The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-07-19

6tOOd IN tne Slo~' y
~ ths past, so now we stand sho y, !.
der to Shoulder f9r the peace OF !, tine me
country. for the enforSSeN|apen4ff q tts
laws, for the support of its dignity
p,'nd ire perpetpity Of its personal '' liz;
Til ees1foif th|!s hbaFtifs 2f its Rso;
pie. | Dc not wish to speak r Z
point; VIII not. II matteer, not 70
me whether thr WOE which threatens
Chicago. be western OF eastern %
northern or southernj it involves in
it's mcshes the very life Of this repub'
lie. xhicl is a republic of order it it is
? republic at all. We are peculiar
people, -
WHERE WE STAND topaz:
We ere the people who govern OPT
country by vote Of ballot, and w!lea
tho will Of the people falls to support
law, the. government must become
defunct., We have no government
except the government recognized
and upheld by the will Of the people.
Law governs by the popular will and
protects private property and private
life. It protects the righltt # 'f Il!; Il! II
boring man to dispose of his labors
and sell 1t where he ploases, and
when that right il invaded by Mr.
Debs or mister anybody else, it is a
defiance not only of the laws of the
country, but it is an Inauguration OF
a system Of slavery never known in
the past history of this country. The
institution OF S1aYssy has been wiped
out in the blood drawn from this
veins Of northern and south.
ern kindred, and there never has lived
a man Ga this continent who had
the right to order man at his own ~ n
blood to cease from labor.
Why, Sir, where is this country
to-day? Istand here in this high
CHAMBER. ap4 recall With some mis-
giyings, confess, the woefai pFoph;
ecy Of Lord Maccauley, that in some
great public uphoaval like that which
confronts us to day, this fair Repub-
lie would either lose it's civilization
through mob law, or in putting it
down by the strong arm of the law,
would lose it's liberties. Sir, ! do
not believe that but l confess that
if such doctrines as we have heard
on the hoor'this morning become pop
ular, wellmay we pause and consider
whether Macaulcy's prophecy is to be
fulfilled or not. Rather would |
think with the great Gambette, when
he said that all the liberty-loving
people Of the country would unite to
eaye the country, however much they
night light in ae}ities; The day is
on us right now and / siaha herr,
not as a southern man, but as an
American citizen, and | wish my
voice could range through the heart
of every law breaker on the continent,
when l say that they who wore the
gray from. '6I to '65, and confronted
the stars and striped, will be from
side by side with those who wore the
,othsr uniform, following that flag in
upholdipg the dignity Of tn country
over which it floats. lApplaHae:]
One more thought. The listin:
guished senator from Minnesota Mr..
Davis said truly and wisely that
the great backbone of the country
was tho common class. I belong to
that class; I am a farmer, and only a
farmer, ard as their representative |
stand here to-day to say that south
of the Potomac you will not see a
farmer, be he white or black. who
will not rally to the sHpport! of the
in the support Of tbs
power which the people have elected:
I wish the matter could haye-rbaen
settled. I;regret the blood shed, but
want to say as an honest man that
the blood which has been shed, or
will be shed, be it. an ocean, is moth
ing to the peace Of this republic and
it's value, and the sons of the men
who made it will will save it, what
ever may be the cost
This speech evoked prolonged and
applause, which made it
necessary for the President to ad
monish the galleries.
aRsAraR pANiEt's SUBSTITUTE.
Mr.. Daniel. Of Virginia, offered
the following resolution as a substi-
tnte for that offered by Mr.. PETER:
Resolved, That the Senate endors-
es the prompt and vigorous measures
adopted By the President Of the
United States and the members of his
administrations to rsprsss By militia
ry force the interference of lawless
men with the due process of the laws
IF the United States and with the
transportation of the mails of the
United States, and with commerce
If the States.
It is within the plain constitution
i authority Of the Congress of the
United States "to regulate commerce
With foreign nations and among the