Daily Republican., 1885-09-10
sherman DemoIisnes HoaaIy.

At Lebanon, o., on Tuesday night
Senator John Sherman delivered 8
speech devoted mainly to replying tt
the address of Governor Hoauiy. The
Senator claimed that the Governor b. d
not fairly stated the speakers position
and that he had evaded and avoided the
important issues growing out of the con
dition of affairs in the South. The
Senator reiterated that the war was
over and he only demanded now what
was fairly won by soldiers in the war.
Six millions of people were enfran-
chised by the war and amendments
were made, with the personal approval
OF Governor Hoadly, as the result OF
, which they are entitled to vote, and
| were granted representation in Congress
and in the Electoral College. They had
practically been denied many of the
ne ,essary incidents of liberty, among
| the most precious of which Is the right
to free discussion, and they were Low
disfranchised and thus openly and bold.
| ly deprived of all the safeguards by
which alone their liberties could be
! prest rVed.
/ The speaker claimed that in sc arcely
district of the South was there any
pretense OF fair election, and neyr oes
were openly defrauded by every devi ce
the ingenuity of crime could invent.
. He further declared that Governor
! Hoadly could not deny this in the face
of accumulated testimony. This was
not only unjust TO the colored men, but
was unjust to the white men of the
North. The effect of the crimes /
have mentioned" said the speaker, sis
to confer upon the white people of the
South not only number of votes tc
which they are entitled for the white
population, but also the thirty eight
votes based upon the co,ored popula
tion, and in this way in some of the
SoutheI IL States every white voter pos
sesses the political power of the two
white voters in the Northern Stats 8
The colored people lave, practically
no voice in Congress and no voice in
tn Electo al College.
" Mr.. CLEVELAND Is now Pres dent OF
the United States, instead of James &
Blaine, by reason of these crimes.
Claim this stould be corrected. An in
Justice 80 gross and palpable will moi
be- submitted % by ths coloeed people
of the South, nor by fair minded whitt
men in the South, who hate wrong anG
injustice, nor by the great body o
Northern people, by whose sacrifice,
in the Union cause the war was
" l confess there are difficuitie il
the way of proper remedy. This may
be brought about, first, by appeal to tn,
South to correct an Injustice and wron,
which will, as long as 1t lasts. tend Il
make cur politics sectional. In Soutl
Carolina, Virginia aud North Carolina
Mississippi and Louisiana fair elec
tion would at once correct this evil
but 1t will be resisted, as o matter o
lcourse, by the dominant elements tha
now control the South.
4 Ii the policy of the past is to b.
pursued and there is no redress 70
the colofed people of the South for thes
offenses, committed under cover of Stat
law, then, under the Fourteent
Amendment 10 the Constitution, w
may fairly apr zeal TO all Northern State
TO stand together to reduce the repre-
sen ntation based upon the colored vote
and on this question Governor Hoadl
ought to be where he was during tn
{ war"
The speaker said contest was nov
going on in Virginia, led by promiuen
leaders in the rebel army, to secure til
equal political rights of all citizens
Senate: Sherman finally said tha
Governor Hoadly did not seem I
understand tho distinction between
man who favors the Mississippi polio
and such men as Key and Akermar
who did all they could to put down tn
Ku.klux Klan.