The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-11
HAVE THE STATES ANY RIGHTS


Have the States any rights? | answer theS
have which Ia easily proven. notwithstanding
Mr. HAYES IN his Youngstown speech denied
lille important and all-absorhing fact. ~ saying
thav HAD No rights. nor never did have any I'LL
oonfarre,inpop them by the Federal power. sheh
ut,araunee are most prepOstetoua, iof theie
never waa any general government till createa
~ tha States. and then they granted " powers
In oartajn things and reserved TO themselves
ali their domestic rights to govern ~ the'f own
terr,torias Though they had given me general
wy ,vernment the right to make laws a. halleh
IN make treaties Ok peace and commerce ann
ragulate a revenue tariff. yet this did not give
tban, the right TO say the citizens OF one State
aheu,J be serfs or slaves. They never hfh
tha right to say who should exercise
the right VI suffrage In the
states, but assumed II, and got h't O 'neiI owl wv
aama and would he glad the voting power was
I'M u a., from Tia negroes now The law.maklng
now, OF the general government, and the state,
separately Defined aa" n ~ y tights Of be
other, the proper province ~ sach being W.
daratncd Nv the contract entered into. ana hau
,n1 as a nation We might have b en to-
day, But alas for human ambition am rhi .,s
nary higher law was tnrra1teh pu. man W. y,
nennrdanca herewith, Nine Of the States
PASSED liberty WV making nsna 1nt o'' mae
;nriaiirtion punishable with nne and lmurts-
nmapt. Notwithstanding the constitution
guaranteed protection OF person aud property
e. each and every eitizen, " the Respective
Rates vat The government suffered the constt
tu,ion To be violated without remnnstranee &c
IA as know, and when ne Anhthstn t en-
feiarary desired t9 reanaahly Withdraw IRON
a nar,narship iii which ahe could not have lair
play, they would not permit II hut drew the
sword g coeron her into anhmisa h ana ast
Mr HAYES says the Union WAS 70 he nafpeInHl
Granted that did not mean that the Northern
Rtntea should impose ~ the Southern 6y max
ing an effort 60 take away apeeias OF their nrop-
erfy. why did they not LET tha ;, III " union
ramaln perfect and invoatt? We never broke
nnw doing shows the dominion Of might
apainst right In what other WAY could we seek
ior redress of our gravanrea neaeehniiy, pn A.,
ana va we're forced to submit TO all the malRa-
miuistratlnn prantlsad upon ua IA people,
Think Of i'll After al The reaonsttnn,on iaree.
maehiuaa to make laws to govern INTEL gent
white men, Gil Hhntnnl whore Ia thy hlnahH ~
m, and audacity just look ut IT.. In a
abort time every southern State, With perhaps
one or two exceptions, was undet we rhls ~
| carpat.bae government and negEoes, and
worst III all we have not got rid OF their devil
| nv vet. Nee what chief magistrates raturn-
l ss h9 n Che s snss y state b
| and who cartiea 1t out 10 the letter ltpt-
tenuasa is the only recommendation 70 office !;
/
come in the way az the Chief Magistrany. Did
4 not Congress- pass n plain law 90 govern me
proceedings OF the pres taanial commission,
ana vet they Ignored 1t and were not governed
| hy II That law made 1t their duty to tnvastl-
ppta the election returns aud see who was
eetsd yet they IA y NJ ana th NJ g gem"n
| government repeatedly tramplad On the RICH =
81 the States by armed aolders at the polls ~
ssgsn asa 3 AM s s a '
raise rints and disturbances, IL order 20 De-
| clare certain sections OF country undet
n maasi' boa M :" Of 4oId i breaklue up
lawfully convened legislatures. and dtspets
Ing them. by no other rye Only that , o. m a,a
ruleraP Only Disgrace among the civilized m
lions Of the earth. The Union: MT, Hayes says
t9 % a IL vs. not ' kep 70 on ~
part, and we then had alegal right t. Withdraw
from the eomuaet. Rulers have no rights onii
those conceded TO them by the governed. ~
constitution nayar gave them any right to mod
,lln with Southern inatitut ians hnl they nav
act aside tha sacred lnsfnment
five men 20 Into partnership ~ insto ,, .,
Tor aaY four years; befors the time "a out tire
Of, them determine,, 60 take th me r mnna
strate. hut all In vain: they being the stronR
est, proceed aud have IT the1r own WAY
IA this kind Of dotng4 right stmply because tn
three wnre The atrnugeat No. by no means
Neither Ia tt right fer the general governmen
| to tnlpose on Il state. or act of states, heeana
|
now in Uower IN tia White House IL to remain
, our republican institutions Will aoon te sw.,l
lowed up by aams monster potan'ae VINO WA
trample our hallow ii rights under his nnhat
lowed fent and none to modest Or make nv
afraii. Wa elected samuelJ. Tildan hvannar
tar of Il million majority, aud vet no II mo
) cratic President. want " courage somewher'
And suprose the same farce is played owe
again In iaso-what then thing but ehaoti
confusion. and another RADICAL President 7
tampar with our rights and lihenias An
men baeoma emboIdened In crime the NOR
thew are stenIed III t.. 10 It they get into pow
/ again me- may look for the moose "a = tighten
j ai round our necka aud drawn till there vi
, not ha much room for breathing Mt least ns
! breath enough left na 70 e plain. We kno
not how al ere ~ thsIesn # = monaroh u,
i governments nj least If the Radical party pla
their eard4 ma they have boon doing, II Won
take them long 70 stoek them on nt,a dnn "a"
ent citizens This II 10 idle fancy. Other a
proud rep9btss Greece md home na as our An
ours can 90 too. Eternal vigilance is the watt
q tower of liberty. and may we guard the cltad'
IRON tntrudera. IRA IL. PhlNOE.
Al October 26 1879.