The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-07-15

pointed to the court house and to the ju'
nv of twelve.' When asked to fine men
and to take from them their property
he demanded to know by what right I'M
der civil laws he could do these things.
GCries of "Bravo."l
There have been soldiers perhaps as
able, perhaps as courageous, and mat Is
saving a great deal; but name me
who has refused over and over again to
exercise arbitrary power when he could
have done SO. "a voice, "None."l No,
Won can't name one. l have seen distin-
cuished men, educated wholly in the
Republican party, giving advice of the
most arbitrary character that can be con-
ceiyed but where can you fud a mar
who has had the chance brought to his
lips that he might drink full OF control
over his fellow creatures and who you
have seer put it aside and say: II am
a military man l ana an American SOL
der, but l am a citizen with respect to
the law which is the Constitution |
swore to support"
We saw the Legislature of South Car.
DINA organized at the will Of q corporal
without any guard. You all know what
was seen in Louisiana. / do not propose
to 90 over these recollections in detail
nor to cite the unlawful exercises of mil
itary power; but / desire to show what
was the character of the distinguished
man whom the Democrats have nomin'
ated during the time of the current or
tyranny. The great lesson to 20 derived
from the resistance made to the tyranny
of King George is the lesson l would
hold up TO you now, Que OF the charges
against that ~potentate was that he at
| tempted to subordinate the civil to the
military power. Any man who attempts
| that is not fit to be ruler of men. The
man of our choice echoes the same spir.
it that made our people free in 10 and
| which will only restore and consolidate
that freedom in 1880. Do you not re-
member that his power was as ample,
that he had the same organization, ad'
| ministratipn, or whatever you choose to
call it, that other generals had2 Com
pare him with the New Orleans General
who besought the President to issue that
proclamation of outlawry-the prOcla'
nation declaring that the white men OF
Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Texas
and Georgia shall be outlaws-"and
leave the rest to me-" Such was the dis
patch, l shame to say, OF a major. gener'
al-aye, a lieutenant genersl-ot the ar
my of the United States. And from the
Cabinet at Washington was sent the re-
sponse: we all approve of your action"
These names have passed into history
covered with lasting %reproach, for Bel
KNAPP, who wrote that dispatch, proved a
base rogue, as t%reacher0us to the money
of America as to the principles of liber'
ty. This was the prinCiplo-this to-day
the great underlying principle of the
two great parties. During the struggle
from 1861 to 1865 there was little law
and could be- no law but force, but the
difficulty has been that power obtained
by force has been sought to be retained
by force.
1t was attempted at Chicago to renom
mate a man who typifed nothing but
brute force and arbitrary powers.-[ap.
plause]- + but the attempt failed because
there were other machines-machines
of the lobby, machines of railway man.
agement-and between them they quar-
relied and finally dropped upon a com,
paratively unknown delegate in the con
vention. Applause and laughter
l have been a representative in Con.
gress for the last twelve years and know
whereof | speak. But first | wish to say
that l do not impeach the patriotism Of
those men that differ with me and hold
that the safety of the country is best pre-.
served by the Republican party, but l
wish them and you to see where that
party would carry us should ii remain
in power. By force the wal was ended,
and when it was ended a reign of peace
should have taken its place, but love of
power was there, and, unlike Washing.
ton and Hancock, men were unwilling
to give it up, and so there has been a
struggle between the kindness and love
of union of the American people-their
dispositions to forget and forgive-on
the one hand, and the desire of the Re.
publican party to maintain control by
any means on the other hand.
See how they have centralized power.
We are all citizens of Delaware and the
United States. Why, after the expert.
ence Of one hundred years, should we
not be trusted to conduct our own cleo.
tons? l only mention this as one Of the
steps the Republicans took to maintain
power.
In 1876 there were very nearly three
hundred thousand more votes cast for
the Democratic than for the Republican
candidate. Not only was there a popular
majority at the polls, but a majority of
some twenty electoral votes. What was
done2 The Cabinet at Washington, con.
trolled by the military spirit OF a merely
military man-a man who never laid
down power Willingly-sent troops I'M
der a suggestion Of the Secretary of the
Interior. the late Mr.. Chandler, of Mich.
igan, and he had a willing aid in Mr..
Cameron, of Pennsylvania, Secretary of
War. At their bidding armed forces
without a word Of protest from any
quarter, among the officers in command,
but with the ready alaCrity of the Gem
eral Of the Army, were sent to Columbia,
Tallahassee and New Orleans 10 protect
three boards Of Canvassing officers in a
deliberate p%erVersion of the results of
popular election.
What was the course Of the two great
parties of the country at that timer 1t
is a fearful thing to live under a govern.
ment that we do not respect, The Dem
oCrstiC party looked upon the shameful
work of fraud and force. What was to
be done =? Before l went to Washington,
and q sadder man never went there
[cry Of "God bless you" and applause
| was anxious to know how a merciful
God would enable us to escape the over
hanging cloud.
The tribunal to purge the election Of
its frauds was decided upon. Patriotic
representatives did not ask whether that
act was popular or not, but determined
that confusion should not come upon the
land if their straightforwardness and te-
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