The Princeton union., 1880-10-14

fraud. Mashed muruerers h tl.e desd of n;pht
ride 10 the cabin ofg Tire freedman and sshoot
him down regardless Of the shriekines of his
wife and tho tears Of his. babes. That =
the way the Southern States are kent
soildE Democratn All, but they say
sSdh e oon19l n sonb tba' the bash people
pie afs in favor OF Liberty, and the white neonle
are opposed, then want the black peopls to
contrts. II the black people believe that This =
q nation, and the white people there sav Il. ;s q
simple confederacy, then want The black
people to control the South. II the black
people are IN favor OF an honest vote, if the
black people are in favor of freedom Of sneech
IT the black people are in favor OF absnlntelv
guarding the bailot-box from fraud, andif ths
white people are on. the other eide -,
these questions, then I saw Ist +ba
black people rule that country. I think
more Of 9 black friend than do Of q White
enemy. I think Of black man who Iovps
liberty than I do Of q white man vho hatas s =
I think more Of black taan who upheld orr
flag in war than Of any white man Who haa
tried to tear it down. That is nv doctrine
think more Of tho man trampled down than
do Of the tramplr. think more of the man
sto}en from than I do Of the thief.
There is another thing. We have not on1v
got to have free speech, not only got 10 have
an honest ballot but We haye got to raise
revenue in this country. We owe, TO-DAY
one billion nine million dollars DamcS.
critic debt: Democracy is the greatest luxury
We ever afforded Applause and laughter. and
cries OF " Hit them again. II We hayepot t. nav
that debt. Why? II we don't we viii be eter-
nal1y disgraced In the eyes Of the civilized world
When our money Is only worth 80 cents on the
par. When our money is at par. we We
are. When we cannot pay our bonds
we feel that we are dishonest peonla hnt:
when our bonds bearing only 4 per cent:
are worth ITO in the market, we feel pror,il !.
and when we go to another country and see
one OF those bonds that bond ceti6es that an
American is an honest man. Who are Won 90
ing to trust to pay this debt? that is the cues
ton Whom are you willing to trust With tbe
honor of the United States2 The men WHO de-
Tended her flag will defend her honor. The
men who tried to tear her flag down will tram
PIE Americas honor beneath their feet. Who
Is going to pay? The Democrats solemnly
s%ore that We never would pay. In the year
61 nss grace @,d 1879 standing in the center Of
party in overy solitary State, With
exception Of two or three OF the New
England States, in which it held q convention,
solemnly resolved that the United States could
not resume specie payments. Well, we did.
We did They resolved that the war was fail
~, uAAA n!1nAeuIaIe1y tneIea4IeE we SucCeeueu,
and the old flag was carried in glory over every
inch of the United States. They have never
made prophecy that was fulfilled. Their
prophecies and their promises sre exactly elike.
Whom can we trust to pay this debt? Whom
can we trust to give us good money! A
greenback to-day is as good rs gold. Who
made it SO? The Democrats in their conyen-
tions solemnly resolved that it would never be
good, Well, they helped q little, have no
doubt, because everybody knew that what they
resolved would not be true. All you have to
90 is to copper Democratic resolution. Now,
In order to pay this debt-and Twill come to the
money question, after which we have got to
you trust to collect the North or the South. the
Republican or the Democratic party : RecolE
leot, the Democratic party has been fasting
for twenty years. It has suffered all the ago
MES of official famine. Not bite for twenty
years. The Democratic party to-day Is vast
aggregate official appetite. Who are you going
to trust? Will we trust the Southern States to
collect the revenues of the Union? In four
years, with the Internal Revenue Department.
cost Of about per cent. This in four years.
During four years we have captured, DESTROYED,
and hbeled 1874 illicit distilleries in Southern
States. Remember it We have captured and
indicted 1854 Democrats in Southern States,
charged with defrauding tho revenue of the
SoAhAAys AAo OOUtuexu people, reS19CnAS tho
collectors Of the Federal tax, in the last four
years, have shot and killed twenty-five rev.
nue officials, and have wounded fifty-fve ;
and now in the Southern States-thal is, in
many of them-every Revenue Collector, every
officer connected with that branch Of the Gov
eminent, is provided by the Internal Revenue
Department with q breechloading rifle and a
pair of revolvers. Are they the gentlemen to
collect our revenues2 Will you depend on them
to pay the interest 81 400 00O 600 and the cur
rent expenses Of this Government2 It won't
do. heard story Of couple of Methodist
ministers who had been holding a camp meet
ing. and after they had preached week one
ton" "Good," said he. Soho passed his bat,
gave it to brother, and he passed
it around, and finally came back and
handed it to the preacher, and he turned it
over on the pulpit, and there was lot of old
nails, matches, toothpicks, buttons, and not
one solitary cent and tho other preacher said,
looking at it ''Let us thank God" and the
owner Of the hat said, 'sWhat for p and the
other replied, " Because you got your hat back. ~
If we depend upon the Southern States to COL
lect the revenues Of this country we won't get
our hat back.
Now then, my friends, if you want free
speech, If you want an honest ballot. if yo,,
want the revenuesof the country collected, vote
the Republican ticket