Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-09-30
A SPEECH BY CONGRESSMAN
HERBERT.
An Immense Democratic Mass Meet
ing in Alabama.
VILE ISLANDERS MADE TO THE NORTH
ERN PEOPLE.
VISITORS At DEMOCRATIC HEADQUARTERS
BY Telegraph to the Sentinel

BY Telegraph to the SENTINEL
New YORK, September 29.-The speech
Of Congressman Herbert, of Alabama, de-
livered in Mobile last week, to an immense
Democratic mass meeting, is attracting
great attention here. After quoting the
eloquent passages from Hancock's letter
Of acceptance. in which he speaks of the
Union as the main pillar in the edifce Of
u real Independence. Mr.. Herbert added:
II we could only get the masses Of the
North, those who are honest voters, and
not Office seekers, to understand and know
that this is the sentiment that actuates us;
that we recognize the results Of the war
fully; that we support the Constitution
and all its amendments; that we protect
and guard the rights Of these freedmen
who constitute SO large . part Of this audi
ence, we should add thousands Of votes to
Hancock In November. But every vile
Islander that ingenuity, comment and
malice can perpetrate, is being distilled
into the ears Of the Northern people. John
Sherman, in . speech made at Cincinnati,
actually stopped SO low as to tell the peo-
pie Of the North that il the Democracy
got in power. the South would claim pay
for its slaves. I see that Porter, candidate
for Governor, Is repeating the same stuff
in Indiana ON the stump. The idea is so
preposterous that it passes my understand
ing that any voter could be influenced by
it; but such men as Porter and Sherman
would not condescend to use such an ar
gument II they did not believe that they
could make votes by 1t. To catch 0
vote there ia nothing that they would
not say. This II . hard saying, but
l am justified in 1t. when men Of their in
telligence resort to such arguments. Look
ct 1t. The South contains scarcely more
than . third Of the voting population Of
the Union. The ~slave-holders were not a
third Of the Southern people, since the
freedmen have become voters, the former
shareholders are not more than one-eighth
OF our votes. To pay this. one-eighth Of
our people would have to saddle the other
seven-eighths Of our people with q debt Of
Q hundred and fifty billions Of dollars.
Why, II we were separated from the North
by . gulf so wide and deep thai the light
ming Of the telegraph could not leap 1t,
would not pass such . law for our fellow
citizens. This IL . Democratic district. I
am . Democratic candidate. I believe I
am acceptable to the party, but II I should
seriously announce to the people that I
was In favor Of taxing the voters who were
never slave-holders. to pay those who were,
! could not be elected; ! could not carry
q county In the district. There IL not q
district In the South that could be carried
on any such platform. When, then, Mr..
announces that there IL danger
that the former slave-holders Of the South
will make the whole United States pay one
and fifty billions Of dollars for
liberated slaves, well. my friends. I will
say that he knows better. Another SIAN |
der he indulges in il that II the Democ-
racy 10 successful, we will endsavor to |
pension Confederate soldiers for the Con- |
federate war. Gentlemen, ! was Q Confed- |
erate. ! have on my person scars received
In lighting under the Southern cross.
my dead comrades, or in sympathy
for the living heroes Of that Confederacy. |
Yet II never came into my mind In the
figures Of my Imagination. Nor
did IL ever Gross yours that the Govern |
ment Of the United States, or any other
could afford 10 pension SOL
diers for fighting against II. Il IL equally
untrue that We could or would embarrass |
Government with claims for quarter
masters stores taken during the war. All
class OF claims. like slavery and Sc
were settled by the war. All we
ask IL the right Ct loyal self government.
insufficient Salaries.
NEW Yosx. September 29.-The Herald's
correspondent OF Picking sends an interest
Ing conversation between Mr.. Angel. our
new Minister to China, and Ii Hung
Chang, in which the latter, after express
Ing his disappointment that Grant was not I