Morning journal and courier., 1880-08-17

 doctrine would never have been dreamed of in this country, except that the South wanted to preserve the institution of slavery. Itwas next appealed to to make Northern men slave
 catchers. It was appealed to next to justify
 secession and it is appealed to now that the people of the Southern States may be allowed to deny to the negroes the rights of citizen ship they acquired by means of the civil war. detest and abhor that doctrine. I claim that have the same right to speak in this state as have in the State of Illinois. It is right guaranteed to me by the compact
 which binds the Republic. (Applause) On what grounds do they base this doctrine of
 State sovereignty Can those States declare
 war No. Can they coin money? Mo- Can they make treaty with any foreign Govern
 ment? No. They cannot do these things which are the very essence of sovereignty, and yet they are sovereign States. (Laugh- ter We have always heard about the rights
 of South Carolina, but we never hear about the rights of New York or Pennsylvania, or
 and other State of importance. We made bargain between the States and the General Government that the latter shall settle it. Did you ever before hear of 8 bargain where the
 principal party left all disputes to be arbitra-
 ed by the lesser? The fact is that the sover- eighty of this Government is lodged, not
 with the States, but with the people of this country, and these States-these political di-
 visions separated by imaginary lines are
 made, not that they shall be superior to the
 people, but, ,forEt the convenience of the peo- pie.
 The speaker then proceeded to point out
 the inconsistencies of men who advocate the
 doctrine of State rights-inconsistencie which logically flow from the heresy itself and put the pertinent question, as to whom he must look for protection in case of any ln- terference with his rights as citizen by any foreign power, to his State or the United 4Io Gfofo ha faJ1S fO give it's protection to it's people, the general Government must step in and give them the protection they require. But they say Ii l am co1ored man in South Carolina and
 want protection must appeal to the State Government and look to South Carolina for
 protection and the United States must not interfere tell you this will not be nation until it is understood that every citizen IS to be protected in his rights, whether they are threatened by the State in which he lives or
 foreign power. Wade Hampton, of South
 Carolina recently said that the principles of the Democratic party are the same principles for which Lee and Stonewan Jackson fought, and believe him when he says so. They
 fought for the miserable and detestable doc urine of State sovereignty, and In the South they believe in this doctrine to-day, and as. sert that it is their country and not ours. They say, we don't want you, this is our coun-
 try. This country belongs to every citizen of the country, and the South is as much
 mine as it is theirs. It is not worth much, it
 is true, but whatever it is worth, I want my
 share Applause and laughter.)
 The next peril that we have to contend
 with is fraudulent voting. The only safety
 for this country is free and fair ballot We
 have got to turn our faces against everything
 that looks like unfairness at the polls. We
 must point the finger of scorn at any man
 who gains his place by fraudulent voting. To
 secure pure ballot-box we must lengthen
 Sra1 fo
 in precinct before he can vote. He must
 be closely identified with the people of the
 place before he is allowed to take part in their elections. There are many States in this
 Union where an election is no better than 8
 mere form-simply 8 farce. And there are States where it is crime to be Republican
 or to vote the Republican ticket. They say
 to me, you must hold out the right hand of fellowship to these men. But never will l
 vote for or affiliate with such men. Applause )
 That country in which every man extends to others the rights which he claims for himself,
 where every man has the fruits of his toll and can express his opinions freely, is civil
 ized, and the country that denies these rights to it's citizens lacks the essential attributes
 of civilization. There is not Southern
 State to-day where any man can vote as he
 pleases. And until this is changed these States will not be civilized It is for you to determine whether or no this system will be changed.
 There is still another peril, and that is re- pudiation-the questions whether or no we shall pay our debts. You may say that now that specie payments is assured that is no great peril. But it is. Let us have one or two years of bad crops and see how quickly you will have the demagogues at the front calling for repudiation. As long as there is 8 greenback in circulation 1t is certificate that the Democratic party ought never to be in trusted with power. The Democracy made them necessary, and that party told you the debt they represent would never be paid. Just so long as the Democratic wolf stands bowling at the door so long is there danger of repudiation if the party gets in power. The speaker gave some sharp thrusts at the fiat money heresy, exposing it's weaknesses. He spoke at considerable length on the currency question, insisting that nothing but 8 cur
 rency based on precious metals will answer
 for commercial people. Said he, we want
 one currency, and it wants to be a national currency, convertible into precious metals on
 demand. Now, then, what party you
 going to trust with the management of this
 Government Is there a Democrat here
 whose credulity has grown to that enormous
 extent that he believes that the country
 would be better off under Democratic control?
 The speaker then proceeded to compare the
 platforms of the two parties, and the letters
 of acceptance of the rival Presidential candi-
 dates, sharply criticising the unmeaning plat
 itudes of the Democratic documents and
 showing by the records of the party that all
 it's promises were made only to be broken,
 and were insincere. He closed with glow ing eulogy of the Republican party and pre- dicted a splendid victory in November.
 Three cheers were given the eloquent speak CT, and the meeting dispersed.