Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-04-17
THE Array APPROPRIATION BILL.

were new pursuing. No sa4:y either to the
north or south. They said that the presi.
dent must approve their bills, otherwise the
government shall 60 to pieces. With the
knife at bis throat, they demand that the
president shall approve their bills or starve.
Was it q new doctrine to those gentlemen
that the president has a. much right to ap-
prove or veto . bill Is they had to vote
against a bill. Nj. Logan quoted President
Pierce's message accompanying his veto Of
. bill in 1855 to show that democratic doc
trine had then guarded the independence of
the executive a. . wholesome check on leg
This legislation would not stand
upon it's merits, but its supporters felt
to resort to violent means to pass
what was repugnant to all the friends of
good government. The people would not
be deceived by such methods. All the pro-
now advocated to protect the ballot
had been passed by republicans, together
with another provision to keep peace at the
polls.
The latter was now to be striker out,
the whole law imperative. What
good citizen would object to having peace at
the polls, and Why should not outrages be
suppressed on election day Is we'll as other
days? Can it be, he asked, that the promo
tiers of this bill have an interest in disaster
at the polle? He thought it looked SO. An
officer of peace is not an object of terror or
hate to good men. The democrats say they
want to place the power to keep the peace
the polls with the states. This was only
another phase of state sovereignty. He as
that ours is q nation per Sc. 1t could
mot be q mere congregation of states with
power to separate when they pleased. Men
with sword in hand established what? That
is a nation sovereign and supreme.
What kind of a government was that that
would not protect q free black man now,
when, all its power was formerly employed
to return him as a fugitive to bondage. The
democrats said that the states would provide
for protection at the polls. Had they done
so? If this we're true, why were not the laws
enforced? He held that the matter of pro-
tecting nationalinterests should be provided
for BY national authority. Such an impor-
liant duty should not for q moment be per.
mitted to riside with the states. Sometimes
the state may be in the interest of men who
commit violence and therefore the state
would not bring its culprits to Justice. Then
where was Justice TO come from? If the state
courts failed to prosecute and the governor
decline d to execute the law, where must the
citizen turn his eye if not to the national
government? The democrats want all the
protective legislation repealed in order that
they may perpetrate frauds and acquire all
the votes they want.
If the repeal be effected, the popular tide
would overwhelm them. They were SOW
icg wind. Let them beware of the harvest.
l stand here, Logan said, 10 warn the men
who are tempted to destroy this govern
ment that in tampe ring with it they must
not 60 too fast. Loyal men have o for
gotten the perils they endured and the sac
rifces they made to save the country and
protect free citizens. They are slow to be. I
lieve what they do not wish to believe; but
if the democrats force the issue on the |
the people will be compelled 10 |
and save their rights from destruction. |
There will be no halfway work then. A
spirit of kindness Is passing into another
feeling. l tell them they are going too far
and are troubling the people. The sore
once occasi0ned will be removed only BY
radical means. 1t will be cut beyond the
wound to make the cure complete. In
common with thousands of others, l sin.
;erelv hoped and expected that the dem
'crats of both the north and south would
the decree of the country for
peace. But to day l must confess I have
been mistaken. The extreme Cancellation
extended to them has not been met in q
spirit, but with an a~ggressiveness
which fills the country with alarm and ap.
Duty demands that we should
speak plainly. l make the open charge
hat the democrats are tampering with the
of the country, and to this the peo-
,le are awake. l charge the democratic
oarty, while expressing q desire for peace
md harmony, with making attacks on the
purchased with blood and treas
Ire. They are not sincere in their profes-
ZION Of protecting the constitution, while
hey are engaged In its destruction.
l make the charge that eulogies are pro-
here upon q pronounced traitor,
1aYis, as q patriot, In the presence of the
American people and the government he
undertook to destroy. I charge that the
lebt resting on the country, growing out Of
he late war. is ~chargeable to the demo-
ratio party. l arraign the democratic
'arsy as responsible for whatever discord
nay exist. The republican party wants
'eace, and have always desired It. They
lot only desired peace. but have shown it
y every concession which honor and dig |
lity would permit, and they would still
make sacrifice to ecu permanent peace.
But the democracy may % we'll learn now
8 later thst the republicans will do moth. |
ng to gain peace that 10 dishonorable 10
hem or 70 the country. They will not beg !
N their knees for reconciliation. They
not relinquish the principles which
nured to the ~people-gained BY the thir-
zenith, fourteenth and fifteenth amendments
o the constitution. They will not permit
mobilization Of the rights Of four millions
If people of the south who have been liber.
,rated from slavery and admitted to the
rights of citizenship. They shall not be
remanded TO . condition Of serfdom or
peonage. Let me invite them to . peace
which 10 honorable and which will make
% Q model fer oil people for ceAturies to
come. A peaco which must be built 10
high respect Of the citizens of . common
1t must rest on the concession OF
equal rights 70 oil citizens OF the republic,
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