The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-10-14


of the executive to be as follows: TC
haze a negative on all ldtCs about to b.
passed, and the execution of alls la1oS
passed.
The legislature of the United States to
have power to- institute courts in each
state for the determination of all matters
of general concern. =
All laws of the particular States, con-
trary to the constitution or laws of the
United States, to be utterly void, and,
the better to prevent such laws being
passed, the governor or president of
each state shall be appointed by the
general government, and shall have a
negative upon the laws about to be
passed in the state of which he is gov
ernOr or president"
Do you longer doubt the political
heresies of this leader of the republican
party? Read his speeches in the con-
gress of the United States, He not only
enunciates the heresies referred to, but
goes further, and boldly proclaims the
British as the model government. The
fair inference is that he believes it is
wisest and best to have a king instead
of a president. 1t is wisest and best to
have lords and dukes and earls, mar
quises, knighCs, etc. Is it wise to
continue party in power who are sus-
pected OF such sentiments, or who are
led by a man of Mr.. Garfield's heresies,
and contaminated by his practices? Is
there voter in this audience who will
risk the institutions of this country, or
the traditions of the fathers, in the
keeping of such a man? If there be, |
warn him that he is selling his birth
right as an American citizen, and may
sell his children into the serfdom of an
empire. Will the republican party set
the constitution at defiance? Let the
answer come from the odiOus and I'M
constitutional measures under which
elected governors were removed and
others appointed in defiance of the plain
letter of the constitution by military
satraps. Let the answer be thundered
in the ears of the American people "
the civil rights bill, which detied the
constitutional inhibition against class
legislation.
If yOur memories of the dark past fail
you, pause while you examine the
musty but bloody records OF Brownlow
and Chamberlain, and Yarmouth and
Kellogg; of Clayton and.Bullock and
Davis, who crushed the liberties of the
south and bankrupted the treasures of
every state which aided the rebellion.
You need not be reminded of the mil
itary camps and the acknowledgements
laws; the plumber and pillage of pri-
vate property; the violation of all law
and the defiance of every rule of de-
cency.
You are reminded in every political
discussion OF the enormous sums eX-
pended after the war 70 satisfy the vi
tiated tastes of public officials and to
appease the hunger for public plumber;
the waste of the revenues; the cruel
exactions upon labor, etc., etc.
Time would fail me pass in review
the instances of gross violations of the
constitution by radical congress. We
bore our ills tor ten long years-years
of gloom and depression, and only by
presentinga solid, unbroken column TO
the enemy have we emerged from our
long night of bondage.
Only five years ago we gained dem
ocratic House, and a year atterward
democratic Senate.
Now we are struggling to get the ex-
ecutive, with victory just in sight if
every democrat will stand to his guns.
It is no time for broken ranks. The
line must be closed up. There is no
safety in Struggling. Press unfalter-
ingly to the front, and with your eyes
fixed upon the democratic colors, follow
your proud leader into the enemy's
camp, and he who knows no defeat will
lead you to glorious victory. Falter;
follow the ignis fatuus OF low tax,
greenback, independent, and your de-
feat is absolutely certain.
But it may be said what has this to
do with the Discussions in the state
campaign? We are all united on Han
cock.
Sirs, did you ever see a successful bat
tie by an army in which its own SOL
diers fought each other under the fire
of the enemy's guns? Aye, more; did
you ever know victory won by an
army when a wing of its assaulting line
by spiking its own guns aided the en-
envy?
The contest in the national campaign