The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-10
SHERMAN SCORIFIED.
Judge Thurman Analyses the
Mt. Gilead Speech.
A Great Speech by the Greatest
Democrat-TheE Evil Doctrine OF
Hate Demoralized.


was only limited by the capacity OF the
house. He appeared to be in good voice,
although frequently interrupted by cough
ing and after apologiaing for writing ms
speech, read from printed copy, ire
quently stopping to add extemporaneous
remarks. He was listened to with the
greatest attention.
Judge Thurman, on being introduced be-
gan his speech by reference to the Mount
Gilead speech OF Senator Sherman, at the
opening of the campaign, which he said was
an indictment of the South and revival
of the charges of crime and outrage made
in the years gone by. He quoted the words
of Garfield in opposition to the revival OF
sectional hatred and said that the last
Presidential campaign was opened by the
Republican candidate with the tariff as the
chief issue, but before the campaign closed
this was dropped and
THE BLOODY SHIRT
raised as a banner of certain Republican,
victory, but when the votes were counted
the banner was found trailing in the dust.
Particular stress was laid On the sentiments
of Grant that the passions OF the war were
at an end, and amazement expressed that
man speaking over his tomb should be so
audacious as to say that there is no recon-
Citation, that he..rebellion is not at an end,
that the only effective way to suppress 1T
is again to send the boys in blue to the
south Quoting from Senator Sherman's
speech the speaker, in replying thereto,
said: Now, it Is impossible, as 1t seems TO
me. to misunderstood these utterances.
TIL 0ecI2mA-
tions, or disgusting bravado, such as no
man of the ability of Senator Sherman or
in his high station could indulge in without
disgrace or they are his real sentiments and
mean. when analyzed, that if the Republi-
can party cannot obtain power in any 9th
er way, it shall obtain and
HOLD IT BY THE SWORD.
know that such an idea, if you do not
reflect upon it, is calculated to excite your
derision. but stop and reflect. II the great
state of Ohio can be carried by such Z
peals to passion and prejudice as Shern
is making, if his weapons shall be sutticlv
to thrust from Office men whom two YET
ago YOU elected, if they shall hew the "
to g. fifth term in the senate for their.
thor, they will become the creed OF the :.
publican party in 1888, and the doct1n
of hate will be strongly, il not permane1,e
established in the land. Judge Thur
said that the issue raised by Mr.. Shern
is q dangerous one to the business ana,
prosperity OF the American people, #
hat h at the effort to blow into flame D
diving embers OF civil strife should,ss
frowned down by all loyal people, -
speaker next proceeded to answer the ar
enments of Mr.. Sherman concerning tho
grieyous condition of the colored race IN
the south, claiming that they were now IN
the enjoyment OF greater prosperity and
greater civil rights than were ever enjoyed
on this globe by an equal number OF their
race. He dated the prosperity OF that
section in 1875, when the Democrats came
into control and radical rule,
AND CARPET BAG GOVERNMENT
ceased. At the end OF ten years it cannot
he safely affirmed that there is not an in
dustrv in the South but is more prosperous
than it ever was in that region before, until
now they have in many lines OF manufacture
become the rivals OF the mills OF the eastern
states. The speaker sketched briefly the
numerous enterprises and developments OF
the South-her free schools for coloreG
youth. the contentment which exists among
the colored people and the fact that they
have not migrated to any old free states.
Ali this was argued to prove that they
were not disconnected murdered and de-
prived OF their rights as depicted by Sher-
man and other Republican orators. The
coIored man seemed to prefer living With
the white men of the South, although they
be Democrats, to dwelling in the tents OF
the radicals, even though they he saints:
1t was argued that all these things could
not be so if the negroes OF the South were
in the state OF wretchedness which has been
40 often asserted. Judge Thurman here
fQnfh
i1SSO) statistics, in proof OF the assertions
which he had made, the principal point
being that the colored people are in the
majority in but
TWO OF THE SOUTHERN STATES,
South Carolina and Mississippi, and ht
confined his argument to the census o
those two States. The object in referring te
these figures was apparently to show de
preston in all values in the periods overee
! bv Republican rule and an advance OF 81
| material interests under a Democratic gov
! ernment. After disposing OF a wilderness Q
| figures in regard to the condition OF Soutl
| Carolina, the speaker summed up by say
ing: "In short, everything that leeds G, O
clothes the negro in that State IS within nj
! reach to degree that he never knew before
| Now once more put it to you, could thu
| be the case if South Carolina were in tn
i
represent it to be? No, my fellow citizens
| this continued stream OF prosperity unde
Democratic rule proves that it is beneticent
| and the quiet that prevails in the State
| proyes that the people OF all classes ther
| are contented under their government.
Judge Thurman denied the assumption G
! Senator Sherman that all colored voters il
the South are Republicans, and would vot
! that ticket il not terrorized. He said tina
if it were true it would be a serious ques
ton as to whether people 80 servile an
cowardly are fit to
EXERCISE THE ELECTIVE FRANCHISE,
but for one do not believe that they at
40 debased. believe that. having goot
reason .or not voting the Republican ticket
thev abstain from doing so in great mum
bers or vote the Democratic ticket. l kno,
very well that under the manipulation c
the Freedman's Bureau agents soon: atte
the war the colored people in the Sout
were to a great extent drawn into the RI
publican so-called Union Leagues, an
were taught to believe that if the Demo
cratic party succeeded, they would be ono
more reduced to slavery. l do not den
that a great effect was produced upon thel
minds by these false pretenses, but we hav
good reason to believe that year by yea
these false impressions have grown weake
and weaker and that to agreat degree the
have learned the truth. The speaker her
quoted at length from q letter printed
the Cincinnati Enquirer OF September 21s
from R. NJ. Davis, OF Columbia, S. G., whic
gave a brief history OF the
CARPET BAG GOVERNMENT
| OF that State. He hoped that everyone
the audience could read it in full. Judt
Thurman then turned his attention
Mississippi and read from the America
encyclopedia for 1875 the proceedings
the tax payers convention OF that Stat
held at jackson on January 4, 1875, whe
it was shown that the last levy, which
1869 was 10 cents on the 500 OF IL
assessed value of the lands was four tim'
as great in 1871 and half as great in 1877:
twelve and half tunes as great in 1877
and fourteen times as great in 1874.
the.same time the assessment OF propert
was greatly exceeded in the market walt
! and the public debt had been increase
over 1864, 900 annually. The same e.
, travagance was shown in the managemei
!. of county affairs. He stated that whe
the Democrats carried Mississippi in 1S7
it was said that it had been done throul
.. terrorism and fraud. This was false, ar
be read q letter from United etates Senate