Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-08-15
INDIANA CAMPAIGN
OPENED LAST NIGHT RY rWo HUN.
DRIED SPEEORES,
Ex-Governor Doolittle's Speech at In
diauapolis--A Great Meeting at E.vahs-
Vile Addressed by Senator Mcdonald and
Others--The Democrats Bound TO Carry
Indiana.

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Others--The Democrats Bound to Garry
Indiana.
INDIANAPOLIS. Aug. 4.-The Democratic
| central committee opened the ampaigu' to-day.
| Over 200 speakers will deliver addresses in the
various cities and towns of the State. The
following are among the prominent speakers:
Senator Mcdonald, of Indiana. and Jones' of
| Florida, at Evansville; Hon. Chas. Anderson,
of Ohio, at Richmond; Senator Voorhees,. at
Brazil; Gov. Hendricks. of Indiana, and Gov.
Brockmeyer, of Missouri, at Ft. Wayne; Hon.
D. g. Gooding, at Logansport. In this city
| the meeting was held tonight at the wigwam
| and addressed by Hon. james Pulitzer, of St.
Louis, Hon. j. r. Doolittle, of Wisconsin, and
Hon. Emil Rothe, of Cincinnati. Mr.. Doolit
Il upon being introduced said: "From these
ohe1rs from 30 many hearts and voices, like
the voice of many waters. I thank you from
my heart of hearts. not for myself alone, but
in the name of our standard bearers. Hancock
and English, whom we have nominated, and
whom we have decided to elect. and when elect
ed iuaugurate President and Vice President of
the United States. Not being resident of
your State it would not become me to discuss
candidates. shall, therefore, speak upon "a
tional issues and candidates only" Among
other things Mr. Dooli,tle said Z" If the repub.
lie true to ITSELF and true to the ideas of its
founders, before the end of its second century
il will be the greatest nation that ever appeared
on the face of the earth. But great
as it is it must forever rest upon
these great fundamental ideas. In these
it lives, moves and has its being. These ideas
are, first, National sovereignty limited to
National affairs only; second, State sovereign
ty reserved in State affairs only; third, free
intelligent ballot and an honest count. Upon
these three fundamental ideas-upOn these su
preme cOnditions-our great constitutional re-
publican system depends, and must forever de
pend. Upon these as upon three supporting
columns. the whole gigantic structure rests.
If either is broken down, or q, dermined, the
whole ediice must fall" Mr.. Doolittle Illus
trate1 and enforced these ideas and funda-
mental articles. He said: "Blot out
the idea of National sovereignty in the
republic in National affairs. and the
union under the constitution would be mere
rope of sand. Blot out the idea of State sover-
eighty in State affairs, whatever be the forms
and whatever be the name Of that great central
government which shall attempt to exercise
sovereignty in domestic and State sffairs as we'll
as in matters of national affairs. will become q
centralized, unwieldy despotism. It would be
like q maelstr0m-swallow up the rights Of the
Stsfes and all liberties of the citig-n, drive
freedom and intelligence from the polls and by
hireling officials and the bayonet sorround the
ballot boxes with troops aud partisan deputy
marshals to intimidate or obstruct the electors;
stuff ballot boxes with false OF purchased
votes; by false and fraudulent and
perjured returning boards csunt out the votes
actually cast, count in the votes never cast-in
the way in which all the world knows the party
in power did in order to place in the Presi-
Dental chair a man Who was defeated at the
polls by the majority of hundreds of thousand.
And rest assured. my count,ymen, republic n
government would become sham aud mosk-
cry, our system would end first in civil war,
then in anarchy, and last in military despot-
ism.' MIR. Doulittle DIV cit on this idea at con-
siderable length. and said: s'The great dis
tinction between the Democratic party and its
leaders and the Republican party of to-day
under its stawarts OF radical leaders,
is this: The Democrats comprehended aud
maintained the sovereignty of States az re-
served by the constitution over their own do
nestle and local affairs, while the radicals and
stalwarts seem TO be the victima of the old
idea only of the sovereignty of the natiou
wi hout limiting that sovereignty to national
affairs" Mr.. DOnlittle said: Our true
theory is this. ALI American citizens are citi-
zens of the United States owing allegiance TO
the United States as a sovereign, and at the
same time the citizens of the State where they
live owing allegiance to that State also. Every
American, native or naturali1ed. owes allegi
ance o each and to both at the same time, and
he is protected by the laws of each within their
respective spheres, and the Ian
guaee Of the supreme court of
the United States. The powers of the general
government and the State. although they exist
and are exercised within the same territorial
limits and yet separate and independent of
each other within their respective spheres, as
if the line of division, traced by landmarks
aud monuments, we're visible to the eye. Yes,
my fellow citizens, though it seems almost im-
possible to make our Republican fellow citizens
conn rehend it, this most essential thing in our
sy stem is just what have stated and what the
supreme court declared it is-its perfection.
its glnry-namely. that every American has
this double citizenship, this double allegiance
aud this double protection. both National and
State, in all life's journey, from the cradle to
the grave. The sovereignty of the nation, aud
the sovereignty of the State, like two guardian
angels, upon the right and upon the lett, walk
close by our side, and N nine times out of ten,
we appeal to the Stale for protection. But in
the exceptional case, the protection of the
necessary, and vital, to our we'll being" He
continued at l-ngtb, saying this was a subject
on which the Republicans leaders constantly
misrepresent he views of the Democratic party,
and falsely assert that because we maintain
uncer the constitution the reserved rights of
the State, they falsely charge that we assert
the supremacy of States over the Federal, and
deny rhe sovereignty of the United States in
national affaire. Bnt have been able to chow
you how solid are the foundations IF the Dom
ocratic creed" Mr.. Dooli,tle then referred to
the history of the Republican -rsrty since the
war, and charged against thai parry the tramp
ling down the constitution in time of profound
peace, whenever it's leaaers believed that the
constitution stood in the way of
their party ascendency. He referred,
among other things, to the military
reconstruction bill of 1876, upon the passage
of which Thsd Stevens, then leader of the
House, frankly admitted they were acting out
side the constitution, and as frankly avowed
that the object WAS to maintain the ascend
| anoy of their party. Mr.. Carrie Id was an apt
scholar in advocating the same measure. Feb
ruary IL, 1867, he said: TT ia severe; it is
| written with q steel pen, made with bay
onet." MIR. Doolittle maintained that the
bill in itself, ana these declarations of Stevens
aud Garfield, were nothing less than a declars-
tion of war sgaiuat ten States of the Union
nearly two wears after their civil war was over
| and peace declared; that with steel pen made
| with q bayouet, in time of profound teace, they
| wrote acr,ss the names of ten States of this
| Union, s'expelled by act of Congress-" a, d
| erased from the constitution the sacred words.
1.-The right of tiial by jury" and the habeas
corpus, and all civil law for all that region of
country, from the Potomac TO the Bio Grande,
| and for l0,0V0. 600 of people. he contrasted
this language with that of General Hancock in
assuming cnmmand of Texas and Louisiana.
He knew what the war was for. He knew
| when it was over. He knew that in time of
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