Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-08-16
INDIANA CAMPAIGN
OPENED LAST NIGHT By TWO HUN
DRIED SPEECHES.
Ex-Governor Doolittie's Speech at In
dianapolis--A Great Meeting at Eavans-
willie Addressed by Senator Mcdonald and
others--The Democrats Bound TO Carry
Indiana,

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central committee opened the campaign to-day.
Over 200 speakers will deliver addresses IN the
various cities and towns of the State. The
following are among the prominent speakers:
Senator Mcdonald, of Indiana and Jones, or
Florida, at Evansville; Hon. Chas. Anderson,
of Ohio, at Richmond; Senator voorhees,, at
Brazil; Gov. Hendricks, of Indiana, and Gov.
Brockmeyer, of Missouri, at TT. Wayne; Hon.
d. 8. Gooding, at Logansport. In this city
the meeting was held to- night at the wigwam
and addressed by Hon. james Pulitzer, of st.
Louis, Hon. J. r. DooIittle, of Wisconsin, and
| Hon. Emil Rothe, of Cincinnati. MIR. Uo0llt-
Il upon being introduced said: From these
cheers from so many hearts and voices, IKE
| the voice of many waters, thank you from
my heart of hearts, not for myself alone, but
In the name of our standard bearers, hancock
| and English, whom we have nominated, and
whom we have decided to elect, and when elect
| ed inaugurate President and Vice President of
| the United States. Not being s resident of
your State it would not become me to discuss
candidates. shall therefore, speak upon ma
| tional issues and candidates only" Among
other things Mr.. Doolittle said " If the repub-
lie is true to itself. and true to the ideas of its
| founders, before the end of its second century
IL will be the greatest nation that ever appeared
on the face of the earth. But great
as it is 1t must forever rest upon
| these great fundamental ideas. In these
are, first National sovereignty limited to
National affairs only; second, State sovereign
ty reserved in State affairs only; third, free
| intelligent ballot and an honest count. Upon
these three fundamental ideas-upon these su.
preme conditions-our great constitutional re-
publican system depends, spd must forever de-
pend. Upon these, as upon three supporting
| columns, the whole gigantic structure rests.
If either is broken down, or undermined, the
whole edifce must fall Mr.. Doolittle Illus
trated aud enforced these ideas and funda-
mental articles. He said: blot out
| the idea of National sovereignty in the
republic in National affairs, and the
union under the constitution would be mere
| rope of sand, Blot out the idea of State sover-
eighty in State affairs, whatever be the forms
| and whatever be the name of that great central
government which shall attempt to exercise
sovereignty in domestic and State fairs as we'll
as in matters OF national AFFAIR." will become
centralized, unwieldy despotism. 1t would be
like maelstrom-swallow up the rights of the
States and all liberties of the citizen, drive
freedom and intelligence from the polls and by
hireling officials and the bayonet surround the
ballot boxes with troops and partisan deputy
marshals to intimidate or obstruct the electors
stuff ballot boxes with false OF purchased
votes by false and fraudulent and
perjured returning boards count out tie votes
actually cast, count in the votes never cast-in
in power did in order to place in the Presi-
Dental chair man who was defeated st the
polls by the majority of hundreds of thousands.
And rest assured, my countrymen, republican
government would become sham and mock
cry, our system would end first in civil war,
then in anarchy, and last in military despot-
ISM" Mr.. Doolittle dwelt on this idea at con-
siderable length, and said: 1.-THE great dis
tinction between the Democratic party and its
leaders and the Republican party of to-day
under its stalwarts of radical leaders,
is this: The Democrats comprehended and
maintained the sovereignty of States as re-
served by the constitution over their own do
nestle and local affairs, while thu radicals and
stalwarts seem To be the victims of the old
idea only of the sovereignty of the nation
wi hout limiting that sovereignty to national
affairs Mr.. DOnlittle said: Our true
theory is this. Ali American citizens are citi-
zens of the United States owing allegiance to
the United States as sovereign, and at the
same time thu citizens of the State where they
live, owing allegiance to that State also. Every
American, native or naturaliZed, owes sllegi-
ancs to each and to both at the same time, and
he ia protected by the laws of each within their
respective spheres, and the Ian
guagc Of the supreme court of
the United States. The powers of the general
government and the State, although they exist
and are exercised within the same territorial
each other within their respective spheres, rs
If the line of division, traced by landmarks
aud monuments were visible to the eye. Yes,
my fellow citizens, though it seems almost i'm
possible to make our Republican fellow citizens
comprehend it, this most essential thing in our
system is Just what have stated and what the
supreme court declared it is-its perfection,
its glory-namely, that every American has
this double citizenship, this double allegiance.
and this double protection, both National snd
State, in all life's journey, from the cradle to
the grave. The sovereignty OF the nation. aud
the sovereignty of the State, like two guardian
angels, upon the right and upon the left, walk
close by our side, and n nine times out of ten,
we appeal to the State for protection. But in
the exceptional case, the protection of the
National government is equally important, and
necessary, and vital, TO our we'll being" he
continued at length saying this was subject
on which the Republicans leaders constantly
misrepresent the views of the Democratic party,
and falsely assert that because we maintain
under the constitution the reserved rights OF
the State, they falsely charge that we assert
the supremacy of States over the Federal, and
deny the sovereignty of the United States in
national affairs. But have been able to show
you how solid are the foundations OF the Dem
ocratic creed" Wr. Doolittie then referred to
the history OF the Republican party since the
war, and charged against that party the tramp.
ling down the constitution in time of profound
peace whenever its leaders believed that the
constitution stood in the way of
their party a.cendency. He referred,
among other things, to the military
reconstruction bill of 1875, upon the passage
Of which Thad. Stevens, then leader of the
House, frankly admitted they were acting out
side the constitution, and as frankly avowed
that the object was to maintain the ascend
ancy of their party. Mr.. Garfield was an apt
scholar in advocating the same measure. Feb
ruary IL, 1867, he said: at is severe; it is
written with a steel pen, made with bay
onet." Mr.. Doolittle maintained that the
bill in itself and these declarations of Stevens
and Garfield, were nothing less than declare
tion of war against ten States of the Union
nearly two years after their civil war was over
and peace declared; that with steel pen made
with bayonet in time of profound peace, they
wrote across the names of ten States of this
Union, Expelled by act of Congress-" and
erased from the constitution the sacred words,
'the right of trial by jury" and the habeas
corpus, and ell civil law for all that region of
country, from the Potomac to the Rio Graude,
and for 100000 of people. he contrssted
this language with that of General Hancock in
| assuming command of Texas and Louisiana.
He knew what the war was for. He knew
when it was over. He knew that in timo of
| peace no steel pen made from q ,bayenet could
| erase from the constitution the sacred words,
"the right to trial by jury f'or the habeas cor
| pus, the richest inheritance of the Anglo-Eaxon
reee. rEf-"s1 As TCr
v., Senator Mcdonald at Ecansvttte.
| EVANSVILLE. Ind, Aug. 1.-THE Democratic