The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-05-08

haughtter white man living. Every ma
who marches to the polls exercises tn
rights Of free man, and should be PR
tected in that right, whether he lives 1
the swamps OF Louisiana or on the san
barrens Of Carolina, or in this beautifu
city. Democrats, Republican and M
tionals should see that the United State,
and not Louisiana, South Carolina, Ne,
laws S which XIX will vi 'as secure city, y eSeE %eF
man the free enjoyment Of on
vote at every election and no more
What we want Is fair election law, havin
additional barriers which will protect th
purity OF election and not the repeal q
those we now have. II will be said VIII,
not leave that matter for the States 1
settle for themselves2 My answer Is this
that the States do regulate the election o
municipal officers but the members o
Congress, who exercise your politics
power In the National Government, ar
the officers Of t he U. s. In the sense tina
Constitution has expressly said that Con
gress may provide q mode OF electing Con
gressmen. New, the people elect the elec
tors who elect the President, and thu
Legislatures who elect Senators, and thu
National Government has no right TO in
tertere with the election Of Senators, bu
Congress ought to provide laws to pre-
vent any man from casting forty or more
tissue ballots at one election and then &c
free Of punishment. There ought TO be nc
infringement Of the right Of citizens in any
State. You must take nothing from the
Nation for q State, and nothing from the
States for the Nation. The Nation must
prescribe the mode OF electing members oi
Congress and the subordinate officers.
What Congress ought to do should be to
stop or TO put additional advance guards
around the ballotbox rather than taking
them from it.
You can do nothing with local laws and
you must do It by the National law. You
have a National judiciary whom you
could invest with the enforcement, then
we could punish the violators Of that law.
Now these are the ideas OF the next few
years; the ideas Of the future Of the coun-
try. We will have others, but 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 candidate for Governor Of
Ohio, but hope none OF you will vote for
me in convention or before the people,
propose to stick to my present place until
the question OF resumption Is settled
beyond the faith OF a doubt. / want
to convince everybody that the
OF resumption is q sue
cess; that we can resume; that the
United Staiesis not bound to have its notes
hawked about at a discount, but that a
note OF the United States may travel
about the world, everywhere received as
equal 10 gold coin and as good as any note
ever issued by any nation either in ancient
or modern times. ! want to see that our
debt shall be reduced, which will be done
through the 4 per cent bonds. If the
present policy prevails We shall be able to
borrow all money needed for national uses
for less that per cent, perhaps as low as
three, want to see the interest reduced
On all branches OF business so that capital
will not be so far beyond the reach Of
hose whose energies fit them for any
branch OF business. want TO see labor
and capital working hand in hand like
two gentle maidens helping each other, so
hat every man willing 10 work
may have an equal chance with
with all his fellow workmen for the high
ar positions Of life. thank you sincerely
Tor your attention.
General Robinson proposed three cheers
for the Secretary, which were given with
a will. The audience then dispersed.