Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1892-11-04
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thinks infamous.
This, however, is not all. Grover
cleveland was then president OF the
Knitted States. He had the right under
The constitution to veto that bill. He
h in this dilemma, therefore: He
either secretly approved of the bill, or
he lacked the courage to veto it. His
friends can select either horn Of the di-
kmma they choose. 1 myself attribute
Ais non-election to the same feeling
6at had influence with his predeces-
&nrs, Buchanan and Van Buren-for
while he did not veto the bill, he did
got approve ii.
Remember, am saying all this be-
@use by only partially telling the facts
tbe writer OF "Plain Talk" compels me
10 do 30. IL 10 not my purpose to say
unpleasant things about Mr.. Tucker or
M. Cleveland; but the truth OF history
S1ght to appear.
My friend accuses the Republican
Harty OF absolutism, and tendency to
monarchy.
Grave charges. Let US examine
them.
First, then, wherein has it shown a
disposition to absolutism2 True, when
q came into power IN 1861 it found a
nation almost in the agonies of dissolu-
eon. The Democratic president, James
Buchanan, like Van Buren, before him,
Raralyzed by that miserable doctrine of
Date rights, Of which @. w. Penrose APP
pears TO be disciple, stood powerless
In the presence of armed preparations
kpr the destruction Of the republic. lie
dared not, no more than Van Buren, in
cir case upward OF twenty years before,
Exercise the power Of his great Office and
Camp out rebellion in q state or states.
He stood trembling, a craven traitor,
apparently willing that the bonds which
Aeld the states together and made us a
nation, should be broken at will by the
nbels who had been beaten at the polls.
At this crises there was no time for low
Ge OF country to listen to the drivel that
Was INDUCED in by one and another OF
fbe Democrats concerning the powers OF
ebe government under the constitution.
3hank God, the Republican party
deemed the law of seli-preservation
efficient TO Justify the striking down Of
secession and armed rebellion, even
dough the traitors attempted to en-
Gench themselves behind the constitu-
Gon of the United States. 1t deter
Rined that, come what might, the
republic should be saved. This grand
&sterminatioD Of the Republican party
&nsed loyal men ali over the land, both
Asnocrats aud Republicans, TO rush to
ehe rescue OF the government and 10 the
observation OF the union. III the Re
publican administration was guilty Of
acts Of absolntism during that trying
period, it must be remembered that the
nation had to be saved, and there wac
no time to stop 10 argue about constitu-
tlonaipoints. Vallandinghsm, a strong
and leading Democrat, and other cop
Perheads i'm the North, were doing all in
4eir power to weaken the hands of the
administration. They had to be dealt
with summarily, and measures were
s1cpsedeaBd put into execution which
Nsre justified by the exigencies OF the
shuRtion.% Ii Democratic doctrines as
sxpounded by James Buchanan and
Cther leading lights of the Democratic
paStyeatfhat time could have prevailed,
We would at least have had two nations
xpd perhaps several, where now the re-
public OF the United States is one and
undivided Ii this be absolutism in the
opinion OF c. W. Penrose or his fellow
Democrats, let them make the most of
"a, It's fruits are: A united countrv--a
government respected at home and
sbroad. instead of confederacies OF rival
ststea with rival interests, border Gus
tsln houses and constant border wars.
The Republican party believes in
snlces 1gbts, but it does not believe in
scltesy wrongs. IL believes, what every
nan IN Utah should believe, with the
expeFietfee that we have had in the
xast, that there ought to be power in
Che central government to control the
sffStfsyQl this Nation and to protect the
cttizens-6f the United States. in Mis-
sDuri, in Utah or in Louisiana, AS well
81 IN Russia or on the chores of the
Mediterranean. True this power may
he abused, but that does not invalidate
atrue principle of government.
Second-Paternalism. The Republi-
can party has be- guilty, no doubt, of
what nv dns., r,S Ills paternalism. /
VIII tryu, -Hs-strate its paternalisIn.
Ths fifteenth amendment to the con-
stitutiOn enfranchises the negro and
sestows upon him full civil rights.
These amendments to the constitution
were adopted in constitutional man
per They became part of the organ
Y law OF the land. But there are por-
toSs Of the Union where disposition
mas ven shown TO refuse to the colored
man Tie rights guaranteed to him under !
the Constitution. can sympathize
with theIeople who live in states where
The negro dependencies. would not
myself choe.e such state as my place
o. residences But the colored people |
have rights guaranteed them by the
constitution. Ihe question is shall |
itese rights be Maintained or shall |
these people be <stripped of their
nights by violenceS, The Republi-
can party believes, Mat every good |
tIfizen should believe, Nat is the DUTY
Of the government OF the united States |
10 maintain its organic Naw and to
Rniorce its provisions. In Aoing this
md protecting this uufortunals race it /
,an, perhaps, be charged withS pattern.
stism; but it is not a charge to be
Oft is one OF which kyery
Republican may be proud. SucIi-\pa-
ernallsm has its origin in respect fSr
aw and for the rights OF human beings,l
igen though they are colored. Either \
epeal the amendment to the constitu-
ion which gives to the colored man