The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-04-24

not lhlnk mat the remainder OF the sentence mod
lied It, The key to this assault upon the election
laws might be discovered in the desire of the
Democratic party to secure the Presidential cleo
tion IN 1880 Fraud and force the great weapons
OF tne democratic party must go on until re.
sIralned, and the pathway Of that great party 10
| absolute control must not be ObstruCted His col.
| league from Ohio (GHrfeld) had been criticised
TOT utteflng threat that the President would We
10 appropriation bills II this legislation was at.
laoEed. The threat bad come before this Con.
gress mad been born. In the Forty fifth COngrt 81
Mr. McMahon had stated that legislation would
De placed upon appropriation bills, because, II
| passed separately the President would veto 1t.
| lhefe was threatened revolution, and II had
come from the other side of the Chamber. The
democratic party are restored but not recon.
structed, II WAS so intent on controlling this
government In ip own way and In defiance OF
lhe constitution today as 1t had in the old days
Oh slavery, But Il had the Executive then.
| to-day.
Mr.. House made strong speech against the re-.
tentlon OF the Federal Election law on the statute
book; then, commenting on an extract from Gar
| fields speech, he challenged any man to point to
the time and occasion when any Southern Repre-.
sentative had proved false and recreant to his OBJ
legations as a Representative. How and wherein
they had been uufaithful to their plighted honor
or disloyal in any respect to the Constitution and
Government If they harbored secret hostility
to the Government, why did they not, during the
excitement of the electoral count, rush to the
front on that occasion, precipitate the country in
to vortex of anarchy, and launch the Shin of
state on the wild and tempestuOus waves of rev.
olunon? II they were here as perjured miscre.
anus, lying In ambush to take the life of the Gov.
ernment Ihey had certainly left unimproVed on
that occasion the most splendid opportunity to
accomplish their nefarious purpose that would
present itself in century. If they had been
deadly foes of the Government the situation Of
the country might have been far different from
What 1t was to day.
Mr. Burrows was the next speaker He said
that If the gentlemen on the other side were real
ly anxious to preserve the peace and purity of
elections they would be the last to attempt to tear
down the only remaining National fortress reared
for that purpose He referred to outrages on col.
Oreu men IN Louisiana, and said that there the
Republican party had been stamped out in blood,
whole race was fleeing FROM some of the South.
ern States as they would fee from pestence
They were fleeing not to escape Federal bayo-
nets, but ruitanly bludgeons They were fleeing
from a country where every right was clOyen
down and every wrong went unredressed
Mr.. Gibson made several efforts to get In dis.
claimer Of these statements, but Mr., Burrows de.
clned to yield to him, and he continued his re.
marks
Mr., Burrows continued to say that at the last
Congress there had been senate to coerce; now
there was but IN Executive to overcome. 1t was
the program Of the Democratic party TO persist
until 1t had starved the PresidentintO submis-
sion. or until Congressional and Presidential
terms had expired by limitation,
eoLLoQUY BETWEEN GIBSON AND BURROWS.
Mr.. Gibson, replying to the quotations made by
RnrrOUg
citizens of Louisiana had been arrested charged
with offences as stated in that report, that they
had been conveyed four or five hundred miles
from their homes to the city of New Orleans, that
they had been tried before juries to whom the test
oath had been applied, and before judges who
were In sympathy with the Republican party and
they have been fully and honorably acquitted,
Mr.. Burrows Who were acquitted?
Mr.. Gibson-The citizens.
Mr.. Burrows-That's an old trick down there
Laughter on the Republican side
Mr., Gibson-If 1t was a trick it was a trick
played by men who could take the iron.clad oath
as jurors trick played by the very men whom
the gentleman would now invoke to conduct
elections in that State; deputy marshals superyi.
sors, judges and jurors who could take the iron.
clad oath that they had never any sympathy with
the Southern people in the late war. I should
like to know why 1t is the gentleman should
speak so direspeCtfully Of the judiciary ,oi the
United States, Was the judiciary come 10 low as
no longer to be entitled to the respect of this
body, Although the gentleman has made deCla
nation against this side of the House and called
as cOpspiratoGs, had hoped that decent resppct
for his own party if not for amenities of the
House and Constitution of the COuntrv rderisiva
laughter on The Republican side would have
kept him from assaultlng the Jury and calling
judges triCksters.
Mr.. Burrows-There is certainly no occasion
for the warmth exhibited by the gentleman, be.
cause only quoted from the report of the Senate
Committee, showing that intimidation and mur.
der was practiced in Louisiana during the last |
election.
Mr. CoffrOth, who had obtained the floor and |
who had yielded for this colloguy now clai,. ed |
the right to resume but there was a general re. |
quest on the Republican side that Burrows WO'd |
be allowed to proceed,
Mr.. Turner, with great excitement of manner
objected to Mr., Burrows proceeding, because he
had called the Democratic party conspirators.
His objections were encountered with shouts of
laughter on the Republican side.
Mr.. Elam denied generally the charges of in
imidatiOn at the late election made against citi.
zens of Louisiana,
Mr.. Coffoth said an honest election and fair
election when voter could deposit his ballot un.
and unawed was the palladium of
American liberty. The teaching of statesmen
rom the earliest history of the country down un.
II the Republicans had come into power had been
IN unbroken declaration that Federal power mad
40 authority to interfere in elections, but that
each State should regulate the manner of hold
ng its elections
Mr. Dickey said the issue was squarely made
he parties were squarely divided and the cues.
ion was whether these Objectionable laws should
'e repealed. To that question: the Democratic
,arty here and the Democratic party throughout
he nation answered, yes The Constitution
equired It, the freedom of the elections and the
iberties Of the people demanded it.
Mr.. Price obtained the floor and the committee
ose.
Sessions were ordered for Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday nights of next week
or debate only
Adjourned till tomorrow.
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