Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-04-24

people that the lcaderships of old parties
feed almost exclusively on sectional strife
and hatred. 1t is apparent also that the
leaders of these old parties are deter
mined to fight and refght the issues Of
1876 in the coming campaign Of 1850. II
is perfectly apparent and beyond dispute
that they intend to do this. The gentle.
man from Tennessee Mr.. Houk spoke OF
the president of the United States and his
laudable effort to inaugrrate an era Of
peace, and of his having met with the OPP
position of the south in that effort. Now
| want to state the exact history as to this.
The indisputable truth of the matter is
that the president has been opposed by
the solid north and a solid south in his
laudable effort. The partisan press and
the partisan leadership of this country
have opposed every effort on the part Of
the executive to restore peace. There is
no mistake about that. History will bear
me out in what say, and it is current his
tory with which we are all familiar. Sir,
repeat again, that the old parties, be.
cause of the sectional animositics that
have been engendered between them are
powerless to give peace to this distracted
country. 1t was said of David, after he
had collected the material with which to
build the temple that should be dedicated
to peace and typify the man of peace, that
DAVID should not build the temple, for
David vas man of blood And so it
has been said from on high, as doubt not
that these old parties shall not build new
temple of liberty in our beloved country
fer they are
PARTIES OF BLOOD.
A new organization must do it, and the
Lord is raising up that party now. as !
believe. The workmen are all at work in
the quarrics, and every block in the tenn
ple shall be peace. say tu gen.
tlemen on this floor that it is our recruit
ing offices that are crowded daily with
volunteers, ready and eager to be muster
ed into the new organization that is to lib
crate this country. We have Il mission to
discharge. We know no north, no south,
no eat, no west, and any gentleman,
whether he lives in the north or the south,
is perfectly eligible in our party for the
Office of speaker of the house Of reprcsen-
tatiycs And this cannot be said of either
of the old parties. We have no desire to
raise this sectional strife IN our new or
ganization, nor will we permit IT to be
raised. Nor do we go before the people
with pledges Of financial reform, and then
come into this body and unite in ii caucus
to bind ourselves hand and foot, and thus
deny to ourselves the giving relief TO the
people. We do not do that Mr.. Char
man, we are here to keep our pledges to
the people. We are the dtdW cOW'ieI' OF
the army of progress that cannot be
frightened back by waving the bloody
shirt in our faces. That cannot be done,
! say to you again. This old quarrel
growing out Of the war has become
distastetul and disgusting to the Ameri-
can people. They want and intend to
have done with it. | should think the
old parties would see that they stand sad
ly in need of an addition to their ward.
robe. Their only garment is that sau-
culinary article of underwear of which we
have heard so much. 1t reminds me of
an Indian | once saw out is the far west,
whose entire toilet consisted of Il red ban
dana around his neck and Il plug hat;
and, like these old parties, he was per-
tectly unconscious of the ridiculous figure
he presented. Laughter. 1t is marvel
GUS to my mlnd that gentlemen on both
sides Of the house do not understand the
wishes and temper of the people.
In conclusion will say that unless you
pass at this session, first. law for the un-
reStritcd coinage of silver; second u law
for the substitution OF Grcenbatks for ma
tiOnal bank notes; third, law stopping
the futher increase of the bonded debt
and providing for the speedy payment Of
the debt now outstanding; fourth, Il law
liberating the five hundred or more mil.
lions now laying idle in the treasury; fifth,
give to the people an opportunity 20 es.
cape from the pending loss Of their homes;
unless these things be done at this session,
very few of the gentlemen who occupy
seats upon this floor will ever see them
again. Gentlemen talk about starving
the government to death. The eloquent
gentleman from Ohio Mr.. Garfield did
so the other day. Who constitute the
government of this country? The people
And | say to the gentleman that the
financial policy which he and his followers
have foisted upon this country with the
aid of the hard money Democrats on my
left, is now starving to death the laboring
classes of this country, and they will not
| stand 1t much longer.