The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-09-03

| party always has been to the doctrine of state
| rights and opposed as it always has been to any
| form of Capitalization. This scheme would put
the whole financial power OF the country in the
| hands of Congress. / am not much of a state
rights man, but L cannot understand how any
Democrat can support scheme of finance
that is opposed to all the traditions of the
Democratic party. All have say to close this
financial topic is this: The government has
kept its faith, and today the reviving hum of
business comes up from 10000 factories. What
is the life of the Eastern states? Your COM
merce You sell to Europe $1,000 100000 of your
products yearly. All this is measured by
gold value You buy 800, 00O, 900 of European
products on a coin value. You cannot escape
the coin standard. The Republican party be-
lieves in the dollar worth 100 cents. AS we
fought during the war to make all men equal
before the law, we fight today to make all our
dollars equal before the law.
THE SOUTHERN QUESTION.
But gentlemen in the brief time left me
propose to speak of subject to my mind a.
much more important than the financial ques-
ton, as freedom is above cash.I call your atten
ton to this:
Resolved, That unity and harmony essential
to victory; hat all independent movements are dam
all independent candidates are inspired solely by
lust for Office that they shall be treated common
enemies to the acefde Of the people and avowed enc
mics of the Democratic party of the State of Mis-
sssippi.
This is the 18th plank in the platform of the
Democrats of Mississippi. Gentlemen think of
this. The man who attempted to run as the
independent candidate for sheriff of YaZoo
county was waited on by 400 armed citizens
and ordered to quit the state; he complied, but
returned, and was shot. And l am here to tell
you that in 1875 this same man organized the
Yazoo rifle club system, and prevented the
casting of single republican vote in one con-
gressional district, and this man was presented
with q silver nitphar nv his a1mirinp fellow
citizens, inscribed "To Henry M. Dixon, the
bravest of the brave, for his valuable services
in redeeming the county from radical rule"
This question Of the right to vote.is the great
question of the hour, but in the last Congress
it was said that our election laws provided by
our Congress to give every man one vote, must
be repealed or if not so, then the government
musts starve, and moro dangerous blow
was never struck at the right OF American cltl-
ZenShip. Every man is interested in the cleo
ton of members of Congress, and if the United
States has one right more paramount than an
other it is the right to stand and see fair play.
General Garfield here reviewed the election
law of 1871, showing its fairness, and its good
effect as proved by the report of the Congress
sional committee, appointed to visit New York
in 1873 We said in the last Congress to those
bulldozers, ''You threatened years ago to shoot
the government to death ii we elected Abra-
ham Lincoln but we elected him, and we ac-
cepted the gage of mortal battle, and your at
tempt and slavery were shot to death, and now
you say that you will starve it to death. We
would not let you shoot it to death in 1861, and
we shall not let you starve it to death in 1879.
AS we would not give ups Abraham Lincoln in
1861, so we will not give up the law now, and
we fought them for three months, and then
slowly and reluctantly they voted the most of
the appropriations, but said that they should
appeal to the people. And in the name of
right and justice I appeal in all confidence to
you. (Applause) They sayithat they desire to
have free election, answer-with an amend
ment-and fair one also, and that with IA
vorable protection we will have. (Applause)
The speaker closed with an eloquent appeal
to all present to vote for the party that having
saved the nations life, is now battling to pre-
serve the nations honor.
AT the close of Gen. Garield's address Mr..
Thomas called for three cheers "for General
Garfield, and the cause he represents" which
were given with will
The hall was crowded, and the audience re-
NAMED to the last.
Chambers band was in attendance.