Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-05-09

the rebellion, to gain control OF the Govern
mont. The man selected as their candidate
Nas then the same man who had trampled the
right OF sufliags tfldtr fsct apd suspended
that ancient writ so dear 10 AnglH SaNtins
Such things led to the act OF 1865, not to con-
fer power, but to define and restrain II. II was
introduced by a man OF whom IL is related
that on one occasion he inditferently said ;
" Go on with your draft. | feel no interest in
Il, kentucky's quota is full on both sides,n
Even after the words, "0r to keep the peace
at the POLLS" were added to his bill, Mr.
Powell and other democrats urged the
adoption Of the MEASURES attended, It
was not, as has been alleged, waf
measttfe imperative In peace! IL was
passed wheh the war was In its last throes ;
when our armies were victorious e+eryAhere
under Sherman. IL was meant to be, said he,
and is, mere check. Mr. Conkling went on
to analyze the provisions of the law to sup
port his assertion Under the law troops
could NO more act without definite authority
than sheriff could hang ttlptlt without a
due warrant of law. 1t also provided for the
very subOrdination OF military to civil power
now so earnestly advocated 1t also provides
that the troops shall not be used save when
(Eaton) smiled II was a lawyers smile, but
his friend knew the repose of discretion some.
where was unavoidable. Discretion may be
abused, and as humanity was weak II has been
abused from, the earliest times but II was a
Republic, where universal stfffage is cher
ished, which is governed by maiortles, shall
election day be picked out as the only day of
the year to be handed over to rufiianism, bru-
tality and disorders
Mr.. Conkling then referred to the Demo-
cratic one thousand frauds by false natural
iHation papers in the New York elections. In
some districts, he said, the Democratic ma
iority was larger than the whole number Of
men, women, children. horses, dogs and cats
In the district. Yet fraud by false naturaliBa-
ton papers and registration was but small
part " the rfcgu1atity uf that election. The
election of 1870 was the first In Which the
National election law was enforced aud blood
shed was feared. The terrible scenes of the
draft riots were fresh in the minds OF all.
Fearing repetition of them good citizens
asked the President for protection, and in
spite of the imprecations and threats OF
Democracy, Grant protected them. That
election was orderly, and when the New
Workers. next have an occasion to show their
appreciation of Grants set vices, his action In
1870 touching this matter will not be hidden
away by those who espoused him wisely. II
this bill becomes law, Supervisors OF Elec-
lions Will be merely lockers On, unable to de-
ter the bulles from intimidating the voters,
and many men have been prosecuted and con.
yicted under this law. The courts uphold its
constitutionality. But the theory OF uncon-
stitutionality has been abandoned. The Dem
Ocratic caucus itself has acknowledged the
worthlessness of the theory. We were told
that 1t costs money to carry out this law,
Certainly 1t does; but the Nation which Law
| ishe0 millions to preserve its Constitution
would not stick at the payment of $200,0O0 tc
preserve free elections.
Mr.. Conkling said the remark of the pre-
siding officer led him to remember to say some
thing that gentleman would be interested in
| that the money squandered uselessly In the
last River and Harbor Appropriation bill
oil ha frta an,
force the election laws to the end of time
Let the rufliansm at the polls In the interest
| OF the other party cease, and there would be
no need of further expense In executing tht
| election laws
| Mr.. President, said Mr.. Conkling, has thu
present Executive been sufficiently robust IL
! his policy, even as To enforcing these laws
| He asked this In view OF the fact that the
next election would occur during this admin
istration. Why was this attempt made tt
block the wheels of Government on the ev,
of election2 Only one explanation is appar
ent; 1t is strike for party victory. With
far election the Democrats cannot carry thu
! election, therefore these laws must disappear
| The Democrats know that with matters IL
| their hands, no matter what the Republican
majority may be where the green grass grow
! in New York State the Russ pavement in tn,
great city will overwhem it.
This Is a contrivance to catch the Govern
rrient, but lie believed the people of the cOun
| try believed it was wisest to entrust the con
troll of the country to hands which had neve
been raised against it, They believed thes
| laws were Wholesome and necessary, and the,
would defend them TO the uttermost poin
which opportunity allowed.
| Mr.. Conkling, in his allusion to Mr.. Davl
| OF lllinoise said, that, after Mrs. Winslow
| that Senator had an ineXhaustible source o
soothing syrup. The Senator reminde,
| him of one slumbering in a storm an,
IrAn nt,as rs,fa L.. c.. 4.
was no noise anywhere, and one could hear
| pin drop; that fights were sacred South an
| North, and that there was peace and tran
| guilty, and laws were Obeyed; therefore ther
| was no occasion for apprehension or anxiety
| Could rights be sacred when fresh-done bar
barities show that elections In some pOrtion
of the land were despotism tempered with as
sassination, when old and young we're flynn
| In terror from their homes and the graves o
their murdered dead! Rights secured whel
thousands brave cold, hunger and death, ask
| ing among strangers for that treatment o
humanity under a law which made them cit
zens, while God made them menl II
asked citizens and the Senator to read tn
memorial in their behalf, containing tn
most shocking recitals of modern times, tn
blackest ever recorded in civilized or savag
life. There was not such faith as the Senate
possessed, no, not In Israel. "Order reign
In Warsaw" The Republican party wante
peace and prosperity in the South as well a
the North, but dieregarding truth will no
bring peace, Fair words butter no parsnips
This lullaby and hush had been a mistak
from the beginning. 1t had misled North an
South. In Andrew Johnson's time a conveI
tion was held, when man from South Care
lima and man from Massachusetts locke
arms and walked into the convention, an
with much sensation and cOrdiality claspe
hands when the tune of "Dixien was played
Later celebration OF the battle OF the Revo
luton took place in New Jersey, when ther
was dramatic spectacular and hugging cer(
mony. He remembered that General SheI
man attended one of them, but that soldier
with hard sense and bravery which distiT
guished him, cautioned the assembled multi
tude not to be carried away, not to be fooled
OF all such demonstrations, Mr.. Conkling ha
this to say, honest serious conviction was nc
ecstatic, or sentimental in grave affairs an
lasting purposes. 1t was not expressed
morbid phase, or with sickly sentimer
tality. This was as true in regard to polii
ical as religious duty. The Divine Maste
said, "Not every one that saYeth to m
Lord, Lord, shall enter into the Kingdol
OF God, but he that doeth well of my Fatht
which is in Heaven" Facts were serioU
things, but better it was to take them in I'll
face. The Northern people preached no crl
SADIE against the South When the war wl
over no man who fought against the flag wa
punished, even by imprisonment; no estai
was confscated; every man was left free
love liberty ana 10 pursue happiness. A1J'
the Southern States were rebuilded and r
stored to their relations to the Union, L
man was DISTINGUISHED by National authority
no man for one moment was denied the rigl
J to vote or hindered In any other way; fro
the time that Mississippi was restored thel
never had been a time when jeff Davis migl
not vote as freely as the Senator Davis
the state of Illinois. The North was dottt
} with graves tenanted with the purest and be
men, whose deaths were caused by the grea
est aud guiltiest rebellion that ever appeart
, in the annals OF the human race. The ge
= erosity and magnanimlty OF the Nation In q
' hour of victory was the grandest spectacle
I the kind the world had ever seen. The san
5 spirit prevailed now, and yet the alarm WI
, sounded that the Republicans of the North see
[ to revive and intensity the feelings and pa
( sions OF war, and Southern Democrats pr
Q tend TO sink the past In the oblivion OF kir
r forgetfulness. The truth OF this asse
= tion could be tested right before our eye
0 Twenty-seven States adhered TO the Uniol
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