Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1879-11-03
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UTALWABT NATURALIZATION.
Extract From GeaeRal HaWley' .
Address NJ the cooper lsstisuse
| New York. Last Might.
In Mississippi, in 1872. the Republi-
can vote was so, 500 and the Democrat.
10 vote was 40, 500. In 1878 the Repub.
lican vote was 2,056. Thus $4,000 Re-
publicans in round numbers had dis
appeared from the polls. Were they
con vertcd TO the Democracy think
not, for they do not appear in the
Democratic vote. Had they moved
awayi No; they were In Mississippi
most Of them. Laughter.l In the
district Of Chalmers, in 1872, there
were $4,000 Republicans and 5000
Democrats.
There were some white Republicans
there, bnt there were many colored
men who had no right to vote. lap
plause.] In 1878, when Chalmers was
chosen to the seat in Congress which
he now holds, there were only 1000
Democratio votes cast, and the oppo-
sition was II scattering" Laugh
teri 1t Is said that two Of these votes
were cast In joke by the Democrats for
Republicans, but thsre Is no authentic
information on that point. Think Of
it-l2 scattering 1900 for C almers.
We are conciliated, we are reoonciled
in that distrc. we are solid.
Laughter. That policy prevailed is
more than forty COUNTIES in Mississip,
|pi.
There are 1873 solid votes from the
Solid South. How far it was accessory
to use the shotgun to secure them can
not tell you. But you know, and every
man knows, that there are at least six
States there with a majority Of Repub-
lican votes, and which would like TO
choose Republican for Congress-. But
if you will talk with candid man of
those regions frankly In his own coun-
try he will say: "We inteud to have it
solid, and intend to have 1873 votes
solid there, but as to what we will do to
make 1t SO, that is a matter Of detail,
but we do not mind saying that the
South has 1873 solid votes and it is 60
ing to continue So" But it is a minor
ity Of the people who are there ruling
that section of the Union. 1t is a prac-
teal Acknowledgement Of all the colored
people and white Republicans COM
ul.te revolution SO far as dozen States
r. concerned.
THE SOUTH SHALL Ior RULE THIS NATION.
But they stalk up and down the corri-
doris Of the Capitol and say they have
come back to their lost heritage. They
say: "We left the Union because We
better comprehended the principles OF
the Constitution. We have come back,
and we have come to stay. We have
come to wipe from your statute books
all the measures born of the sectional
conflict. We come understanding the
Constitution better than you do,
and We come to rule this country"
do not wonder at these things.
1t is not strange. am not annoyed
nor do hate men for it. But | know
that American slavery, while it was a
foul and wicked wrong to the black
man, was an infinitely greater curse to
the white man OF the South. Now am
willing to wait as patiently as any man
for the slow influences of civilization,
the spelling book, the school and the
church to soften and regensrate these
men down South but in the meantime,
say, they shall not rule this Nation.
[ Loud applause may he told that
this is waving the "bloody shirt" ifso,
wave it. have small respect for
those men with whom this is a favorits
sneer, for the "bloody shirt" is
no joke, and il you had seen,
as have, q mother go to the closet
and take out Of it the relics Of the war
some mementoss Of her boy, perhaps
his very clothing, muddy and blood
stained, that be wore, which some kind
comrade brought back to her, you would
have little patience with those cries.
Hundreds and hundreds Of men, to
whom the Government was not wealth
or honor, gave their lives in its behalf,
and what they won is not to be trifled
with. Upon this point We are at issue
with those at the South. We accept
their challenge to go to the people and
get their opinion, and that is why so
many ofthe Republican party's greatest
men are going through your State. We
want to know what New York will Say
about it, upon which side you are.
The Republican party, gentlemen, is
not a party that could bs reorganized
or dissolved at any mans will. The
Republican party, to answer in Mr..
Blackburn's and Ar. HilPs words, sis
come to stay" Parties are not made
at the sound Of the bugle; they make
themselves out Of some great sentiment,
some influencing and moving purpose
of a great people. You can name them
as many times as you please, but you
cannot reorganize the Republican
party no more than you could the Mis-
sissippi River by changing its name.
1t represents the flag, the law, the lib
erty that has come down to us for
hundred years. [Applause.] 1t Is that
thing no poet can describe. 1t means
all the devotion Of these years, and all
the hope Of mankind in US; and that
precious cargo the Republican party
carries. [Applause.]
Gentlemen, you cannot make this
local election. You are fighting the
advance battle of the great Presiden-
tial campaign. If Won succeed you may
change the character and conduct of