Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1879-05-01


Tennessee. Is the honorable Senator
from Tennessee (Mr. Bailey alarmed at
the progress OF military despotism Ia his
State7 There Is not single Federal sol
dier on the soil Of Tennessee. not one.
Kentucky. | see both the honorable Sen
ators from Kentucky here. They have
equal cause with Tennessee to be slarmed,
for there Is not a Federal soldier In Ken
tucky-not one!
Missouri. Not one.
Arkansas. Fif,y-seven In Arkansas.
Alabama. | think my friend from Ala
bama Mr. Morgan) is greatly excited over
this question. aud In his State there are
ihirty-two Federal soldiers located at an
arsenal OF the United States.
Mississippi. The great State of Missis-
sippi. that is In danger Of being trodden
under the iron hoof OF military power. has
not q Federal soldier on its soil.
Louisiana has two hundred and thirty
nine.
Texas apart from the regiments that
guard the frontier on the Rio Grsnde and
the Indian frontier. has not one.
And the entire South has eleven hundred
and iity i've soldiers u intimidate, over
run. oppress. aud destroy the liberties OF
fifteen million people, In the Southern
States there are twelve hundred aud three
counties. II you distribute the soldiers
there s not quite one Tor each county and
when | give the counties I give them from
the census of 1870. II you distribute them
territorially there Is one for every seven
hundred square miles OF territory, so that
II you make a territorial distribution. !
would remind the honorable Senator from
Delaware. IL I saw him 10 his seat. tha, the
quota 70. his State would be three, .'one
ragged sergeant and two abreast" as the
old song has It. Q.aughter.) That Is the
foroe ready TO destroy the liberties OF Del
aware
Nr. President. 1t was said, as the old
maxim has It, that the soothsayers OF Rome
could rot look each other In the face With
out smiling. There are not two Democra-
tic Senators on that side who can 90 into
the cloakroom and look each other Ia the
face without smiling At this talk, or more
appropriately | should say without blush
ing. the whole thing Is such prod glous
aud absolute farce. such a miserably man.
ufacturcd false issue. such pretence with
out the slightest foundation in the world.
and talked about most and denounced the
loudest In States that have not had single
Federal soldier. In New England we have
three hundred and eighty soldiers.
Throughout tue South Il does not run quite
seventy 10 the million people. In New
England We have absolutely one hundred
and twenty soldiers 10 the million. New
England Is far more ovcrrun to-day by the
Federal soldier. immensely more than the
whole South Is. | never heard anybody
cossplslu about II In New England or ex-
press any very great fear OF their liberties
being endangered BY the presence OF II
handful OF troops.
AZ have sald. the tendency of this talk
j. To give "a. bad name In Europe. Re
publican institutions are looked upon there
with Jealousy. Every Misrepresentation.
every slander Is taken up aud exaggerated
and talked about to our iiscrcdii. and the
Democratic party of the country to-day
stand indicted. and here indiet them, tor
public slander Of their country. creating
the impression In the civilized world that
We are governed by a ruthless military des-
potlsm. wonder how amazing IL would
be TO any man In Enropc. familiar a. Eu-
ropeans are wiki great armies. IL he were
told that over sterritofy larger than France
and spain and Portugal and Great Britain
and Holland and Belgium and the German
Empire all combined. there were but eleven
hundred and fifty-hye soldiers, That is all
thi, Democratic howl, this mad cry, this
false issue, this absurd talk, Is based on
the presence OF eleven hundred and iifiy-
five soldiers on eight hundred aud fifty
thousand square miles OF territory. not
double the number OF Democratic police In
the city OF Baltimore, not . third of the
police In the city Of New York, not double
the Democratic police In She city OF New
Orleans. | repeat, the number ludicts
them. II stamps the whole cry as without
any foundation. 1t derides the issue as a
-. atni Il IL a.-l
shin.
What then is the real motive underly In 2
this movement: Senators on that side,
Democratic orators on the stump cannot
make any sensible Sc, OF men at the cross
roads believe that they are afraid OF eleven
hundred and fty-ive soldiers distributed
one TO each county In the SUuth. The min
ute that you state that everybody sees the
utter, palpAole and laughable absnrdity OF
IL. and therefore We must 90 further and
nnd a motive for all this cry. We want TO
lind out, 10 use a familiar and vulgar
phrase, what is "the cat under the meal. y
IL Is not the troops. That Is evident. There
are more troops by 80 per cent. scattered
through the Northern States cas-: OF the
Mississippi to-day than through the South.
ern States east OF the Mississippi, and yet
nobody there speaks OF IL; everybody
would be laughed At for speaking OF 1t j; and
therefore the issue, take no risk In stat
ing, | make bold 10 declare, that this Issue
on the troops. being a false one, being one
without foundation, coDceals the irae issue.
which is simply 10 get rid OF the Federal
presence at Federal elections, TO get rid of
civil power Of the United States ia the cleo
ton of Representatives 10 the Congress OF
the United States. That is the whole of 1t
h..r 1. no hi,.sr
else In IL or OF IL.
You simply want TO get rid OF the super
vision by the Federal government Of the
election OF Representatives TO Congress
through civil means; and therefore this
bill connects itself directly with another
bill. and ycu cannot discuss this military
bill without discussing bill which We had
before Us last winter, known as the legisla-
tive. executive. and judicial appropriation
bill. am quite we'll aware. profess 10 be
as well aware AS any one, that IL is not
permissible for me to discuss Q bill that is
pending before the other House. | am
quite well aware that proprety and parlia-
mentary rule forbid that | should speak oi
what is done 10 the House Of Representa-
tives; but know very well that am no,
forbidden to speak OF that which 10 not
done in the House OF Representatives.
am quite Tree TO speak OF the things that
are not done there. and therefore am free
to declare that neither this military bill NOT
the legislative. executive, and judicial ap-
| preparation bill ever emaDated from any
committee OF the House OF Representative
at all; they are not the WORK of any com.
mittee OF the House OF Representatives
aud. although the present House OF Repre-
sentatlves is almost evenly balanced il
party division. there has been allowed nc
solitary suggestion to come from the mi
nority OF that House in regard TO the shsp
ing OF these bills. Where do they come
from? We are not left TO infer; We are moi
even left TO the Yankee privilege of guess
ing, because We know. The Senator iron
Kentucky (Mr. Becky Obligingly told Us :
l have his exact words here-"that the
honorable Senator from Ohio (Mr. Thur
MANI WAS the chairman OF committee ap
pointed by the Democratic party to SCI
how it wss best TO present all these ques
tons before u.s." Therefore when | discus.
these two bills together am violating M
parliamentary law. am discussing the Cd
spring and the creation OF the Democrat,
caucus OF which the Senator from Ohio
whom ! do not see in his seat, is the chair
| man
| n.