Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-08-14
CALLING FOR A SOLID NORTH
Charles Foster, the Presidents
Friend, Cots Tired of the Policy
and Calls for Solid North
From Fosters speech in the Convention ne
mating hum for CONGRESS. LAST week

FROM roster y speech IN The convention nomi
mating him for Congress, last week.
happen to be one who thought
and believed that the President.
Southern policy, SO far as it related
to the use of troops for the supper,
of State governments, was right.
sustained it on the ground of high
principle, nevertheless it could have
been sustained on the ground of ne
cessity. The President has extended
to the people of the South the hand OF
Cancellation and friendship. He has
shown desire, probably contrary to
| the wishes of the great mass of his
party, TO bring about b. the means OF
Cancellation better relations between
the North and Sonth. In doing this
he has alienated from him the great
mass Of the leading and influential
republicans of the country. He has
lost their sympathy and to great de-
gree their support. What has he re-
ceived in return for these measures of
Cancellation and kindness How
have these measures been received by
the South? What advance can we
discover in them of the recognition
OF the guarantees of the rights of the
colored men under the constitutional
amendments? We see jeff Davis ma
king speeches as reasonable as those
Of '6l, and these speeches Endorsed
and applauded by great portion of
their press and people. We see, also,
the declaration of Mr.. Singleton, of
Mississippi, in answer to a question
of mine on the floor of the House, de-
claring that his paramount allegiance,
in peace and in war, was due to his
State. No gentleman of the South,
or even of the democratic party, has
taken issue with him. We see, also,
all over the South, disposition to
resist the execution Of the United
States laws, especially in the matter
Of Internal Revenue. To-day there
are four United States officers under
arrest by the authorities Of the State
Of South Carolina, in Jail and bail re-
fused, for an alleged crime in their
State, while in fact these officers were
discharging their duty in executing
the laws of the United States in that
State. Their State courts and their
officers refused to obey the writs OF
the United States courts in the sur
render of these men to the United
States authorities. No former act of
this reasonable State shows q more
defiant attitude towards the United
States government, or greater dis.
position to trample upon its authori-
lty. / trust that the Administration
will, in this case, assert in the most
vigorous manner possible, the au.
thority Of the United States Govern
ment for the rescue and protection OF
these officers. L have no bloody
shirt to wave. If there is one man
in this country more than another
who desires peace and quiet between
the sections believe / am that man.
Gentlemen may philosophize over
this question until they are gray, but
you cannot escape the discussion OF
this question so long as solid South
menaces the peace of the country. A
solid democratic South means the
control Of the country by the spirit
and men who sought its destruction.
My own opinion is that there can be
no peace--this question will not down,
until the menace of the solid South il
withdrawn. had hoped the policy
of President Hayes would lead to the
assertion, by very considerable por-
ton of the South, of their antagonism
to bourbon democracy. confess to
a degree of disappointment in this,
though I think see signs Of a break
ing up of the solid South in the in
dependent movement that seemed to
be gaining foothold in all sections
of that country. But the effective
way to aid these independent move
ments, this breaking up of the solid
South, is for the North to present it.
self united against the solid South.
I a solid South under the control of
the democratic party means the con-
troll of the party by this element. 1t
means the repeal of the constitution
al amendments, it not in form in
spirit. 1t means the payment of reb-
eli claims. It means the payment of
pensions 10 rebel soldiers. 1t means
the payment Of slaves lost in the re-
bellion. It means the abrogation OF