The sun. (Fayetteville, N.C.) 1883-188?, 1884-09-16
Senator Vance's Speech.

ers.' For two hours and half h,
entertained and instructed the peo
pie on political questions which vi
tally affect their welfare.
REPUBLICAN CoRRUPTIoNs.
He read from the address pur
forth by the Independent Republi
cans of Massachusetts,, who now re-
fuse to support Blaine and Logan
1t was severe INDICTMENT of that
party for its innuiaserable corrup
tions, and coming from Republicans
| Che contended) it was good evidence
against that party.
Senator Vance arraigned the Re.
publican party for its repeated
VIOLATIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION
of the United States, and the rights
Of the States. He referred to the
Force Bill and the Ku Klux prose
cutions, in which 500 men were ar
rested and dragged from their homes
to be tried before Judge Bond, the
most infamous Judge that ever sat
on the Bench in this country. These
men were tried, many of them found
guilty by packed iuries, and sent to
Northern prisons where they under
went terrible sufferings. And after
all this suffering the Republican ST.
prone Court 1rridad that tho law
n,.I,.r which his ,.r','i- w;> IN -
-. was uir"ti~l,lIttI,lI"'.
The I:rl,uhi,,r;.n ,:;.rIH dad :,.<o a.
tempted to control elections in the
South by having those elections
conducted under the surveillance of
Federal officials. The intimidation
of voters for the purpose Of prevent
ing them from voting the Demo-
cratic ticket WAS also held unconsti-
tutional by a Supreme Court COM
posed of Republicans. The object
of the unconstitutional legislation
was to terrorize the people and to
keep the Republican party in power.
On the question OF
CIVIL RIGHTS
tie Republican party bad also vio-
lated the Constitution. They had
passed bill III which they had at
tempted to force on the people the
of the negro as the-so-
cial equal of the white man. but
their own Supreme Court had decid-
cd after much delay that that also
was unconstitutional.
No" hat the attempts to humble
the white people Of the South had
been declared unconstitutional hy
their own Court. they persist III the
agitation Of the Civil Rights ques-
ton. They pledge themselves in
their platform adopted at Chicago
70 use their most earnest efforts to
secure to the colored people all civil
and political rights. He here drew
the distinction between civil and po-
Iiti:al rights, showing that the pol
icy of the Republican party is to
force the negro into the hotels, the
steamboats,, the schools and ceme-
teries, as the social equals Of the
whites. They propose to keep up
the agitation Of this question after
the Supreme Court has decided the
legislation on the subject to be un-
constitutional, and this is done to
curry favor with the colored voters.
Senator Vance discussed the qucs-
ton of Revenue, and predicted that
if the Democrats got control of both
branches of the National Govern
ment, they would Immediately
ABOLISH THE INTERNAL REvENOE.
He ridiculed the hypocritical posi-
tion Of the Republican party of
North Carolina, whose leaders are
Internal Revenue officers, on this
question. They pretend to be in
favor of abolishing the Internal
Revenue, but insist that the Demo
cratic party cannot be trusted to do
his work. There position Oh this
question may be well expressed in a
:esolution framed to read as follows:
'Reso1red, That we are a nuisance,
md that we ought to be abolished.
md that nobobody can be trusted to
10 this, but us.
He referred to the objection raised |
against abolishing the Internal Rev.
,nue, that it would make high du-
les necessary. This opinion was
by many Democrats, but
was mistake. Lorer duties he
aid would produce greater revenue
~ increasing the imports. This
ruth he illustrated by reference to
nay articles not now imported by
eason Of the prohibitory duties lev
ed on them at the Custom House.
lie contended that with surplus
N hand Of S4OO,0OO,OOO in the
Treasury, and an annual excess Of
;1OO,OOO,OOO the Internal Revenue
ould be safely abolished. Such
Measure would restore the equilibri-
I'M between receipts into the Ma
ional Treasury and expenditures.
The speaker illustrated the opera
ion Of a high Tariff by reference to
abroad steel bars. The duty on
hose in 1881 was S2S per ten. Dur
ng that year 10000 tons were i'm
'orted into the country, for which
he government obtained duties
to four and a half mil
;op dollars Dnrinu the sama vaar