The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-06-13

pie pride and With absolute truth that tb
peoyio Of the State OF Norih Car6lins lNtv 4
sent ne here, are able, Wiling And, ,v;rtuos
snough 70 fui6li these ana eli the otber M
fanctions Of. free government: tbat shs s
have ever done % siuee fbe $500 ~. p.i
s'sns ships frss grated spons sshe whii
ss1es OF her shores, and, God halping them
tney and their caildren win continue 70 a
4 scsn not destroyed sby contrslisasion. anti
Shsos' shail como again. II isWith extrem,
I saonsss tAst heat any Other Senator irti
msss that Il is NOT % with kis peoples 3 S3
4 Mr. Rresident, did you ever consider Il,
\ uemeuek sks uiapifSi and, extrso !,
uses to which We are ubjecting the soldieri
And did you ever think that ali this means
Ia 1act, the failure of the civil authorize
tnas our liberties are. declining more and
more as We employ force? Sir. in the u,es
70 winch We put the soldiers am reminded
OF what read about the bamboo in Asiot;c
countries. 1t is said that the natives do
almost everything with that wonderful or.
ooiesccnt :, grass. When young and tender
1t is made into houses and boats ostrono
ni.cai instruments, ornamental work. wards
OF vessels, aqueducts, rain. cloaks, water.
wheels, fence-ropes, chairs, tables, hats. and
umoreIias, fans, pipes, cups, shields, tool.
'anaies, lamp -wicks, paper, knives. and
hundred other things. In this way il seems
q our tFa ts5SakRg asag the civil functions
In addition to their Legitimate business
as defenders of the country, we have
made OF them Governors of States, legis.
iators, organizers of Legislatures and judges
OF the election and qualifications of the
members thereof, judges of law and equi.
ty and Of the criminal courts, policemen,
sheriffs, marshals and deputy marshals,
revenue officers and still-house hunters,
managers of railroads. controllers of church.
es and Of schools, Justices of the peace, su.
pervisors of election, mathematicians to see
fair count, protectors of witnesses, foster.
fathers OF returning boards, and, above all,
as Republican propagandists. In the Ian
Suage OF the sewing machine companies,
mo family should be without one," [laugh
teri this Republican political bamboo. Is
there not great danger? Does it not indi
cate the decay and the disuse of the civil
arm of the law, which is the natural and
only safe protector of our liberties Let
us, Sir, disoard this miserable bamboo policy
and cease to make the soldier our political
maid of all work.
Mr.. President, it seems to me that the
position Of the Republican party in refer
ence to tho use of soldiers and supervisors
at the polls, on the pretense of preserving
the peace and securing free elections, is the
most remarkable ono that reasonable men
ever assumed. 1t may be formulated thus
The elections shall be free if we have 70
surround tho polls with bayouets the elec
tions shall be according to the laws of the
States it We have to overawe the civil mag.
istrates and State officials by an exhibition
Of power; the elections shall be pure il il
takes Davenport and all the convicted Grim.
lnais and occupants of all the dens of in.
fanny in our great cities to manage them
the elections shall be unforced and without
the appearance Of violence if battery of
artillery has to be trained on every ballot
box in the land; aud lastly, tho election
shall be fair if We have TO arrest without
warrant, and imprison without bail, until
the elections arc over, every man who cffers
to vote the Democratic ticket. s..
The speeches Of Republican Senators
mean this, the ve,oes of the President mean
this, and they mean more than this, Mr..
President. In effect they say that unless
we can use the army at the polls we will let
the army dissolve; we will leave our forts and
arsenals ungarrisoned; we will strip the
frontiers OF all protection, and let the men,
women and children of that border country
be slaughtered and scalped, and the un-
checked savage extend his barbarous sway
over all that land of promise, once more
rcmitted to its ancient wildness. We will
.-ts--.'s. !. ths-.5 D.. - -. 9 4.------h--l
Democratic members Of Cong, ,ess, who of.
fered US the money to support this army,
as the authors of this disaster. All these
things will we do rather than lose our chan.
ces 70 count 10 the next President, and we
will cover the facts and obscure the logic
Of the case by reinaaming the bitter preju.
dices Of the war in the hearts Of our con.
stituents Can it be possible to do this ?
Is there to 10 no end TO passion no restora.
ton Of reason We shall see. ''
/ confess that do not believe these ab.
surd methods Of dealing with the American
mind can much longer prevail. I regard
them as the desperate efforts Of sinking
party, and I believe the people will so re
gard them. I have been much touched
by the affectionateo warnings given us BY
the other side that we were running our
selves in trying to repeal these laws. Tn,
kind-heartsd Senator from Michigan mott
| fed us frankly that if we persisted we woult
Il 90 down in to the waters of oblivion to ris,