation, with
perfect enjoyment of their rights as
citizens, to utter their sentiments by
speech or press, upon ell sujects
touching their interests, and upon ali
matters OF public concern"
DIFFICULTIES
know well the difficulties OF en-
forcing this demand but | as well
know that this government will not,
and cannot be success uutil all ne
cessity for such demand shall have
disappeared and we all know that
just So long as this difficulty exists,
it ls the strongest possible reason for
refusing to extend the power OF the
Democratic party in this nation. Can
you give me any reason why each
person in this audience should not be
absolutely free ia the exercise end
enjoyment of each and every social,
political, personal, and property right
in any Southern State, as you allow
persons from that section of the coun-
try to be here in Iowa? You have
as much right there as they have
here. But the fact exists that you
cannot enjoy this right there as they
can here.
a POLITICAL TEST.
One of you remove with your fam
lily to Mississippi, and you will soon.
and to your sorrow, learn how bit.
terly true this is You buy property
and settle down 10 the work Of ac-
commodating yourself to the chang.
ed circumstances which surround
you, away from your old home and
the life associations under which
your family has grown up, you wait
with anxious expecsion the move
ments of your new neighbors What
are they doing? Certainly not what
you desire They are not getting
ready to call and welcome you aud
your family to your new home.
They are spreading fer and wide the
information which they have col
lected concerning you They have
found out that you are from Iowa,
that you are Republican in poli-
tics; that you always hated the
abominable crime OF human slavery; :;
that you are opposed to secession :;
that you were in the Union army;
and that you have not changed your
sentiments with your change OF resi-
dence, but propose to vote the Re-
publican ticket. That is enough
You may possess wealth, industry,
and the best ard most intelligent
family in the country, anxious to be
on good terms with your neighbors,
to aid them in every proper effort to
do all that can be expected of good
member of a community in promo
ton of its interests. This all counts
nothing. You can make no head
way. Your person may be safe from
injury your family may escape over
insult; your property may not be de-
siroyed But you are not wanted,
and are let alone No one calls on
your wife and daughters they are
indeed strangers 10 strange land
No social relations are offered. No
advances meet with favorable re-
spouse. You a-e not wanted. You
are ostracised in all the relations of
life. How long would you desire to
stay there? How would you Ike
that kind Of home rule? But this is
common occurrence from the Car
olinas TO Texas.
NOW REVERSE TUE SCENE.
Change the case. Let q family
move from Mississippi to Davis coun-
ty, Iowa. How would you act!
You would exactly reverse the South
ern mode of treatment you would
welcome the newcomers, and set
about at once making their changed
agreeable to them You
would show them in short time
what warm hearts beat in the North.
You would soon shame the boasted
hospitality Of the South by display
of that more genuine article which |
abounds in every household 10 the
North You would make them of
yourselves, and they would soon feel
that it was good thing to live 10
Iowa. This better rule Of action is
the one that the Republican party
wishes to extend to all parts of our
common country. How much better
it would be for all if this were so.
1t will be 80 in time but there is a
great deal Of work to be done first |
Time and defeat will bring it about. !
The former works its own way; we
must see to the latter.
A NATURAL RESULT.