The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-09-03

admitted over and over again In the South,
hs esco ns' show that N All the souhrn
States where the nerroes are in the majority,
they are either not permitted to vote OF the re-
Now thirty-eirht white Democratic presiden-
tai electors and thirty eight white Democratic
members OF the House OF Representatives.
based upon more than six million col0red peo-
pie living in tho Southern States. are returned
from those States. and scarcely single repre-
sentative OF the coiored race, or one elected by
lego or in the House OF Representatives IL Is
said that this is matter for each State to reg
thrown by the civil war The right OF repre-
sentation n right not given TO the State. but
70 the people OF the state. part of the people Of
the United States. and we In Ohio are as much
interested that the people OF South Carolina
should be fairly represented. for the vote OF
every Representative In Congress. and OF every
whatever place elected.
When we point out these offenses committed
in the south IL Is said that We are raising the
bloody shirt, that we are reviving the issues OF
the war-that the war Is over hope the war
Ia over, and that the animosities OF the war will
pass away and be dead and buried. Anger and
hate and prejudice are not wise councillors In
peace or In war. Generosity. forgiveness. and
charity are great qualities OF the human heart.
but, like everything else that is good. they may
be carried into excess, and may degenerate into
faults. They must not lead us 10 forget the
obligations of duty and honor While we
waive the animositios OF the war. must
never fail TO hold on. with courage and
fortitrde. TO all the results OF the war.
Our soldiers fought In no holiday contest. not
merely to test the manly qualities OF the men
of the North and the South, not for POWER, or
plumber, or wealth, or title: they fought TO Sc
cure to themselves and their posterty the bless
ings OF a strong National Government
1t was for the preservation OF the Union;
Union not of States, but OF the people of the
United States: not Confederate Government,
but National Government The preservation
of the Union was the central idea OF the war.
The Confederate soldier fought for what he was
led to think was the right OF state to secede
from the Union at its pleasure. The Union SOL
diers triumphed. The Confederate soldiers were
compelled to an unconditional surrender.
The sacrifices. wounds. and deaths OF hum
dreds OF thousands Of brave men were suffered
| TO save the Union and strengthen its founda-
| tons We may forgive without qualification
what the rebels did In the war. but we can not,
with honor, surrender what our soldiers won In
the war; nor can we yield an iota II the bens fits
| they have conferred upon the country, greater
| far than all the cost Of the war.
Sometimes / fear that moderation Is
| vergfng on indifference; that while our minds
are distracted by local politics, the old doctrines
being sef AGAIN We
the rebel cause ! have recently heard yafier-
| son Davis, in the Senate of the United States.
extoiiea as atI,o., ana H., nave Deen caiiea Ia
/ and a traitor.
| have seen many signs OF a disposition to
| waive all the glorious results of the war, to
make no difference between the blue and the
gray, to revive again the doctrines or seces-
SION and State rights taught b. fore the war
The tendency OF the democratic party Is all
| that way. i do not question the patriotism of
| my Democratic neighbors here in Ohio, but we
| know by old experience they follow the leaders
! of their party. The governing force OF that
party is with the Youth. in the days of
Buchanan. We have no sign of protest from
Democratic orators or journals or the whole
sale deprivation OF the colored people In the
| South OF their right co vote. nothing OF the
| crimes by which the South is made solid The
| only hopeful sign was that Cleveland would not
tr(
| Mississippi, who Endorsed the murder OF Nj G.
thews; but, as rule, in all the North no prefer
| ence IL given to I nion ldier over any other
| applicant. The Union soldiers appointed by
1 this administration ane few and far between,
while in every case 1t was not the record OF the
soldier that was in his favor, but his service as
| Democratic PARTISAN.
In the South 1t may be said that no Union man
has been appointed 70 Office. The offices are
hled from the rebel ranks No man who ac-
quesces in the results of the war, who honora-
1 bly, demands fair ballot and fair count can
! be appointed to office in the South. The rebels
are in as absolute mastery in the South as they
would have been had the Confederacy succeeded.
| Fellow citizens, the line drawn between the
| two parties is now as distinct as II was during
the war, but we occupy different field OF bat
| tic.
Then we fought for the preservation of the
| Union, and. as means TO that end, for the alb.
clifton of slavery. Now, the Uuon saved and
| slavery abolished. we tight for the equal polit-
ical rights OF all men and the faithful observ-
| ance of the constitutional amendments. We are
preservation OF rights conferred by the Consti-
tuition, and upon this broad issue we invite Co
operation from the South as we'll as the North.
| Upon this issue we intend to make Cur appeal
| to the honest and honorable people of the
| Southern States. We think they are bound in
honor TO faithfully Observe the conditions of
peace granted to them by Gen Grant and pre-
scribed by the constitutional amendments. III
they do this we will have peace, union. and
fraternity. Without it we have agitation, COZ
teDts and complaints Upon this issue will
go before the people Of the South, and. turning
my back upon al the animosities Of the war,
appeal only TO their sense of honor and Justice.
the present system of ostracism and oppression
and injustce. party can be formed among
them who will demand justice to all, and thus
break down the solid South, based as it is upon
crime and fraud IL not, It Is the duty of the
people Of the Northern states. without distinc-
ton of party, to unite the North in the execu-
ton Of the constitutional amendments, and,
under the fourteenth amendment, to deny the
States that do rot protect Their citizens In the
elective franchise, representation based upon
the number so disfrsnchised.
In another respect the lines between the DEM
ocratic and the Republican parties are marked
and distinct. They stip look upon this Govern
ment as q Confederate Government, with power
so limited that 1t cannot enforce 8 laws or the
DEGREES or its courts except by local agencies.
They have learned nothing by the war, and for
gotten nothing.
All their theories. inherited from the school
Of slavery, tend to cripple and belittle the Ma
ttonal Government, while. on the other hand,
the Republican party regards the National Gov
eminent as complete and supreme. to the ex-
tent of the powers granted, with full authority
TO enforce its laws, and to compel the people
| Of each State to obey them. We believe we
have power under the Constitution to protect
every citizen in the fun njoyment of every
right conferred by the Constitution and that
no State authority, legislative or judicial, can
in any way interfere with the enforcement OF
these rights. This power ought to be exercised
to secure free and fair elections for electors OF
Presidents and for members Of Congress and
Senators of the United States. III the Repub-
iican party is true to it's principle, IL will en-
force this doctrine.
| We also believe that It is the right and duty OF
the Government by its commercial laws and
regulations TO foster and protect American in
dustry to diversity the employments of it's peo-
pie, and build up its manufactures. to aid its
ships and shipping, and, generally, by its COM
mercial and tax laws, to develop new forms OF
industry, and give new employments to labor.
This line of demarcaton between the two par
ties is constantly shown in the action OF their
members in Congress. This Republican policy
has led to the great development of our miners,
manufactures, and agriculture. IL is now I'm
great danger of overthrow by the ascendency OF
ree-trade ideas In the Democratic party. which
now threaten the disturbance OF our industries.
You may rely upon IL that the Republican party
Is the progressive, affirmative party OF the
| country, proposing and accomplishing meas
ures while the Democratic party is the mega
tive resisting party in the county. generally in
the opposition and PROPOSING nothing.
Among the results Of Republican policy can
point you TO the preservation Il the Union. the
abolition OF slavery. the constitutional amend