The daily Cairo bulletin., 1878-08-25
NEW SERIES---NO. SO

ucny' lIs platform was OF the most pro-
nounced States rights.
| read from section three:
THAT the federal government is one of
limited powers, derived solely from the con-
stitution, and the grants Of power therein
ought to be strictly construed by all the de-
partments and agent, OF the government.
and 1t is incxpcdicnt and dangerous to ex-
ercise doubtful constitutional powers
The Republican party was regularly or
ganized as a national party in 1856, and
John G. Fremont was chosen as its candi-
date. Its second national convention was
held 1860, and Abraham Lincoln was chos-
en- as its candidate. Its platform pro-
nounced the most ultra States rights doc
trinc.
| read from its fourth plank;
THAT the maintenance inyiolate Of the
rights of the States, and especially the
right OF each state to order and control its
domestic institutions according to its own
judgement exclusively, is essential 70 that
balance Of powers on which the perfection
and endurance Of our own political fabric
depends and we denouncc the lawlcss in
vasion by armed force of the soil OF any
|
pretext as among the gravest Of crime"
Need present further evidence in proof
Of the proposition that the Republican par
ty was ultra States rights! might multi
ply evidence, but the character of the evil
| dencc offered makes the. proof conclusive,
and now that the fact is established, may
we not inquire whether the Republican
party has adhered to the doctrines OF its
! founders. The doctrine OF States rights is
one of the old questions that at this day
! dcmunds rehcaring, In the excitement
! OF the last fifteen years, it has been almost
entirely lost sight Of Yet it is as essential
to the balance Of powers between national
and State governments to-day as it ever
| was. equally as essential as it was in 1860,
and now let me ask the question: has the
! Republican party since the close of the war
adhered to the doctrine OF the party, or has
it departed from it. When the Southern
States were recognized and readmitted into
the Union of States, they were admitted
without limitation, were entitled to all the
rights Of original States The general
government had no more right to infringe
upon the rights of one of those States than
upon the right of any of the Northern
States. The president had no more power
to quarter troops upon Louisiana, South
Carolina or Florida than upon Massachu-
sets or Vermont. In Louisiana United
States Judge at midnight issued an order
declaring what the Judge deemed the right
full State government, and the pernicious
and wiltul usurpation of the rights of the
peoples State was sustained by federal bay
onet. The legislature of the State was or
ganzcd by United States troops The
members elected by the people of the State
were compelled to exhibit their credentials
to AN orderly sergeant of the regular army.
In the language Of the Republican platform
of 1850. was this not among the gravest of
crimes. In time OF peacet the United States
government has no right to quarter troops
upon any States, except by the consent ot
the State and then only in times of riot
and civil commotion beyond the control of
the State, and in accordance with the pro-
visions of the federal constitution. Yet
these safeguards Of the States and rights OF
the people have been disrcgardcd, and fed
eral troops quartered upon independent
States in violation of the constitution. The
quartcring OF troops in Louisiana, Flori-
da and South Carolina berorc the elections
and the strengthening OF the armies
there after the elections, TO procure and force
false count OF votes for presidential cleo
tors was crime that knows no parallel in
the history of republican government, and
no republican government has long surviv-
ed the use OF bayonets in times Of peace.
Monarchcs depends upon their armies,
republics upon their people, and this re-
public will not long survive withdrawal
of confidence from the people and trust
in the regular army These things must
b, chqnged,and thank God, they are chang
ing. The people are forcing Il recognition
OF the people, They are determined that
the civil authority shall be supreme to the
military in time of peace.
The withdrawal of the troops from the
South has brought peace to her people.
Their homes are quite and their fields are
cultivated; they are far more quiet to-day
than some of the Northern States, even
more quiet than the District of Columbia.
No congressional committee to-day sits in
the South to ascertain the cause of dis
turbance there, while one sits in New York
tn inquire into the cause of the disturbance
among the aboring clascs in the North
The labor question is one OF great mag
niudo in this country. 1t is one of the
questions that is pressing for hearing
in this campaign. Thousands upon
thousands of laborcrs are out
Of employment. They are ut our doors
begging for employment, begging for some
thing to eat, begging for something to ide
their nukedness. We see them upon the
highways and byways barc-headed and
barctooted The tramp as he is ignomi-
nousy called, is in every community. The
army of tramps, ms they are descwedly de
nominated. are marching in every direction;
now here is fact and what is its cause.
1t is u well settled principle in philosophy
that there cannot be an effect without a
cause. Up to 1873 the tramps were un-
known as II class. Who are they and where
do they come from! Does any sane man
believe that they are tramps from choice!
There has been some sudden convul-
sion in society that has cast them as
scourgcs upon the people; five years ago
they were unknown. At that time the
Northern Pacific railroad failed, and other
! railroad enterprises failed, the workshops,
: ioundrics and rolling mills tailed the iron
and coal mines failed, and these men that
are to-day called tramps are the laborers
from these railroads; the mechanics from