River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-09-18

oilers-attecting and binding the persons and
property Of the whole country. Such is the
party which. intrenched In Congress and u
solid Solid South proelaims its purposes TO
turn Dack the finger on the dial aud to reverse
the legislation of the nation for the last eigh-
teen years.
Who are these demanding that their states.
man5hip and patriotism shall shape and con-
troll the destinies of this nations In the know.
edge of every man of ordinary intelligence In
the land, they are a minority Of the legal vol
ers OF the United States, making up in force
what they lack in numbers suppressing by
fraud and oppression the vote Of the enamel
pated citizens of ehe South; standing always
across the pathway OF the progress Of the
masses; despisng III rule of the majority;
eduea ed TO despotism aud violence, and inn
PEELED by enc controlling purpose, born Of
their bafDaric lnstiiutlon-so rule their section
in their own way. They are q party led and
dominated by those whose violated eonsttu-
tional oaths and foreswon allegiance to the
government are the only testimonials Of their
fidelity TO the Union, and whose contempt for
the government and iaw-defying spirit are
shown by their neg leet in their entire domains
10 bring Ia Justice even one Of the numerous
foul assHssins OF United States officials, gully
only OF trying to discharge their duty in exc
cutting The laws Of the United States--a party
whose leaders launched the spurious Conted-
era y. with negro slavery as its corner stone.
and which was buried In the abysmal depths
| OF that Outgrowth Of treason-but which, re-
snrTected by the beneticence Of the govern
| ment, rewarded its clemency by resisting al
| every step the work OF reconstruction, the
amendments to the Constitution, and the leg
/ slation necessary 10 give them effect. Who
| are these who demand To be made the sole
| custodians OF the national faithy A party
which, on lis demise from power in 1861 lett
| the credit of the government dishunored;
| which, during the war, flooded the south with
| It's Confederate promises, untu they became
| US plenty as the drifting leaves Of Autumn
| aud worthless as the wasted parchment
| signed al Montgomery; which, since the
war, has been engaged in tue South in the
| open work OF sealing down and repudiating its
state ana municipal obligations BY the whole
sale: which has waged unceasing war upon
tie Obligations Of the Nation; which in Nation
al Convention and Congress has resisted TO
| the last the great measure of res umption- the
| erownlng aehieFems Mt OF the Republican par
| w. and the first instance in the worlds history
III which nation has redeemed lie forced
| loans ana demand, without discount and in tie
money OF tue world, and under the influence
Oi which every PROSTATE industry in the land
IS throbbing with new life, and the whole
country entering upon q career of unprece-
denled prosperity. This solid South. to whom
our obligations are the irritating token of
their subjuEation to the national authority,
now demands that 1t shall be invested with
tue sole power of regulating, collecting and
dlsourslng The revenues Of the country, upon
| which It's faith rests, through which We saved
the Government, and which, perverted or
abused, would cripple and destroy its ability
70 retain resumption or even its own existence.
VINO are these, who, to imtame the partisan
ignorant conjure up the use of the army us
an instrument 10 overawe State authority, and
shout themselves hoarse over the phantom
II is the party of Jefferson Da is under whose
order as Secretary OF War In 1855, United
states Dragons rode down and DISPERSED the
| Free Slate IpsristAtnrp nj Kansas IA pa
chose who pirate Of the freedom of elections
and the sanctity Of the ballot? II is the party
which by the denial OF free discussion, by law
essness, violence, assassination, ballot box
stuiiing and the Invasion oi meetings and
polling places by bands Of armed
rutiians, has Knocked the sanctity
Of the ballot, and has made
in the South, the Republican 10 m of govern
men, guaranteed by the Constitution by
word ind ia cc.
