The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-09-10
PillsburY and Mullin.
In his speech to the Essex Club Saturday, il
RoStnp of

In his speech to the Essex Club Saturday, in
Boston, Senator Hoar said:
At this moment throughout 10 of the SO
American states, no man can get office or re-
celve any mark of public honor under the pres
ent administration if he was loyal to the coun-
try in The time of its extremity. Now, we do
not complain that the present administration
puts In Office men who served in the confederate
army or who sympathized with the confederate
cause. But we expected that when we con-
quered them they were to go back and enjoy the
rights of American citizens. What we complain
of is not that the men who were on their side
are admitted to the privileges of citizenship,
but that the men who were on our side are eX-
Guided; and that is thing which never happen
ed in this government until the 4th of March,
1885, (Applause.) Now, that is not talking
about old, but about new things, and if the
American people have spark of spirit in them
they will complain of them. Another thing is
new. We all know that whatever constitution
you may write on paper, whatever laws you
may engross on parchment, whatever your
theoretical form of government may be, you
have neither constitution, law nor political
rights as repubc-you have no living repub-
lic-unless the President Of the administration
and the measure of legislation are the fair result
of the will of majority of the people, and I'M
less you are TO have honest elections, honest
votes, honest counts.
Now, we are perfectly willing to submit to
democratic rule if the majority of American
people SO will 1t, but we are not willing to SUBJ
nit to a rule brought about by the methods by
which Pillsbury attempted to steal the State of
Maine four years ago, and by which MuIin
undertook to suppress votes in Cincinnati.
Applause. Now what has happened? Not
between 1861 and 1865, when there was REBEL
ion; not prior to the emancipation act of 1863,
when there was slavery; not in 1865, when
there was the Ku-Klux Khan, but in this year
of grace 1885, under the power which at present
rules in the White House, Mr.. Pillsbury, known
only for the services he rendered to an attempt
ed usurpation by democratic minority In
Maine, is hOnored by the administration with a
principal federal office in Massachusetts. Mr..
Muln, whose Offense was so gross that his
distinguished counsel did not undertake to
make d defence for him, kept q hundred negroes
by force during election day to defraud them
of the right to vote, and was sentenced by the
United States court with most emphatic con-
domination of his conduct by the presiding
judge-he is pardoned out by the President Of
the United States just before another Ohio cleo
ton. And If newspaper statements be true,
he has been restored to the position in the
police force In Cincinnati. Now, if President
Cleveland were to write over the gate of the
White House "Frauds upon the elections will
be profted by and rewarded here" [aughter.]
be could not make the declaration more signif-
cant than he made it by the appointment of
Pillsbury and the pardoning of Mullin. Re-
newed laughter and applause.