The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-05-20
,nI would II Effect the fact of his cleo.

but would it affect the fact of his cleo
tion2 -,
Mr.. Hill thought so. Bribery would
certainly make the election void II IL
were shown to have brought about the
result.
Mr., Hill spoke at great length upon
the legal points involved and concluded
as follows: The troubles in the South
since the wal have not grown out OF nat
ural% antagonism between the two race
it has not 4 rung from any disposition
on the part of the Southern whites 10 40
Injustice to the blacks, but the dlstran'
chisement of her best citizens ana the
indiscriminate acknowledgements Oh the
black race opened up the temptation TO
class of men in the North, such as never
infested society before and | pray God
never may in fest it sgain. These men
went down there to take advantage OF
the situation and used the negro to get
Offices. To do this they had to create
dissension between the races. They
sought to secure the black race by con-
yinCing them that the white race was
their enemy, They were sustained In
that by the federal army and the federal
administration. To accomplish their
purpose they worked to get up collisions
and strife between the two races Il
charges of outrage upon the colored race
by the whites and the North was flooded
with charges of disloyalty and the spirit
of rebellion. When the history of that
terrible period shall be written the peo'
pie of the North will have to blush if the
face of the fact that the very outrages ON
which they complained and which have
so excited them were ~instigated by these
carpet. baggers for the express purpose OF
sgitating the people of the North and to
keep the federal power and administra'
ton active in their support. Passing
from this he expressed apprehers sion as
to the tendency shown in the recent de-.
bate to favor Capitalization. II had been
argued on the other side that the mill
tary courts were on the same footing
with the civil courts, that the state
iudSes could be calico before the federal
Judges to answer the Inquiries into the
performance of their duties, etc. 1t is
now proposed to have the Senate over
ride the constitutional rights of a state.
Are not these sounds, he continued, lndl'
cative of the retreat of a free republican
government and the advance of imperi
alism? Have the people ears and hear
not the groans Of dying liberty? Have
they eyes and see not despotism stalking
| with brazen front at MONDAY in the
highest halls of the nationP If these
things be so why shall we not be honest
and tell the people at once to end this
knocking Of free government under a
written constitution peaceably, before
fraud and force shall end it in blood.
No, sir, the people have ears and they
will hear; they have eyes and they will
see, The people will have liberty. They
still have faith in written constitutions
and they will rise up | trust in this aus.
| picious year and declare that a party
which is willing to seize and hold the
government by fraud against the popu.
lar will shall never afterward be trusted
with power by that popular will.
Mr. Edmunds from his seat)-Amen,
Mr.. Hill (continuine)-They will cast
out the thieves that divide public offices
as their own legitimate plumber and if
we undertake to disfranchise asoverelgn
state of this Union the people will, as
they ought, drive us from these seats
and place men here who will respect the
popular will and obey the Constitution
as the supreme law over all.
Mr.. Hampton wished to submit some
remarks on the pending resolutions but
preferred to speak tomorrow. After an
executive session the Senate adjourned,