National Republican., 1883-10-08
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Among other statesmen who aspire 60 I'll
considerable space in tho public eye is OK
Speaker and would spoakor-agan Randall.
Iio has been indulging in the risky venture
of expressing some alleged opinions. He, of
course, intended to be very discreet, and TO
turn his sails so that in their shoulder might
SGT the favoring gallo which should bear his
bark safely into port 1Io mado tho utter
anccs of which synopsis is given to the press
at Cleveland on Saturday evening
OF course in his exordium ho declared
that the republican party was for ccntraliza-
tion, and that its tendency was toward n
monarchy, while the democracy were for q
distribution Of power, and opposed to central
ization. But he omitted to state that the
democracy enacted that infamous measure of
Capitalization known as the fugitive slave
| law of 1885, by which tho whole
army of tho United States and the
militia could DO called out by tho prosi-
dent to oycrrun u northern state aud support
! the pretensions of any slave state man who
| was willing to make an affidavit that u free
negro, born and reared there, was his fugi-
! tive slave. And he forgot to state that An
drew johnson was sustained by tho democ.
racy in an attempt to abolish tho congress Of
the people and substitute his own will for the
| law of the land. He did not forget to slur
| the electoral commission, but he did not OK
| plain that every democratic member thereof
| voted TO tranple down state rights by maxi
ing congress, instead of tho state officials,
the returning board to declare who had been
chosen By Htc state as presidential electors.
Ho favored tho abolition of the internal
revenue system, without saying whether or
not he would deprive tho government of its
tax on the vast amount of whisky now in
bond. Ho was for a tariff for protection, and
not for prohibitory tariff or for free tra1e
SO far, so good. But which side UonW haze the
committee o,. rays aud means if he wds speaker
Is he not Pennsylvania protection demo-
crat? And arc thoy not for n tariG for Uotes
only and aftorward for whatever the demo-
cratic caucus may demand?
Mr.. Randall says tbs democratic party gave
the country all It's territory. 1t thought to
give slavery more room to hustle in, that was
ALL But hc'gold discovery turned their Pa
cifc acquisition into free soil, to their infinite
disgust. Tho democracy gave q portion of our
country to England during Folks admins
II, xsIa1
campaign in so doing. As to the granting of
lands for railway purposes, that was originally
democratic policy. The democratic party in
1860 pretended to be in favor of railway aid.
The democrats in congress in 1862 supported
the grants to the railways and when, in 1864
the bill was passed to double the subsidy, both
iu bonds and lands, for tho Union and Central
Pacific railways, the two parties wereso nearly
unanimous that the ayes aud noes were not
ordered. TEja -slss
Mr.. Randall's tirado against President
Arthur, characterizing him as the bene-
ticiary of an assassination" was vulgar and
disgraceful and unspeakably mean. Such
words have no meaning whatever if they are
not intended to convey the foul aspersion
that the President regarded the assassination
as beneficial to him, and therefore piece of
good fortune Such atrocious utterances re-
call tho mad haranguos of Guiteau, of which
thoy seem an echo 1t would havo boen bet
ter for Mr.. Randalps reputation both for
dignity and decency if he had not spoken at
Cleveland.