Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1880-10-30
A PROPHECY
Senator Chambers Arrangement
Of the Democracy.
And the People are making His Words
Good.

Good.
Senator Chambers Speech in the Senate OF
March Is, 1873.
We have now spent three months and
a half in this capitol, not without GER
tain results. We have shown to the PEG
pie of this nation just what the Demo
cratic party means. The people have
been informed as to your objects, ends
and aims. By fraud and violence, by
shOt-guns and tissue ballots, you hold
present majority in both houses of con
gress, and you have taken an early op
pOrtunity to show what you intend to d.
with the majOrities thus obtained. YOu
are within sight of the promised land
but like Moses of old we propose to sen(
you up into the mountain to die polite
ally.
Mr.. President we are approaching thu
end of this extra session, and its RECORD
will soon become history. The acts OF
the Democratic party, as manifested in
this congress, justify me in arraignine
it before the loyal people of the United
States on the political issue which it has
presented, as the enemy of the nation
and the author and abetter of rebellion
1. / arraign the Democratic party fol
having resOrted te revolutionary meas
ures to carry out its partisan projects by
attempting to cOerce the executive by
withholding supplies, and thus accom-
plishing by starvation the destruction OF
the government which they had failed t.
overthrow by arms.
2. l arraign them for having injured
the business interests of the country by
forcing the present extra session, after
liberal compromises we rendered tC
them prior to the close of the last ses-
sion.
3. arraign them for having attempt
ed to throw away the results of the re-
cent war by again elevating state over
national sovereignty. We expended $5,-
100000 precious lives to put down this
heresy and to perpetuate the national
life. They surrendered this heresy at
AppOmattOx, but now they attempt to
renew this pretensiOu.
4. arraign them for having attempt
ed to damage the business interests of
the country by forcing silver coin into
circulation, of less value than it repre-
sents, thus swindling the labOring man
and the producer, by compelling them
to accept IS cents for a dollar, and
thus enriching the bullion owners at
the expense of the labOrer. Four mil
lion dollars day is paid for labor alone,
and by thus attempting to force an So
cent dollar on the labOring man you
swindle him daily out of 100000.
Twelve hundred million dollars are
paid yearly for labor alone, and by thus
attempting to force an s. cent dollar on
the labOring man you swindle him out
of $18O,OOO,OOO a year. The amount
which the producing class would lose
is absolutely incalculable.
8. arragin them for having remOy-
ed without cause experienced officers
and employees of this body, some of whom
served and were wounded in the Union
army, and for appointing men who had
i'm the rebel army attempted to destroy
this government.
6. arraign them for having institut-
ed secret and illegitimate tribunal, the
edictS of which have been made the SUI
preme governing power of congress in
defiance of the fundamental principles
of the constitution. The DEGREES of this
junta are known although its motives
are hidden.
Z. arraign them for having held up
for public admiration that arch-rebel
Jefferson Davis, declaring that he was
inspired by motives as sacred and as
noble as animated WashingtOn; and as
having rendered services in attempting
to destroy the Union which will equa
in history Grecian fame and Roman
glory. Laughter on the Democratic
side and i'm portions of the galleries.
You can laugh. The people of the nOrtf
will make you laugh on the other side OF
your face!
s. / arraign them for having under
taken to blot from the statue book of thu
nation wise laws, rendered necessary by
the war and its results of happiness 1T,
the emancipated freedmen, who are nov
so bulldOZed and kukluxed that they ar,
seeking peace in exile, although urged
to remain by shOt-guns. =.
9. Iarraign them for having attempt
ed to repeal the wise Legislation which ex
cludes thOes who served under the rebe
flag from holding COMMISSIONS in tn,
army and navy of the United States.
10. 1 arraign them for having intro
duced large amount of legislation fO
the exclusive benefit of the states re
Gently in rebellion, which if enacted
would bankrupt the national treasury.
IL. I arraign them for having con
spired to destroy all that the Republican
party has accomplished. Many of then
breaking their Oaths of allegiance to tn,
United States and pledging their lives
their fortunes and their sacred honor
to overthrow this government, they fail
ed, and thus lost all they pledged.
CALL A HALT. THE DAYS OF
VAPORING ARE OVER. THE LOYAL
NORTH Is AROUSED AND THEIR doom
is SEALED.
accept the issue on these arraign
ments distinctly and specificall,
before the citizens of this republic. Al
a senator of the United Statss and as {
citizen of the United States, appeal tt
the people. 1t is for those citizens tt
say who is right and who is wrong.
GO BEFORE THAT TRIBUNAL C0NFI
DENT THAT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
is RIGHT AND THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY is WRONG.
They have made this issue: not we
and by them they must stand or fall
THIS is THE PLATFORM WHICH THEY
HAVE CONSTRUCTED, NOT ONLY Fol-
1879 BUT FOR 1880. They cannot change
it, for we will hold them to it. The.
have made their bed, and We will see Il
| it that theV lie thereon.