The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-10-28

ppNtr III Ctalch WHICH Nhu uircHuy
ratified them, IN impotcnt passion tho farce
was enacted " formally resembling and with
drawing the irrevr cable assent which had been
finally given. This was done In Indiana and
New Jersey, and Mr.. Tweed id ii IN New
York.
From first to last, tho organs OF ID mocratic
doctrine have declared these amendments lille.
galy canied-;llegal, because Democratic
States that were out lighting wore not in to
vote. They never yet have raid or admitted
that the amendments were legally adopted,
They did say in national convention in 1872
that they opposed roopening the questions
settled 10y the amendments, and they did sGy
in 1876 that they would accept thom but that
they were legally valid, they never said.
There amendments are constantly and IA
gravity d,iicd in more than half tho Demo-
cratic States, and have been for years. The
lawd enacted under them have been denounced
in every form, and denounced AZ null and
void, evcn since tho supreme Court has sol-
EMMY decided otherwise. lt was to get rid ~
these laws that the revolutionary plot wLs laid
last Year to stop the wheels E government, to
clOse the courts and pO-t-o ili,c' and put ont
the beacon lights on tho sea and ON the lakes
unless a repeal was Welded, With thorough
bred Democratic President, whatever may
happen III form to the amendments, they viii
become moro dead letter than quickoning
spirit, and the laws made to enforc3 them will
he swept like leaves before gallo. should
these laws bo dwep; away. and should the
spirit which assails them III the South aud
vi ich called them into bCing continue to rage,
n.ildew will follow in the wake
When Ljnccln issued his proclamation OF
emanc patton, men and women in this city
were maddencd by being made to believe tina,
the slaves rot FREQ would swarm 10 the North,
crowd cut white labor, and cut down il
wages. The draft riots were largely melted by
this wicked, insane prctenco. ThI oughou.
the North this was the appeal TO the laborIng
man, and many members Of congress- who had
supported Lincoln were defeated at tho enslI.
ing election. Vainly we pleaded for reason
We said no mon do not fly from liberty they
flv from slavery ard wrong. Events have vim.
Dictated the logic OF freedom.
Once more / repeat the argument and the
warning. Tire black man wants To remain b,
the graves Of his fathers, but let persecution.
go on, and the story OF Pharaoh aud OF Egypt
will be repeated. An exodus, not If few
despanng SOUL lapplauscl but real exodus
Will begin. dcprIvnG southern fields OF the
hands that should and would till them, and
bringing 10 tho North and West IL population
not enured TO northern 'cliGeS, ana not adapt
cd to lis fitness aud advantage here which
fairly treated would come from them in Ia,
South. lApplause.l
THE NATIONAL BANKS.
me Natlonhl uhuktiIS hVStCtn Ii ailytlcr eye
sore 20 the opposition. Their National conven
tons have denied all power Of Congress, /,
authorize banks. by votes and speeches il
Congress-, by declarations of conventions anC
leaders, by elaborate amendments offered e
the bills under WI ich the National banking
system has been struck wherever n blow could
be put in. This fabric of banking il now in
wrought not only in the business OF the cOun
Try, but with the maintenance II specie pay
yb9a III ltn hl liz in hA no "a ..f flo
money [applau'el, iuhation, and ell the long
train II financial hereses which possess Ia,
Democratic mind, especially in tho South
IApplause.l In unnumbeTed ways, direct ant
indirect, this vast interest is constantly eXposet
t. tho action 81 Congress.
