The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-08-11

By January 1, 1872, that debt was Increased.
under Radical rule, to S45, 5000
The debt OF North Carolina. at the close of
the war. was 100000. By January l, 1872, it
was increased TO nearly s,5,0OO,OOO.
South Caroltnas debt, at the close OF the war
was S0OO0,OOO January l, 1874, 1t was increased
TO upward OF SS9OUOOO0
Georgias debt at the close of the war was
nearly nominal, but by June, 1871, it was
made TO exceed S5.b0OGOO.
The debt Of Florida at the close of the war
WIS szzl.UO BY January 1. 1917, it was over
At the close of the war Tennessee owed s9O,-
0D.OO January l, 1872, she owed over $780,
Arkansas at the close OF the war was indebt-
ed s4,OOOOm: January l, 1872, her debts amount
ed TO over Sl9 1910 o
The State OF Louisiana had debts and liabiIi-
Ties at the close of the war in the sum of $1,000
100; while January l, 1872, they footed up over
Texas had a nominal debt at the close of
the war. but January l, 1872, 1t amounted to
The debts and Liabilities of Alabama were
y 9OO.lOO at the close of the war. January l,
lS72' they were over ssS $50. 100.
most of these States relieved themselves of
this carpet-bsg or Republican rule. And
when you consider that the Southern
States have been the un willing victims OF this
enormous robbery you will readily under
stand why those people are 80 much disap
pointed with the rule OF the Republican party
and why their l3S electoral votes will be cast
for Hancock and English. They can not be
worsted. Could anything worst them?
1t Is not surprising, in view of these facts,
that Carl Scnurz In 1872, on the 18th day OF
August. in the city OF indianapolis, made the
10 flowing inquiry and answer:
HAS IL 1.-THE Republican party fought
against corruption? No. A party that fosters
eoge1 nSn ems nke those In the south has be-
corruption. IL Is the same In the North.
The party in nlnety-nine
out OF one hundred cases has SHE ded
in no previous period of time of peace have
the Constitution and the laws been trintd
the last three years. A system OF white,
washing and hushing up wss resorted to be
cause those who had committed these NAL
practices were ardent followers of the party.
Mr.. Porter has much to say In his speech
ABOUT kuklux. Hear what Carl SchurZ says
In the same speech from which am reading:
"1n North Carolina Az Kuklux indictments
been tried. and / $50 of which are against peo-
pie who probably know of the Kukiux not
more than you or l. Deputy MarShals called
on those people, saying IL they voted the
influence for it they would not
be prosecuted Internal revenue
officers went round spying in stores for any
prosecution causing the owners TO vote the
Grant ticket. We light at present not only
against Grant: but system which firmly es-
tabiished will make free elections impos
sible."
Ia view of these declarations by Carl Schurz
1t requires more cheek than belongs to ordin
airy mortals to enable a man to stand up as
Mr.. Porter did on the Is of last month at
indianapolis, and eulogize the Republican
party for honesty. VINO is right, Porter or
Schurz?
The state rights doctrine, under Democratic
construction, wou allow those people to
nave managed their own internal affairs
been protected in that right as Gen. Hancock
prOpO-ed to protect the people of Louisiana
aud Texas when he was appointed commander
OF that Military District, and because or his re
fusal to protect the Republican carpet baggers
and robbers In their nefarious schemes for
pIunder, as they were afterward protected, the
Republican party had no use for bis services
longer in the Southern States. Republican
papers and speakers say that General Han
his order No. 40, as well as in other military
orders Issued after he was appointed to the
District referred to that he fully understood
our form OF government, and that especially
was he intent on preserving that form OF gov
eminent In spirit and in letter In time of
rebellion in time OF war. And that statesman
like quality has maze HIM loved and re-
spected, not only by the people of the South,
wise overriden by the Republican part
but by every patriot and Constitution loving
citizen who was looking on while the PUN
dering was going forward. and who was con-
sidering what would have been the condition
OF the south had such men as General Han
COCK been in command. He, like Washington,
when the war was over was ready to beat his
sword into plow-share, and dec are that the
There is where we Democrats stand, and there
is where Washington and jefferson stood.
Hancock and English will be elected, and
when they are elected our ship of state will
be carried back to its original moorings. The
military will be kept in strict susorainailon
TO the civil authorities; the rights of the
States usurpe sl by the Federal Govern
instance, the control of elections in the several
states by Federal officers acting under Federal
authority, and the transfer OF numer.
GUS trials from the State Courts to Federal
Courts, will be restored to the States where
they belo g.
against the RepI blican party that our patriotic
forefathers made against the King of Great
Britain with equal t. nth. They d cared that
lenses and transported to distant countries
and there tried among strangers. Since the
Republican party came into power, and even
witnessed the same thing done here. Parties
| In Jennings County we're charged with vio-
istinS the election , laws, and Notwithstanding 9th
| were brought to Iud 'anspo is and tried there
| for thirty Ays among strangers by Federal
| They were bankrupted, very nearly oil of
them acquitted and then allowed
70 ma ot their +, way .on back home
the rights of our people much longer. We will
| NOT resort to arms, my fellow citizens. but we
will settle such questions at the ballot box.
FEDERAL SUPERVISION NORTH.
Mr.; Porter and other Republicans laugh at
to ihe TEMPTATIONS of the Federal Government men
in the appointing Of Supervisors and Mar
shsls to take charge of elections in the several
4 States when congressman are to be elected.
/ The right OF Congress to pass a law for the
| government o. elections in the South while
| States there were in a disorganized condition,
| was never oppos by the Democratic party;
i but the use of the United STATES army TO back
| Republican Marshas while robbing the peo
pie of the South has ever been opposed
/ by Democrats. We supposed these Mar
| shals and Supervisors OF Elections would
/ be confined in their operations TO
/ the Southern States, as 1t was claimed the law
i was made especially for them. But 1t proved
| 10 be so very advantageous to the Republican
| party In carrying the elections that it was en-
/ abled thereby to inaugurate Its fraudulent
/ President. Under that Jaw the leaders of the
/ Republican party had their Supervisors of
/ Elections, and their Marshals, backed by the
/ army of tia United States to protect them in
i their FRAUDS: and at that time the Republican
| party was so intent on upholdiBg State rights
| IL insisted we could not go behind the eertih-
Gates of elections issued by the States, not.
withsts ndlDg we Democrats were telling them
/ they were fraudulent, and we were ready and
/ anxious to prove them so.
The Republican party has been excited by
this, like lion by taste of fresh blood. till It
Is now and has been for some time puttir e in
| practice this same law in some OF the North
| ern states Peunsylvsnta has suffered much
| by II, In 1876 the Democrats discovered that
| RanuhlioQn had Tod