Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-09-27

of more Importance than the candidate him
sell, and it was on account of the patriot
and statesmanlike history of the Democrat
party that gave the country the name @
Hancock, that the people should sustain
him.
/ He then went into discussion of the dan
gers Of American liberty and the permanenc
of Republican institutions that were threat
ened by continuance in power of the Re
1 publican party. Ihesa menaces were founl
! In the tendency DECENTRALIZATION of power il
the federal government by th'
destruction of the reserves
rights of tho States, and the engenderiny
and fostering of hostilities between the sec
tions. Heshowed that the federal unior
could never have been formed had the colo
nies supposed they were parting with contro
over their domestic concerns. and that il
can never be maintained in peace and pros
perity, as long as any party remains il pow
er which advocates the usurpation of powers
| by the general government not obligated to
it by the States. These principles were ia
harent in the dissimilarities of the people
inhabiting different parts of the country.
Massachusetts and South Carolina were
more diverse In their modes of thought and
haoits of life than the English and the
French. The doctrine of noninterference
was the only theory upon which the stability
of tho union could rest. The policy of the
Democracy had ever been to disseminate the
powers Of the government among the people
to the greatest possible degree, and to seq
gregate the government into the minutest
subdivisions consistent with proper admin
istration. That the smallest of these mu-
inequalities was Republic in its own
sphere. That the township took care of
the immediate and direct wants of the peo-
pie. 1t supplied its roads, its bridges, its
schools, and many other of its prime neces-
sities. Then came the counties, which per-
formed higher functions, then the State,
and when all these had exhausted their ls-
gitimate powers, everything that went to
make up the happiness and good govern
ment of we'll regulated commonwealth had
been provided for. These several govern
ments comprehended the subject of land
titles, the relations of husband and wife
parent and child-guardian and ward the
every other affair Of domestic life-and left
ernment to take care of but
and peace, and matters of national conse.
quence. But the Republican party sought
to reverse all this. Its labor has been to in
terfere with the domestic concerns Of the
States. That this fatal meddling had been
one of the prime causes of the civil war, and
as long as it lasted no hope could be enter
tanned of reconciliation of the sections. or
the full development of the material re-
sources of the country.
The speaker dwelt long and forcibiy on
these questions, and illustrated his remarks
with many pertinent facts and references.
The next subject discussed was the claim
Of the Republican party that the country
was in such prosperous condition that no
change was desirable. The speaker showed
by the most conclusive reasoning and pre-
sentation of facts that this prosperity
was not due to Republican
administration, but had been developed in
spite of it. He reviewed the period of re-
construction, and showed that it was con-
tinued obstruction to the national growth of
the country, and that the present prosperity
was owing to the inexhaustible resourceso of
the nation that would not down at the bid
ding of party, and that we ought to have
been where we are now, six or seven years
earlier than the present, and would have
been. had it not been for the partisan NAL
administration Of the radicals-whose aim
has been from the end of the war, to rulethe
South as conquered provences, in their own
interests, until Hayes was driven by public
sentiment to withdraw the bAyonets from
that region, and allow free elections by the
people to resume their sway. The moment
this was done, peace and prosperity began
once more to bless the land.
Referring to Garfield, he said
the worst elements of the
radical party were to be found in those men
who had commenced their career as minis
ters of Christ, and had deserted their calling
for politics and lucre. They were always to
be found the prominent figures in the worst
scandals that disgraced the nation. He
would not particularize, but asked the peo-
pie to search the record of the Republican
candidate and satisfy themselves.
TIE Judge then referred to his long per-
sonal intimacy with General Hancock and
General Sibley, and delivered glowing
ulogy upon their careers, both public and
private, claiming for each of them a record of
craftsmanship and patriotism which he de-
clared was unsurpassed by even Washington
himself.
Tho speaker concluded his remarks with a
prediction Of the election of both Hancock
and Sibley, and exhorted his audience to Ia
Dor inoessently for this much desired end.
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