Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1881-04-23

be yqqpasti9pe o.tAe pe9pla. ueI IhiAltpasI
,sSa30ss4a. This lis aII iinnKferpellstionI|
4 my ;oR4i .on0t ff fhe 7Spinioh 6f 6ftheIf
ApEe0eacehr4sD DE EIB 1878Hai cQmppo-ll
qjse Of Atty cents Qqi the dollar Wasja
ubmitted to Che people aud voss1l
lown; they -wsre-not even willing toll
'ayo. pAerhaltnf sha debu; and iasti
yigter aJnothsEE J act YRS psssed by the 4
to the same ehect, but the II.
oiHiim iSSfsh,i II IL ebUfted, sTSefhsBd tb|l
Ictyq and the id6bso remains nh paid,
and iuterestol stoy oi yiinuI
!, Il that is not reppAisien, shaplld II
Ike to know what it is, Every. dol
Or Uf that debt. 'priacipaf ana inter
.st, remains unpaids1o BdtsI do 4itt
choose thst this-shaff- stand upon my
,Whade ecla1a ati0&i y the senate. sWhat
.syls, ,thes snpFsMe eNnrt af che United
s,itst assi Ss az iSssfSd ssys
10 right Ito .ssAy itbGIt'iso your Swn
codtt, DrgaaiaedIby yDur party, put
ip a1istepcei, fpr Xqng 19Rnsp partisan
tSoasss an5RSss' e oyiaE Rsf 81 4Ss
'sss ty s.sf SSsh Sts 4
creisafes your hownr fnspHatfoGl 1tI
came ifrqm jyoas; the rsibeisnEssto
yol; ilsa1eT'Q tliri ,wedaen cid uesw;
IL Nj lssss
sssas Ssaif hs tss si;s!Rsass sssass S{ sns
thea igsseishese assstsd swayitsdioehef
corpsrati iopsso 6easha a1hamberisint of
the city Of Chicagsu held $500 s0N ,of
these nnesota-Iepldiated bonds.
He, could not ,sspsad lAhsr slAte is Analthe
siii,, Mr.. sCarpeGtef,dT believe, "a!
viSsd him sit0ts69 the hetrailroad com
panies that had receivsdt these asssts
from the states He. brought a suit
which, NeAs tried id the .distfies yshd
circuit. eouEts jApd sfHally ,esMe tostha
lupreme coprt. OF the Hnitad Statesf;
and here is what the court says, after,
stating the facts which have given
taken frem9l, freem thsis; " hsii; 4 SdscisiHlHsi,sa4q s sLr
@ttPehding these proceedings the
bohds 81 tfiS state iir the f1ands 81 the
|cemptaihant iSemainesis ulipaidJ aud
they are still unpaid The faith OF the
state, solsnnnly pledged for the fpsy-
Nent of both principal AndJin tarest,
has never been kept. So far.i trom
keeping it. The state. ~ early rs Ne
\ yember, 1860, adopted an apendmsnt
a. IL ,eehts6 Ie1iAatHf 81 tasF tasF
r.. vv I.,vu I0r suuH Pay ment from tax
ling effect until tbe same had been
submitted 10 . voteiof the people and
Iihad been adopted by them. This pro-
hibition, if not violation of the
states pledge, conflicts with lis
spirit. The bonds issued are legal
lobligations. The state is bound by
every consideration of honor aud
good faith to. pay them. Were she
,amenable to the. tribunals of the
1 country as private individnals are
no court of justice would withhold
its judgment against her in an action
for their enforcement "The com.
plainant, finding no relief from thu
pledged faith Of the state, and unable
to pursue any remedies at law agains
her on the bonds, seeks to charg
! with their payment the two hundred
aud forty sections mortgaged by tn,
company under the amendment o
a 1858 and purchased by the state III
j der the foreclosure Of the mortgage
and now held by the defendant rail
road companies" -' T'a si'''' .'.
4 This is the solemn adjudication an'
decision of the highest judicial tri
bunai under the constitution, aud ye
the senator from Ohio stands her
and asks me and asks the democrati
party to point out q republican com
munity in which there haa been re
Pudistlon Of an honest debt. .
II .
j. The state Of Minnesota gives ,tw,
} republican votes to one democratic
Who is responsible for the conditio
Of that state, financially aud othel
wiser. Who is responsible by ever
> fair. and. just rule Of political respol
!, sibility? Sir, the senator's on oth
other side stand here aud assail til
III southern, states they call them th
: solid democratic south, aud the r,
q pudiating south, and assuming this
, we are 30 ignorant that we know nj
: the truth. or dare not state it; the
: defy US to point to republican cor
D munity that has eDgag ed in repud
. alton. x I--point the senator to fiv
: hundred. The records of the fedsr
3 courts are full all over the northws
Q Of suits Oh repudiated municipal ol
t legations. speak Of it the mo
d freely because my own state has S3(
d oOO, 900 or more of such bonds ou
standing. Unjust as they are, u
Q just as the bonds the thieving carpe
e bag governments put upon the peop
/ Of the south. unjust, Ubiquitous, VI
holy, branded with fraud and CO
d ruptlon all over, As is the history
h this bonded indebtedness in the sta
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II llcah party it came i'll the dark Q
r of prescription and disframchisemer
Q wheu the Intelligence and proper
1t of the state stood by the side Of t
lie ballot-box and saw the pauperisl
II the ignorance, the fraud, the viz
ID the in!quity of the state taking pc
"a session of her revenues and SOUS
10 dering them for their own party pu
le poses. For five years 1 stood au U
~ willing but not disinterested spec
le tor, and saw my property voted aw
3 by irresponsible vagabonds. l 81
10 ministers Of the gospel driven fre
c. the pulpit and forbidden to prea
IS. the religion of Christ; teachers {
al PEELED from the schools; even tho
blessed women, the. Sisters of Ch,
is- ity, who know no nationality
ne color, or cline or sex IN the adm
he istratlon of relief, were forbidden
90 to the bedside Of the dying.
er five long years this was done in .
he name Of republicauisIu.
ay l saw men who had carried tn
1T, muskets in the war of 1872, who b
he never even sympathiZed with I
IL south in her revolt against the Uni
ais who came on their tottering limbs
re the polls to put in their ballots in
nd gard 20 the destiny of the land
ed the mastery of which they had fou
III agsinst the indians aud the W
De- beasts, wEen with rifle in one hi
la and plow in the other they
'er blazed the pathway of civilization
in saw those men driven, away in
ity name of republicsnism. All this '
done under the Drake consti:uti
all the author of which lately figured
M the papers OF this city as most OF
by odox christian gentleman, who =