Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1882-10-12

committee of his own party Of the
crime Of perjury. We have seen
another elected to fill the Office Of
yiee-P President who had been dis
charged from an -appointiye Office,
because II was not honesfly and justly
managed. You have seen the former
murdered by member OF his own
party, and the latter was once
before removed from office because
dishonest and rupt-installed into
the seat once filed By Washington,
jefferson, Madison sasfd Jackson.
We have seen at tho session of the
last congress the will of IL people of
large districts set at 'haugilk and men
declared elected wllom thcA people
had rejected at tie polls. We have
seen, in one ipstaAes, where repre-
sentative, witAssigks tAoasand major
ity, was set aside ind Son ex-convict
negro declared eaeeted in his place.
These are Only q few Of the high
crimes which the record shows the
Republican party to have been guilty
of. -ks 4. a8 ..rsiss-.H .a.3 .
! Mr.. Buckner then proceeded to
show the rapid tendency of Re-
publican legislation to Capitalization
and despotism. He said that it was
the open boast of the Republican
party that they repudiate one Of the
amendments of the constitution. The
tenth amendment to the constitution
says: --a- III = -i't'5-a3
"The powers not delegated to the
United States by the constitution, nor
prohibited by it to the States, are re-
served to the States respectively Of
the people,"
The Republican party claim that
this is democratic doctrine, and hence
not proper to be advocated or prac-
ticed by Republicans. 1t is demo-
cratic doctrine because it is part OF
the constitution, and has never been
abrogated, changed, altered or re-
pealed by any circumstances since
its adoption, and the Democratic
party is the author and defender OF
the constitution. Here is plain rule
of construction of the constitution
so plain that an ordinary school boy
can understand it. This provision OF
the constitution eliminates from the
exercise by the federal government
all powers not expressly delegated te
it in the constitution, and reserves tt
the people and the states all othel
powers except that which is prohibit
ed by the national constitution, ant
not by them delegated to the fedora
government. Is it possible that thu
lpeople will perpetuate in power .
party whose only recommendation t,
public favor is open defiance ant
violation of a plain constitutions
Iprovision? ... ..r ~.s. .,ls
He said that the largest philanthro
lpy and greatest good was established
order engendered and maintained b,
a strict and rigid adherence Il
the constitution; and that evils ha6
better 60 unpunished, and wrong
unrighted, rather than override tn
constitution. ..... ..s.. rt
| In speaking of the tariff question
he said the tariff question is the grea
living question Of the day.. 1t is tn
issue on which the battle of 1884 vii
he fought. The Democratic part,
from Maine to California, and fron
the cold and barren lakes ON the mort
to the warm and turbulent gulf Of
the south, was getting into line O.
this great question, maintaining
First, that the constitution did no
authorize any tariff except for reve
nue. ....,..fa.s
~
4 Second, that it is sound public polio
and for the public good to reduce tn
tariff to revenue standard. 10.
The republican plea that a protect
i've tariff it to protect the Lahore
against pauper labor of the East, wa
, simply a snare to catch the vote {
D the laboring classes. 1t is not the
, purpose to protect labor, but simpl
to protect gigantic monopolists at I'll
, expense of the laboring classes of I'll
, agricultural districts. The Republ
, can party claims to he in favor (
protecting American labor, and ye
, when democrats seek to prevent Il
q importation of cheap foreign labor
y AS was the ease in the provisions {
the Chinese bill-the republicans
the manufacturing districts especial
! were solidly against it, and republ
can president overrides the bill,
:, the direct interest Of the manufactu
ers who clamor for protection, al
sets his royal veto to the bill. 1t
: not true that they want to prote
q labor; they want to protect capt.
4 from all honest competition, and
g the same time furnish capital wi
o cheap labor.
n He then contrasted republican wi
n democratic congresses, and endeavo
ed to show that the democratic par
= was the party Of retrenchment, eco
;. omy and reform. Referring to 4
/, appropriations Of the last congres