Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-10-29

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Mn. CHAIRMAN, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. l
am glad To see this grand demonstration I'm
your county. II Is an evidence that your peo.
pie are thoroughly aroused rs 20 the import.
Anc9 OF t9is political contest. In II communi.
" IKE ms where the people are readers,
however, there H. but little which can be snid
IN public speech that IS not already known
70 them, There arc questions, however. that
Il Is well enough to examine so that we
may properly understand both sides. Sena.
tor Logan then entered into comprehensive
review ol the history of the formation of our
Government and the diverse theories held by
the two existing parties rs to the relations be.
tween the states and the General Govern.
ment. The Democratic party, he sHid, hold to
the theory tn the Government Is n compact
between the Stntcs-a mere partncrship-nud
that where there is a conflict between the Ma.
tional and state Government tho State I'm its
sovereignty should have power TO Judge for
itself Independent Of the Nation, and that the
sovereignty of the State Is higher than and
above tnut of the Nation. The Republican
party, ON the other hand, hold that the power
OF the people, being sovereign, was lodged I'm
the National Government, with distribution
in tho Stutes, and that wherever a conflict of
jurisdiction arises between the Government
and state the National power should be su.
preine, and should control in all matters per.
tanning TO National affairs.
STATE SOVEREIGNTY LEADS TO SECESSION.
This doctrine of State sovereignty, said the
Senator, was the rule under which the Demo-
Gratis seeded; that is the theory on which
they withdrew and upon which they made war
Tor four years against the best Government
COO ever gave to man. Applause They say
il won't do to talk about these things / don't
care what they say; it Is part Of the history
OF this country, and u man that Is afraid to
have his history told is not good man for
society lLaughter1 have no desire to
rouse any bitter preudices in the mind of any
one. shall not recount the scenes that tran
spired during the four years of war, but mere
~ say that this war against the Government
was a war by men reared under Democratic
teachings, but l would ask you one thing:
Have the Democrats changed their doctrines?
N III o. 4
theory of the right of n State to Judge for
itself when there is a conflict of jurisdiction
and withdraw from the Union was in accord
with the Democratic theory in 1860, ask you
whether, If your theories are the same now,
they will not lead you to do oe same thing
hereafter, If you get an excuse for so dOingy
A LITTLE ABOUT TRUMBULL.
My Democratic friends have a man. who
used to be Republican, travelling around
through the states, saying, "Ohi the Demo
voice, Lyman TlumbunY"l; the Democrats
have changed" [Laughter.1 lie won't admit
that he has changed, but they have changed.
Now, let me ask the gentleman and his friends
here to-day, to listen to few things that l
will show them. 1t is not offensive, hope, to
tell you what your mode and measure was.
1ou say you are entitled to Judge of the mode
and measure of redress, Well, you did do It
that is, the Democrats of the South did. What
was yourmode? Why,itwas this Y Noutrstplun.
dered the Treasury of the Government and its
mints; you robbed it of Its arms; you stole
all the ammunition IL hOd-tooS 1t all South
and that was your mode. Laughter Now,
what was your measureg Why, an independ.
ent Governmcnt-that was the measure you
proceeded to adopt; to be Independent from
this country and to destroy this Union. In
adopting this mode and carrying out this
measure, what did you dor You cost this VA
tiOn how much? Is there any Democrat here
that knows eNuctly how much this war cost?
If he does OF know will give him the exact
figures, certified to by the Secretary of the
dtbeasuy tbs synata in response to e{s9iptioP Sd OF
aggregate expense OF the war
amounted to S6,ls9, ,029, ,0O55S. And
yet we are not entitled to mention the fact that
we have had II war even; while these Dem
ocruts all over this land are talking continu.
