The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-30

ment of the people of indianapolis, that he ad-
dresses every morning. He knows now where
the evidence is, and will he now repeat what
he said this morning? A little further Qooks
at book can't find it-(here it is) if you
are on to q thing you will always find it if it is
there, and we Democrats are going to stick to
this man until he is sorry he was ever nominat-
ed. He may understand that there is now en-
circling him a popular judgment and public
conscience that is more terrible than the fate
that awaits the wicked. Here is what the
journal SAYS: "n this can be substantiated,
then Garfield would be disgraced." How stands
he now? How is he between you and me-be-
tween your intelligence and your consciences
and minds? Aye, more than that: How is it
between you and yourselves? Is he disgraced?
"Unless Mr.. Hendricks can substantiate the
charge he is disgraced."
have accepted the issue without fear, and
stand here In the presence of my neighbors. l
thank God and your intelligence, am not dis
graced. "Mr. Hendricks offered no proof of
the charges in the Marion speech, and has
none, since he cannot produce any. - The
charge is unsupported by any evidence worthy
of belief" and the evidence is Garfield himself.
This is harder on Garfield than anything ever
said. Now, gentlemen, this man, that thus
came and conducted himself at the city of New
Orleans, and helped to prepare the case, and
helped to get false return from false and
perjured Returning Board and he came on his
way North as far as Bellaire, and was overtaken
spirators, as he sat in the palace car, of the de-
cision that they had procured in the city of
New Orleans. / know how lawyer feels when
his case has been submitted. know the ankle
ty which drives sleep and quiet away when life
or property may depend upon the result made
by the jury. But surely never expressed my
self in regard to that anxiety, as Garfield did
when he said they left New Orleans very anxious
about the result, and when the result came
all anxiety disappeared. His work was COM
Nod ar,I ,-1k-, Iaf1. .A11
He came on to Washington, and then what do
you think he did when there was bill proposed
in Congress-the bill that did finally pass-to
appoint commission composed of five mem
bers of the House and five members of the
Senate and five members of the Supreme Court
to hold conference upon this great issue?
When that bill was pending, Garfield got up
and said, ''No, it must not be :" and here are
the reasons that he gave Let me give you, in
his own words, if 1 can. 1t is in very fine
print and difficult to read. Speaking of the
bill then pending in Congress, he sayg-this was
on the 25th of January he got back to WASH
ington by the I'd of December, and the bill
came up for consideration in the House wheth-
er this commission should be appointed to pass
upon the right of President and Vice Presi-
dent, and Garfield, opposing this bill, uses this
language: "It assumes the right of Congress
to go down into the colleges and inquire into
all the acts and facts connected with their
work. 1t assumes the right of Congress to go
down into the States to review the act of every
officer, to open every ballot-box, and to exam
inc every ballot cast by. 7,0Oo,o of Ameri-
cans" That was Garield's objection to the
bill-that if it did pass, and these fifteen
men were appointed under the law, it
would be their duty to go back of all tech
nicalties and returns, and to pass upon the
real fact Of the case to go into the ballot box
and see how the votes were, and to decide the
case upon the real truth. And after that, when
teen, lie voted every time that they should not
open the door to investigate, but that the law
closed the door, and said that Kellogg's certif-
cate and the certificate of the Returning Board
was stronger than law and the constitution and
the judgment of Congress. And his vote was
tho eighth vote against seven that decided that
thoy should not go behind the Returning Board.
What would you think of me as q lawyer if you
would hear me express my opinion upon ques-
ton of law? have no doubt about it, and ad-
dress the honored court and say it was the law
well fixed and decided, and the next day came
to be a member of the tribunal to pass upon in
dividual and public right according to law, and
that next day say what said before is not the
law, and decide against you upon the state
ment of the law different from that had made
the day before. As Mr.. Julian said, when he
stood in the House it was Garfield speaking
but when he was upon the commission it was
the party demanding power, money and Office.
Let me read you this OATH he took. take it from
Mr.. Julian's speech: al, James A. Garfield, do
solemnly swear that 1 will impartally examine
and consider all questions submitted to the
commission of which 1 am a member, and a
true Judgment render thereon agreeable to the
constitution and the laws, SO help me God. ="
They say be is preacher. l don't pretend to
anything but a wicked lawyer-that's all but
there is not wealth enough in the State of In
diana to get me, in my place in the House or in
the Senate of the United States, to say II
you pass this law hold that it opens the door
| to investigation, and We can go down to New
Orleans and ascertain how the vote was in fact,
and then after go upon the commission to
turn around and say that the Returning Board
and its findings Is conclusive upon us, and VIC
cannot investigate at all. would not do it for
thousand years of tenure in the great office
for which he is q candidate. 1 state to you
| that whatever the truth might be about the De
| Gollyer pavement, whether he did take fee
| against the interest of the Government when
| he was Representative receiving a salary,
whatever the facts might be about the Credit
| Mobiier, whether it was terrible fraud or not,
| will not stop to speak of that until this great
| question is settled: Whether as representa-
tive OF the people, as juror sitting between
myself and Wheeler and Tilden and Hayes, he
was true man or false man. And, if have
case in your court, and you are called upon
as juror, and no questions are asked you al
all, and you have a bitter prejudice against
me, and that there is no verdict at all except
against me, would you go and take your seat
| Would not it come up to you?
My oath would not allow me to do it, and !
| know that yours would not Yet Garfield, aftel
he had helped to make up the case down il
New Orleans, comes to Washington, and, with
out protest or apology or excuse, he takes hii
seat and he votes day after day contrary t.
what he said in the House was the law. No
gentlemen, he will never be President of tn,
United States. He is man Of ability, and th'
more ability such man possesses the worse i
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when have a President in Washington, what
ever his politics may Be- 1 want to feel that h
is as much my President as yours, and as mucl
yours as he is mine, and that as President he i
free from those prejudices and passions whicl
pervert the judgment and destroy opinion
Now, gentlemen, 1 have occupied your attention
longer tonight than [ expected to. Now wi
repeat that when took my breakfast thi
morning had no thought of addressing you
1t was not a part of the programme of the busi
ness of the day at all. When saw that the JO,l,
nal said that if did not make this good wa
disgraced, and if did, then Garfield was dis
graced, then, gentlemen, as soon as l saw tina
longed to see you and speak to you with NOR
earnestness and feeling than ever 1 longed
before. If have failed in any one of the ques
tons presented by the Journal, 1 know it mo-
have appealed to no witnesses except CARTEL
himself, and by Gen. Garfield is Garfield thi
night disgraced. You fair-nlinded Republican
and gentlemen that love your country bette
than you do the Journal, better than you loy
Garfield, better than you love combinations
party. appeal to you now by this test. Pull
licly have said that if the shorthand reportt
is not here for the Journal 1 ha,
& report of my speech tonight, an
I will furnish it to the Journal an
ask that it appear, and if it does not appear t.
morrow morning, then it is admitted
though it was written in the broadest al
brightest capitals, ave can't stand upon Il
issues we made yesterday morning." If the
don't publish what have said to you to-nigh
not in an inner room, but in this temple, the
you may know that they admit that Thomas !
Hendricks is not disgraced, but that James !
Garfield is disgraced.