Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-08-07
GARFIELD AND CHANDLER.
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the vast burden of that public debt and lay
it at the door of the Democratic party, fol
they made it all. [Applause.] No Repub
ican ever lifted his hand to smite the
union. The men who sought its life in the
war we've Democrats all, and if the Demo
cratic party of the north had stood like one
man against the rebellion, there never
could have. been war. It was because the
south believed they would have the help OF
the northern Democracy, or believed they
would not have their opposition and fol
that reason the enormous burden of debt
was piled up on the shoulders of this coun.
try. When the war was over, and we
stepped forward to the front, we saw this
LOAD OF debt, so great that timid men said,
You can never pay it," and wicked men,
dishonest men, said You ought not to try
-repudiate it, but the Repu blican party
looking up to God, who had blessed
them with victory, aud back to the people
who had trusted them, said, "This debt
is the price of blood, the price of liberty
and bowling the shoulders of the nation to
it they carried the mighty load in honor,
And what has happened -what has hap
pened? Thirteen years have not passed,
and eight hundred millions of that mighty
load are gone-pail in honor and cancelled,
and the burden of interest that you carried,
one hundred and fifty millions of coin an.
nuaIly, is now reduced to eighty.seven
millions, by the effort and force of their
manly honesty in keeping the promises you
had made: [Applause.] You did that, in
cratic party have given you at every step.
[Applause.] There has been no chance to
sneak cut of the obligations, although they
haye been suggesting il like evil couDselors
There has been no chance 10 weaken the
public faith that they have not limited at,
aud against their hints, against their oppo'
sitlon, the credit and honor of this Union
has risen higher and yet higher, until in the
last six months you have seen eight hun.
lred millions Of dollsrs of your debt re.
funded at a lower rate OF intert st !; and now
out O. the way of the citizen. Before this
the government was competing for loans
and paying high rate of interest. Now,
these ioats are down to 4 per cent,
and you can borrow it with ease; and
at last through the larkn. So of this terrible
panic tina. struck Us in 1873 we have held
our way, keeping the faith, abiding our
time, meeting our just obligations, exhort.
ing our people to hold and be true and be
honest, and at last the fruition of your suf.
ferings has come, and the business of the
country is reviving. [Applause.] We have
honest money, the honest redemption OF
say that he wants the laboring men of this
country to take poorer dollar than the
one we now have; and let him comply with
that demand il he dar,. We have stood by
that honor when it cost some nerve to stand
by it, aud now we turn against the Deme.
crat, against the coward and the tool who
pirates about rag money that is not worth its
face; ii it has been important that the Re,
publican party should be organized to re-
store the government, even still more is il
important that the Republican party should
maintain its vigor and life to save what we
have gained. No soonsr did the Democrats
get back into congress than you have seen
how revolutionary AID reactionary their
action has been. need not rehearse what
has happened in the last few weeks in con
sress. You have seen their threat to starve
the government to death, and they lacked
nothing to do it but the courage. Applause.
1t was assault with intent to kill, but, with
out the courage to kill, when they
were ready to strike the blow they held
back their coward hands, fearing to give
the blow. [Applause.l They showed their
wicked will, although their cowardice
checked them from executing it, in the very
last days of the session. You have seen
them parade their doctrines of state sover.
eighty, more extreme than ever before,
except in the days just preceding the war.
Think OF the spectacle CT the Vice President
OF the late Confeae-acy and Il member of
the cabinet of the dead Confederacy stand
ing on the foo. of the House of Represen-
tatives to teach Brothers Williams and
Burrows and ME the true doctrines of the
constitution. Laughter and applause. !
That is q spectacle that confronts you to.
day. They tell you we are mistaken in
snpposing this is nation, even spelled
with little en-" They say this is league,
and they tell you that senators are amhas-
sailors; that members OF the House are
mere agents Of the state. So, stand here
to-day in the presence of the Wisconsin
agents, and here is the agent from Michigan
sent down by that state to do a little busi.
ness, l suppose, with some people in Wash
iugton. Laughter. Why, according to that,
l have no interests here. My Interests
are in Ohio. But, fellow citizens, if one
truth bazed out Of the fire of our war more
clear than another, it was this: That this is
a powerful nation, a mighty nation, that
carries its emblems proudly forward on sea
and on land; that it has power that strikes
every man, every woman, every child, every
territory, every state that dare stand in it's
way. 1t will strike them till they are ODE.
':ient to the law. [Great applause And
yet, a rebel senator tells us that il is not q
nation, but a confederacy of states. An
other tells us that we have no United States
peace; that We have NO right to keep. The
son OF Il man who was once secretary of the
treasury of the Unicn-this son from Mary.
land-stands on the floor of the house OF
representatives and tells us that the United
States have 20 peace to keep, and no power
to keep the peace anywhere in the Union.
Why, fello" citizens, wherever there is q
post"tfice that brings p,ail to your door, the
United States Keep the peace within that
office, aud the rider that carries the mail on
horseback rides in the claim and light of
the peace of the United States [applause] ;
and the man that dare stop his journey shall
fluid, if need be, his path lighted hy the
f"rcs S Of the army Of the United States, aud
if reed be, that all the guns Of our artillery
will ne trailed along his path to keep
The peace while he rides. [Great ap.
plause.] They tell us that there are
no national elections: that the nation
has no voters. A dozen repre-.
sentatives and senators repeat it again and
again that the United States has no ele ctions
and no voters-that all elections are state
elections, aud that all voters are state voters
and shat the states have the right to contest
the elections for members of congress. In
the n>.,uc Of all that is national and broad
and true, look at that for moment. NY
friend, have l no intere st in an election you
may have in Wisconsin? Have the people
of the old nineteenth district no interest in
having lawful, honest election of men,
Der OF congress here? Suppose you elect
foriy men 10 the northwest by fraud-men
who are not elected, but who steal their
seats, and they go down 10 The legislature
tor me aud my people. Have we no right
i'll these elections? The United States
government, by its constitution, has created
& house Of representatives and senate, and
it tells how it shall he chosen; and the
congress is empo:rerec. by the constitution
to regulate the time, place and manner Of
boldIng these cleo; ions and ) ct, in the face
{ lha, constitution these people tell us that
they viii not sustain the government by the
appropriation Of nOu.y until we give MP
these elec:ion laws altogether. Why do we
have them? Let me tel! you. 1t is matter
of proof under oath indubitable that the
election in New York State in 1868 was
carried by sheer outrageous fraud; that
1000 fraudulent votes We're cast
in tho city Of New York a!one-votes that
have since been proved to be fraudulent,
aud with those fifty.oue thousand fraudulent
votes they were only enabled to carry that
state by ten thousand majority. In fact, it
went Republican by forty thousand. TWAS
stolen by ten thousand, by the use Of fifty
thousand fraudulent votes. Fellow citizens,
to meet just that case the election law was
made and the first and foremost point in
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