The Princeton union., 1880-10-28

only loosened it for a time, and the interval has
been employed by the 6 solid Southern leaders
| in reriveting it. We see it in the accursed
system of peonage now legalized in the sssolid
South.'
And we have the same old spirit of defiance
and arrogance breathed by their leaders, as Of
old, on all points that we thought had been set
tied by the arbitrament Of the sword.
Twenty years ago that sword was drawn.
Sixteen years ago that sword was sheathed.
decided anything, that no State in this Union
had the right to peaceably secede that no citi-
zen of any State had the right to fight for his
State while attempting to forcibly secede; that
| the sovereignty of the State is subordinate to
the sovereignty OF the nation; and that every
| man, woman and child within it's borders stands
| free.
Yet, only two years ago-fourteen years after
| these questions had been decided by war-Jef-
| ferson Davis, the still-adored leader Of the
"solid South" declared Gas reported in Dem
ocratic organ) his ::unshaken belief in the
| right OF secession and the duty Of the citizen
to battle III the cause of the State after seces-
| sion )" that events had ssvindicated the judg-
ment OF those who held separation to be neces-
! sary for the safety and freedom Of the South
ern States > and, said he, ':You struck for in
| dependence and were unsuccessful. You
| agreed to return to the Union and abide by the
constitution and laws made in conformity with
it. 7hus far, and no further, do understand
| you1 promise to ertend."
This was from a. speech delivered but two
| rebel Confederacy-the real head Of the s'soid
| South to-day. Is there a doubt on that
! score? Then turn to the Congressional pro-.
| ceeGlngs of the Sd OF March, 1879, little more
| than one year ago, and fifteen years after the
| rebellion was crushed, as we had finally sup
! posed, and observe how Southern Senator after
| Southern Senator arose in his place and eulo-
| gized this very Jefferson Davis all declaring
| substantially with Senator Lamar, of Missis-
| sppi, that there is not ''ono distinction be-
| tween the people of the South and Jefferson
Davis" and with Senator Coke of Texas, that
/ spect and revere him. Among these eulo-
gists were not only Lamar of Mississippi. and
| Coke OF Texas, but Garland of Arkansas, Ran
! som of North Carolina, Gordon Of Georgia, and
! Morgan of Alabama.
In thus eulogizing the man who had pro-
| claimed but a few months before these seces-
| sion principles, they necessarily indorsed the
! principles themselves.
These men are the men who control the
"solid South to-day, together with Wade
| Hampton, who, speaking of the issues Of this
campaign, and referring to Lee and Jackson,
| said, as reported by the Staunton Vi,dicator,
| Democratic organ, mind you: 81 ask you to
| remember those who have died on your soil.
and to remember that the principles they died
! for are again on trial to-day"
| Ana it was these men-present representative
| Southern leaders, sitting in the Senate of the
! republc-who, hour after hour, speaking in
| that high forum, under the solemn sanctity Of
! their oaths. thus eulogized the traitor and LIS
| treason!
! At last uprose the stalwart form of brave Zach
his visage pale and stern with the gathered wrath
| of hours. With impressive vehemence he told
| the story of jeff Davis crimes. and declared to
| these Southern Senators that " they little know
| the spirit of the North when they come here at
| this day, and with bravado on their lips utter
eulogies upon a man whom every man, woman
and child in the North believes to have been a
| double-dyed traitor to. his Government y
That recital electrified the North. But
! Zachariah Chandler is dead, and the North has
| forgotten!
| Meanwhile the restless Southrons work in
| cessantly and relentlessly toward what Wade
| Hampton terms their '' one great object
They tried to force q Republican President
| and Senate to yield to the demand of Dem
ocratic House for the abolition of the safeguards
thrown around the Federal elections, the OBJ
| ject being to open the door wide in the States
! Of New York, Indiana, and elsewhere in the
| North, to election frauds.
| With the same object in view-the election by
! fraud OF q Democratic candidate for the Presi-
dency, President whom the :ssoid South
| could control-they forced an extra session Of
! Congress, and consumed it in persistent efforts
| Of both houses Che Senate having passed into
the hands Of the Democrats) to overawe the
| President and break down that coordinate
| power of the veto which is given to him by the
| constitution.
Failing in this they again tried it, and tried it
il vain, at the succeeding regular session of
| Congress.
They refused, however, to the last to appro-
PIRATE money to pay the Supervisors and Depu-
ty NIarshals Of Federal elections for their SER
vices in preventing election frauds, partly from
and int fha %I,o%-
efficient men could not be found to perform
these patriotic services without immediate nav.
Had the President been less firm. had they
succeeded in abolishing these safeguards around
Federal elections. the 'solid South would
have demanded and would have dictated the
nomination of Southern man for President by
the Democracy.
Ex-senator Robert Toombs let this cat out
OF the bag - when he said ''But what are we
to do? We cannot put i'll one of our men this
time and have to take 'Yank' That being the
case. let us take one who is less blue belhed
than the most Of them" And he added "Yor
| may depend upon it, sir, that, 'Yank' or nc
'Iank, if elected, the old boys Of the South vii
see that Hancock does the fair thing by them
In other words he will run the machine to sui
them, or they will run the thing themselves
They sre not going to be played with any
| longer
It cannot be denied that the "solid South
nominated Gen. Hancock for the Presidency
| because he would serve as temporary mash
| for their purposes. It cannot be denied that il
so nominating him, because" as Wade Hamp
ton says. . he was an available man." the s'sol
! i'd South meant "blsiness." The characte
of that business" will refer to directly.
But first let me remind you again-for some
Of Us are very forgetful-that Hancock, i
elected. will doubtless owe his election to th
"sod South. y because it was the solid South
which nominated him, and because the 1873 elect
oral votes of the s'solid South will make three
fourths OF the 1876 necessary to elect.
Now, with a President not only owing hi
nomination. but also owing three-fourths of hi
electoral vote to the ':solid South" and onl
one-fourth of it to a fraction of the North, hoy
would he be likely to be influenced in all thing
administrative? Would the ''solld South o
! the fraction Of the North influence him?
This is very serious question, and there
but one candid answer to it. The ''soli,
). South would own him, ''body, boots an,
:, | breeches -
But some of you good Northern Democrat
will say: ''Don't you believe it. Hancock ha
put himself on record as to the Thirteenth
Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments. Fl
has put himself on record as to Sorther
claims, and so on. He is a man of nerve, an
: will not go back on his promises
Alb, my friend promises are not as good q
, performances.
The "solid South" makes no promises now
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