Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-05-10

600 of bonds were held abroad whereas
we now believe that bur ~ii0. 0UO. 900
are now held abroad: and We are now ready 10
pay these in coin. Applause. Since r.
sumption our public debt has been reduced.
In the year 1871 ! tried hard to sell some
per cent. bonds, and people thought was a
fool for trying it. Yet sold some s15,0oO,-
900. In 1873 tried again, and, although
there was difficulty in selling before resump-
tion-becausc it requires coin to purchase and
people had only currcncy-Snce the lst II
January this year SI50,o00.u00 per cent
bonds have been disposed Of. which means
saving of ST. 200, 900 in interest every year
4 The advantage of our country Is that every
man has a chance to fill the highest offices in
! the land if he is but diligent. La this rcpnb-
/ lie there i, no royal road to place MI Law
can do is to give all men an equal chancc
Every man should have equal rights, and no
distinction should he made between citizens.
The black citizen who has heart and wife
has the same right 10 life and liberty as the
haughtiest white man living Every man who
marches to the polls exercises the right Of
freeman. and should be protected IN that right
whether he lives in the swampS of Louisiana
or the sand barrcns of Carolina or IN tins
beautiful city. Democrats. republicans and
nationals should see that the nited States
and not Louisiana South Carolina. New ORR
city. or any city, make laws which secures
every man in the free enjoyment OF one vote
at every election, and no more. What We
want is a fair election law. having additional
barriers which will protect the purity of cleo
tions. and not the repeal of those We now
have. 1t will be said. why not leave that mat
ter for the States to settle for themselves
Nv answer i this; States do not regulate the
election of State and municipal officers; but
members of Congress. who exercise Your pu-
litical power in the national government are
officers of the United States in the sense that
the constitution has expressly said that Con
gress NAV provide the mode of clecting Con-
grcssmcn Now. the people elect the Elect
ors who elect the President and the legi,la-
lures which elect Senators, but Congress
ought to provide laws to prevent any man
from casting 40 or more tissue paper ballots
at one election and then 20 quit Of punish
ment You must take nothing from the ma
ton for the State. and nothing from the State
for the nation. The nation must prescribe
the mode of clCcting members of tungrcs'
the State of cecting subordinate officers.
Y on can do nothing with local laws, aud You
mus, do it bv national laws. You have ma
tonal judiciary whom Won could invest with
enforcement of that law then wc could pun
ish yiolators OF that law. Now, these are the
ideas for the future of the country. We will
have others. Int the most important will be-
whether we shall have honest elections and
honest money. and am in favor of both.
want to make one personal remark about
myself Some of my newspaper friends have
tried to make me n candidate for Governor of
Ohio Int | hope that none of You will vote
for me in convention or before the people. !
propose to stick to my present place until TN
question of resumption is settled beyond
doubt. ! want to convince everybody that
the experiment of resumption is a success
that we can resume. that the United States j.
not bound to have its notes hawked about At
a discount, but that note of the United
States may travel about the world. every
where received As equal to gold coin, and A.
good a. any note ever issued by any nation
either in ancient or modern times