Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-10-29
The Pith.

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how long, under the present corrupt ten
dency to Capitalization, will it be possible
to preserve what they know as civil liberty
for them and their children. Every plinci
pie held necessary to the preservation oi
the true liberty of the citizens as our faith.
ers understood it and fought for it, has at
one time or another, and under one pretext
and another, been violated by the Republi-
can party, and in such violations every
prominent member of the party now, in
Guiding the candidates for President and
Vice-President, have taken active part.
Without regard to what took place during
the war, when there was in effect no Con-
stitution, when MIR. Lincoln was virtually
Dictator and the Republican majority in
Congress was lawless oligarcby, the same
men, after conquering the South, unneces-
sarily and without warrant of law, written
or unwritten, overthrew all the rights and
liberties of the Southern States and their
citizens. We may cite the suspension of
the writ of habsas corpus, the establish
ment of military tribunals, denial of trial
by jury, the destruction of State govern
ments, appointment of Governors, Judges,
Sheriffs and Justices, the taxation of the
people for State and county expenses with
out legal right, taxation for Federal pur-
poses without even the representation Of
territories, levy and collection of unconsti-
tutional taxes. Can a man find one of
these men willing to admit his unconstitu-
tional and lawless acts against the rights
of the Southern people under the Consti-
tuition of the United States, which they
were sworn to maintain, and which they
openly and arrogantly violated. Read Mr..
Blaine's Andersonville speech; read what he
said of jeff. Davis. Read Logan's speeches,
examine all their atterances. Read what
John Sherman believes and claims the
right to do. Hear what Hoar says. Hear
what they all now say of Copiah and Dan
vile, of Virginia and Mississippi, and then
say whether for yourselves and your chill
dren, you can trust your rights and your
liberties to the Republican party and its
present leaders. They are more quiet now,
because from 1868 the Northern Democra-
cy have in every Northern State been gath
ering together the liberty loving people,
descendants of the men who fought for
civil liberty at Bennington, Bunker Hill
and Trenton, and breaking the teeth OF
these usurpers and tyrants. They have
auieted because great Northern States, be-
coming fearful Of these violaters of the
Constitution, have elected Democratic
Governors who have told this oligarchy
that they cannot longer have the sup
port of these great commonwealth.
Their power in the Federal Government
has been cramped by the weakness of the
States. S. They see danger to Capitalization,
and one-man and thiiEd,term power and
strong government in the fact that New
York, Pennsylvania and Ohio haSe-Qemo-
cratic Governors. Now, in this election let let
it be understood by the world, that the
South stands solid for civil liberty and free
government, the local rule of the States
and the freedom of the citizen, and that it
stands ready to vote for, support, and sus-
tain the true Democratic element of the
North, and to place in the hands of honest,
able Northern Democrats the administers
tion of our Federal government. So shall
we return to the doctrines of our fathers
and the security of our rights and our lib
critics.