The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-09-25
viii the South RulsP


VIII the South Rulep
The Democrats deny that. should
they be restored to power. the South
would shape the legislation Of the
Puntry. Let ms see. Let us Judge
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and wrecked the industries of the
North? The Democratic party, at the
dictation Of the South.
Who forced the war with Mexico
in order that the area of slavery
might be extended? The Democrat
ic party lat the dictation of the South.
Who defeated the Wilmot proviso,
which provided that the territory ac-
quired by the conquest of Mexico.
should be forever free? The Demo-
c:atic party, at the dictation of the
South.
Who repealed the Missouri COM
promise. when its repeal was in the
interest of slavery? The Democratic
party, at the dictation of the South.
Who passed the fugitive slave law,
the most infamous enactment of the
worlds legislation ? The Democratic
party, at the dictation of the South.
Who vetoed the homestead bill,
which gave lands in the West to ac.
tual settlers at the nominal price of
S1.25 an acre? James Buchanan, at
the dictation Of the South.
Who ordered U. S. troops to dis.
perse the Free State Legislature of
Kansas? Franklin Pierce, at the
dictation of the South.
Who decided in the Dred Scott cas-
that slaves were things, "who had no
rights or privileges but such as those
who held the power and the govern
ment might choose to grant them ?''
The Democratic Supreme Court, at
the dlctation of the South.
Who bribed members of Congress
and editors of newspapers to favor
in the interests of slavery, the Le-
compton bill? The Democratic adj
ministration of James Buchanan.
Who declared in message to Con.
gress that Congress had no power to
coerce the rebellious States? James
Buchanan.
Nothing is clearer than the fact
that when the Democratic party was
in power the South ruled with an
iron will. When it could rule no
longer it seeded. The Democratic
party is in power in both branches of
Congress to-day, and the South rules
there. The chairmen of nearly all
the committees of Congress and a ma
jority of the members are from the
South. A Southern Congressman has
declared that the last yestige of war
legislation shall be wiped from the
statute books. Elect a Democratic
President and the rule of the South
will be absolute over the whole coun-
try. 1t cannot be otherwise. South.
ern Democratic members of Congress
predominate numerically. They
control the caucus and the caucus
controls legislation.
The industrial classes of the north,
those who work in our great manu-
featuring establishments. in our coal
and ore mines and about our coke
ovens, are interested more deeply
than they perhaps know in prevent-
ing the South from shaping the leg
islation of the country. Why? Be-
cause the South is now and always
has been opposed to protective tar.
iff. When, after secession, the rep-
resentatives of the Southern States
met in 1861 at Montgomery, Ala, to
organize the Confederate government
they modelled their constitution after
that of 1887, with the exceptions that
it recognized slavery, and .for60de
protective tariffs. The laboring man
who votes for the restoration to
power of the Democratic party votes
directly against his own interests.
There is no escape from this conclu-
sion. Let our Democratic readers ex-
anime the matter for themselves and
see if we have not told the truth
exactly. U1iontoC)o Pd.) Standard.
Let every laboring man bear strict
ly in mind that "G tariff for revenue
only' means to build up workshops
and manufacturing establishments in
Europe, in place of this country.
And if they wish to accomplish this
unfortunate result and throw them
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