Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-09-12
LOGAN ALSO AT TOLEDO.
His Speech Tame and the Crowd Com
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TOLEDO, o., Sept. 11.-Gen. John A. .Lo.
gan was present this afternoon on the
grounds Of the State Fair Association and
made a speech to an audience numbering
1000. He spoke about half an hour upon
the commercial, manufacturing and agri.
cultural interests of Ohio and their won.
derful growth. He was presented by ex-
Gov. Foster. Gen. Logan was received
by the fair committee and a committee OF
the local Republican organization son ar
irving in the city this morning.
Gen. Logan spoke at League Park to-
night to one of the largest audiences ever
assembled at a political meeting in this
city. Previous to the meeting there was
a parade of the Plumed knights and
other Republican organizations, number
ing nearly a thousand torches. Ex-Gov.
Charles Foster presided, and opened the
meeting with brief speech, after which
Gen. Logan was introduced amid great
cheers. He began by briefly reviewing
the history of the Republican and Demo
cratic parties from 1860 down to the pres
ent time, claiming that the only monu-
ment erected by the Democratic party in
this country has been its course in reIa-
tiOn to free trade. He said:
We will not say that they are acting the
part Of agents of the British Government, hut
1 do say, misguided though they are that
they performed the same service for the
British Government, while they had the power
In this country, that the Lords Of England
would have performed if they had had seats
IN the Congress Ofthe United States of Ameri
ca. Applause.
AS another Democratic monument the
speaker cited slavery and its attendant
evils, Including the war. Before the war
the Democratic party, North and South,
had been free trade party. after the
war, when reunited, they continued to be
for free trade, and became one on all
things else.
A REPLY TO HENDRICKS.
In reply to a portion of Gov. Hendricks
speech last night Gen. Logan said:
Mr. Hendricks last night, if he is correctly
reported IN the newspapers, stated to his au-
dlence that the Republican party had been
dereieet In its duty toward foreigners in this
land, who had been permitted to suffer be-
cause of failure on the part of the Republi-
can party to perform their duty. Now, am
sorry Mr.. Hendricks made that state
ment. For forty years, as is well
known by every reader of politi-
cal history in this country-and | speak
of that time, because of the fact that the
Democratic party controlled this government
nearly all that time-foreign governments
led by England announced the doctrine that
"Once citizen always a cltKen;" that the
doctrine of self eXpatriation was not the cor
rect doctrine; that a citizen did not thereby
sever allegiance from his mother country,
and if he returned to his native land there
they had control over him as a citizen of their
own government.
CLAIMING THE CREDIT.
While the Democratic party stood in
control of this country for the length Of
time | have mentioned, let my friend Hen
bricks point out one single statute that was
enacted by the Democratic party declaring
that citizen of the United States should be
protected whether he was native or foreign
born, when he passed back to his native coun-
try Now, tell you tonight that it was left
for the Republican party in 1858, after the
war had been concluded, to pass a law de-
elaring that a citizen of this country foreign
own mother soil IN person and
property, the same as if he were aEnative-
born citizen, and never was that doctrine
enunciated in a statute of this country by the
Democrats. nor was it ever done until, as
said, the Republican party announced that
doctrine. and 1t was because of the fact that
persons of foreign birth who had taken the
oath OF allegiance to this country returned to
their former homes and were impressed into
the army. Now, then, why should Gov.
Hendricks say here last night that the Re-
publican party had failed to perform its duty
towards toreign-born citizens?
sENsELEss SORROW.
1 am sorry to hear a man, running for the
high office that he is make such a statement,
when he must know that he can be contra
utcJeQ by JAe very statutes on the books and
dates given, and that the Republican party
performed the act that he claimed never was
performed by them. Let me return again to
the facts. Passing bsck to 1860 and 1861, and
speaking of the Democratic party failing to
support the Republican party in proper
way in sustaining the armies Of the
United States, / would like to call
your attention to the fact that when the proc
lamation was issued suppressing slavery in
this country the Democratic party every
where opposed it, in Congress and out of Con-
gress, and no act has ever been passed yet in
favor of human freedom and in favor of the lib
erty that God intended man should enjoy by
the Democratic party in or out Of Congress.
Applause The opposition of the Demo-
cratic party to the war amendments to the
constitution was also further cited in illustra-
ton.
DISsECTING THE TARIFF.
Gen. Logan discussed the tariff plank in the
Democratic platform, insisting that it meant
free trade, but he said it was impossible to
tell from reading the instrument what it
meant, and he proposed to his friend, Gov.
Hendricks that he refer it to the Supreme
Court of the United States in order to Obtain q
proper construction of the instrument.
Laughter and applause. Gen. Logan drew
a parallel between the Democratic platform
at Chicago and the constitution OF the Con-
federate States, which, he declared, meant
the same thing. The only difference was in
the name and date. Gen. Logan then proceeded
to discuss the position OF the Republican
party on the tariff. TO a discussion of this
question the greater part of his speech was
devoted. He closed with brief discussion Of
the political situation at present in the South