ally about the expense of this Government,
the eNtravGgance Of this Government, and the
trouble people have had to pay taxes. That
is the burden of the song. over SB,OOO,OOO 900
were expended to
PUT DOWN DEMOCRATIC REBELLION
that they to-day claim they put down them
selves. lLaughterl Our friend Trumbull
says the Democratic party put this rebellion
down, or at least helped to put 1t down,
lcries of COMP and therefore they are just as
much entitled to credit as the Republicans
say in answer that there were many Demo-
Gratis in our army, and many of them are
Democrats now-l would not detract from
their reputation one iota. nor would l pluck
leaf from the laurel that wTeathes their
brows, for no man or no party-but when n
man says the Democratic party had any part
in putting down the rebellion, l deny It in
toto The statement has no foundation in
fact. Applause. individuals and their par
ty are two different things. man may go
out from church and do an act on his own
individual responsibility, and, although he
belongs to the church, it can't be said the
church did it, So with the Democratic party
We must deal with it rs an organization, and
not as individuals.
Now, then, to Judge Trumbull. wish to
say this: If you would only remember what
transpired while you were helping Republi.
cans TO pass laws for the suppression OF the
rebellion, perhaps you could repeat history
more truthfully than you have been in the
habit OF doing recently. Did the Democratic
party as party i'm Il county convention, II
State Legislature or in Congress ever indorse
OF vote for one single act that aided in sup.
pressing this rebellion, or vote against the
voice OF those eleven states? TApplause !
Neverl But l tell my friend Judge Trumbull
this: That in 1861, when the Democratic
party in the South rebelled against this Gov
elnment as an organization and armed them
selves for its destruction, If the Democratic
party in the North had said, rs the Republi-
can party did, This thing must not be; we
win spend the last dollnrand use the last man
to prevent it," the rebellion would not have
lasted three months [Applause.l Instead of
that, to the raising OF money, to leglsationfor
that purpose, and to every aCt Tor the sup.
preston of the rebellion they
PRESENTED AN UNBRoKEN OPPOSITION
in Congress, il Legislatures in Conventions
and all over the country and if the Demo.
cratic party had. instead of organizing itself,
as it did in New York, to prevent the raising
OF troops, to burn churches and to make war
against peaceful citizens instead of attempt
ing in, Indiana to release rebel prisoners
through Its organization of knights of the
Golden Circle; il in Illinois their inyincible
clubs had been organized to put down the re-
bCllion instead of entering into a conspiracy
to burn the City of Chicago and to sack it, we
would have had some aid from the Demo-
cratic party. lGreat applause
So tell Judge Trumbull, when he Is travel.
ing over the country saying that the Demo-
cratic party is entitled to rs much credit as
the Republican party for suppress ,ng the re-
Dcllion; and so ! ask him to remember the
time he came from Washington City to quiet
the people that were so eXnsperated against
the conduct Of the npmnprnpNr I'm Thfpu M,
account of tlieir course against the success of
the Union arms; but his memory fails him
since the Democracy have joined him. [Great
laughterl l tell Judge Trumbull, with his
new associates, If they had ever laughed with
us when we were victorious, had ever cheered
us on when we needed cheering from the
rear; II they had ever prayed devoutly with
Republican men and women for the success
of the Union army, we might then give them
credit as party Tor aiding us while we were
sustaining this Union. But when they can
not say that either by their prayers, their
sympathy or by their aid in any way what
ever, as an organization, they assisted in the
suppression of this rebellion, | say that they
are not entitled to anything. Applause
And in regard to
THESE NEW DEMOCRATS,
whom they have in their party to day, who
are going over this country and telling the
people that the Democrats helped to save this
Nation the same as the Republicans, tel
you most OF these gentlemen were Rcpubt'
cans before was. They left the Democracy
first, but with the Republicans L have
staid the longest, That's the difference, lap
pluuse and laughter They left without
cause; have staid with the Republicans foI
n cause. have three OF them in my mind
John NJ. Palmer-he was a Republican before
the war; he went through the war and became
Democrat after the war; but want YOU tC
remember that he never became Democrat
until the Republicans had elected him
Governor once and had concluded to select
another man in his place for q second term
Laughter and applause. So with my friend
Trumbul. He was n Republican-or at least
lie says he was Ilaughterl for eighteen year,
he was United States senator; ihc was a Re
publican until the Republicans thought that
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