The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-07-16
to disturb the government, itself, and ex
pressed the opinion that now is the time ia

its PRINCIPLES into that Of a committee of
public safety like that which existed during
the reign Of terror in the days of the first
French revolution. Mr. President, this
whole proceeding. which has grown into
magnitude which I have inadequately de-
scribed, has come from the illusion that a
fraction of society (useful in ITSELF Of
course, and indispensable, ADMIT, can, by
force, dominate every other portion of the
body polite.
docs anybody suppose that, by burning
cars, destroying property, disturbing Sc
cur1ty and weakening credit, the employment
of poor is to be increased? Why,
they are destroying the very thing from
which they derive their nourishment; the
very thing which they have helped to
build, and they are holding 1t at the COM
mand of self-appointed dictators, who have
put themselves at the head of their organi-
cations. And the people pirate al nut liberty!
The only liberty worth having in this
country is the equal liberty of all men alike
liberty in its philosophical and common
sense definition-the right of the individual
to exercise the freest action, up to and not
beyond that point where he infringes on the
exercise of the like right of other men. Be-
yond that ii is the destruction Of the liberty
of others by the more strong, and is a sub
version of the very theory of the republic"
Concluding, Mr.. Davis said: II have not
scid a word about parties in this matter.
l shall expect the democrats, the populists,
and the republicans, to join hands in this
matter so that secure and peaceful rest
NAV be obtained at least, after which the
hest efforts of the executive department OF
the government will be eXerted to bring
about the only solution OF the affair that
can possibly be obtained"
Senator Gordon Speaks.
Mr.. Gordon also spoke in tone of de-
fiance and indignation.
''AIr President, the senator from Kansas
clothed his somewhat extraordinary speech
with an assault on the two leading political
parties occupying this chamber, and he
apDeals for third party. At time like
this-when the peace of great communities
is not only threatened, but prokeh' When
law is defied; when great central city,
one of the first in this any other land.
has its prosperity threatened by d reign
of blood and fire and terror; when great
communities are looking hither and thlther
for some method of escape from the terrorS
which surround them; when our very clVli-
zatiOn. not to say the form OF government
under which we live, is heavinS under
mad groundsweH of a great agitation, 1t
seems to me that any representative on this
floor has descended very far from the lofty
plane of craftsmanship ana PATRIOTISM VINO
stands at such an hour to appeal for party.
What matters it to us whether we be re-
pubIicanS or democrats; what matters IL 10
stood in the great American conflict IN the
past: so now we stand shoulder to shoulder
for the peace of the country, 1of the en-
forcement of its laws, for the support OF us
dignity and the perpetuity OF It's personal
liberties-for the liberties OF the people!
| do not wish to speak to a subject IKE
this from a southern standpoint; L will not
It matters not to me whether the woe
which threatens Chicago be western, or east
ern or northern southern-lt involves
in it's meshes the very life of this republic,
which is d republic of order, if it Is a
republic at all.
I'VE are a peculiar people. We are
people who govern their country by VOTE
by ballot, and the will of the people is its
laws, and when the will of the people fails
to support the law, the government must
become defunct. We have no government
except the government recognized and up
held by the free will of the people. Law
governs by the popular will and protects
private property and private life. 1t pro
tects the right of the laboring man to dis
pose of his labor and sell it where he
pleases and when that right is invaded by
MIR. Deb5 Mr.. Anybodyelse, it is de-
fiance not only of the laws of the whole
country, but it is the inauguration of a sys-
tenn OF slavery never known in the past
history of this country.
THE institution of slavery has been
wiped out in the blood drawn from the
veins of northern and southern kindred
and there never has lived a man on this
continent who had the right to order d
man of his own blood to cease from labor.
why, sir, where is this country today? !
stand here i'll this high chamber and recall
with some misgiving l confess, the woeful
prophecy Of Lord Macaulay that in some
great public upheaval like that which con-
fronts us today, this fair republic would
either lose it's civilization through mob law,
or in putting it down by the strong arm
OF power, would lose It's liberties. Sir, 1 do
not believe that, but l confess that if such
doctrines have heard on the floor
this morning become popular, well may we
pause and consider whether Macaulays
prophecy is to be fulfilled or not Rather
would l think with the great Gambetta
when he sad that all the hDerIy-lovIng
people of the country would unite to save
the country, however much they might night
III politics.
The day is on right now, and 1 stand
american citlzen, and L wish my voice
could range through the heart of every law
breaker on the continent, when they say
that the men who wore the gray from 81
to TO and confronted the stars and stripes
VIII be found side by side with those who
wore the other uniform following that flag
IN upholdlnS the dignity of the country
over which 1t floats (Applause.)
one more thought. The distinguished
senator from Minnesota (Mr. Davis SAID
truly ana wisely That the great backbone
OF the country was the common class.
HStolio ~ liIetI glass; L am cy farmer ana
olhy farmer, ana az their representative
l stand here today to say that south OF the
Potomac river you will not see a farmer.
y ne white or black, who viii not rally TO
the support OF the government, in the sup
pOGt OIL the power which the people have
elected. L wish the matter could have been
settled. regret the bloodshed, but | want
10 say, as an honest man, that the blood
which has been shea, will be shed be
1t an ocean, Is nothing TO the price OF this
republic and its value, and the sons of the
men who made it VIII save it whatever may
be the cost
This speech evoked prolonged and enthu-
SlaStlc applause.
Mr.. Daniel offered the following resolu-
tlon as substitute for that oeffred by Nh.
Pefter
Resolved. That the senate endorses the
prompt ana rigorous measures adopted by
the president of the United States and the
members OF his admins ira ton to r5pulse
ana Tepel by military the interter-
ence OF laWless men with the due process
OF the laws OF the United States and with
me me transportation of the mails of the
united states and with commerce among
the states. 1t is within the plain constitu-
tlonal authority of the congress of the
united Stsses to regulate commerce with
foreign nations and among the several
states and with the Indian tribes; to estab-
ISl poStoftlceS and post roads, and to or
daln and establish inferior courts: and the
judicial power extends to all cases in law
ana equity arising under the constitution
anu laws of the United States. It is the
duty or the president. under the constitu-