The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-10-06

tHe Democrats OF the South. The
Republicans come forward and say
they mnst have the power four years
longer in order that they may may
protect the colored man. That is
what they call waving the bloody:
shirt. That is the cry they put for
ward. If they must havefo years
more Of power for that purpose, then.
lie has not been protected BE that
80. Iagree to the fact that he has
not been protected. / say that this
touches me more than any body else,
because il was my fortune, good or
i'll, TO raise the first two coIored regi-
lnents to fightfor the Union that was
ever raised in this country. Again,
] had the raising Of twenty-five
thousand more Of these men. / saw
these men fighting CALAMITY by my
side. saw them do their duty to
their country-that country whose
flag to them had nothing Of glory; its
stripes only represented the marks
Of The accursed whip, and its stars
shonein no light TO them, and yet
they freely gave uptheir lines to that
country. And as | saw their bronz-
ed faces on the banks of the James
River upturned TO heaven. Iswore,
as ! stood among them those dead
soldiers-I swore, may my right hand
forget its cunning and my tongue
cleave TO the roof Of my mouth when.
ever, if ever, | deserted their race or
do that which shall do them harm
That pledge l renew now, and / say
toyou, my fellow-citizens, and to you,
my Republican friend, if there are
any here tonight, did 1 not in my
heart, and judgment, and conscience,
believe l was doing the best | could
for that down-trodden race, but now
enfranchised body Of men, / would
not be standing here tonight asking
you to vote for General Hancock
[Applause.] | don't ask you to take
my judgment in this matter. l will
give you the facts, and then you can
judge for yourselves
The Republican party has had the
power now sixteen years, and they
have had it by two.thirds majority
Of both Houses Of Congress most Of
the time and have always had the
Executive, and they have for the last
four Presidential years put the issue
upon the ground that they ought to
have the power to protect the negro
ut the South. If they won't do it in
sixteen years, how much longer am
to wait for them to do it? Laugh.
ter l fought the last campaign, Of
1876, on that issue, upon a promise
in their platform that they would do
it. We gave such votes as we had
for Hayes, but, when, he made
a'bargain with the Democrats of the
South, to let him be crowded in
through an Electoral Commission Of
eight to seven, he agreed 10 give up
the Southern States to Democrats
He turned the government Of Louis.
iana-where Governor Packard, the
Republican Governor, had eight
thousand more votes than he had,
and when, if Packard was not elect.
ed, Hayes certainly was not-he
turned that State over 10 Nichols and
u Democratic Legislature. He turn
ed South Carolina over to Wade
Hampton and the Democrats there,
when the Republican candidate for
Governor had more votes than Hamp-
ton had, and more votes than Hayes
had; and if he was not elected, Hayes
was not, and he withdrew the
troops. He paid the South, to use
the Commercials language Of this
morning, and they say that the
South was ungrateful, and, having
done that, from that day to this there
has not been a thing done, q single
law passed, a single movement made
to protect the colored men of the
South or the Republicans of the
South in any way or form by the Re-
publican Government. In 1875 the
Republican party sent nobody down
there to make speeches to these poor
and ignorant men, to show them how
10 vote or tell them what to do
They left them to vote as they pleas.
ed, but when there was a fear that
Hayes was not elected without the
vote of some Of the Southern States,
they sent down delegations called
visiting statesmen to each one of the
States to tell the negroes how to
count, not to vote, and they did
count so we'll that they counted
Hayes in, and they seem not only TO
have done that, but they taught the
Democrats SO we'll that the Demo
Gratis have counted them out ever
since down there. Applause and
laughter.
But ! do not stop there The act.
ion Of Hayes has obliterated the Re.
publican party of the South, and
made Republicanism impossible
Nobody cares about the Republican
party in the South. They have all
stepped out Of it-white and black.
There are no white Republicans in
the South. The whole Republican
Marty in tha South hos nonn oft onl