Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-09-03

show which of the two men had the
highest number Of votes for the office, Zap
plause) and should declare in favor of that
man,
PRINCIPLE OF LAW.
tell you az principle of law that that has
been established in this country from the very
first days of its history, and there is mo ques-
ton about it. Now say that that prinoiple
was reversed; that it was uprooted; that 1t was
destroyed when they refused us in the
spring Of 1877 the right to 60 into court and
prove that Samuel j. Tilden had 263, 900 more
votes than Rutherford B. Hayes. tTremendu-
GUS applause.) That he had more votes in the
State of Louisiana, and more votes in the State
of South Carolina, and more honest and more
legal votes than Rutherford B. Hayes. ZAP
plause.
1t is not necessary for me to boldly assert
which did have the most votes; suffice it to say
that the returns, before they were manipulated
and changed and fixed up by Mr.. Garfield and
others, showed upon their face that Samuel j.
Tilden had very large majority of the votes
of those two States. But after they were fixed
up, after they we're brought in to be used for
the purpose Of determining who was elected,
why then they showed the other way. Canvas
sezs had taken the privilege of saying that hun
dreds Of thousands of votes were fraudulent;
and they, without any judicial power what
ever vested in them. determined this fact, and
robbed the courts of this country of the right
to exercise their judicial powers. (Great ap-
plause.)
AN OUTRAGEOUS PRECEDENT.
That gentlemen. say was an outrageous
proceeding, and it was the establishment of an
outrageous precedent, and precedent
against the right and the interest
of this country. A man, who has run
for office, and has achieved it, through the
sentiments of the electors Of the people. is en-
titled to that office. care not how much the
returns may say he did not receive the legal
number of votes, the questi ion is, did he receive
them? We're they cast for him
in the ballot box2 And if they
were, you may prove that fact before the court,
and you can rob no man of this iualienable
right. (Applsuse.) 1t was that right that we
were deprived of during the Presidential cam
vass of 1877.
The country was in turmoil and perfect
uproar. It was boiling in the waves of politi-
cal frenzy and passion. 1t was known, no
matter what might be thefesult in Louisiana
or South Carolina, that Samuel j.
Tilden had more than two hundred thousa nd
votes as plurality in this country. Bnt the
Democrats, this disloyal party (?) that
is only waiting to fasten its
teeth on the vltals OF the
Democrats that are only waiting
to lift their bloody arms in aid of the South
the Democrats who do not want TO live any
longer in a happy country, but wish to see it
go down in the whirlpool of misery and ruin,
what did they do? Did they inaugurate wal?
Did they do anything to disturb the peace of
the country? Did they not acquiesce? Did
they not consent to peaceable commission
with judicial powers to determine this ques-
ton, and were they not most beautifully sold?
daughter and applause.
That commission by its very constitution
and makeup had Judicial power; it had the
very power that the highest court in this
country has, by consent of all parties, to in
quire into the condition of the canvass and to
ascertain how many votes were legally cast for
Mr.. Tilden and how many we're legally cast for
Rutherford B. Hayes. But it said No, it
would not inquire into that. It would rather
follow the record made by William Pitt Kel-
logg of Louisiana than to follow the text of
the law, rather than follow the great statute of
common sense and human right; they would
rather rely upon the dictum of confessed
raider upon the interests of the country!
Here was the establishment of q precedent
which tended to show the corruption of the
party as it advances toward Capitalization OF
power. Now what are these acts for? 1t is
not simply for the immediate effect they pro
dace. it is for the purpose Of augmenting the
power of the party, that its life may be per
petual, that it may distribute for generations
to come, and feed set of harpies who have no
higher motive than to riot in the most acred
places of the republic.
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.
They promised the whole country, after they
had inaugurated their President under prin-
ciple like this. immediate reform, they promis-
ed us civil SERVICE they promised that the best
men in their party should hold their Offices
and distribute their powers.
This would have been some amend for the
wrong they had done us. It would be emf
nently proper and just in government rest
ing upon the intelligence of the people. 1t
would be good principle to establish that
every Office should be held by one who is fit by
morality and fit by education. This is what
they promised us.
Carl Schurz, in his speech in Indianapolis
but few days ago, said the administration has
abandoned the project, that the administration
had neglected to pursue the course they had
promised to the country if it would only give
them its support. What did he dol
T Wss States did the do aas9d ts Of o1 f
service reform, or rather what did
he do that showed conclusively that he would
not execute the principles of that service;
There were men in Louisiana, and men in Flor.
ida who played very prominent part in ma
nipulating the votes that finally inaugurated
Rutherford B. Hayes. They were not noted as
men of virtue, or patriots, they were only mer
notorious as blackguards, cutthroats and
thieves; and I tell you that every one of them
who stood in the breach and helped
to perpetrate this crime against the Democracy
and our country, was Immediately appointed
to fat and lucrative office. Great applause
And this is what they call civil service reform
daughter and applause.) That kind of re.
formation would make a purgatory out OF
Heaven, in three weeks and half. (Tre.
menduous laughter and applause.)
THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY.
Now, gentlemen, the Republican party tells
us that it has done some magnificent things fol
this country, and that in sort Of supreme
general blessedness, it is for the welfare of the
country that their party happens to be in.
(Laughter.)
The party tells you that it abolished slavery
in the United States. and that it abolished it
against the wish Of the Democracy.
It tells you that it fought the war of the re.
bellion while the Democratic party stood look.
ing on and scowling from head to foot. Gen.
tlemen. these are nothing but the fog horns,
sounded by the Republican party in order to
make us think there is danger when there is
nothing but peace on deck. They sound their
fog horn and then simply point to q fearful ca
reening in the darkness Of the ocean, and they
say there's danger ahead" Great laughter
and applause.
Did the Republican party abolish slavery?
"a voice, "No."o If it did, is it entitled to any
credit for it.? IL it was not the intention of
the act that wrought out the abolition of
slavery. then those who did the act are not en-.
titled to any credit for the consequence of the
abolition Of slavery.
The Republican party commenced the war, as
they said, to demonstrate what IL called a radi-
cal theory or q fundamental theory.
of our national compact, that no
State, at lie own option, could go out Of this
Union. That is what the war was commenced
for. That is what ootemporaneous political
platforms said it was waged and con-
Quoted for. That is what Abraham
Lincoln said when be was inaugu-