Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-10-01


THE POINT AT STAKE.
These unerring proofs map and locate the
bulk and substance of the Nations wealth
and business. But some man may say, what
has all this to do with electing Garfield and
Arthur and n Republican Congress? l answer
1t has every thing to do with It, Again, some
man may say all these vast enterprises and
transactions are managed by individuals and
corporations as private business, and what
are they to politics or politics to them? l an
swcr that the good of every one of them de-
pends on Just and friendly laws and whole
some administration of the Government.
l say this, speaking in the great commercial
metropolis of the western hemisphere, and
speaking to men whose wisdom integrity and
enterprise have made this one of the greatest,
and, In my belief, the most generous, benevO.
lent city on the globe. affirm that the broad
issue at this election is whether our colossal
fabric of commercial, industrial and financial
interests shall be under the management and
protection of those who chiefly created and
own it, or shall be handed over TO the sway of
those whose share in 1t is SMALL and whose
experience, antecedents, theories and prac-
tices do not fit them or cntitle them to assume
its control. LApplause.l.
REPUTATION.
Every Southern State but Texas has lately
repudiated its obligations This aggregate
reputation of State and municipal debts
amounts to about S3OOO0O,OOO In 1872 the
debts of Southern states were S242, 800, ,OOO
Now these States recognize and pay interest
on only S53,97S 9i5. A large part even of this
IS unpaid and funded interest. ON SiOOOO,O0O
interest has been scaled downtO 2per centum.
Whether the residue of debts are also to be
foreswOrn is now an open issue.
state debts are sacred above National obH-
cations in Southern ethics-a sovereign
State" is of higher essence than the Nation,
and this was the standing defense in rebellion
for "going with their States" Moreover,
State and municipal obligations are for home
purposes. If their own State fnith and credit
Is not inviolate with Southern leaders, what in
their hands would be the fate OF obligations
which were the means, the cause, the memo
rials of their deteatg
But we are told that General Hancock would
watch themi An angel might watch tiger
II child might attempt to divide beefstcak
with a bloodhound; a lamb might lie down
with lion, but the lamb would be inside.
The peril of Democratic ascendancy in all the
branches of the Government is deeper rooted
than any measure within the scope of exist
| ing public questions Statesmen abroad talk
q TSese sayings Gl
much more than might easily occur here.
LApplause.]
ATTACKING THE JUDICIARY.
The speaker then proceeded to speak of the
enmity of Southern leaders to the Supreme
But no new law Is needed; natures law,
| and the statutory limit of age at which Judges
may retire, will. during the next four years,
Bench. These four appointments will decide
! the political complexion of the Court. With
| what Judges would the Democracy I'LL them?
The Circuit and District Courts are obnox.
/ ious also. They are still more easy TO deal
| with. like the Judges Of the Supreme Court,
| these Judges hold their places during good
/ behavior, but legislation, as has often been
4 seen I'm States and In the Nation, has ways to
plow around this stump. Abollshing circuit
| or district, or adding to It another, takes his
! seat out from under Judge and gets rid of
| him finally; he is "legislated out"
| Thus the whole judicial establishment of
| the republic is at the disposal of the law
| making power. With courts revolutionized
] to conform TO reaetiOnary notions and dog
mas, preudices and interests what may be
NnFn nN nFt
among the several states, T" revenue, bank and
legal-tender currency, the taxation of Gov
| ernment bonds, the currency in which these
bonds are payable, civil rights acts, election
/ laws, claims growing out OF the war, claims
| for refunding the war tax on cotton, the late
amendments and many other grave matters
no man can predict. lApplause1
BOURBON HATRED OF THE ARMY.
The Army, too, Is envied. Its "otfense Is
| rank" Less than four lines of the Revised
Statutes are all that denies commissions in the
army to men who, educated az the count1y'i
cost, and presented with their country's
| sword, drew that sword against their coun'
! try's life. A bill 10 repeal these four lines is
| now pending in the Senate, already passed "a
| third reading by the solid Democratic vote
\ On the 25th of February last, Mr. Heisktll, OF
Maryland, was relieved from the operation OF
this exclusion, and a Senator rom Arkansas
moved as an amendment its total repeal The
yeas and nays We're demanded, and thirty-si&
Senators, every Democrat who was present
voted yea" Ohio, New Jersey Pennsylva'
mia, and New York contributed their Demo,
! cratic votes to this Southern proposition Of
| reform" Subsequently the mover and all
] concluded to reconsider and drop the amend
] ment, sagacious conclusion in u "PresideE'