Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-08-06


were bound by the laws of nations, and
by the laws of war for a thousand wears,
to have paid every dollar or the expense
of that rebellion lapplausel, every single
dollar they had pledged and lost. and
they were bound to pay every dollar of
The expenses of that war. We, in our
magnanimity gave them the debt, and
took them back, and took them to our
arms as brethren, and now, in 1879, what
do we find? The same identical issues
that were presented to Us in 1857 are pre-.
sented to us now. After 90 years from the
time | first took ply seat in the senate, |
so back and what do find ?not the same
men but the selfsame
POLITICAL MEASURES
are being pressed that were pressed then.
The men have changed; the measures
have not changed at all [applausel, and
to-day, what do they doY They tried
war; they undertook to shoot this govern.
ment to death llaughterl, and they failed
They undertook to capture Washington
with arms in their hands, but they did
not capture it, But to-day they have
captured Washington. Laughter. And
to-day, while they cannot threaten again
to shoot the government to death, they
say, "unless you allow us to rule this ma.
ton, we will starve the government to
death" Laughter and applause.
The national life and the national
honor are in greater peril, today, than
they were in 1857 greater peril | say, to
| day, both the national life and the ma
| tional honor. They said then, unless We
can rule this nation we will ruin it; and
they say
THE sFLr-sAME THING
| to day-uness we can rule this nation
we will ruin it. The issues are the same
to-day. Now, to-day ight millions of men
who were so recently In arms against
this government, absolutely rule and
control the whole legislation of your
government Through caucus dictation,
| the eight millions of white men of the
south control the whole legislation of
this government. One man in Wiscon
sin, whom | will not name, the whole
cation was proud of, for he seemed to
exhibit manhood, although a democrat
laughter, and cries of "Bragg,"l and he
didn't stand out, though. But by caucus
dictation he humbly surrendered, and
even his name is forgotten laughter.
! But these men say we want purity Of
elections, men who occupy their seats on
lhc floor of both houses of congress, by
FRAUD AND VIOLENCE,
by shot guns and tissue ballots; 36 mem.
bers of the house occupy their seats up.
on that floor without one single solitary
man for constituency laughter; 80
members of the house occupy their seats
as representatives of the colored race, in
| violence of the law for that law express
| y says, that when any race or class of
men are DISTINGUISHED they shall not be
represented upon that floor; and yet the
36 members who occupy their seats upon
that floor occupy them in violation Of
law, and through fraud and violence.
! Twelve members OF the senate occupy
their seats in the same way; and thus
they hold the control Of both the senate
and the house of representatives. And,
HOLDING THAT CONTROL,
they turn around and say, "you rascally
republicans. we will make YOU obey such
laws as we dictate or we will starvc your
government to death" [Applause.l
II this vast audience will pardon me
for one single moment, l would like TO
make a correction. Certain papers in
! Chicago have misrepresented me on one
count in my Indictment against the dem
ocratc party in congress; and with your
permission, / will be very brief, for
intended to make no allusion to this.
| [Cries of 90 on. In the fourth count in
my indictment / said that
IARRAIGNED THEN
| the democratic party-for having at.
tempted to damage the business interests
| of the country by forcing the silver coin
! in circulation at a less value than it rep
rcsents, thus sw.ndling the laboring man
and the purchaser by compelling him to
accept So cents for dollar, and thus en-.
rich the bullion owners at the expense OF
the laborers. Four millions OF dollars a
day is paid for labor alone, and by thus
attempting to force an So cent dollar on
the laboring man, you swindle him daily
! out of 5000 Twelve hundred millions
of dollars are paid yearly for labor alone,
and by thus attempting to force an 81
cent dollar on the aborng man, you
swindle him out of $4,000, coo q year
the amount which the producing class
would lose, is absolutely incalculable.
Now, Mr. President, it will be seen that
| made no allusion whatever TO any legis'
lation that preceded this present session
| of Congress, and it will likewise be seen
that | arraigncd them for attempting to
! do
THAT WICKED THING,
| was misapprehended, Now let those
who say | was in the wrong, tell Inc
whether they are in favor Of the original
Warner bill, which placed the free coin.
age OF all the silver that the world m ght
present. to be coined at the mint OF the
United States. The very moment you
issue those silver certificates, you do
away with bi.metallic tender; the very
moment you issue those silver certificates
that are worth So cents on the dollar, that