The Portland daily press., 1880-08-14

orators and newspapers. A strong government
with all its powers is held up to the bewildered
members of that party Its rank and file have
no more conception of what it means than
mule has of sacred music. But they all join
In the chorus. This sort of flap doodle from
John Kelly (Democrat to Gen. Anderson
ON. V. NJ, H. W can but excite the risbles
of all who have studied the history of this
country. Let us look into the record of these
kangaroo hybrid Democrats and see whether
they ever centralized any when they held
power in those blessed days when men sold
their own children upon the auction block,
and any man who said nay to it was called
traitor to his country and was read out of this
same party which now proclaims that we are
not nation and that the Republican party
has passed arbitrary acts in Congress. I pass
by their enactment of a law authorizing State
or national authorities to search the United
States mails and break open letters and pack
ages to see if there was anything in them that
favored the abolition of slavery; though one
would think such law as that was centraliza-
ton enough. I will give the readers an &C
count of a law passed by Democratic votes
and made the test of mans Democracy Its
repeal was brought about by the Republican
party, and that repeal was resisted by this
same Democratic party.
This law provided for the appointment of
commissioners to hear the claims of slavehold-
ers to ownership of human beings escaping
from, living hell 1t gave the commissioners
double fee if they returned the bondman or
woman with perhaps her infant at her
breast. Some of these fugitives were nearly
white and we'll educated Some were the chill
dren of slave mothers their fathers being the
claimants of their persons which they intend
ed to sell to Southern task masters. Some
times beautiful daughter, nearly white, was
destined for a fate worse than death. Many of
these poor creatures were hunted with blood
hounds, and in many instances were chained
in gangs, men and women together driven
through the country like dumb beasts, their
backs mass of welts from the horrors of the
lash. This beautiful Democratic law provided
that man alleged to be afugitive slave should
not be allowed to give testimony in his own be-
half. (See Section of this infamous law 1t
made me catch or help catch these unfortunate
beings (no matter if they were tender, delicate
girls sold to a life OF Shame) under penalty
of thousand dollars. (See Sections and
of this accursed law Itmade United States
marshal liable to penalty of thousand dol
lars if slave escaped with or without his as
sent. More than all this, it made me liable
to fine of a thousand dollars and six
months imprisonment if I fed one of these
starving fugitives. Think of poor mother
WIFI ssn iIifaut in her arms, 1Oot-Sore and hum
CRY, coming to yenr door. If you gave her
cot to sleep upon and piece of bread to an
pease her hunger and cup of milk for h err in
FAINT, if you obeyed the commands of Christ
and humanity, this Democratic party had a
law on the statute books of the United States
that made you liable to a fine Of a thousand
ciy rnfhS INN
Ingersoll well said such law would disgrace
the statute book of hell ! Now this Infamous
party talks about Capitalization.
party with such record as this soc aaed
Democracy has ought long since to have die G
and would but for slavery, ignorance and vice
Young men, don't unite with such a party.
Il is an organization devot ed to deeds of dark
ness. 1t is a a menace to true liberty. 1t is
fed from the slums OF cities. You can pick
out the abodes of its votareS by their stencil and
dilapidatlon You never read anything ennobl-
ingin the utterances of its press or public men.
1t sneers at every right to liberty claimed by a
man who is black and whispers in the ear of
the vicious white man unlimited freedom from
all restraint of law and order. It cheerfully
supports communists for office who are at war
against the right of man to property. Its can
didate for Congress in this district proclaims
that it would be the proudest moment of his
life to vote for that human horror, Frank M
Fogg. 1t is a party of hate and malice, made
up partly of men who were kicked out of tibet
Republican party. 1t clings to its hellish
memories like an old paralyzed debauchee 1
cannot rise above the level of its votaries If
you want to know who they are attend its
mass meetings and behold them. / would as
soon expect to get square meal from swill
| pail as to think of getting an elevating idea
| from Democratic orator or newspaper The
| following from Robert G. Ingersoll aptly de-
| scribes the two great parties arrayed against
| each other in this country:
81 stood a little while ago ia the city of Par
| is, where stood the Bastile, where now stands
the column of July, surmounted by the fig
| ure of liberty In its right hand is a broken
chain. In its left hand is banner; upon
its shining forehead glittering star, and
as looked upon it L said: Such is the
Republican party of my country The
other day, being along the road, 1 came
to place where the road had been changed,
it years before 1t pointed diligently
in the direction of desoate field. Now, that
| guide-board had been there for twenty years.
Thousands of people had passed. but nobody
stuck there through storm and shine, and is
| pointed as hard as ever, if the road wa
through the desolate field. I said to myself:
Such is the Democratic party of the United
States The other day | came to river
where there had been mill; part of it was
there yet An old sign said Cash for Wheat.
The cid water-wheel was broken; it had been
warped by the sun. cracked and split by many
| winds and storms. There hadn't been grain
of wheat ground there for twenty years. There
was nothing in good order but the dam: it was
as good dam as 1 ever saw; and 1 said to my
self: Such is the Democratic party. l was GO
ing along road the other day, when came
to where there had been a hotel But the ho-
tel and barn had burned down; nothing re-
manned there but the two chimneys monu.
ments Of the disaster. In the road there was
an old sign, upon which were the words, EN-.
tertainment for man and beast The word
man was nearly burned out. There hadn't
been hotel there for thirty years. That sign
had hung and creaked in the wind the snow
had fallen upon it in the winter the birds haG
swung upon it in the summer Nobody evel
stopped at that hotel; but the sign stuck to it
and kept swearing to it-entertainment fol
man and beast; and said to myself: Such il
the Democratic party of the United States.'
| REPUBLICAN