The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-07-17
The Democratic Graveyard.

field, August 4th, 1876, in the Ma
tional House of Representatives:
Mr.. Chairman, it is now to inquire
as to the fitness of this Democratic
marty to take control of our great ma
ton and its vast important interest
for the next four years. | put the
question to the gentleman from Mis-
sissippi, Mr.. Lamar, what has the
Democratic party done to merit that
great trust? He tried to SHOW in
what respect it would not be danger
Gus. ask him to show in what it
would be safe. / affirm, and | be-
lieve / do not misrepresent the great
Democratic party, that in the last
sixteen years it has not advanced one
great National idea that is net to-day
exploded as dead as Julius Cesar.
And if any Democrat here will rise
and name great National doctrine
his party has advanced within that
time that is now alive and believed
in, / will yield to him. Applause. ]
In default of an answer | will at
tempt to prove my negative.
What were the great central doc
tribes of the Democratic party in the
Presidential struggle Of 1860? The
followers Of Breckenridge said sla'
very had right to go wherever the
Constitution gees. Do you believe
that day? Aud is there man on
this continent that holds that doc.
trine to-day? Not one. The doe
trine is dead and buried. The other
wing of the Democracy held that
slavery might be established in the
Territories if the p 'ople wanted it.
Does ANYBODY hold that doctrine to-
day? Dead, absolutely dead !!
Come down to 1864. Your party,
under the lead of Tilden and Val
landigham, declared the experiment
of war TO save the Union was a fail
ure. Do you believe that doctrine
to day? That doctrine was shot to
death by the guns of Farragut at Mo-
bile, and driven IN tempest of fire
from the valley of the Shenandoah
by sheridan less than month after
its birth at Chicago.
Come down to 1868. You declared
the constitutional amendments revO
lutionary and void. Does any man
on this floor to-day? If 50, let him
rise and declare j..
Do you believe in the doctrine Of
of the Brodhead letter Of 1868, that
the so.called constitutional Amend
ments should he iisregar"ed? No !;
the gentleman from Mississippi ac-
cepts the results Of the war J The
Democratic doctrine Of 1868 is dead !
+ / walk across that Democratic
campaign g.Ound as in a graveyard.
Under my feet resOunds the hollow
echoes of the dead. There lies sla-
very, black marble column at the
head of its grave, on which | read :
"Died in the flames Of the civil war !;
loved in ITS life +; lamented in its
denth; followed to its bier by its
only mourneT. the Democratic party.
but dead ~ And here is a double
grave: "Sacred to the nemory Of
squatter sovereignty. Died in the
campaign of 1860" On the reverse
side: Sacred to the rnemosy Of
squatter sovereignty. Died in the
campaign of 1860" On the reverse
side: Sacred to the memory Of bred
Scott and the Breckinride doctrine.
Both dead at the hands Of Abraham
Lincoln !" And here a monument of
birthstone: 'Sacred to the memory
of the rebellion: The war against it
is failure. Iftden ct p0uGndinQiSaaa
.feceraoat, A. d. 1864. Dead on the
field of battle; shot to death by the
million guns of the Republic. The
doctrine of secession, of State sOver-
eighty. dead" Expired in the flames
9f civil war, amind the blazing rafterS
of the Confederacy, except that the
modern Eneas, fleeing out of The
flames of that ruin, bears on his back
q mother Anchises of State sovereign
tv. and brings it here in the person
of The honorable gentleman from the
ADD 9mattOx district of Virginia
Mr. TucKer.) Laughter All else
is dead.
Now. gentleman, are you sac. are
YOU sorry for these deaths Are you
glad that secession is dead that
Slavery is dead? that squatter SOW
ereignty is dead ? that the doctrine
of the failure of the war is dead :?
Then YOU are glad shat you were out
VOteu III lSOUs III loot' III iooo GU" ~
1872. If you have tears to shed over
tn ese losses, shed them in the grave
ward, but not in this house of living
men. / know that many Southern
man rejoices that these issues are
dead. The gentleman from Mlssls-
sippi (Mr. LAMAR has clothed hisJoy
with elpquence.
Now, gentleman. II you y'oursel.
YES are gald that you have suffered
defeat during the last sixteen years,
will you not ne equally glad when
YOU suffer defeat next November?
Laughter. But pardon that re-
mark; 1 regret it; l shonld use n0
bravadO.
Now, gentlemen, come with me for
a moment into the camp Of the Re-
publican party, and review It's career.
Our central doctrine in 1860 was that
should never extend Itself
over another foot OF American soil.
Is that doctrine dead? 1t is folded
away like a victorious banner; its
truth is alive forevermore on this
IN 1864 we declared we
would put down rebellion and seces-
sion. And that doctrine lives, and
will live when the second centennial