The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-08-05

commonwealth OF hlfBlnlh, kuu hlbnOuEn Tue
band has hoDored her and me by playing that
old song, l would not like TO go bach to old Vlr.
ginia JUS now l would rather We a conference
with the bold Democracy Of New York upon the
issues OF that campaign which ia to close with a
victory uncxampled in the history Of the coun.
try since Thomas JeffersOn was elected. lap
plause. II is a gratifying remembrance to me
that In 1900 the States Of New York and Virginia
were united In their votes 20 elevate to the Presi.
dency the Oh et Of the Democratic party OF the
country; and l propose to night TO answer a ques-
tion which the Republican press and the Republi.
can orators are constantly sounding in your ears
the question how II comes that we have a solid
Democratic South, Applause
know the Republicans don't like 1t Llaughterl
but If they don't they may Just lumpit. [Great
laughter The 1888 solid votes from what is called
| the South will be cast for Winfield Scott Hancock.
TApplauSe.l New York will add IS more. Zap.
plause1 That will be l76, I believe. [Laugater
Aud where will the other 10 com from? From
all about you New jersey, Connecticut, Indiana,
[AJplause1 Aud when Gen, Hancock ia elected
by the Electoral College Of this country, the two
Houses ofCongIess, being b tn Democratic and
counting the vote, will put him in Office. Zap
plause
Now let me say here seriously that II the Re-
publican party had had one spark of wise mag,
nanimity after the war they might have divided
the white population OF the South into two dis
tlnct parties, whose organization would have
been based upon questions of mere administra
tive policy. But what did they dO2 They inaug.
urated a policy that made every man that had
one drop of AnglO.saxon blood in his veins up.
pose them with all his might There was not a
man in the South that would not have been pro.
claimed a bastard by his mother and father II he
had been a Republican. [Applause)
Why, In 1865 they brought a Governor to Rich.
mond and put him In power there as the regular
genuine, simon pure, legal, legitimate Governor
of ViTViniBl And we said, "VeTy well, gentlemen.
How are you, Governor Laughter And they
brought on a Legislature in an omnibus-thirte, N
members Of the lower House and three Of the
Senate. II was a rumn Parliament Of Virginia.
but there was no Praise God BarebOnes In 1t, And
they told us, There is your Government" We
said, VERY well; how are you, Government"
Laughter Then in 1867 they passed a law over
the veto of President Johnson declaring that there
was no legal Government In Virginia. And they
wiped us out, making old Virginia District No
and the whole Of the Southern country districts
Nos. 2, 8, 4, 3, and 7, and appointed Military
Governors over the entire Southern country. ID
w NM ~ wv W. 1919 VA uhANo n dhl Ell
of Ohio, Misses, And | want you to remember
that in thbt infamous bill there was this clause
that the Military Governor might go into each of
those states, take any citizen, man woman or child.
and subject him or her to trial by court martial.
and there was no habeas corpus to rescue them
from the military grasp, And James A Garfield.
who had argued in the celebrated Milligan case
when counsel for MilliRan, that Congress had no
power to pass a law subiecting a citizen TO trial by
court martial voted for a bill to subject twelve
millions Of people to trial by court martial.
Twelve million sins against his tender conscience
Laughter
The whole South was under a pail. remem.
Der the time. l have seen q little fellow with
shoulder straps on his shoulders coming into a
court OF Justice and ordering the Judge to enter a
Judgment in old Virginia, l have seen Judges of
the Court Of Appeals driven from the bench and
a parcel Of military judges put in their places
have seen 25,O0O OF The nobIest white men In Vir-
ginia excluded from the ballot box and LOG 600
negroes admitted to 1t, And that was all under
Garfield law. Ought we not to love III TLaugh.
ter Don't you wonder that we don't rush into
the arms Of the Republican party and hug them
to our bosom and line the party" Well. durIng
that appalling period, when a gloom was spread
over the whole Southern country there was a CLEAN
OF light down toward a Southern cross. There
was a Military Cove. nor over Louisiana and Tex
as great applause who had read the Constitution
of his country. He had sworn to suppOTt IL. and
he intended to keep his oath, aud not to break II,
What did he do? Garfield put a swori into his
hand and said, Now WELD 1t, General, power.
fully over the PROSTATE citizens of two great
States' He sheathed 1t, took 1t from his belt and
laid 1t upon the table, ard he took up the sceptre
Of civil power and he put 1t into the hands Of the
civil authorities and said, "The right OF trial by
jury and Of habeas corpus is the inheritance of
this people, Around the person Of the crouching
victim OF Republican tyranny l will throw the
shield Of the habeas corpus and Jury trial"
Thank God that when there was a statesman sol.
der like Garfield there was a soldier statesman
like Hancock.
l tell you that what General Ewing said is true.
There is no more chance of those Southern claims
being resurrected If Hancock is elected than
there is for Garfield TO ever be President. Zap.
plsuse.
Al the conclusion of Mr.. fuckers speech Mr..
Tilden left the platform, and Mayor Cooper there.
after presided.