The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-09-10

/ tribunal which the aided to organize and whose
! judgment they agreed to abide, decided differ
entity from what they expected. did not be-
iieVe u that IL Eunal believed the constitution
and the avs already furnished ample means to
ascertain and determine the result Of the vote
Of the electors but they forced the adoption of
THIS commission as q means to exclude votes
duly returned from some of the Southern States
They fafled IN this, and from that time they
have cried out Fraud. fraud" The fraud that
existed in the election OF 1876 was the fraud.
violence, and intimidation practiced by the DEM
0cratic party IN at least five of the Southern
States, but In such bunghng way in Louisiana
that 1t was promptly corrected By the return
ing officers of hat State. In South Carolina
and FLORIDA tie actual vote cast as well as the
legal vote, WAS in favor of the Republican cleo
tors. They attempted in Greg n, where the
people mad without question voted for the
Hayes electors BY narrow technicalities To ex-
/ elude the Republican electors and to recognize
the Democratic electors and large sums Of
money were confessedly paid to accomplish this
fraud. 49,
Bal, fellow citizens, this cry is now the sheer
est hypocrisy If the Democratic party be-
lleved in It, why was not Mr. Tilden renominat-
edY Then the people could have tried the
alleged fraud. But the fraud practiced BY the
Democratic party in the South is continuing
fraud-txo years ago, last year. and this year
| continued openly with grim humor and justified
by the dominant opinion in the South, and by
the acquescenee of the Democracy of the
North. It IS only by this fraud that the DEM
ocTatlc party hopes for success. IF now there
Is change in the Ex cutive branch of the
Government it viii be caused BY the grave and
startling fact that the rebels of the South
have. 81 bloody means, succeeded in over
throwing the constitutional Tightsof 100000
of freedmen and the Democratic part of the
North, eager for power and place, Cooperate
WIN the rebels OF the South in this crime, by
sharing in the power and places secured bv it.
/ Senator Thurman says they want to Iring
ABOUT q change, SO as to restore the old time
| honored doctrine of the Democratic party in re-
/ spect to State rights. This. 7 believe. is an
honest statement of the chief desire of 4he
party. They wish, under'the forms of q party
contest, to turn back the dial OF time for twen-
| ty years from the national principles that have
| guided the Republican party to the sectiona1sm
that prevailed before the war. We accept the
1 Issue. os 49
You will always find the Democratic party
/ opposed to our views of national authority.
It seeks to belittle; tor degrade, and cripple
the National Government; to subordinate
the rights of the citizen and the nation to
the law or public opinion of the State:
to treat the National Government AS
| "a confederacy of States, without power
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interests within the limits of the State without
/ the consent of the State. You will find this
radical differ nee cropping out in every contest
/ on every question, great or small, that enters
! into American politics. 1t was this that led to
the civil war. Under the lead of the Republi-
can party the Union was preserved, the constr
tuition was maintained in its full yigor and
Strengthened by amendments so as to declare
the equal civil and political rights of all men.
without distinction Of race, color. or condition.
and that Congress should enforce these rights
by appropriate legislation. Upon these terms
i the rebels We're restored to their rights and
privileges as American citizens, and now, with
Their Northern associates, under the name of
/ the Democratic party, they revive the old con-
test, and deny to American citizens the protec-
ton of national rights by national authority.
This doctrine of State rights ii the basis Of
opposition to national banks, to the protection
/ OF American industry, to. the national election
laws, and protection of the ballot-box. and 10
the navigation laws Whenever the question
arises in national politics, Won will always find
the Republican party i'll favor of the enforce
ment Of all the rights, civil and political, con-
ferrcd by the constitution of the United States.
while the Democratic party oppose the enforce
mellt of these rights, and leave the citizento
the tender mercy Of local or.Statc law.
