Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1880-09-16
BEE. BUTLER.
10 Ulters Words CT Wisdom Aitor Years
Of Vagariss.
Extracts Prom a Speech Delivered August
2sth in Boston

any organised body Of mon. except at times
Of election. Why? Because We were asking
him then to yoto and TO sustain tbs Ropobli-
can party. But while we were nsktug him
TO do that we wero not defending him IN 80
doing. 1Aat raised sntaRonism between him
and the white people Of tho South, and that
autagonism was accompanied with all the
bad results that arise from such antagonism
between Ignorant men who arc uurastrsined
by law,
Bnt now. IN my Judgment, the condition
Of things has changed. i4aiC political event.
in Virginia show that when she power depart.
ed from the Repnbliesu party there. tho two
psrtles in the s.ate divided upon other qoes-
ions, and Che negrO enjoys thgrB to-tay a.
much freedom in all other respects IS any
white man enjoys liar more, ! am sorry 20
DO obliged - allow, than does the labocing
man OF Massachusetts under soma o. the
min owners OF Worchester county, which f.
the homo OF the junior membar OF the Unircd
States Senate, who met him In conclpYe Tor
that purpose.
The Industrial condition Of the South
| shows that the uegfo, necessary 40 a laburer,
must be protected. and will BE- - coon ~
| political antSgonisms die out. TaeneCro
has, since bis free ON, disappointed both
1 ifie0Q ana lob VI lWo lFHAIuNs
Fret, 1t wss believed thst he you'd not
! labor rs 4 fee msn, YET the Soull bes nevoT
raised by hundreds of thousands 80 many
! bales Of cotton IS the present year.
AgSin It was believed thst he would not
multiply without = master - preserve snd
! proiecs bis offspring. Bat 1t the returns OF
the Republican appointed ceGans ciicees are
to be- taken, be mas shown such increase 10
population as hes always been deemed oy
stslisilcians as the highest ovi5snc9 Of hsp-
by homes aud q prosperous peopie.
Believing, - l do, thst with tho election
OF General Hancock, race collisions will hI
81 au end; knowing, as do, that he has the
executive power, determination aud
sleadfsetnets in right that never l%allered, |
| think | Gao trust him to see ttat the promise
Of his letter ofGccrptauce that the Th'ttegnth,
Foutteenth and Fifteenth amendments shall
be carried oui 10 their lcr,e' sad sptrit.
/ frveIy confess to you that | desire 70 bGi9.
such relations Of political kininsss and cur
tesy with the Democratic party tbsi | may
be permitted to point out IN bahait Of the
c,lorad mon what | deem wouli BE- for the
best interest OF al, aud what l d0l5t not will
be their Wish 70 doia his behsli.
But OF Que thing ! AN certain, thst l can
not be mora powsrlrss for good 10 col1re5
rico under G uer4i Hsnc0tk the Democratic
party holdIug she government. tbsr ! hare
been, ard every other irlpnd 0f the cnlored
man has been, unGer the administrative Of
Rutherford y. Hayes.
The only OlBeF reasoa why tho R~aruhlican
party should be- continued m power ls the
present prosperity OF the country, which,
they do not explain ho9, Is duo - The legIs-
lation or administration OF th8 Republican
party. Is thil claim a jlit and teaabls oyer
Ia NOT the exsct contrary the fact, thas
quito every buslnesS that could be- rLcraeG
6y legislation or ADMINISTRATORS is not 1ow
prosperous Every business that could not
be affected By legislatOn or administration
ls prosperous. The Almighty, 10 Ibis ben o.
cence to us, has sent "a the largest crops o.
sll kinds Of provisions for y series OF years
we ever enjoyed; aud, ct the same time, also
provided q marke, for the surplus OF thUss
c-nps, amounting In a single tom to nearly
200 0O0 600 bushels OF wheat IN Europe by
the failure Of the harvest there. lad t1e
Republican party anything To do with that!
Yet the agricultural prosperity is claimed for
that party. The balance OF trade in our
lRyOr was due TO that excess Of export over
import. Is that due TO the Republican
administration?
The fact that nearly COCO, 600 bales Of
cotton have been raised in the $ 1uth thi.
ye~ar-largslY BY the labor of coiored men-
il that due Is the Republican parisg They
admit they haye not, and declare they csuid
not interfere with Ihem for the past tour
years.
They have the audscitv 70 claim, in the
Chicago plsIfornl, thss the Republican p aftF
bss raised the value Of our paper currency
from thirty-eight cents TO par Ia gold. They
forgot 10 toll Us under what legjiatiou thu
gseenhaek was brought down from psr In
gold 10 ~thiriy.elght.
il Il nOt the fact, that while reduction
from par 10 gold 80 thiriy-9ight cents wqFt
| on-a reduction, the eject OF the waT-We
had the largest prosperity; and white Il was
boipg raised from thiriy.eight cents 20 par by
their legislation, We bad . series OF business
| depressians. and rsveTses which brought
men and communities TO the v;'y verge OF
universal bGukruptcy?-a ctisl, through
which wo have passed, aud FROM which We
are now reyiying, since the Republican party
Lost their power OF legislaiiOu2 Does that
party claim that bankrupt state Of business Ei
! a trophy Of their legislstiont IC, indeed, was
from an act OF legislation-the resumDttou
act; the prosperity was from an act Of Cod
tne crops.
Bat, c,tizens Of Massachusetts, let US con-
slider affairs q little nearer home with which
we are better acquainted. Before lhe advent
Of the Republican psFty iuta power every
river and harbor of our coast was engaged M
ship building. It was o vast aud success.
tai Industry. Now there is not a single shlp
being built 10 Massachusetts, aud hardly d
hali-seore of smaller craft.
Under Republican rulo our commerce hal
been swept from tbs sea, We have but q
single line Of steamships bearing our A g OF
the Atlantic, and smother on the Pscia3.
ocean. 10 DO al our freigbting by steam
Republican administration has given ul
our trade with South Ameriop. The AmerI
can Aag is hardly feen on the ocssn. Tn,
port az Boston has nor sufficient foreign com
morce 70 give q decent support 70 its small
pilot force. Boston Is losing To imporJanei