Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-09-13
Senator Sherman and Mr.. ]. B.
Foraker.
The Points Taken Up in Turn and
Disposed Of.
Ths Democratic Candidate AtteR-
lively Listened to by
ALarus Crowd at PainssVIils, Ohio,
Yesterday.

or Hoadly spoke As LOHO"S H0AS '
ing:
FELLOW CITIlExs-Senstor John Sher-
man has done me the honor to reply to that
part of my speech made at Hamilton last
Saturday, which treated of National affairs.
/ do not hesitate 70 say that am battered
by this attention Of Senator Sherman, who
undoubtedly stands head and shoulders
above every other Republican in Oaio, and
whose long experience in public affairs
gives far more weight 70 his words than
they weuld have coming from q novice in
sts.esmansAip. am but tyro in public
sfairs, yet have not the lesst hesitation
in takirg up his glove, tor if ever there
ever we're man and an argument plainly
ard clearly snd uischieyously in the wrong,
il Is our senior Senator and his recent
speech.
Let Us see Frs: If We cannot find stan
dsrd bv which % Judge the present case.
The difference between q statesman and a
demsgogue IS hat the former addresses
himself either 70 he advocacy OF some wise
and patriotic measure for the benefit OF the
people, or appeals 20 their feelings, seeking
10 create opinion and TO enlist their efforts
in q humane loOls and patriotic cause, but
when the paT- played is an appeal
10 the osser and meaner pas
sors c: he people, of hate and en-
ur',-shen ;ae ashes of an old dispute are
rscl I'd anew, and the dying embers blown
u.oa ,lsze and his without any definite
p, csition 0! change, but simply and sole
!. "a, the purpose OF aiding in a partisan
D. 8, cal canvass even though the orator
Ms, have been -hree or four times elected
Ssrs,or: NAV cave rendered great public
serv es on ether occasions and in Othsr
reli., be IS On his occasion and in this
eric ployir-
I Part of a Demagogus.
VI Sherman, yOlr party has been in
power for 25 yea-s-a quarter of cen
tury. Why have yol yourselves not righted
the wrong Of which you complain long ago2
More than ten years have elapsed since the
majority OF the Southern States threw of
the sbackles which your party tried to iN
upon them, ana became Democratic. Nine
years have elapsed since your de facto Pres
idert L. B. Hayes contrived the scheme of
sending commission TO Louisiana to set
te the disputed question who was elected
Governor Of Ihss SAFE, the result OF which
was submission 20 Governor Nichols, who
received fewer 7o:ss than Tilden and Hen
driCks while ais antagonist Packard, had
more votes than Hayes
Nine years have elapsed since the last
Southern State became free from the tyrau-
ny and misgoye-lment OF Moses, of War
mouth, OF Packard Oi BullocS Of Brown
low, OF Pease Of Texas, Powell CLAYTON, ct
ID omne genus. Duriug these nine years
your party mas hsd the power to right any
wrODL. During :ae TWO years beginning
March lth. le~ ron had the Pcesidnecy,
frs, Gar,ield and then Arthur; YOU
had the Senate and yol were member OF
The Senate; yoI had the House, and II
there were sGJ I0j-s:ice TO De remedled
why vas i, no. done, Why Gid YOU not then
sni there procsei with the remedy?
Confess now; confess Mr.. Sherman; YOU
know as well as ! 20 that there was
Just a. Much and Just a. Little
wrong then as nov, that the Solid south
voted .or T.ldea, voted Tor Hancock, Just as
soGGiy as for Cleveland. Why did not you.
between March I, l--l, and March L. 1883.
sou and yolr allies in Congress ss-heltsc,
RoUesCG and re rss,-prepare some meas
are 10 night this Supposed wrong Of which
you Cow SO loudly complain Why did
YOU 10; enac. !. INFO . law Mr. sherman
the answer is easy. There IS no such
wrong. There are no such facts.
f ght million oalss o! cotton produced by
work.asmen Il he South, both black and
~l.r. 10 a Ia: wbich OutweightS your pre-.
te.,.. b. >C1.-sSn l4OOz were disorgAuized
all -oLjurr1 iaoJrsrs under tyranny this
magnificent result would not have been
achieved. Your whole argument is based
il e. ;Lr Cla.z1 hat shen he black men Of
Le 18th c-assi % 5e Chatsei shayeS, they
4 they once -sClms tue slaves, o. the
Republican DGr.y and must thereafter vote
st its Gic;ativu anTl the day Of judgment.
ours IS
: simple Syllogism.
The co!orsi men O: the South belong to the
Republican pagcy, yOI say, and would
vote its ticke:, If not prevented oy
force and traud. Some OF them do not
vote its ticket. Therefore they are pre-
vented Oy torce and fraud. To which our
answer is that our msiO, premise 10 pure
assum priCn, uasu5taiHed b. proof, and IN
point CT fact utterly untrue. Nou were
long ago warned against this error 5y one
Of the b,s. and rles, friends the slaves OF
America had, and one OF the se,sst states
neE tie country ever produced. NOT ionE
before his dea;E, Governor John \ Andre"
wa-ncd h:s pa-,y ma; !; must DO, expect the
colorci men Q: ne South 70 continue 10 vote
tcke'.
Nr. Sherman claims th9Ie is another rem
edy scr bis pretended wrong. lie says;
II The policy Of the pas. is to be puTsuea
and there is 20 redress for the co.pred peo-
o,e Of the south ior these oAenses, commit
e6urGer the color Of S,s,e laws, then unoer
- Fourteenth Amendment 70 the Consn-
tuition. we may fairly appeal to all tae
Northern States 70 stand together " - ~
duce the representation based upon 1ne
colored vote, ard on this question Uoye.,
no. Hoad'y ough: % De where ne Was N''''
ing the war.
Under the color OF
what state Laws" Mr. sherman. i
You know there Gre none. FepSS1 ul
Eberately tha: from the CaPss OF Deia""Ee D's''.
TO the Rio Graude, there are no laws, NOT
one whereby the right OF q coiored man 10 70
vote is in the lsas. degree o5stracted' aGd
John Sherman, ycu know i. Point out the
law. Specify book and page, OF go TO tng
loot Of the class. This is not your real
trouble TIE Fourteenth amendment
provided u a, if "the right TO Ylie
sbcl,d he abridged, except for disloyslty,
representation in Congress should +. os pr,
porul nately diminished But tne aL-;J1sJ Gl,;Ser
auerdment prevented Its being aonageo'
and tbe Fifteenth amendment thus render
ed the Fourteenth amendmendment IN part
imperative. No, sir. No, sir; the Con
gressionsl power 10 abridge may eNeena 70
RepubEcan Rhode Island, which maintains
a Krow Nothing discrimination sgainst the the
right Of foreign born citizens to vote oSt 9at
dos dos rot apply to the south, where tn the
colored mans right 10 vote IS as Tree as an
Ycu retsr 10 my signature tor the par
don Of