The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-04-23

that when any political party be-
lieved that the general legislation
proposed was right they would pass
it, if attaching it TO Il general appro-
priation bill would effect that pur-
pose. If the Democrats have enacted
improper legislation they learned
the practice from the Republicans
They were gravely told that the
wheels of the Government would,
stop if the Democrats insisted upon
the character of their legislation, and
the President should veto the bill
containing it. Therefore, the Dem,
ocrats were stigmatized as obstruc-
tionists and revolutionists. Was it
-revolutionary-to insist that the army
should be used only for certain pur.
poses? This was all they proposed
to do. They were only seeking to
direct the manner in which the pub.
lie money should be expended and
control it, which Congress has the
power to do. If this was revolution.
airy, he hoped that those who oppos.
ed it would never find their way
back here. 1t was power essential
to the liberty of the country that
Congress should say @henmoney was
appropriated how it should be used,
and in this connection he read from
speeches Of the late Senator Seward
aud others who claimed and insisted
upon theexercise Of such right. lfit
was revolutionary, it was a counter
revolution to bring us back to where
we stood. No one would deny that
it was right and fair to give to all
parts of the country a free and fair
jury. 1t should be in the power of
Judge to object to a man as a juror
by offering him the iron.clad oath,
which he could.not take. The effect
Of this was to drive nine. tenths of
the white men of the South from the
jury box. There should be the same
law all over the country, and none
excluded who are competent and in
telligent. The Democrats asked that
this law be wiped out from the Stat
ute books, as it kept up irritation
and agitation in the South. BY re.
tanning the law they kept on the
Southern people the badge Of degra-
dation. The Democrats sought to
repeal the law relative to supervisors
and deputy marshals ut general cleo
lions, so as to give both parties an
even chance at the polls. In 1877,
as the official record showed, nearly
100000 were paid to supervisors
and deputy marshals, who we're all
Republicans, acting in the interest
of their party and not in preserving
the purity of the ballot. Ia 1878
S9,647 were spent for the same pur-
pose, the larger part in New York
Mr.. Hereford spoke at some length
on this point, noticing particularly
The conduct Of such officers in the
above city. Mr.. Davenport, he said,
had three Federal offices, namely,
Chief Supervisor, Clerk Of the United
States Circuit Court and United
States Commissioner. 1t appears
from the reports and the testimony
of Davenport himself, that he direct
ed complaints to be made against
$500 persons, and on these COM
plants warrants of arrest were issu-
ed against 5000, and 800 arrests
were made. In view Of the facts he
had presented, it was no wonder that
the people decreed the Punishment
Of Infamous spies and plunderers Of
the people. They wanted no such
persons to watch them when voting.
The Democratic party and all other
lovers Of liberty did not want the
army to be used for any purpose but
to repel invasion from enemies Of the
Government. He believed that the
President would sign the pending
appropriation bills, and that these
bills did not run counter to the Pres
ident. Whetherthe President should
do SO or not this should make no DIFF
ference in their pursuit of the right
course. The Democrats did not
coerce the President, for nobody had
a right to say that the President
would veto this or the other bill.
The legislation which the Demo
Gratis objected TO was tackled on to
the appropriation bills, and they
wished to annul them in the same
way. In conclusion, Mr.. Hereford
said; Repeal the obnoxious laws and
all will be well. Give the people
free elections and fair juries and
peace and prosperity will prevail
throughout our borders. Repeal
these acts, and, by SO doing, reassert
the doctrine that men are capable of
self government without the inter
vention of the army.
The Republican papers arc assum-
ing that the negroes are leaving
Louisiana and Mississippifor Kansas,
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