The daily gazette., 1880-09-25
FROM SENATOR BAYARD'S
SPEECH.
HOW THE SOUTH rs SOLID

from the N, \. world, Sept. "a. 1880.
"And now, standing here in that
commercial centre which is the gate
way of two-thirds of the imported
merchandise of the Union--a commun-
ity whose fibres of intelligence, enter
prise, energy and influence extend
throughout our entire Union, reaching
from ocean to ocean and from gulf to
lakes, the roots of whose prosperity
strike deep in the soil of every State
OF the Union and receive nourishment
and aid from the labor and industry
of every secCion-how stall address
you? l speak in the cause of our COM
mon nationality and in the spirit of
harmony and equal justice among all
the States which form the great Union.
From the policy of alienation and dis
trust of our fellow countrymen of the
Southern States I appeal, and against
it solemnly protest, and address you
tonight in the name of concord and
peaceful cool Grafton among American
citizens everywhere, for the advance
ment and prosperity of every portion
Of our great republic. Believing that
it is always easier to be violent than
just, and that if the flames of passion
eau only be kindled argument and rea-
son are quickly consumed, it seems to
have been deliberately decided by the
Republican managers that a revival of
| the passions of the war and the stimu.
lation of sectional antagonisms form
to-day their best chance for inducing
the American people to continue pub
lie power in their hands.
Such proposition is abhoir n to every
humane sentiment, and It will prove as
| delusive and untrue as 1t is morally
wicked. What does the South, as a
section, seek to do which the North
should fear? Does the execution oi
any scheme of government or policy now
proposed by the Southern people, or by
the political party which controls them,
forebode disaster to the citizens of the
North or to the government of tht
United State? If 1t does, then l am op
posed to it and them and will vote ant
act in opposition. III believed the sue
cess of the Democratic party imrerlleC
national honor or iterest or involved in
justice to any member of the Union
Then | should cease to be Demo
crat. The Southern states are solid fol
local self-governmeDt in each state, un
interfere with by eXtraneous power
This is what each Northern s. ate insist.
upon under the COILS tuition and actually
enjoys. They are solid IN asking that the
tasks of government in all its higher
positions shall not be committed to tht
hands of ignorance and weakness, but Il
individuals rendered competent by educ
alton and fitted by natural qualities t.
perform the functions. The Nortl
seeks to do this ani votes down incom
petence and ignorance whenever IL can
The South is solid in seeking advanC
ment in all that tends to its materia
property, and through its representa-
lives in Congress strives to obtain ade
quate appropriations for lighthouses OF
its coasts, post-offices and custom ant
court houses for the transaction of it.
commerce and business. All these ap
proprations are under Federal contrO
and Tor Federal purposes. And Northerl
representatives are just as active an,
eager for similar appropriations 70
their localities.
The South is solid in responding Il
friendly treatment and kindly sympath,
with mutual confidence and support ant
respoc ding to contumely and vilificatiol
and injustice with indignation and re
sentiment. The South is solid for re
trenchment, reform, economy and goot
government, state and Federal, anC
should not the North be also solid il
these things? The South, in the grea
crisis of 1S76-77 was solid in favor OF
the completion of the electoral coun
under the law and opposed to throwing
the country into confusion and the hand
of a military conspiracy. Was that sol
idity Injurious to Northern security? Ii
1880 the South is solid in favor of tn
election to the Presidency of one of tn
most distinguished captains In command
of the armed hosts that put an end to al
hope of separate and Independent gov
ernment of the Southern States. (Lon:
cheering.) Is this cause of apprehen
sion to the North? But the South |:
also solid against political party tina
has never ceased to hold its people VI
as srutfians and murderers and repudia
tors; that has sympathized only with
those who misruled and 5eggared it ant
refused to tolerate that manly indepen
dence which is the birthright of Amer
can freemen, and without which the,
would be unworthy of respect. Tht
cry Of a solid South is but an attempt Il
renew unpatriotic animosities and al
unworthy resort of despeI ate party man
ayers. The South is not solid Tor any.
thing the Norty need apprehend, and its
solidity has no feature and no result un.
friendly to the prosperity of the entire
Union.