Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1884-08-01
. Hendricks of


With the r1.-... record of Cleveland, and
with Hendricks at his side, we have the
''old ticket'' before us to-day. (Applause)
What are the
PRINCIPLES REPRESENTED BY BLAINE
AND LOGAN?
1 am an old time Virginian who for for
ty years has been advocating political
truth on the stumr-for l have been on
the stump since 1914, and L am not done
with it yet. A voice-''No, we don't in
tend to let you be done with iu.'0 1 came
here to say we want Refer,a in the gov
eminent, and by Reform 1 mean Kidding
it of its deformity. l want it to go back
to the constitution. When man gets up
in Congress nowadays and mentions the
constitution, the Republicans laugh at
him and say why here comes that old
crack Drained fool again talking about the
constitution.
DARK HISTORY.
What have these Republicans done for
the Constitution and the country? What
is the history of their party; country
u,
and the other half making themselves
rich, the Republican candidate among
them. After that war, the men that
followed Robt. Lee had gone back to
their homes. wanted to shake hands and
be friends. But no. Garfield said he could
not shake hands with those men. The
North, be said, had been always right and
the South perpetually wrong. Once, when
Garfield offered me his hand [ said no, [
cannot. am one of those men you will not
shake hands with. But he ignored in So
cial life the position he assumed in poll
tical life. Did you ever see any of them
come down from the North and shake
hands cordially with the Southern people,
except Northern Democrat. Who do
they speak kindly with when they come
down; combining with negroes against
our white people to overthrow our people
at the ballot box? l have seen Blaine with
a power have never seen an actor sur
pass, rushing down the aisle of the House
hurting anathemas against the Southern
people and against the man who was once
their leader-Jefferson Davis, and now
for him to write that he regrets to have to
name two sections of the country! Who
has sought to wipe out the marks of the
war except the Northern Democrat ?
Who has made made peace with the
South but the Northern Democrat ? Who
has attempted to raise up and band in our
midst the black people against the white
people. and disrupt our society ex-
cept the Republicans? While we are fol-
lowing the lead of Northern man, Blaine
and Logan are starting out to sow the
seeds of hatred.
WHAT CANNOT BE FORGOTTEN.
There is one thing that can never be
forgotten. If it can be forgiven. After the
war was over. what did this Republican
party, into which some Of the former Re
adjusters have dumped themselves, do y?
They took away the governments Of
every Southern State; they removed
the Governors and Judges. They substi-
tuted the court martial for the jury and
struck down the right of habeas corpus.
Blaine says look at what the Republican
party has done for Liberty. How can the
people of the South look at that party as
the representative of Liberty. The Re
publicans say that all 1 am speaking of
was done long ago. I reply that they will
do it again when they get ready and have
the opportunity. 1 say that our Liberty
is the gift of God and is aot to be taken
away from us. (Applause.) l claim that
in the nine years I have been in Congress
l have disarmed tie Republicans in one
respect. 1 have proved that I am
friend Of a indissoluble Union of
indestructible States. I believe that
our constitutional system established
by our fathers was the greatest work
of man, but it must remain that
established by our fathers. If you permit
a party to violate the constitution you are
tying yourself to a corpse. A man who
believes in the Union must also believe in
the constitution that holds the Union to-
gether. l affirm that States Rights are
only the rights of the people to their lib
erty, and in saying that [ only repeat the
decision of the Supreme Court of the U MI
ted States. When the power of an Ad-
ministration is arrayed to carry an cleo
ton against the will of the people of a
State, then our Liberty is in peril.
SURGICAL REFORM WANTED.
We want radical reform in the gov
eminent. We want reform by which
the money resulting from corruption in a
party may not be used to perpetuate that
party in power, as in the Star route frauds.
and thereby robbery be made easy. The Re-
publican party has promised if continued
in power to perform the reform surgery
on itself. It's promise, which has often
been made will never be kept. The only
hope of the people IS in the Democratic
surgeon. Cleveland who has OPP ! ated on
two bodies polite, the city of Buffalo and
the State of New Y 0rk, with great benefit
to both, is the man for the national sur
gical operation. There is no chance of
Reform until we put another party in
power. The Republican party has been in
power so long that it is impossible for it to
reform itself
STANDS ON THE PLATFORM.
Our only chance for reform then, is in
the Democratic party and platform. /
have been asked how we in Virginia are
on this. AS a representative of the DEM
ocratic party reply we stand on the Chi
platform in all of its plauks. 1t is sound
doctrine. So stand all Of us-free traders
and protectionists--for none of US are free
traders and none of us protectionists. But
we ale not for any reduction of tariff:
that will impair the wages of one SINGLE,
humble laboring man in the Union.