The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-18
HAYES SPEAKS.
His Remarks tn His Regiment nj
Youngstown, Ohio.
Very stalwart Speech Specie
Resumption and State
Rights Discussed.

yorNasTowN o., Sept. fiat the annual
reunion of The Twenty third Regiment Of
Ohio Veterans, volunteer Infantry, President
Hayes. their commander during the war,
spoke ae follows to-day:
Comrades and Fellow. Oltl7ens:
gro sad III publicHtfairs II isa great pleasure to
visit again my friends IN Ohio, nnd especially to-
meet 90 many ct my "d ehnInnss n n,s yearly
We last met at Wtloughhy. u year ago. there
has heen vast improvement in the business
ot opinion may be still found among the peo-
pla nF this part Of Ohio 81 to the imnorlanee Of
| he RESUMPTION Of Specie payments. and as to
the methods by which II haa been accom- plshed.
there IA pne b lnd OF resumption which is very
noticeable In Youngstown, md which fs mak ny
rapid utogtpss II the whole country about
which I ainaene we are al heartily agreed.
When last Visited this beautiful valley u the
Mahenne. four years ago. the financial
,51 ap5 ab a"a s s ased o1ai ha ~ heebs
| and depressed the snit i's Of The people wher
ever [ mt,t them, whethsf III public assemblies.
mt their places pf hu- lneas, mt their hes ui n
hle homes Now, however how great and graft.
| flying is The ehangai All around us here aud
.hroughou The couutfy generally. we see cheer
Mot only have specie payments been resumed,
but business ae!iyity an1 profitable employnpnl
!nf capital and lah,t haye np,ne also ,rhs chief
iron interest already begtua to share largely
III tha benefit ot aur ir proved condition, and |
ei,izsna il his iares assemhaea oil the pfesent
favorable business situation and IN The bright
aud encouraging prospect which the future
The, is subject interesting to every citizen,
AMI especially tc those who served Ill The Union
army, In regard to which J wish 70 say q few
words.
Since our Inst reunion In several Of the States
and III Congress, events have occurred which
have revived the discussion IF the question
~ tn The objects for which we fought Ia the great
| cot llict fiom 1891 to 1865. and as IT, what was
accomplished NY the flnal triumph of the Union
cause the question IL: What was sa'tlsd by
tba war; WHAT may Those who fought Tor the
Union Justly claim: aud whit ought III 90 who
fought ior secession. fa 'hinly t. accept as the
legitimate results IL the wat
II any one supposes that that construction of
nur national constitution which ia known as
the state, rights doctrine, Is >, eonsis,snt With
| gtnphs from Mr. Iineylas first massage to
| Congress. at The extra seesihn ct 1aGi,
peaceful ssiou-lhati Ia secession In eceutd-
ance with The national constitution he said:
This sophsm derives ,nnch, perhaps the
that there i g. me pWntpntnnt ana sacred gu
nremaey pertaalnlng ~ s,ate-to aanh stats , Ct
onr Federal union oqI satqa that have neher =,
no ' one Of them sver having bssn q
fhay oaet ufY their Erl ish colonial dependanee,
and the new ones each came into the Union
direct ly from condition nf iarandnnce. ex
eenting Texas. And even Texas, IN lis t. inpo.
tarp ndapandanra was never designate
Safe. The new ONES oniy tonk The = designation
thnt name was h1st hdnutea for tbe
old ones ln and by the neelaraioh OF lndapen-
| q aretl to be free and independents States but.
ev II then. the object plainly WAS not to DECLARE
heif indepenlence of one another. or pt the
IL f1tnt,
mutual pledge and their mutual action before
ct the time and after wards ahundantiy show;
The express glehtlng Of iath hy eaeh end all
at the original thirteen in the articles Of con
Federation, two years later, that the Union shall
bn perreiual, Is most conclusive. Having never
been States, either IN substance or in name
outside Of The Union, whence this magical om-
ninetenne af State rights asserting q cam Of
power TO lawfully destroy the Union Itself Z
Much Ia said about the sovereignty OF the
States: hu the word even n not In the national
ns'itution nor, as is believed, In any OF the
State constitutions. What Is q 'anvareilenty. IN
the political sense of the term Would II be far
wrong tu asfne II "a political community with
out political superior 2 Tested by this no one
q Gnr States a."es sKas O. aye1 hs waT
on coming Into the Hnian ~ which ant
che acknowledged the const Tuition OF the
Tuited states made ii purananee of the conati-
tutiun. IL lie, for her, the supreme law OF the
land. The statea have thait status n the Unlon
and they have no other legal status If they
law. and hy revolution The Union and not
hsnae,yss | nsnn,aiinyi ai nrnenrsa tner lnhe
purchase. the Union gave each of them what
ever ~ Independence and liberty It has. The
Union ta older than any OF the States and ia
fact 1t oreatad them as States. Originally
some dependant colonies made the Union
and. II turn. the Union threw off their Old de-
aa ss ey , mem a an" o hem sa
State constitution independent of the Union
0t course, y is ,ot forgotten that hli tho new new
entered the Union; nevertheless. dependent
upon. and preparatory to- coming In the
Mr. Lincoln held that the United States Ia o
nation, and that ,ts government poasesses am
pie power under the constitution TO maintain
ts authority and @ enforce ''s lays hi in every part
by thoae who raaerted the doctrine OF State
rights. and VINO rightly claimed that it was In
VIII state ~ atn maie "p an
trovaraies which led to tho civil war. The re-
suit Of the war decided that controversy In favor
Of nationality and In favor Of tho supremacy Of
the national government.
On tho subject Of suffrage. Mr.. Lincoln's
guiding principle was that no man js good
enough to govern another man without that
other mans consent"
Thus we have from the lips and pen of Mr..
Lincon-the graat leader and representative OF
the Uoion eause-tn the most solemn and au-
thentir form ~ complete statement OF the Issues
Of the war. He held that the Union ia perpeu-
n that s s III q H. = sbond
BE- free. md be accorded equal civil and politi-
ca rights
These are the great fundamental principles
affirmed on the one sluc. and denied on the
other, upon whien tho appeal was made to the
god of battles. Do not undertake to review
the debate as to the nature aud powers of The
government of the Union end as to the doc
trine of State rights. (which began with the
found ,ion Of our institutions. and which Was
continued until II was hushed by the clash OF
arms. II Is enough for my present purpose to
say that as a matter Of history. MI of the polit-
icnl parties Of the past when charged with the
responsibility Of directing the affairs Of the
goverumopt. have maintained 10 their practical
administration Of II precisely the same. prn-
cipIss which were held by President Lincoln.
The principles ~ to the powers Of the national
government which were acted upon by Wash,
inaton and Jackson, and which are sustained
hy the dt cisons of Chief Justice Marshall. and
BY which Lincoln and the Union armies crushed
among the legitimate and irreversible results OF
the war. which ought not y be questioned.
versy settled by the war. the public avowals Of
opinion are almost all In favor Of the faithful