Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1891-01-14
INGALLS, MAKES A SPEECH.
HE EXPLAINS AN IRREVER.
ENT REMARK.
he Also Makes Another One-An
Impure esuffraRe-TheW Will of the
People Not Expressed In Presi-
dental Elections.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.-ln the senate
to-day, according to the arrangement
made yesterday, the senate proceeded to
consideration of the financial bill.
Immediately after reading the journal
Mr.. Ingalls, took the hoor and said that
there were two portentous evils which
menaced the safety. if they did not en-
danger the existence, of the republic. The
first was an ignorant, debased, degraded
spurious suffrage, a festered suffrage, a
suffrage contaminated by the sewerage
Of dccaycd nations; suffrage intimidated
and suppressed in the south; suffrage
impure and corrupt, apathetic and in
different in the great cities OF the north,
so that it was doubtful to his mind
whether for half century there had
been presidential election in this coun-
try that expressed the deliberate and in
telligcnt Judgment of the whole body OF
the American people.
Mr.. ingalls, then referred to news
paper interview had with him several
months ago in which he had said that
the golden rule and the decalogue had no
place in the American campaign. 1t
seemed superfluous to explain that in
that uttcrance he was not inculcating a
doctrine, but describing condition. His
| statement was statement of fact, not
an announcement of the faith. But many
reverend editors, many ingenious orators
perverted this utterance into personal
advocacy OF oiimpurity in politics. He did
not complain. 1t was, as the world
went legitimate political warfare, but it
was an illustration of the truth that the
golden rule and decaloguc ought to have
place in political campaigns.
"lf thy enemy smitc thee on one cheek
turn the other" was good precept to
follow, said Mr. ingalls,. Bul he would
observe that. until that precept was
more generally observed than it had
been or was likely to be, if his political
enemy smote him on one cheek instead
of turning him the other he would smite
him under the butt end of his left ear il
he could. lLaughtcrl. If that be politi.
cal immortality, he must he included
among the unrcgcnerated.
The election bill was intended to
deal with one part OF the great evil to
which he had alluded, but it was an i'm.
perfect, partial land incomplete remedy
Violence was bad but fraud was no bet.
ter, and it was more dangerous, because
it was more insdious Burke had said
in one OF his immortal orations which
empticd the house of commons, but
which would he read as long as the En-
glish tongue could endure, that when the
laws of Great Britain were not strong
enough to protect the youngest Hindoc
on the banks of the Ganges, a noblemar
was not safe in his castle on the banks
OF the Thames. That lofty sentiment
was pregnant with admonition to us
There could be no safety and no stable
and permanent place in this
country and under this govern
ment until it was just as safe for
black republican to vote in Mississippi
as it was for white democrat to vote
in Kansas.
The second evil to which Mr.. Ingalls,
adverted was the Tyranny OF the com
bined concentrated, centralized, con.
scienceless and incorporated capital and
the people were considering that great
problem now The conscience of the
nation was shocked at the injustice o
modern society.