The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-10-24
4 SOLID SOUTH.

4 SOLID SOUTH.
Extract from q speech delivered by Hon.
Daniel voorhees, at Hamilton, Ohio, during
the recent campaign:
But there is another grievance alleged against
the south IS an excuse for usurpation and the
overthrow Of free elections not only there Dut
everywhere Il is said she is solid We hear II
cIau1ored in our ears from all quarters that she
votes solidIv against the Republican party. Let
1s admit that she does. New England votes about
&c solidly against the Democratic party, AID yet
1 have never heard that therefore VIC ought TO
nuiIfrv the Constitution ana all the rights Of the
states in the matter o. elections TO get rid of that
evil II is true that the policy Of this country,
which has SO bitterly cursed the producer in res
pect 20 revenue and the finances generally, has
been the work Of New England greed, sectional
i'm and legalized robbery but nobody has on that
account, strong as the provocation has been, de-
marded tlat her people should be deprived Of
free ballot. People have right to vote as they
please so long n our form Of government remains,
and whoever wouIG deprive them Of that right is
n scoundreI who deserves death. But are you as
tonished that the South s solid politically against
the Republican party? Would It not be marvel
II she were otherwise? DID you ever hear OF any
branch OF the AnRIo-Saxon. Celtic, Teutonic, or
ScIavonic races. that favned upon master and
willingly licked the hand that smote them in their
heIpIessness? have mingled extensively with
representative men of the South since the war
They bear no resentments against those who con-
0uered them In war. If they did they would be
hoping for the defeat of Ewing and the triumph
of Foster in this contest In Ohio The blows OF
. battle however, are only remembered and re
called By soldiers as have often heard them, In
mutual recognition Of valOr and constancy. But
do not ask the people Of the southern states to
fraternize and vote with the party which plunder-
ed them Of their remaining valuables after they
had fallen on the heId OF battle; party which,
after the war was over unIeashcd the jackals who
. lurk in the rear of armies the human byeuas who
/ prey upon the dead party which turned loose
and guided toward the desOlated South all those
human WI lures. kites. carrion crows and scaven-
ger birds who in the shape OF Northern spolators
and advenJurers, have filled the world with the
disgrace Of a reconstructed South. Do you ask
the people Of the South to divide their votes and
give part of them to such party as that? II you
do YOU insult our common nature and the in
. stincts oruniversal mankind. No honorable man
would make such request, and every Just man
+ would despise people who would grant It. Out
of their broken estates, their ruined plantations,
their poverty and distress, hundred Of millions Of
. dollars were extorted by the shameless, brazen
emssaries of the Republican party, and carried
away to secure regions for quiet enjoyment On
this point history VIII make no mistake, and re-
cord no uncertain verdict. The blacklist pages Of
the history Of the human race contain no account
of such robberies under the forms Of governme ent.
Warren Hastings, In his plunder Of the East In
dies becomes moderate and respectable cEar-
acter in comparison with many Of those rapacious
wretches who fastened their fanGs upon the pro
perty Of the South after the war over. Seven
ty years before the birth of Christ, Sicily was
ravaged and despoIled by censul of Rome
Though more than nineteen centuries have came
. and gone since then, yet the name Of Nerres re
tans all its freshness OF immortal infaply. He
. was prosecuted by the authority Of the Roman
Senate, and fed iOr asylum to strange and
foreign lands. He died miserabIy in exile, and
. his dish0no-cd dust was not permitted to mingl,
with the soil Of the Roman Republic. We hnd
however, in Middleton Life OF cicero that all tht
: pecuIations, eztortions, bribes- and larcenie'
, charged upon Verres during his administration
OF the affairs Of Sicily did not exceed - Olo,o00
equal to only Third Of ihe amount .or which
/ according TO the admission the New York Tn
= Bsfar made at the time, Gov. Scott fraUdulentll
issued the bonds OF South Carolina in n sng!
transaction. And yet You are expected to b
shocked and horriHed because tic people OF tn
5 south do not vote TIC Republican ticket. Men z
, about IN your midst IameutinE with ptous horro
solid south who have endorsed every crimIU
. transaction which has mssle Eer 81 lid. Euu hca
e tho voices of cautinZ hypocrites On every han
t pretending to 5evail united South. and inVok:n
a united North and the army and navy agaius
her. Can any one be - clini as not to see Ii
obiect OF all thise The leaders Of the Repu5lica
party desire to unite the North in solid hat
against the South. They also desire pretext 70
the use Of military force by which 20 su6verJ ou
. system of States and TO erect upon their ruin
. what they style nation. centralized, cons0lidj
ted government IaonarcEical in spirit anO destine
ID soon to be so in form ami name"