1t is for the patriotic people of this country to
saywhether til want a. change back from the
national tendencies of the Republican party to
the principles that brought our Government to
the verge OF dissolution in the days of Blu
cha1lan. The principles of the Southern
/ States, with their bloody violence, are the fruit
1 of Judge Thurman's doctrine while those Of
1 the Northern States are the outgrowth of Re
i Dublian IDEAS Ass.1s sssa
i And DOW, felloY-citizens, suppose change
is made suppose the restraint of Republican
President is withdrawn, what will the Demo-.
cratic party do under the doctrine for which
1 Judge Thurman. and Gen. Hampton plead
! On the day OF the Inauguration a horde Of
greedy ofdice-seekers, hungry in search ofofiee,
4 will come down upon the heads of departments
with their claims for reward for party services,
and inexperienced men WILDE thrust intosdis-
/ chargethe most idicult functions of official
/ life. Trained and experienced officers, whose
capacity and fidelity are recognized everywhere,
will be turned out, and the great operations of
the Governments be placed at once in inexperi-
enced hands.
Asstill more dangerous horde Of. clam agents,
now huantihg Washington, already keen for
plrnder and Fersed in all the tricks sof the
/ trade viii seek to open the doors of the treas
| uTy to the brood of Southern claims, which, de-
/ spite ours overtlowing revenues, will bankrupt
| the treasury in year. Thus far, during this
/ administration, the gate has been put down and
| barred againstiall these claims The statute of
llmltatio 8 and the decisions of the department
have cut them off; but, under Democratic ad-
mlnlstratlon of the Treasury Department, how
easy it would be to break down this barrier. I
know from my personal knowledge number of
clalm-agentss influential men, who will vote for
| Hancock on the ground that his lection viii en-
able them to recover claims now barred. All
4 that Is needed to cause the 'refunding Of the
cotton tax, amounting to $68, DOC, 000, is an ap-
/ preparation. Most Of the members Of the
South through their constituents, are interested
4 IN these claims. 3E8AI 6ff Il
i A slight extension of the period of limitation.
as to claims for captured and abandoned cot
| ton. will open up tens of millions of this class
I OF claims An enlargement by half dozen
words OF the law for the payment of Quarter
masters stores sill bring upon the treasury
| demands for more than 00,O00,O00 for food
| consumed by our army in the war Of the re-
6elllon, taken from disloyal people and for
damage done them as natural result or conse-
1 quence OF the war. Experience has shown that
| to swell these claims, tenfold or even hun
dredfold, testimony can be manufactured with
| the greatest facility and apparently of 4he
/ clearest character Should this be acted
1 upon by an officer friendly to the object
/ no man can estimate the demands that
IN this way, under cover of right, NAV be foist-
/ ed upon the people of the United States. And
/ why should not this be done2 IF the princi-
] pies OF the Democratic party are to be again
/
very men who fought for them are to be placed
/ IN power, why should they. not be unidentified
for their losses? Why should they not be paid
for their slaves? Why should not tho brave
rebels who fought for theix principles be placed
| on the pension roll !? Even q change in deci-
slons by the Secretaries of War and Treasury
would bring upon the GoYernmentJens of mill
ions of dollars of Southern claims.
The Democratic party has opposed from the
beginning as unconstitutional our whole system
OF national banks, and favored system of
State banks as matter of constitutional
right. BY the passage of law of two lines
! they can repeal the tax of 10 per cent now lev
/ led upon the notes of State banks. and thus.
without formal repeal of the national-bank
system, they can revive the whole State-bank
| system and flood lis with wildcat and red-dog
money. That this will be done have no earth
/ ~ doubt whatever. know that the leading
southern Senators and members are especially
anxious to revive the system OF State banks
| with view to have irredeemable paper money
/ again, and some of the Western congressman
/ will follow in the same direction All this
! viii lead directly to the repeal or dislIs,,
OF the national-bank system. because
it is a principle of financial law
that the poorer currency will supersede the bet
ter, and in short time every person will be
trying TO shove off upon his negh bor unsecured
notes of State banks whi,h viii go down with
the first wave of financial panic. All war legis-
lation, or that which has grown outof the pres
ervation of the Union and the maintenance of
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