Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-08-27
B. GRATZ BROWN
Delivers Stirring Address to the Democ-
racy of Fsyette, Missouri-The Repubii-
ean Party Handled Without Gloves.

Deliversa Stirring Address to the Democ-
racy of Fsyette, Missouri-The Repubi-
ean Party Handled Without Gloves.
FAYErrE, Mo-, August 26.-To-night
the Democracy OF Fayette and vicinity
held one OF the largest political meetings
ever known in this part OF the State.
Hon. b Gratz Brown, was announced as
the orator OF the evening, and as soon
as the enthusiasm OF the immense au-
dience had sufficiently subsidized to en-
able q speaker to be heard, he was in
troduced, and was greeted with three
ringing cheers.
After a few preliminary remarks,
thanking the audience Tor their kind re.
ception, the Ex-Governor commenced
his speech by reviewing at greet length
the Electoral Commission OF 1876, char
acterizing it as a device whereby the
hard-earned victory of the Democratic
party, the destines of our political
future, the very requirements ot Impair
tial justice, were committed to a Juggle
OF to g.
After detailing the Constitutional
manner of deciding Presidential con-
troversy, and the general desire, during
the present year, notwithstanding Mr..
Tilden's increasing aye and lntirmlties,
TO again place the standard oil the party
in his hand, and bid him
Lead it Again to Victory,
he said:
Ii would seem as though the Demo-
cratic party had by instinct chosen In
the person of Winfield $. Hancock the
man OF all others best fitted to represent
the anathema OF the Nation upon the
iraud OF four years ago. His correspon-
dence with the General OF our armies
discloses his attitude then and what his
attitude then was YOU may be sure Is his
attitude now-no juggle, no comblna-
ton, no Electoral Commission,-but
only the plain letter oi the Constitution
to 20 by; a Constitution higher not only
than military law,
But Also Higher Than Civil Lawlessness.
And SO stands the Democratic party to-
day, making appeal not to the politicians
but to the people against that great
fraud, in the person OF that great SOL
der, who not only refused To sanction II
in the preliminary work oil subJectlng
the South 10 military terrorism, but
who in anticipation as it we're, repudia-
ted its final processes OF consummation
in the Electoral Commission.
Read over again his words anu see
how plain is the solution he points ont;
"The law" says Gen. Ilancock-and
the words were written i'll December,
lS76-"provides that in a
Failure to Elect by the People,
the House shall Immediately elect the
President, and the Senate the Vice -Presi-
dent. Some tribunal must decide whether
the people have duly elected Presi-
dent. presume, OF course, tnat Is IN
the Joint affirmative action oil the Senate
and House-or why are they present 10
witness the count II not 10 see that u Is
fair and just? Ii failure to agree arises
between the two bodies, there can be no
lawful affirmative decision, and the
House must then proceed TO act, not the
Senate. The Senate elects Nlce-fresi-
dents, not Presidents" This was IN re-
sponse to the threat that Mr.. Ferry,
merely pro TEN. officer OF the Senate
would in joint session
Pronounce MI Hayes Elected.
and it shows how promptly the mind oi
this chieitain reverted to the language OF
the Constitution, whilst the so-cslled
statesman OF the Republican party were
projecting themselves into revolution,
anarchy and fraud.
And how stands the issue on the 9TH
er sideH Do the Republican leaders, ac'
knowledging the violence done to our
institutions, plead some emergency not
provided for, promise obedience to our
Constitution in the future, and In the
person of our chosen leader tender some
assurance to the country that they are
repentant? Not at all. They Haunt
them OF that fraud; they govern us by
Syndicates whose plunder OF the Treas