10 these demands, the Republicans Of New
York make this answer: We love honorable
peace and hate contention. But we put the
| upremacy OF the constitution aud the law
justice, and our own equality in the govern
hent bctore cowardy peace and craven sub.
mission. We acknowledge the sovereignty OF
| the people within the rule of the constitution
The war Of ths rebellion fought in vain, if il
Jailed to establish the doctrine that the win Of
the majority, iairly expressed shall be the
supreme law Of the land. The majority have
successfully asserted their tideli To the
Union upon countless battle-ields, and at ey.
cry fair trial by an honest ballot, and despite
the Vaccinations an revolutionary aggres
sons OF the Democratic party will again main.
| tain their right to govern, under the cousti.
tuition, their own Union, rescued by war from
the tolls Of treason, in their own way. As
| Winter Davis said ut the close of the war, ave
who have laid down our half million Of men
under the soil, have right to say what shall
triumph above it,
The question is no longer the equality Of
the freedmen in the government, but of ouI
own equality. We will no longer be deluded
by fluent promises and Punic professions
We, too, make our demands, and will ex-
hatst all cOnst tutiopal and les al methods IL
| enforce them. We will have the equality in
the government 10 which we are entitled un.
der the constitution, and will not submit 10
| The excessive pow eT usurped by the South in
the subversion of law and citizenship. Ne
assert the right Of the Government To control
national elections SD that every man entitled
10 suffrage may east, in peace and security
one free vote, aud no more.
| We demand one iaw-justly enacted
equally binding upon every citizen of the
and-;o be respected aud obeyed alike by all
| aud, when all other means fail, to he restored
~ the strong arm which subdued the rebel
lion
nc make no secret of our partialitF for the
| egulated bayOnet in the hands OF men wear
ing the blue Of the Government, rs against
She shot gun in the hands of the red-shirted
mobOCracy of the South
| We demand that this land
''She that lifts up the manhood of the poor,
She Of the open son ~ open door,
With room anon Ter hearth for all man
kind"
shah be made the land of supreme, Constltu-
tiOnal liberty, a Interchangeable as the stars
| symbOlized upon her banner
| We demand that the faith of this Ma
| ton TO its creditors shall be maintained upon
which we placed tin the hour of its peril, and
have steadily upheld it through weary years
| Of privatiOns, reverses. sacrifices and vanish
| ing values until II every dollar Of the pub
lie debt commands its face In gold Insist ne
| always upon the equality Of the National
| obligation with gold, we will keep the Ma
| TONS honor unsuliied and never permit 1t TO
be tainted by the touch of the lcpudiator,
| whether he comes in open assault or IN artful
guise with silvery tongue.
| We demand Government which shall pro.
| tect The weak. the ignorant and the helpless
| whom we have liberated, and that American
citizenship shall be raised to the dignity at
! least Of the Roman Empire. When Panl had
been bound with thongs, he said to the centu-
rion that stood by, us it lawful for you to
scourge a man that is Roman and uneon-
demmedT' When the centurion heard that
he went and told the chief captain, saving
take heed what thou doest, for this man is n
ing in "decent respect to the opinions of man
kind" will be false to ITSELF false to its plight
ed faith and false to humanity, until this
scouTging Of American citizens, uncondeinn-
cd aud unaccuied, save of exercising a rigui
given by the Constitution, shall cease and un-
al The admonitiOn, take heed what thou doest,
for this man is an American sha he rs potent
when applied to the loWliest freedman of the
land as was that of the Roman centurion
From the day Luther burned the Pope's bull
ut WiTiemburg the progress Of the human
race oVard higher civilization has swept on,
not always with uniform force. but with many
d temporary re ession. But the tile gather
ing new power in It's subsistence, defyiug ev-
cry obstacle in its pathway, has in its return
overleaped all its barriers In the temporary
cbhing in the tide,f our civil liberty and uni
yerstl freedom. the Republican party finds
York earne silly and with determination dedi-
cate ourselves TO the work Of warding of the
new perils that threaten Us. The spirit which
inspired the organization Of the party and its
deeds immortal for freedom and nationality is
again living flame in all her lherty-oting
homes, kindng anew the determination to
make secure the foundations laid with such
costly sacrifices, and 10 garner sp their full |
iruit.on.
Let us here to-day, as her delegated repre- /
sentatives, enter upon our work with Just |
conceptions OF its magnitude Our success |
at the coming election is not only vital TO the |
welfare OF the nation, but will insure, as we'll |
tile control Of the administration Of the af |
fairs of the State. to which we are justly emit |
tied by reason of having shaped its financial |
policy so as 10 have reduced its taxation and /
Indebtedness, aud 81 having laid the foundation |
in 0u~ constitution upOu which eur nrbIip