The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-10-18

became frlgnuul.F aXauon threatened to swal-
low up not only the earnings but the accaimu-
lations OF the people. Men contemplated ap-
proachtng ruin with horror. AT Length large
bodies of coiored voters turned against the de
moralization and misrule, and State after State
was recovered, reclaimed. restored. The res
toraton of the Democratic party in those States
became indispensable 30 the recovery and pro-
lection OF popular rights, the security of prop
erty, and the welfare OF labor. Political union
for protection and safety against plupder and
ruin made the South political unit
and at once the price of wages and the price of
lands advanced, and valuable Productions :n-
creased Isuiere any man among you whose
hatred toward the South is 70 malignant that he
would tear down the present authority and re-
store the vampire Governments of ten years
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gsfssssgS saic y Are Z Y. q, 4 e
in Congress from the South You are told that
in large degree tits made up OF Brigadiers from
the Southern army. Is that disagreeahlo TO You
Then pechaps You will find comfort in the fact
that the evil will decrease as the years roll by
The older men will pass away, but ] dare not
say that the young men who will take their
places will be mere agreeable to You ! think
they will not be. But the offense 10 you ia not
that they were Brigadiers. 1t is only that they
are Democrats, and stand in the way OF the
partial and unfair purposes of your party. You
know this to be true. II does not offend you
that Brigadiers are now 10 the Cae'net, in the
Federal courts and in high offices OF Govern
ment They are of your party, and you are
content But IL there'be an evil Of which you
have right to complain in this matter, 1t 10
found in the constitution iteelf Yea, back OF
that-in the principle of popular representation.
IL is because under the constitution each State
shall choose its own Senator'S and each district
shall select its own Representative that we find
the houses of Congress constituted as they are
If we are to have a free republic, then each
oil tt,
choice, and without any restraint Nhateyer.
Will YOU men of Ohio allow New F1glai1l or
the Gulf States or the PAeific slope t6nueatidn
your elections? Because your deegAt ton In
Congress may be unfriendly 70 some measure
greatly desired by onoapf those seetiopR, are
you to be called to account Shall IL ba re-
garded as a cause of offanse or asa ersunl 2!
antagonism against yonY Because Ohio VIII
not support what she believes to be a heresy in
doctrine, or Assumption in measure, eau an
Union, assume hostile attfudei toward her?
As yousare true Union men, answer me that
question rs MI
For four years the Democrats have had
majority 10 the House, and You say that the
South has controlled that msiority, aud there
fore you will array the sections in hostility,
The step you propose is too responsible. You
carinot take it. 1t Is toward renewed strife and
disunion. Let me assure you that you have
been misled; that the Democrats North and
South constitute one party and that within the
organization neither section dominates the
other But please tell me to what do you OBJ
ject2 What measures has the House adopted
that were partial toward the South or unfair
toward the NorthY The payment of Southern
claims, thai had grown lnto giant levh and
national fraud, has been checked end almost
entirely Suspended a ~
The public expenditures have been reduced, :
20 that the saving in the four years of Demo-
cratic control, as compared with the prior four
years, exceeds 500, 100000 The saving to the
State Of Ohio is nearly sf,eoo, 900, aud TO each
Congressional district nearly S350,0O0. The
saving each year has been more than the av
erage annual expenditures during the admins
trations of Adams and Jackson. What does
the reduction of $3o,0e0,000 in the yearly a.
preparations by Congress signifys II means
that in the public expenditures there shall be
economy and honesty. II means that that
much money shall not be collected from the
people, but shall be left in the channels OF
trade and commerce. there to stimulate bust
ness and enterprise and to give employment
10 labor. Will You bear in mild that these
great reductions have been made over the OPP
position of a Republican Senate and admins
Vation?
Republican House denonetized silver; a
Democratic House restored it The silver
money now flows into the channels of trade
and commerce, and, like red blood In the veins
and arteries, gives life and strength.
For while there was the curse in the Fed
eral courts of juries organized for partisan
verdicts. That was through the law permitting
thetest OATH A Democratic Congress repealed
the law, and now fhe jurissS may be Of good
and true men,"
OF these four leading and important acts, do
you. condemn either? Would you again open,
the doors Of the treasury g arumped,, Up ywsrr
Would you drive honest economy out of our
temple of legislation and restore extravaganza
and the waste of $50, 1000 each year beyond
the needs of the public service? Would you
degrade silver again and declare 1t no money Z
And would you again humiliate and degrade
the juror, compelling him to stand among his
fellows with stopped head ds he takes the test
oath? If YOU would not reverse any one OF
these great acts. demand your approval, and
that in respect to them you say to the Demo-
Gratis in Congress. from both North and South,
10 We want the troops taken and kept away from
the polls We want the elections to BIO free and
fair, and without the corrupt influence Of Dep
uty Marsbals and Supervisors. In the name Of
fair play we demand it. The Federal election
laws we're adopted as party machinery They
serve no good purpose Their only design is
10 keep the party in power. Do you know what
occurred at Philadelphia at the last President
ial election? That city is under absolute Re-
publican control, and is known far and wide
for the corruption that rules the elections.
believe the courts, prior to the last President
ial election, struck off above 1000 names fro m
the register of voters, upon evidence that they
were false and fraudulent 1t was not enough
that the city was under partyscontroig Resort
was had to the party advantages under the
election laws. Seven hundred AMI seventy
three Deputy Msrshals, and 3, 332 Supervisors
were appointed, at a cost of s4l, ITO The city
was peaceful and quiet. Why, then, were four
regiments of party brigands placed in rule
over the people when they went to yoteg
The Republican Marshal OF that district,
under oath, said they were not needed to
secure a fair and free election. The outrage,
under the pretense of law, was far greater IN
New York. The vilest characters wer6appointed
Mafshals andS Supervisorss Thousands of
voters were arrested for no crime and without
warrants Fright and terror prevailed, and
large numbersof voter we're thus kent from
the polls. 10 you desire this to be continued
For party advantage do you ask that our cleo
such partisan machinery? Are the people, in
going to vote, to be placed under fear Of I'M
lawful arrests? Shall clubs be held over our
heads as we vote? The free American voter is
noble spectacle. Erect. bold, unterrifed. he
exercises the right of freeman and the power
of sovereign. When he shall be made to
crawl in the presence of Supervisors and over
seers, the end has come to thar lbertyNof which
we have been so proud. y 4
said we demand that the troops be taken
and kept from the polls. would rather die
with the ballot in my hand than that one Of
them should strike me with his sword Let us
be at least as free as the subjects OF Queen
Victoria Popular rights have advanced slow
ly in England, but surely, and have never been
| pushed backward So, when it was settled
that the trooper should not lord the voter
should not strike him nor jostle him, nor even
stand in sight Of him when voting, it was set
tied forever.
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