The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-05-02
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to support his assertion. Under the
law troops could no more act without
definite authority than a sheriff couId
hang culprit without due warrant of
law. 1t also provided for the very sub
ordination of the military to the civil
power now so earnestly advocated. II
also provides that troops shall not he
used save when necessary His friend
from Connecticut (Eaton) smiled. It
was a lawyers smile, but his friend
knew the repOSe of discretion some
where was unavoidable. Discretion NAV
De abused, and, as humanity was weak,
1t has been abused from the earliest
times, but was a necessary evil. Why
in Heavens name, in a republic where
universal suffrage is cherished, which is
governed by majorities, should election
day be picked out as the only day of the
year to be handed over to ruffiauism.
brutality and disorder?
Mr.. Conkling referred to the Demo-
cratic frauds by false naturalization pa
pers in the New York elections. In
some districts, he said, the Democratic
majority was larger than the whole num-
Der OF men women and children. horses.
dogs and cats in the district. laugh
teri Yet fraud by false naturalization
papers and registration was but a small
n
The election in 1870 was the first in
which the national election was en.nrc-
ed, and blo0d-shed was feared. The ter
rihle scenes of the draft riots were fresh
in the minds of all. Fearing a repcti-
ton OF them, good citizens asked the
president tor protection, and in spite of
lmprecatiOn and threats of the Democra.
cy Grant protected them. That election
was orderly, and when New Workers
next have occasion to show their appre-
citation of Grants services, his action in
1870, touching this matter will not be
hidden away by those who espoused him
wisely. EApplause.l >
Mr.. Conkling, IN his
ALLUsIoN TO MIR. DAVIS
lll.,l said that, after Mrs. Winslow, that
senator had an inexhaustible source of
soothing syrup: Laughter.l The sena-
tor reminded him of one slumbering in
storm, and dreaming of calm. The
senator said there was no noise anywhere,
and one could hear a pin drop; that
rights were sacred south and north. and
that there was peace and tranquility, and
laws were obeyed; therefore there was
no occasion for apprehension of anxiety.
Gould rights be sacred when fresh-done
barharltles show that the elections in
some portions of the land were despot-
ism tempered with assassination s-When
old and young were flying in terror
from their homes and the graves of their
murdered dead rights secured when
thousands brave cold, hunger and death,
asking among strangers for the treat.
ment OF humanity under law which
made them citizens while God made
them men. He asked the senators to
read the memorial in their behalf. con
tanning the most shocking recitals of
modern times, the blacklist ever recorded
IN civilized or savage life, There was
not such faith as the senator possessed,
no, nok in lsrael-order reigns in War
saw. The Republican party wanted
peace and prosperity in the south as well
as the north, but disregarding the truth
will not bring peace. "Fair words but-
ter no parsnips." This lullaby and
hush had been a mistake from the be
ginning. 1t had misled the north and
south. In Andrew Johnson's time q CON
yention was held when man from South
Carolina and a man from Massa-
chusetts locked arms and walked into
the convention, and with much sensa-
ton and cordiality clasped hands when
the tune of Dixie was played. Laugh.
ter. Later, celebration of a battle of
the revolution took place In New Jersey.
when there was dramatic
SPECTACULAR AND RUGGING CEREMONY
He remembered that Gen. Sherman at
tended one OF them, but that soldier, with
the hard sense and bravery which dis
tlnguished him, cautioned the assembled
multitude not to be fooled. OF ali such
demonstrations Mr. Gambling had this
to say: Honest, serious conviction was
not ecstatic or sentimental in grave at.
fairs and lasting purposes. It was not
expressed in morbid phrase or with sick
ly sentimentaIity. This was as true in
regard to political as religious duty. The
Divine Master said, "Not every one that
saYeth to me Lord, Lord, shall enter into
the kingdom of God; but he that doeth
the will of my Father which is in heav-
en-" Facts were serious things, but the
better way was to stare them in the face.
The northern people preached no cru
SADIE against the south. When the war
was over, no man who fought against the
flag was punished even by imprison.
ment; no estate was confiscated; every
man was left free to love liberty and pur
sue happiness, After that the southern
states were rehuilded and restored to their
relations to the union; no man was dis
tranchised by national authOrity-no
man for one moment was denied the ri ght
TO vote, or hindered in any other Way.
From the time that Mississippi was re-
stored there never had been a time when
JEFF DAVIS NIGHT NOT VOTE
as freely as the senator Davis in the
state of. Illinois. The north was dotted
with graves, tenanted with the purest and
best men, whose deaths were caused by
the greatest and guiltiest rebellion that
ever appeared in the annals of the hu-
man race. The generosity and magma
nimity of the nation in the hour of vic
tory was the grandest spectacle of the
kind the world had ever seen. The same
spirit prevailed now, and yet the alarm
was sounded that the Republicans of the
north seek to revive and intensity the
feelings and passions of war, and south
ern Democrats pretend to sink the past
in oblivion, in a land of forgetfulness.
The truth of this assertion could be test
ed right before our eyes. Twenty-seven
states adhered to the union. They sent
to congress 269 senators and representa-
tiyes. Of this number 81 only were SOL
diers in the armies of the union. The IL
states which were disloyal sent SO sena.
tors and Representatives, OF these 50 were
soldiers In the army of the rebellion and
at least three more held offices of high
civil trust under the confederacy, max.
ing SO out of 90, There were but four
oSAAotO4o AS1V WIZ III the union
army; twenty senators sat here who
fought in the army of the rebellion, and
more sit here who held high offices in
the confederacy. In the house there
were 90 union soldiers from 81 states and
65 confederate soldiers from II states.
The south is solid throughout all its
borders. There are only two Republi-
cans here from the south, Bruce and Kel-
logg, and it is whispered that there is an
enterprise on foot to deprive one of them
(Kellogg) of his seat. The south is
MANIFEsTLY SOLID.
Can you wonder, Mr.. Conkling asked, If
the north should presently become solid ?
do you not see that the doings now in
the two houses fill the country with
alarm and distrust as to the patriotism
of men from the south? Forty-two Dem
ocrats have seats on this floor, or forty
three if you add the senator from Ilii-
nois, and he does not belong to the Dem
ocratic party, although ] say that any
Democrat who asks any more of him is
an tnsatiate monster. Laughter Twen-
ty.three is clear majority of all, and
twenty-four happens to be exactly the
number of senator's in the south, and
leaders in the late rebellion; forty-two
senators rule the senate, twenty-three rule
the caucus, and majority rule the SEN
ate, and the caucus rules the majority.
There Is the same thing in the house,
where assaults are made on the constitu.
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