Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-10-21

a Large Meeting Eaesday-speech
by Mr.. Ia. ~. ColcIazer and J. f.
Rail Biscussing Local Issues
Judge SSpuhIun,. Record

large mass meeting over Third street
bridge, Tuesday vfning The club boys
turned out in force, and headed By the
City Oornet Band marched and counter
mar uhed through the streets, ughiing up
the ward with their torches Nothing
0ccufrld to mar tLe success OF this coca.
siOn, and Mt K e'clnck the procession
marched to Inc grand stsud, where the
nieetn, Was o,eauiatd ny the Il cilon Of
Peter U Furry ~ president and Hrr:prous
vice presidents
In line absence of Col. Whitley and /.
O. GruDb E,g, Mr. II. II Culclszor, WAS
introduced As the speaker ~ the evening.
He SAID that he did not propose to speak
tn the passions or prejuuicus OF his Arc.
fence but would address its common seuse
and irH reason. The country could III lu,t
congratulate itself that appaals to sec.
tion.l hBte no longer commanded prom
inent place in political discussion. Maine
he'd taught The RepubiiGups that they
H0uid 10 longer witb success tiaunt the
elsg:gmnad benler Of the bloody shirt in
the iaca Of distraa.ed country, and
ISSUES OF constitutional character are in
fLif way 10 get such II hearing as then
importance and vita! nature demanded.
1t has ever been the history OF coneti-
tpti0nN governments in which the liberties
al iLe people are fully Guaranteed, llst
two y,tai principles in their politics had
beeu opposed 10 each other. The oue
arriving 10 maintain the constitution in Ms
purity, ard the 0iher seeking to weaken
AID overthrow it. The wisdom nf the
trainers Of our OOnsututiou had foreaaen
that tho preservation Of our liberty
Il, penNtd upon tho division Of powers,
suif0'N' tene granted 10 the Federal
Government Tor nilti0L Al purposes, ard all
Others not ttu9 specially granted, leipg
reserved for the stHtes The Democratic
parGy had ever been the party OF the strict
cpnbtrnctluu OF the Constitution; the
Repu' Hes" Parry lad either by deliberate
purposes or nom party Necessity been
seeking 10 invade the right of the states,
to maka the Federal Government the
center of Ai power. DO exagRer4te,
said he, when declare that recent acts
of that party nave demousttat /. purpute
to entirely breuk down state ilnGs, and
to build upon the ruins of our constitution
first nation without states and finally
central government with absolute powers
NhlUn is but y preparation for the empire.
Has the Federal government, under the
management Of the Republican party,
not Invaded the guarantee rights OF the
states, with deputy marshals and election
supervisors? Have they not trampled
theuI beneath the hoofs of their cavalry
and stabbed them with the bayonets Of
th,iE infantry in the South Have
they not in your own State sought
to supervise your election officers to
dictate to ynur Levy Court as to their
duty and finally when criminal, tried by
your laws, without IA question MS to the
legality and justice OF his conviction and
sentence, iLterposa the power of the
Federal Courts and taken hun from the
very temple OF your Justice to await the
verdict OF a power foreign to you and
without warrant in the conslitu.
ton? These may appear affairs of no
great moment 10 some people but
they are the gradual encroachment
upon yuur liberties, which means its final
overthrow. This has yer been the pr9Cess
tr which freedom il driven from lis strong
holds Is not Mr. LsYi Is rd'5 defamation
startling enough? He would have the
Federal government crush the states 10
Lnummies AN my fellow citizens the
Roman coliseum is today n magnificent
Pile OF cruilbiug rul;5. Ii uace seemed
massive snUugt 10 defy time itself. No
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JUDGE HOUSTON RECORD
.ia speaker thel proceeded to examine
/ De ranuta II J1dgs Houston tho Repub-
1 N,lr candidate tor CONGRESS Hjd letter
7 OF atgcplnuee wa quoted, in which the
doctrines OF the Democratic party relating
/ ,GsNa'e'su-h,s are referred to as ''heresy."
/ lle sgad FROM the rlalform OF the Wing
nnrlv IN ls12, when lllpe Houston was u
/ CANDIDATE for Congress upon the ticket,
I seo@ ipg thai ~ th,, ume he Nod endorsed
state r,ybts" or very pronounced
ch.tect-r lAe state ii hts pMDk of the
, platform uf the e public .n pnr,y III 1860,
.'o. lea they We're only ~ the tXnectFuOn
| a ,,awor," was quoted, auG Judge HouE-
.or's endorsement of il a. that time.
Tbs speaker thtu asserted that in 1868
,La now Republican candidate had con-
scented to run apon The Democratic ticket
for Congress IL this State, Il nominated,
Yutt n prominent Democrat went from
Milford. where the Judge th n lived to
urqe the namilalion Had ne beer Eonl-
! mated he would have acc pied eli the
d inaHratie doctrine OF SAtc rights In a
recent cas-, fresh in lhe minds of the
ueoIa OF tins State, la had vigorously