The Cincinnati convention seems to hav,
felt the ne,d Of little caution on this pon
when il nominated Mr.. Eng lish FOR Vice Prcsi
dent. He Is president IF n National bank
They nominated II Union gon raj a. blind t,
! the soldiers, and baik officer as a blind to thu
bankers. lApplause.l Evidently IL is though
the Northe Democrats team drives beile
with bltnders. lApplau,e.l Bat even binder
do not always answer. IN 1864, after soiemnl,
asserting, just when the rebellion was gaspinl
its last, that the war for the Union was a fail
ura. the Democratic convention, at instiaetio
comir < then from the shcltcrins refuge o: tn
Canadian shore, tho sanie iastigation whcl
prompted like expedient now, put up Il Uniol
general. That general did not Issue Order No
40 in the midst OF lawlessneaS aid butchory
which civil authority cou'd not arrest. No, h
! issued or lCrG arrertinS the Legislature OF Mary
! IaI d, State which had not seeded, and h
, issued orders proclaimins martial law and sus
pending the habess corpus at election time
ard placed soldiers AZ supervisor Of the polls
But eVel with such Il Union general the dis
guise wa too thin.
SOUTHERN WAR CLAIMS.
War claims upon the treasury have been AZ,
will Dc subject fruitful Of mIch agitation
Am moved 10 refer to il by the wholly ground
| lesa assertion in regard 20 II now going tn
rounds Of party journals. The IA. hion Of thi
assertion seems to have been lot bv Mr.. Ran
! DAN. the Speaker Of the House II Represents
tiyes Mr.. Randall il one Of tho ablest ant
most int 'ligent, AZ he il one OF the mos
courageous men Of his party, and | speak o
him with much respect. In several speeche
! he has taken up the matter Of Southerl
claims, always TO say that thoy are barred il
the fourt enth amendment Of the const tuition
! II p GZ2les me 20 see low discerning man cii
! have fallen into such an error. The proceed
| iugs oyer which he prenides constantly refut
| the assertion.
! In the fourteenth amendment stand thes,
words: Neither the United States nor on,
State shall as.umo or pay any debt or Oblga
| ton incurred in aid of insurrCctIon or robe,
tho loss o. emancipation OF any slave; but al
such debts, Obligations ard ella ms shall b.
! held Illegal and VOID" The claims which stanC
| in staggering totals in bills already befor
Congress and in other bills said 10 be waitinl
are not touched by thls section OF tie coIsti
! tuition.
For example, il is Insisted that tie direc
tex impo ed BY the Nation on all States II
| 1861 should as 10 the ecceded States be rc
funded. Applause Tho amount claimed i
! 30 492Il0. Again il is said the war tax lai,
on cotton should bo refunded. The a gumen
| il that cotton, like wheat and com, is n pro
duct OF the earth, and that nheat and corr
were not taxed, and therefore cotton ~ oul,
not have been taxed. There is plau ibility il
ihis; but petroleum il a product If the eartl
also. ami that waR heavily taxed not onl
during the war but aftorward, and yet Penn
! sViyania has never q in.ga that tho mo- O.
! should be refunded. The amount Of cotton
! tax claimed in $40, 1SJ, 800.
! Again, buildings were occupied. crops wcr
tramped, fences and wood were burned, pro
visirns were consum- d, edllces were Gemol
/ isLed, and agions ", ro laid waste by the a. m
/ les Of the Union. THE total Ot such claims
diZ2ics arithmetic these arc Lot debts o.
/ Obligations iEcurr, j in aid o. insurr, ction 81
! reboi On'--dCc Geily not III ad Of rebellion
. They are claims Eccsu Of act+ iCRo to crusl
rcbellion. Tho Constitutional amandmen
Goes not come within guushot OF Them.
The error Of the iii ,tingu'snod speaker il th,
moro puZziing because IN reported he said II
uup her part Of hit address reccnt!y that tn,
| E"pu' lean ~ jority III Congress had paii
! : loo, 900, 900 of ruch claims. his presUm,
i, true il hc means that Republicans hav,
voted to pay UnIDn men whose property, wa
taken for public use, the value Of The propcrt!
70 taken. lhpplause,l But whether correc
in ihe amount or not he il certainty correct il
saying that VAT sum has been - paid Doe
not thi. fact cl, arly show that such claims ar,
not eXiinguishod by tho Constitution?