The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-08-18


progress, develop our resources, foster
and cherish our Industries, and add In
tegrity 10 our conduct and glory and
honor 10 our nation.
On the other hand va have the dem
oeratic Interpretation Of the eonstitn-
tion, Numerically opposed 10 republic
can principles 1t gave birth 10 the
fugitive slave Law, the bred Scott de-
cision, both repugnant TO the laws Of
nations aud q blot on our history. 1t
bred and reared tins Estates Right doc
trins." The democratic leaders foster
ed this doctrine until by It's sophistry,
they ultimately succeeded In effecting
4 secession OF the ''solid SOUTH" Like
all their interpretations. Il 10 founded
OF q false reasoning Of the tenth arti-
Gle OF the constitution; the last three
words OF that article carefully smother
Cd In n whisper. The democratic con
stitutionai howlers never read the tenth
article, In connection with the pream-
BILE TO the constitution, or the clause
which says, ''the enumeration In the
constitution Of certain rights shall not
be construed to deny or disparage
others retained by the people. No
state shall enter into any treaty, aili-
ance or confederation; the United
states shall guarantee 10 every state In
this union q republican form OF gov
eminent; no state shall, without the
consent Of congress, enter into any
agreement or compact with any other
state, or engage In war; this constitu-
ton and the laws Of the United States.
made in Pursuance thereof, shall DO the
supreme law OF the land" The doc
trine Of states rights land the demo-
cratic party holds 1t rs their cardinal
p~rinciple;) Is maintained, taught and
promulgated the same as In 1850, or
else the Cincinnati platform stultiRes
itself, rs the ancient traditions and
principles are therein held TO be the
same. Stripped Of its sophistry and
glowing rhetoric, the doctrine 10 simp-
ly this, that this union or nation Is n
mere league compact or agreement, en-
tered into by the states each for itself;
each state retaining Its sovereignty and
Independence. and that In its sovereign
independent capacity 1t Is bound by no
law, and can, for itself, elect when the
union Is Mt m end, and when the bond
can be severed, and set up for itself
any independent form OF government.
The latter follows rs a corollary. To
use the language Of u learned jurist, It
Is a doctrine, which defeated In the
peaceful forum OF debates, appealed TO
the sword, the fierce arbitrament Of
battery and bayonet; and It should be
the deyout hope Of every American cit
izen In every part Of our common coun-
try, that It has persisted by the sword;r
we will add, and with 1t the democratic
party should have died.
Yet neither the doctrine MOI the party
are dead; we see II standing out bold on
the platform which 1t has adopted.
Fifteen years have passed away sincethe
struggle for national life ended, and
the ''solid south" has again taken Its
place among the states of tire union,
and It's leaders in secession have again
become the leaders Of the democracy.
The republican party which gave them
new life, is constantly reminded that
Its sin Is the fostering Of sectionalism;
that the issues Of the war are dead;
that the south must be conciliated; and
with n startling effrontry we are told by
the democratic leaders that the war for
the union was a failure. Do we find
the facts to warrant these assertions ?
Tn. r.nnbI;c.n r.r,v a. ,.nn,.a v,,h
.-s,-H." % .An
waving inc o'oooy shirt, lwhiie the
union democrat Is apologizing for the
part he took in the war), it Is arraiRned
for its recon.,r,ct,o, net. nn, a.mo-
- .
cra''c 'eaoers are compeiied 70 admit
that the southern states broke tho com-
pact Of the union and left IL; hence the
reconstrpct;on act. MAR. h,, ,,,,s ~
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