Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-08-02

No. 2l. |
ENTHUSIASTIC DEMOCRATIC DEM
ONsTRATION AT MEXICO, MO.
MEXICO. July 24.-The occasion of
the union democratic picnic at this place
was one of the most enjoyable affairs OF
the season. At an early hour the crowd
began to assemble. and by IL O'Clock
about two thousand Of the honest yec-
many of Audrain county. with their
wives and fair daughters, were upon
the ground to enjoy the sweet strains of
the music, followed by the eloquent
speeches of Gen. Francis M. Cockrell,o
Warrensburg, and Hon. John F. Philips.
Of Sedalia At IL: 10 o'clock w. H. Ken
nan. chairman of the Audrain County
Democratic Central Committee, intro
duced Gen. Cockrell to the crowd as a
man whose honesty and integrity were
only surpassed by his patriotism. and
saying that he would now address them
on some OF the issues before the country.
SENATOR CoCKRELL's SPEECH.
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was one of the off-years in politics, and
for that reason we were now prepared to
discuss some of the public issues calmly,
dispasslonately and tree from the excite
ment attendant upon all hot political
contests that the democratic party was
party which was founded upon primer
ples which were fixed Interchangeable and
as eternal as the sun; that they were the
corner stone OF our civil. political and
religious liberties; that while Its princi-
Piles were fixed they had not been settled
until after long and vigorous contests and
fierce combats ;that the principles of the
democratic party demanded :, free ma
tional government. governmental tor the
peopie and by the people. .and state gov
ernments sovereign in the exercise of
their reserved power; that the national
or federal government was creature OF
the states. and was surrounded by GER
tain limitations and enumeratiOns of
power in the federal government; that
an attempt to exercise any power other
than those enumerated was rebellion
against and treason to the government !;
that those limitations thrown around
our federal government were the safe
guards to our liberties. The democratic
party is the party of the people. and be-
lieves in the greatest amount OF govern
ment being exercised by them and the
states not inconsistent with the existence
of national life and prosperity. Those
| who advocate anti-democratic princi-
pies favor a centralized government. and
believe that the office-holders and the
few are better able to control the gov
ernment than the people themselves ;
that
THE DEMOCRATIC DOCTRINES,
With Madison for their advocate, pre-
dominated in the convention which
formed our constitution and were SUBJ
mitted to the states for adoption, and the
instrument was adopted by the states
with the ten amendments thereto; that
| in that convention it was expressly un-
derstood by the members and the peo'
pie who adopted the constitution, that
all power not expressly granted was re-
served to the people and the states that
the democratic party was successful in
maintaining the support Of these princi.
pies until the fierce struggle OF the fed.
eralists in 1887 under the administration
OF John Adams; that these principles
again triumphed and elected Mr.. Jeffer-
son to the presidency in 1900, and that
his election was followed by the unbrok.
sixty years. Mr.. Cockrell here stated
defined by Mr.. Jefferson in his inaugu.
raj address, and said that they were The
principles of the democracy-the demo.
cratic party to-day; that they triumphed
until the. victory of the anti-democratic
| 60 hot hof thso tor ia
was levied for revenue only, but since
then had been inaugurated the undemo
cratic system of protective tariff fol
the chosen few and to the great detri
ment OF the laboring and agricultural
masses; that in 1e 10 the democrats hat
in convention assembled declared tns
doctrine that the general government
had no power to lnaugurate and charter
national banks; that since the triumph
of anti.democratic principles, not only
the obnoxious protective tariff was IN
stituted, but also the equally obnoxiou!
system of national banks; that by th'
formation of such immense corporations
it gave them great influence on th'
ballot and against
TILE RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE;
That the democratic party had alway
been in favor of bimetalism, and sine
the victory of anti-democratic doctrine
bimetalism had been destroyed and tn
currency of the country destroyed. The,
had established the obnoxious test oath
and enforced it IN eleven free states o
this union Mr.. Cockrell here showed
the working OF this law, and gave US al
example: A count in the state OF FlOrid'
| presided over and managed by a judg
and district attorney, both of whom wer
rebels in the late war. and had accepted
appointments from the general govern
ment, neither of whom could take tn
oath without perjury. yet administered
it to others. They have passed the su
pervision law, prohibiting free elections
8 He said the power given was so grea
that it could be carried to the extent o
appointing every republican in a votin!
: precinct a SUPERVISOR, and allow each 81
3 acting SIS per day, but prohibited then
from receiving pay tor more than tel
: days at any one election for their dirt,
] work. This law and the infamous re
turning board defeated the inauguration
of the man whom the American peopl
q elected president in 1876. Mr.. Cockrel
: here dwelt upon the legislation of con
t gress in 1889. and said the democratic
, party had demanded repeal of thes
D provisions and had actually passed d
3 bill repeating them, and that republi
can president vetoed them thus bringin!
: direct before the people the issue, ant
, showing to the country that the republi
3 can party was in favor of retaining ant
l enforcing these un-demOcratic measures
, After showing what the democratic con
| pross lad wrenched from the president
: he stated
THE PRESIDENTS OBJECTIONS
. made to the bills in his veto messages
= the one concerning the measures beint
! tackled in the appropriation bill. HI
said the republicans were estopped from
making this objection. as they had FOL
lowed the same practice. The objection
ID &hat tha,. ts,iIanr q ,:s,x tI.