, 1879-04-25


| hIn hupcd, by tlIu aid Of their Northern sympa.
thlzera with rebellion, to gatn tho control Of
| it!r Government. The man selected a. their
trnn,pled the right Of suffrage under foot, md
| suspended that ancient writ 80 dcar to Anglo
| Sa1oas. auch things led to tic act Of l8Gn not
il was introduced br man u whom Il Is rclat-
= Sua t Il + viii M yonr dtatt: ieeI 10 Interest @ d
4. Kentueky'e quota Is iolt on both aides"
The peace at tire polls" nere added to bis bill.
Sfr. Powell and other Democrats urged tho adop-
ttnn OF tie meaausu n amended. It Has not a.
peace. Il was passed when tic synr was in It's
lnht throes, when our armies wero victorious
everywhere under Sherman. [App1ause.] It
! was meant to be, sad to be- and u nero
check.
ntr. ConRltng went on to analYze the provls-
Ions ot the law to support bis assertion. Under
tic law troops could no moro act with dennlto
arthurity than = Sheriff could hang culprIt
Without a warrant Of law. It also provided for.
the sery aubordinstfon Of tho military to the
civil power now 30 earnestly Advocated. It also
provides TINT tro3Ds shall not bo used save
iEston) sfni'cd. II was a lawyers smiie, but
! ils friend knew tie reposc Of discretion snme-
nhrrc was unavoidable. Discretion may be
s's bseu and ab.sa C. a0y 4an IL caiest Ts'f ts .
but II was q necessary FOWL. Why
tn nenven's name, in RepubIIc where universal
suffrage Ia cherished, which IL governed by ms
| totlties, shnuld Btruon day bo picked out as tfe
only day Ut the year to 10 handed over to ruff
! AxJlislu. brutnt1, ulsd dlsordcrf
Mr.. Conkllng refurred TO tile Democratic
| frauds by fuse naturalization papcrs In Now,
York elections. In rome districts he said tho
Democratic majority was larger than the whole
nunbcr vi men. women, chtldIcn, horses, dogs.
und eats IN the district. ILsurhter:l Yst
truton was but
! \ sitALL PART or THK lRRKGuL4HrrY
Of that election. The election OF 1870 wss the
nrst in which tho National Election law was en-.
sccncs Of the draft riots were fresh in the minds
OF all. Fearing repetition Of them, good citt-.
gems askcu the President fur protection: and: in
spto Of the lmprccattons and threats Of the Dn-i
nlocrucy, Grant protected them. That e1ectioa-I
was orderly, and when Now Yorkcss next have
oceasion to show their appreciation Of orant's
services, his action IN 1870 touching thts
!" II" hi. ks'Gii hi bccomc. q law, superv!sof!
Of Election will be merely lookcrs-on, tumble to
deter bules from inttm!dattnE voters. Many
men have been prosecuted and convlcted undSr
this law. Tho courts uphold It's couBtftuttonnlt-
IT,; but the theory Of unconstltutionalltY has
been abandoned. The Democratic caucu: Itself
has acknowledged the wosthEcssness OF that
theory. We were tn'd 1t costs money to entry
out this law. Ccrtnn'y It docs. But ,hu na-
tlon which laslshed hundreds OF millions TO pre-
serve its Constitution would not stick at $o00.-
Tic prcsi,ling-ofiIccr (Coclrc!) said q rspetl-
t!on Of thu applause would lead to the clearing
Mr. ConSlng said the remark Of the presiding
officer led him to rcmcnber to SAY something
TINT gentleman would 10 Interested f1-thut
TIC money squandeFe.l uselessly ln the last
even tic interest on It, would cuforce the Elcc-
> ton 1ars to tie end Of time. Let the rut1lanism
ut tue POLLS In the interest Of either party cease,
and there would be
no NEED or FURTHER BxpBxas
III executing tho Election laws.
Mr. President, said Mr.: Conk1ing: has Tho
present Executive been sufficiently robust In hls
policy, even as to enforcing these lnwst ie
. tion would oceur @ during thts Administration.
t Why was this attempt nude to block the wheels
! uf the Government on the eve Of an clrctton3
9s spy ssoiy B M etoa 's 's
Dumoc1ats caunQi carry tho alastiot: tlltrefors
{ these luws must dtsappcur. Tho Democrats
know tl,ut With mattcrs In .ler hands, no mat
j. the green grass grows ID New York state, Tho
1 russ pavement In the great city will ogerwhc1m
1t. This is a contrisanco to catch the Govern.
eou"t1y Sss S Sessl S'Tfa 9& s PsS:: se.
| intr1st tho control Of tho country to
I ha1A whcl, had never been raised against It.
! They believed these laws were wholesome and
! 1,cccssary, at,t they would defcnd them to tLn
6 utternusL potnt which opportunity allowed.
WORD WITH DAVID.
Mr. Coukllng in bis alluson to Davis, of ILL.,
NUS, said tint, after Mrs. Wlnslow, that Senator
I'D ~ tus7snstis!s M source ot soSthlng syfup
= slumbtruS in a storm md dreaming Of q calm.
i The Seuator aA.d there wna no noise any
!. where, md ouo could hear a pin
n Nurth, aud ttat tteso WAS pence and
+ tranquility, aud tho laws wcro obeyea; therc-
J. fo1r iAcrc WAS Eo occasion for apprehension OF
It anxiety Could rights be sacred when fresh.
| lt,t
:, tiut,a Of the lAd were lespotism tempered With
|; assnsalnat!on, when old nnd young Here dyl14;
. IN terror from thetF homes ahd tho g5ares q
It | Thousands bruvu cold, hunger, and deuth,
l. asking among strangers for that treatment oi
II humanity uullcr law whch .nado them citt.
y zens, nhtlc iod tnadu them ntns do asked
Z Senutoss to read
u THE MEMORIAL IN THEIR nkuALF
!. containing tho most shocking recital Of modern
tltnes tha bIackest ever rccosdcd lu civilized VI
!. savage te TIcre was not such faith y the sen
rsnsa
!, peacu and prospcr!ty, In tho South as well a
r, Notth. but dtsrcgaidlng the truth will mol
. bring peacs, Fair words butter no psrsnips
{! tiv bcg1unlng i tad nstsed thu North eHd
il South In Andrew Johnson's time
.n convention ,fesa so.,S rGs casan, hsa "hsn .;
tna,. @ from. Massachusetts iiuksd arms and
J. walked Into the Convention, and With much
scnBatson and cordially ctasped llands when he
u tups q Dixie WA pa}ed l.a1Ehtss: Lstsr sts
u placu In Now Jurs-!. WHEN thcre Was dramatic
Is spectacular, nud hIgging ., ceremony: u;
u "a remembered that 0en., Sherman attended,
anu Tie bravery which dlstinguished him eau.
70 t!o,iol the assembled multitude nut TO ht car
~ r. rIcd away,
~ NIT 70 m YooLED.
it OF nj! such demonstrations Mr. conklinE had
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