Daily Los Angeles herald., 1880-08-31

Music Hall was crowded by large
audience Of ladies and gentlemen,
to listen to Wallace Leach, Esq,
the Democratic candidate for Con-
gress in the Fourth Congressional
District. Hon. P. B.Tully presided,
and a number of distinguished
citizens acted as VIce.Presidents
and other officers. We take the
following account of the proceed
ings from the Oakland Times:
Mr.. Tully made brief address,
in which he said that Mr.. Leach
was the choice of the Democrats In
the southern part of the State iu
the late Convention, and that he
(Tully), when he saw how matters
stood, used his influence and nine
proxies to aid him. Leach was not
the instrument OF any ring, clique
or corporatisn, but was friend of
the people. The honorable gentle
man from San Diego was then In
trOduced and received an enthusi-
astic reception.
Mr.. Leech, in opening, said that
before starting OH his speech prop
er, he desired to discharge a duty
which he owed to the people of
Santa Clara county. He had In
times past received from them
many kindnesses aud courtesies.
He had been willing and anxious
to get the nomination for Congress,
and when Mr.. TulIy gave it to him,
that gentleman displayed u magma.
nimity and generosity that called
forth the speakers everlasting
gratitude. Whenever Mr.. Tully
wants a service, continued the
speaker, I am his to command. 1
only hope to show him by my fu-
ture conduct that he had judged
me rightly.
The approaching campaign is
said to be u dangerous one. The
speaker said he had not come to
San jose to abuse the Republican
party or any ofits members, but to
criticise the conduct of its leaders.
He had no unkind words and no
abuse for the rank aud file. But the
time had come when the affairs of
the government should pass into
other hands. The Democratic
party has always favored a strict
construction of the Constitution.
1t is q better doctrine to-day than
it was fifty years ago. Referring
to the doctrine of State rights, Mr..
Leach said that now people shrink
from 1t as though II were some-
thing hideous and there are too
many Democrats who are afraid to
touch upon it. I love the Ameri-
can Union as we'll as any man,
said he, because of the people in 1t.
| do not say am in favor Of the
right of a State to go out Of the
Union, but 1 do say y State has got
a right to manage its own affairs
without the intervention Of the
general government. Woman's
rights does not necessarily mean
woman suffrage. Neither does
States' rights mean secession, and
that's all this bugbear OF States
rights amounts to.
Five or six months ago +. M
Pixley aud Marcus d. Boruck, In
their respective organs announced
that the campaign ought to be
conducted this fall without the In
PRODUCTION OF the bloody shirt.
thought then, will they be true
The leaders OF the party were MOI
to blame for they had no other is
sue to present, out of which capita
could be made.
The Republican party was form
ed In furtherance OF grand princi
ple-the abolishment OF human
slavery. In accomplishing wha
they sought they deserve honor
and were the destinies of that par
ty now controlled by sumner, Gree
lev aud Lincoln, it would be al
right. Inever believed in humal
slavery, and though the means 70
its extinction may not have beel
exactly correct, yet l am glad 1t 4
over with. l have no issue will
the Republican party there. Then
why should they wave the blood.
shirt?
Here is another idea! VIII.
blame the present population
the Soulh for something that oc
Cured twenty years ago? The sv
erage life of man is 80 years, ant
one-half OF the present generation
In the South has nothing TO d.
either with causing or ending th
war. am here old enough to be
candidate for Congress, with sui
} ficient ability, II l have sufi1clen
honesty, to discharge the duties @
that position, and yet 1 could no
have voted, have advocated meas
ures or exerted an influence In an.
wav in reference to the civil Wal