The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-10-06

down there, and ! tell you how /
found that out Tor / believe these
figures Of Conkling. know him to
be an accurate man and / trust them.
know there were Republicans down
there because the Republicans held
a Convention to nominate President
up in Chicago, and every one Of those
States. were there was not vote to
be found when. election time came,
all turned up with full Republican
delegations for John Sherman.
Now my friends, there never was
such o complete abandonment Of
principle and promises, orsot thorough
a giving up Of all power to protect
their friends by any body on earth
than was done by the Republican
party under Rutherford B. Hayes.
And now they say we must give
them four more years in order to pro.
tect the negroes. We are going 10 do
ii. [Applause.] That is a sectiona!
issue. Mr.. Garfield said in Congress
if any body undertook to raise sec
tional issue he would find himself
without party and without power
Now, that is what we say upon this
question. Now, am ] to fight anoth-
er campaign Of 1876 in 1880 in order
behave The Republican party protect
the negro at the South and be cheat
ed again? A man who cheats me
once is at fault; if he cheats me an.
other time, it is my fault, and dom,
intend to be fooled in this NATTER
Laughter.
Is there any sane man who does
not believe that the Democratic par.
ty has the power to protect the ne
gro? If they will, they have the
power, every body agrees. The
question is, will they do it? That
noble and gallant soldier who with
stood the Confedercy at Gettysburg
has said in his pledged word of &C
ceptance that the Thirteenth, -Four
tenth and Fifteenth Amendments
which were passed largely to protect
the colored men in their rights, shall
be carried out in letter, and spirit
Applause. | believe he will No,
do | believe that the Democrats to
day in the South desire to oppress
the negro, because he has become
necessary TO them in an industrial
point of view. The negro has rails
ed this year six millions bales o.
cotton. Before the war he neve,
raised, except in one year, four mill
ion bales. The average was much
less. What brings wealth to the
South. What brings wealth to the
whole country. Do you supposetha,
the men that have that great capaci
W to produce are going to be Cypress
ed by their employers? Is the ne
gro, upon the whole, excepted cleo
ton time, very much oppressed?
think not. For that reason l fine
that he has increased wonderfully
He has children in most remarka
bic manner. He is prolific to the
last degree. Every political econo
mist in the world agrees that the
number of children people have
measure the happiness and prospect.
ty Of that people. For one hundred
and fifty years the statistics Of Eng
land show that the number of mar.
riages there are exactly in proper
ton to the price of corn. Low corn
and many marriages; high corn and
few marriages was the rule, because
the want of prosperity and few mar
riages produced few children.
Again the census Of the Enumera'
tors finds a great increase Of the ne
gro population, and as soon as evei
it was understood that there were O
great many negroes down there q
number of the Republican press and
statesmen said it must be u fraud
But that can not be SO. I beg your
pardon, | do not believe in the fraud
| believe there has been q very great
increase in the population. 1t is
twenty years nearly since they were
freed, and am quite certain they
must have increased very rapidly,
because l find on looking at the CEN
aus returns they have families OF
seven or eight, while the families in
New England average only three
and that makes great difference in
the census.
Isaid that the Democratic party will
have the to protect the negroes
if we gain the election in November
| believe they will do it. Certainly
they can do more than Hayes has
done. That's clear. Therefore they
do not risk anything to try the OK.
pertinent. am earnest in this mat.
ter, and for another reason. Work.
ingmen Of Cincinnati and Of Ohio, it
is your fight as well as the fight Of
these men. These men now
are the free workingmen of the
South. There is no antago.
nism between you and them
Before 1860 the workingmen Of this
country could not unite, because q
portion, of them .verylarge portion
Of them-weaa slaves. Now, thank
God, all the workingmen are freeman,