, 1879-05-30
GEN, aAnr1Ei.p,s SPEECH.


Al the adjournment OF the Convention, a rat
iiscation meeting wis orgaulzed, at which sona
2, 500 people Wcra present. At this meeting
Gen. Garfield spoke rs follows;
MI. rnzstpEsr AND FELLow-ClrsxEN-: have
watched With deep Interest The prcrcrliags Of this
Convention. wacl, havs tast Sosca md no part my
body bod; o. Of 'Repablieans Of the Slate Or OHIO. You
history, @ III ~hat yoa havs sas has T Sio,ieht "a
back to tho consideration Of wl,nt sranspEea fseen
years ago. You supposed. supposed, that our
recaii. Wo lid MI brlicyod the snptema ssaa
Court settled eone qurttigs that conld not other.
questions too largo for tic Courts, and which Ind
to b. appealed 10 tho tlnat court. the high and
awful court Of war.Ithe question whether shls was
mere aggregation Of Status. Your Courts, your
legislators. powcrlcss to dctesm,nv tho tes,lo,
wat wsr, "a and attsr totir years Of blood We supposed @
It ~As scttlnd forever thar no State wah 80 sovcr-
cign AZ the Union. We supposed that to have been
vided, the Constitution and laws Ut tho Uninn were
the s',p1ome law 81 hu land. any ordinance o. any
sss to ' s s"f,ay CIV % eS @ s.s 10
Of Congress feel 1tn strength than II proceeds 10 act
as tbous'. II hai nsver beard Of 1854 mud 1s1h;
over t,N!r own elections, which VIC adnit, but
AL II ,as ssa t,s. Ind at 9
s pcndina in iLs Nationa, LesirntHre I bili hit a
o e % unaa s H.
paaasI great Judiciary aet In ,rcfernnco 70 u,l
of tic Uuitea states, aud allowing appeal from
State CouIts to lie Cousts fths Nation. 1nJnck.
.on's t!mo T. H. mn9c 9 n, necessary e !asa Nv
a. ii, Seto!s ths easrs q ths M uni'sd ss,ss. sS
sttcnscn ] these judicial powers. Nov. w!ss Il s
at !hs iac. for moment. Within slle, !att lwo
odd people arrested fur Illicit di6tilling, violating
the .e!cnue !aws vi thu United States, and al Of
tl,oss States. x large number ot mon have been
uur laws, and the nssaiAnts huyu been killed and
wounded in return. nt thrse Stntcs lavc arrested
and proceeded aEaiust 100 Of our olcrrs. Homc oF
Enforcing lis iaws Of shs Ua,ssa s,a,rs. Il Inc
law staua now We can iranafer every snrh casc 10
by our own laws; but this Congress PROPOSES thar
there s'all 10 na aprea!, no trnsftr IL. sct caAes
any innn that dnrcs to carry Gut the revenue laws
" must .to It al tlle peril Of hn HE; mist do II ut
ths perli Of 6slnF r'sa .,y ~ rebo! ury before
ths Unt.d stsira il powcr!ess 10 pro,uet its "wn u
officer II this Inv should uaaa. [Chccrs. Ii, ether
words, the Stutns may bo snptulu within thstF
proper rrht4 and defsna them; bnt idrv deny tsiat
a'sst sls% W. ds1ia ;,,i .na 4sanes; n, iAnnsa's
owe Allrgfnnca and obedience U tlu lawH mado At
columhus; bui: u the same time. you nnd arc
ginncu xuA pbed!enru in u straight line to Wash.
instnn.-nnt by way Of colunlnns [Applauss.l
Ws obey tAe laws o. Tho E1nIon, whatoyet they may
ba not tho supreme tioyssllsutlt within ita sphere,
with all it4 p1wct" sunchlns cveEyWhefu that It's
blood she'd fur the llion wns wn.ted. tArpinute,
That doetrlns Of State.soyuresKnty. in Its worst
form IN ~ n,osi dtsorganztnE nspecL was brought
rolusn TO power Of Tie Two Democratic tion4ea Of
Gengtsss: Dus taanS ,s ths good @ fortune 9. tho
tgrsat appIausej, ind mean 10 hold il. lAppIausr.
Now, lot me ivy word In direction tast II his:
toric. When tho War WIS over when recons.fuc..
gsnefous. n,agnanan.oas opttmlsta In the lsopab.
llcaa party, who believed WI ought 10 show great
ss sesss . rhe GsseS IL - ,ha
aud carried away great nasny Rood. honrst, sar.
neat kepuhltcatss.. Aud, Ut taaas wt.n stata wthu
ht,ll tsniasmcd large numb who sal4: ~ you
will 20 TO ths people Of The South with the largest
a 4. @ " sS t. S oys n s ILL.,
power in battls."a NOW, H. Meoubiicau party aad
Il had tu try the experiment: aud the man whom,
wo elected ~ pfeslenl three years nKu. sr1,u
Republican in Ills heart At any Of liz, still wnx
fessIons of these nlcn, md he dssssn.lned to tsy
t9s expsti~ent, and l,, went to tho South with
a n.ny n 10y ~ as IL b. ~ shas
hlt he did It snctratr. mud :, rendered
| 10 thu.u all hlothetIy kindness, I'll charity,
| because they believed II wus mistake. aut hs
and thosa who acIlevcd with him aunliY begun to
asu What RETURN he received, notably among them
| your st4ridard. bearst III Ohio (applaHsel; yea.
aEa be BECAME fully Awnrc that that policy was not
lRu blotilesly love, aud declared !! In hs can,paig
speceh-l want you to rellanhet that. lap.
| piAuac+
| Wuat has happened to b. the Ecsultt Now.
while address YOU. there ~ no opttn,lat In all
p4sty. [ApplAn.e. lhess y no scutmcntallat IT
l who does NOT NON i1x h2Yn tflAd Il flllf Sni