Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1884-09-19
GENERAL JOHN A. LOGAN.
Tho "Blaclx Eagle" fIxcoriates Mr.,
Thomas A. Hendricks.
An Interesting speech by tho Republican
vioo-Prcsidcntisi Candidate, at To-
ledo, Ohio--som othing for DEM
ocrats to Think About.

On the evening Of the 18th, at Toledo,
Ohio. General Logan spoke TO one of
tho largest audiences that ever assem-
bled in that city. The following is a
brief synopsis of what he said:
General Logan began by. brlohy reviewing
the history Of tho ,ed Republican and Demo,
time, claiming that the only monument
erected by the Democratic party IN this ooun-
try has been its course IN relation TO free
acting ho psrt nUr agents sSa Of the rtsS
Government but do say, misguided though
they are. they performed the same service Tor
power In this country that tho Lords Of
England would have performed II they had
seats IN the Cohgrcss of the United States of
cratic monument the speaker Cited slavery
and It's attondnnt OWLS including tho war
Before the war the democratic party North
and South had been freetrade party. After
the war, when reunited, they conGnued to be
free.tradc party, and became one In all
things else.
In reply to a portion OF Governor Hen.
bricks speech last night. General Logan said:
Mr.. Hendricks Inst night, IL correctly re
ported In the newspapers, stated TO his audi
onoe that the Republican party had boon der
elitt in Its duty toward foreigners in this
land, who had been permitted to sutfer be
cause of the failure of the Republican party
TO perform their duty toward them. Now, |
am sorry that Mr.. Hendricks made that state
ment For forty years, us Is we'll known by
o )untry, and speak of that timo because oil
the fact that the Democratic party control ed
this Government nearly oil that time, the
foreign governments led by England, au
nounced the doctrine that once citizen
always citizon; that the doctrine of self-oS-
patriation was correct doctrine, that the
citizen did not thereby sever allegiance from
the mother country and IL he returned
to his native land there they had con
o%n nm while cfsen tbe on ,net
party tyod in control of this country for the
length of time l have mentioned. Let my
friend Hendricks point out one single statute
that was ena eted by the Democratic party de-
| caring that citiGcn of the United States
should be protected whether he was native OIL
native country. Now, tell you tonight, that
IL was left for the Kepu lean party in 1888,
after he war had been concluded, to pass the
law that n citizen of this country, foreign.
born, should be protected on his own mother
so 4 in person or property the same as IL he
we're natlye,6orn eitlzen, u % ana meyer % M was that
try by the Democratic party, nor was 1t ever
done, as said Republican party announced
that persons of foreign birth who had taken
the oath of allegiance toths country returned
to their former homes and were impressed
into the army. Now, then, why should
Governor Hendricks say here last night
that tho Republican party had failed to per.
form itI duty towards foreign.born citizens
| am sorry t. hear man running for the high
office that hc is make such statement when
he must know that ho can be coniradlcted by
the very statutes on the books, and the date
given. and that the Republican party per
formed the act that he claimed never was per
formed by them. Let me return again to the
fact passing back to 1850 and 1861, and speak
ing of the Democratic party. failing to support
the Republican party in the proper way in
| sustaining the armies of the United States. !
wou like TO call your attention to the fact
that when the proc iamatiOn was issued sup
pressing slavery in this country, the Demo.
cratic party everywhere opposed 1t in Con
gFess and out of Congress; and no act has
d hnmun
dom and in favor of the Liberty that God in
tended man should enjoy by the Democratic
opposition of the Democratic party 10 the
war amendments to the Constitution was
further cited in illustration.
Further, in reply to the statement by Gov
ernOr Hendricks in his speech Mt the fair
grounds yesterday as to the passage of the
Homestead Act, General Logan recited the
| history of those laws during Buchanan's Ad
ministration. Said he: The Homestead Law
passed, and it was left to Republican Con.
| gress in the administration of President Ln.
| coin to pass the homestead Bill, and the bill
| for land gwen agricultural colleges was
sgned by Abraham Lincoln. General Logan
| d scuSsud at some length the tariff plank in
| the democratic PLATFORM insisting it meant
! free trade, Notwithstanding some Democrats
| claim to the contrary but he said it was i'm
| pos ible TO tell from the reading of the instru
| ment itself what II meant, and he would pro
| pose to his friend Governor Hendricks that
| he refer it to the supreme Court OF the
| United States in order to OBTAIN II proper con.
| struction OF the instrument Laughter and
| applause.) Neither OF the letters of the
Democratic candidates for President or Vice
Ps esident interpreted it,. We were then com.
pelleL to go back to the history of the party
| itself to know what 1t meant. The party was
| u free-tradc party before the war; and when
| the Southern states seeded and established
| their cohfederacy, in the Confederate Con.
| stitution, section y, 1t was provided that nc
| tariff should be levied to foster industries
and no bounty should be paid" In other
| words, they declared in favor OF free trade
| and the moment they did that they received
the sympathy of England-not only sym
pathy, but the English furnished them with
| munitions of war, arms, and ships to destroy
| this country. Why? Because the eleven
| seeding states would have been open to her
| commerce and her manufactures, and 1t was
| for that reason in my Judgment, that En-.
| gland lent her support to the great rebellion
| against the country.
| The Democratic platform of 1880 demanded
tariff for revenue only; the Confederate con.
| stitution tariff for the expenses OF the Gov.
| ernment only, no tariff for the fostering of
| industries" and the platform of 1884 demands
| II tariff sufficient only for the economical ad
ministration of the Government. They mean
the same thing, the only difference being one
| was constitution and the other is platform
| In contTadistinct on of this General Logan
| then proceeded to discuss the position of the
| Republ. can party OIL the tariff question, and
| to the discussion OF this question tho greater
| part of his speech was devoted. He closed
| his speech with brief discussion of the po
| litical situation at present in the Southern
| States.