The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-06-11

party propose that there shall be d
appeal from the State Courts in thes'
cases or transfer to the Naliona
Courts; and that any man that dare
to carry out the revenue laws Of ID,
United States 10 the Southern States
must do it ct the peril of bis life
must do it at the peril of being triet
n . rebel court, before b rebel jury
and the arm of the United State.
shall be powerless to protect its
own officers il this fsw should now
pass.
The States may be supreme in tteil
own sphere and Jurisdiction, and w,
admit all their proper rights Ba
they contend that tie Nation is ne'
supreme IN its sphere, and there ws
meet them with denial and defiance
Applause. You aud | ere citizen:
of the State Of Onio, and as such wC
owe allegiance to the laws made 81
Columbus, bat at the same m0men'
we are citizens of the United States
and as such We owe allegiance 10 9
straight line to the laws made at
Washington, and not around by way
of Columbus Applause We obey
the laws of the nation, no matte;
what they say at Columbus, and il
our Nation be not the supreme Gov
ernment, with its powers reaching
everywhere that its duties reach
then We fought for nothing, and the
blood shed for the Nation was vast
ed. [ Applause The old doctrine oi
State sovereignty, ia its worst form,
in It's most disorganizing aspect, has
been brought back, in the very hour
of the return of the Democratic par
ty, to the two houses Of Congress.
But, thanks TO the good fortune Of the
Nation, we still hold the executive
chair, and meet them Prolonged ap-
plsuse, amid which the remainder Of
the sentence was lost
FAILURE OF THE POLICY OF coScILIA-
TIoS.
When the war was over, snd when
reconstruction was completed. there
was large number OF large-hesrted,
generous, msgnanimoas op.imists 10
the Republican party sh5 heliesed
that we ought 10 do gTeat ac's Of
conciliation toward the Seulb. whieb
they believed would be met Is like
spirit The Greeley mcyemtut orig
mated 10 that spirit, and carried Cd
from the Republican party many of
the loblest and most charitable ad.
herents, and great many good. hon
est, earnest Republicans who stayed
by The party and did not go eff with
the Greeley novement said: II ycu
will go to the South in the fall spirit
of brotherly love and kindness and
AID Cancellation, you will win their
hesrts.
There we're many of the best and
Doblesi men in the Republican party
who SO believed. Well, the Repub-
licsn party bad to deal with that ele-
ment Ii either had to overcome it
or try the experiment The msn
we elected two years ago from this
great State of Ohio for the chiefest
place in the Nation--as true Re-
publican as ever lived applause =
was at the same time q great opim-
ist He determined to try the doc
tripe OF concilis,ion. He went to the
South with olive branches in both
bands. He went further, far beyond
what many Of us thought be ought
TO 60. He rendered them in all broth
erly kiDdnes and charity, aud it made
many Of our people sad, because they
believed be was making a mistake.
One of those who believed with him
at that time is the man you have to-
day made your standard bearer in
the coming campaign 10 Ohio Ap-
plause. A year ago he became fully
aware that that policy was not bear
ing its fruits in bro,herly love in re-
turn, and he declared as much in
campaign speech.
We have seen what returns have
been brought to rs from this policy of
conciliation and nov there is net an
op,imist in oil our party Applause. ]
There is not sentimentalist in all
this land belonging to the Republi-
can party who does not now see ths.
we have tried it fully and faithfully,
and they have been unworthy of the
tender. And We have now got back
to the old camping-ground of the Re-
publican party. and to-day. through
out the breadth Of the land, we are
one. Yen can make no class of stall
warts, for We are all stalwarts. TAp-
plause Since 1868 you have never
seen this party united as it is united
% day. And you see it united, be-
.suse you have seen this nation as
sailed in its integrity. in its functions,
Q lis future, in its safety, with the
'sme spirit and animus as you saw il
lsseiled in 1851. They have express
ID the determination that every res
ige Of the war legislation should be !
plotted out They have announced /
heir purpose to unroll the recoEd 0.
history and go back over HE work Of
he years step BY step They do net
ay that they will do away With the /
amendments, ard de-
troy them bet it is not necessary
or their purpose to do that. II they !
,ursue their present line of policy
hey can fieeze them to desth with
ut repeating them. The Cons,iiu-
ion does not execute itself. II muss
ave behind it the will OF TIE people
q The form Of law 10 make il efectige,
nd If the legislation of Congress
axes away the force. or paralyzes
Is force. it causes the amendment 70
ecome 9 delusion and snare. There
} something in the instincts of peo-
le- As if by a common instinct tie
olored people of the South, 50 lately
1ade free, are fleeing from their homes
nd seeking home beyond tfeir Dor.
ers. inspired BY the spirit which an
mated the Israeliies when they aed
rom the Egyptian bondage II is
OF the work of politicians. It's not
be work of campaign slsnderers: but
is something that stirs in The hearts
( these dsrk-skinned men of The South
hat tells them there is no safety Il
be power Of this Government passes
nally into the hands Of the Demo-