The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-11-05

we have prospect OF '.good times" II we have
good government, an economical one. and low
economical administration.
What shall we have nexts 1 say
all the sections, and sill the States of this com
try. Fraternity, no hatreds between the
Between the East ana the West there are did
ferences or interests and sentiments Re
sween the North and the South there are dif-
ferences of opinions, but between ali sections
in respect to this opinion that Is common to
us all and in respect To that system of laws
which belongs to that Federal Union. and is
common to US ali. There is but one relation
to maintain, fidelity to the law, fidelity 10 the
Union, fidelity to every section of this Union
has leaned upon passion and bitter sentiment
1t seeks now to continue this existence In
They say to you and to me, "a solid North
against "a solid South" / say that sentiment
is unworthy any American citizen. and, In It's
nature and sentiment, reasonable say in
stead of a solid North against soiid South. a
SOLID Union and solid people, in favor of the
Union, and in favor of fair play among all
sections IAppiausel This is "a
false sentiment, SO far as the
Republicans are concerned when they taIs
about "a solid South as being odtous to Them.
They forced solid South. II did not come of
itself 1t came as a birth OF the Republican
for a little bit How was it in the South after
the war? They said many OF the white people
should vote. They established the F'reedrnan's
bureau to manage the coiored people.
The These ,n people thought the agency Of
as a Republican power in the e. South l'i rev
said the coiored people, rough the manage
ment OF the Freedmen's bureau. must control
every State OF the South, and every state OF
the South must be Republican. and they
nearly accomplished that. They nearly made
a "soiid South" and nearly ali The senators
and representatives that came from the South
az that time were Republicans, and 1 say to
YOU that they established over the Southern
States the worst system of government
that Is possible on earth--e government That
out responsibility, controlled by adventur
ers. who managed and controlled the
coIored people, as 1 have spoken Of, until
finally IL became so bad that the co!osed
people themselves could not stand it, aud
they turned. Laughter and applause.l The
taxes became SO heavy, the State debts so OPP
pressive, the colcred people turned sgalrst
the.Repubicsns andyoiei with the Democrats
That is The way that Mississippi came to be a
Democratic Slate, and that is the way tina:
Wade Hampton came to be sovernosof South
carolina. lAppiause When any Repub-
licau disputes that tell them TO read Senator
Revels' letter Senator Revels was a colored
United States senator from the State OF Mis-.
sissippi, and brother OF DIR. Revels, who lived
in this city and whom many of You know He
was senator from Mississippi at the time that
first lime. and four DAYS after the election he
wrote "A letter to President Grant, aud he told
Grant that the reason that Mississippi had
gone with tho Democrats was because the
negroes wou,d not stand the fraud any longer
Laughter aud appiause.l In that letter 70
President Grant, senator Reyeis told him that
set of men had got control OF the
colored people, and had used them
tnan any system OF slavery. and That ,vss nc
reason they had turned against those men
and gone with the Democrats. And thst was
what made Mississippi Democratic state.
And Grant has not ever yet answered Rsvels'
letter up to this day. tAppianse-l When l
have done IL for n reason. lie has done some
good as a voter. AS soon as the States turned
Democratic, the officers there, for their plum
deriDg, were inn peached. and some of them are
ia the peniieniary now-some OF them, vaga-
bonds aud wanderers. absent from those
reJofced that there is nearly million bates OF
cotton more produced than there has been
of sa9 can you III, tel me the reason
seq of it, Better farming has been adopted.
because the people down there now have a
taxation all the time. There is something for
the people to hope for. 1fyou have such a bad
you drive hope away, there is no prosperity.
A million bales of cotton this year will go 10
foreign lands, i.fOre tbaE heretofore, because
the white men and the sgroes down there
have driven the carpet-baeger ont, and have
es sta us COED gosernment tApglause
and Germany, s-ld England. aad for the un
toic thousands al hogsheads OF tobacco that
the south las this year raised and sent
coming: ana that ship that IS upon
this s. 00o,0oO OF god 70 be landed next tuesday
at New YORK that ship &c messenger to tell
US of a better fiIneln the Secltliern Sfates
tApplause.l He who then says TO me that [
must occupy fo~artl any section of this coun-
~ AN sttissde q hostility Is noi friend Of
The true friend OF al sections OF the country
Is that man who wishes 10 give good laws and
an economical administration in every State.
in every csuDfy,'ia every sfts-, SO thai enter
prise and Industry may be rewarded "a re-
against a solid Soss.h What are they mad az
the South about? They say they are partieu-
gress. How are yer going to help that, IL The
people down there vote for such Tnene There
Is no use t9-complain about a thing you can't
help. III We're TO express my sentiments /
would say greGtEany hardehings about the
yellow fever. ! cen'theip IL It is not worth
White ia syeste breath about IL. H. indeed tlse
brigauier is a bad tsling how are you going 70
Aelp itr Tle brigadier finds sis place in Con-
gress Just exactly the representative IN this
district in Indiana finds his Mace in Congress.
This is because OF the re preventative idea OF
the Government 1t is because the people.
through districts and through states, choose
their national law mskers. 1hs-' the reason
here in Indianapolis, we ha e representa-.
people OF the district.
come here fnto indianapolis and were 10
abuse YOU Democrats. or You Repu hiicans, be-
cause you elected him. You would tell him TO
go back TO Massachusetts, and make his cFiti
cisni there; that we elected our ne preventative
under the principle OF popular re presentation,
according to the constitution OF our Govern
ment. That's the answer you would make
lAppiause fast as we elected DIR. De Ia
Matyr, so they elected their representatives
down IN the South, each fellow voting for his
choice. So expect IL has got to 90 on. Do
You recoIiect when DIR. De La Matyr was
elected there were good many people that
were not pleased at it: cont know whether
they are any better pleased new than they
were. L AN sure that most of us, that
voted for him, did not ga out
10 please tnat set did not. was trying to
please myself. didn't ask Massachusetts or
South Carolina either what she thought about
my voting for DIR. De La Matyr. 1t was none
OF their business AS a citizen OF this country
ana as one OF the sOvereigns, / voted to please
myself. Just so IL is ali over this land people
VIII vote for the man of their choice. Suppose
now That the people of the South would say:
Indiana did not elect coed members of Con.
gress; let us organize solid South against
indisna. Let us cut off every fair thing that
she may ask under the laws of the United
states. IL she asks for an appropriation for
the improvements of the harbor at Michigan
City, for the development of her
northern commerce, or If she
asks for an improvement OF the Ohio river
that her trade and commerce will go South.
ward. we will cut her down, we will crush her.
suppose the South should say in respect to
Indiana, because her delegation in Congress
might all ne Republican, that we will insult
and outrage them. And so II Is With us when