Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1879-09-11
The Sclid South.
Be~~ 10 ts BsseaaeA 60 Elect saas~l \
Ttta~a Bss~sia~as IN 1850

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Iron senator conlhns'. speech at ssratogaI
Could ell the voters In all the State. vote
and %. counted. republican ascendancy
woald be rssy snd very sure; but all the
voter. csnno, vote and be counted. The
dogma Of state Rights. the same herpsy
which has once drenched our land In blood
sud buried u In taxes. again uplifts Itself
aud grssps at dominion r. declares nov
thar III" na'ionai au,hori,v hs. no right 10
protect q national election. This means
that Ia several states there shat ne no
free lection ar count
To hfins This inlquitv to pass. the ,iemo.
cratic parry has shrunk from nothing
Tn mslority In Congress took the govern.
meni by the throat and threatened to choke
" to B-s,b unl--s the President would Civ.
up his judgment. bis conscience and his
oath. and iorsSear himself by signing bills
To overthrow laws which he knew To be
ju.t and necifui. Despite all resistance
seriou. and siarmilg progress was made in
this plot of nullHraiion and destruction
Jury laws eighty years old we're pro.rrat-d.
aud the jutybax il hereafter 10 be- sub.
l@ct To the methods OF political caucus.
tn'i the teCsui jury legislation ia Cor
rectcd We are NOT lisriy to see puni<htnrLt
tail 10 the South On any crime done In yto-
lattun OF the fhtfteruth. fourteenth az III
irepth amendments. OF against the Isus
enforcing them. This give. violence new
impdni'y and scope on .iecil"u dsy aid on
every other dsy. and so il becomes poir-
zeal engine. The army has been msn.cled.
and ACCIDENT laws providing Tor the pfe-er-
walton II the peace have been nuliified. sud
yet all the ride clubs. white leagues and
banded dc-peradoes have been len tree To
surround and garroie the polls and turn
elections into brutal farce. Amendments.
curbing such lswless forces were offered
and voted down by the veie OF every dem
ocrstic Senator.
Four o! the Southern States are rcpubli-
can by large msjoriiie. Two more are
probably republican with fair vote and
count, but even the law providing civil
police officers TO protect the citizens on
election day has been and will be nulleed
50 ss to give free course TO violence. t...Ge
ballots and fraud.
South OF the Potomac there will be no
Contested Presidential election next year.
some man r1ay coolest the Office Of sheriff.
though even this has been forbidden By
murder congressional district may see
boiling democrat strive against the rcgu.
lar nominee, but no Presidential election
worthy the name will be SLOWED In the
southern republican States. Whoever
may be the democratic nominee. every
electoral vote In the South will be regis
tered Tor him, This done. but a. electoral
votes are nccdsd In all the Northern StA'es.
from SEA 10 sea. Ncw iors has ,hifgy -avc
Of these hoped for votes. and u "a. FOR
New York In the pas; that the election
Laws have been pro>lrAied and aru 10 Dc
prnsiratsd neat WINTER New \ ork thu.
stand. 10 the fore ifuni Of great dangrr
great responsibility and great opportunity
Ncs YORK w!ll decide The great couie..
- lNso, Her action this year wiil g Tar
90 decide i. Her seton This year all 10
lar 10 decide whether the mex, Congress Il
10 be governed bv the iaI.paying or the
uon-;sx PAIN states, aud on that ggcs-
lion depend. the defence or the capture a.,
III" National Treasury. and The faanrfaI
safety aud stability ~ the country. Sai
% 'psaS ot state issues. grave as they are.
because that suuii dC;ain YOU longer than
! ought 20 cries OF Go on - the la.g
thing tn the Interest 81 tho Nation uuU
hiu<" largely on the action - this state IA
The coming election l. there a rcpub'I-
Gao. b. his preference for one nan or one
Candidate OF another. who vill not A. such
ctisis sisnd ~ the fhauliiion stones OF
b. iaiths l. ihcrr = tepgb'Ican who will
conuiTc al ;hc ruptufr 81 the National ,5y-
cfun"Hi by = sniii south. dom .uatJi ~
the same men who. iu she name OF STATE
fighis. drAPrl the land 10 mourning. ana
"ho now seek - make state ri.h,s rlse
again and irzmple the graves of our hcru5c
9eAd' J. there republican who. be- Ncc1
his country and his erect ON oa~ side AMI
somc trivial prejudice on the other. wou.l
torn his back on creed Aui country There
i 40 such republican. AID Therefore no
oue have ocrutlc,i
The party nos &. united 90 every cs.ra.
usl. indeed on every living Issue La,
year aai The year before This vas not -
true a. 10 j. uoS. Time makes t!s all wiser
and things Nc have differed Abou, hereto
fore have been settled BY evcHi- No mat
icf no was right or Who Wa mistaken ~
dscciyrd-if any ono gas-fA.th and cxrc-
hence have made u. whole MANY who
have opposed us In the past have become
convinced that democratic success. Which
means southern dunlin alton no~. ., rot
~ise or safe speak not Of managers OF
conisnding leaders. bur Of men Of level
heads who think aud look beyond the
present. WIN such iicle, and surh 4
platform a. NC shall pre.cni. We can fs!t
to carry the State ohly by inAciion and
neglect. There ~ill be no inActlon or neg
leci This year. The duty j. too high and
too urgent. the occasion j. too great and
too vial. The feelings AID conviction. 81
republicans are too deep me- people DO
foaghI lad. Devastating. I2u4cu, -blr war.
and gave up their braves And their beet.
viii not fold their hands 10 ignoblc 81
ptneness. when all they woh 10 battle 8. 10
peril OF b. log snaiohsl away. New YORK
must stand this year AZ the head OF the re
publican column. 10 thi. end let Us pledge
ourselves and each other