The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-23
GEN. BUCkNER'S SPEECH.
The Kentucky Veteran Given Ova-
ton hY the Audience.

ton by the Audience.
When Governor Flower introduced Cen
eral Buckner the scene was almost dra-
matte. The Northern audience evidently
thought that to the brave soldier of the
South it should accord a special welcome,
and cheer upon cheer rent the air, the
speaker being for several minutes unable
to begin. Ex-Governor Flower said: AT
the Indianapolis convention we nominated
q Union general and former Confederate
general. In the last war now thirty years
past, the grass has grown green over both
the graves of the Union and the Confed-
crate dead (applause), and at Indianapo-
lis we buried all the hates of the past with
military honors. 1 introduce General Simon
B. Buckner."
General Buckner was greeted with APP
plause he stepped to the front, In the
course of his speech he said, speaking of
the wane of sectionalism:
You go abroad and you will find that our
representatives in foreign countries are
taken without reference to sections from
patriotic men in every State in this Union
1t is that spirit which has always
have had the satisfaction of learn
ing from the chosen leader of
the Republican, party that sectionalism
that great party. (Applause) But al this
very moment, when those two great
again this country in bonds of unity and
OF friendship there rises another party in
this country, protesting TO be built upon
sectional interests and sectional feelings.
l feel that in New York to-day, in 1851
when our people were threatened by sec
tional issues, that here at least we will
find the spirit of true nationality (Ap-
plause) This party, say, is based pro-
fessedly upon sectionalism. 1t proposes to
unite two sections of this country against
two other sections of the country in
hatred. thereby opposing interests. So
that the candidate of the party is moving
from one portion of the country to the
other announcing that he was going into
the enemies country and not into a country
of friends (Applause.)
General Buckner told some pertinent sto-
res relative to the arguments that the
financial question brought forth and then
continued: "A Democrat of the old line says
to a Chicago Democrat: L see that in your
States of their rights of forming their own
banks, issuing their own currency and CIV
ing the United States government the right
by all the farmers of the country
We have left that out said our Chi
cago friend, because if we had not done
SO we could not have obtained the support
of many of our Populist friends; therefore
we have stricken that plank from the plat
form.
THE ATTACK ON THE COURTS.
""There is another plank in your platform,
said the old Democrat, which L cannot
approve. 1 remember from history that our
ancestors contended for one hundred years
to obtain judiciary free from the control
of executive or legislative power and the
trainers of our Constitution have adopted
what they hoped to be free alike from ex-
ecutive or legislative control, a tribunal,
the Supreme Court of the United States,
which cannot be controlled by passion and
which should be a bulwark for the ex-
pense of the individual and public rights
of the citizen. / see that in this platfot m
you propose to reorganize court to make
it the slave of the executive power. Shall
that institution which is the safeguard of
the citizen be broken down? Why have you
attempted to do that?
Why says our Chicago friend in
order that we may obtain the support of
Mr.. Debs, Mr.. Coxey and Governor Alt
There are other Democrats says our
Democratic friend. / fail to see trace of
Democracy in this platform formulated at
Chicago and therefore it cannot gain my
support. Then taking up the candidacy of
Mr.. Bryan. he said; Their candidate for
President is "A man of such colossal prop
critics that he can stand on three platforms
at the same time. He has holted the Dem
ocratic ticket when q candidate was named
by a convention in which he sat dele
gate. 1t is averred, that claiming to be a
Democrat, he voted for the Populist candi-
date for President against Grover Cleve-
land, and he has announced in more than
one place that he would bolt any Demo
cratic ticket which did not conform in its
platform with his own individual prefer
ences'
Such man, therefore, ought to COM
mand your earnest support as a Democrat.
says our Chicago friend. L do not recog-
nze that at ALL "
Continuing General Buckner said: Con
gress and Washington believed that the
principle involved was more important than
the regular proceedings. The object was
to win the independence which We now en-
joy. Benedict Arnold's object was to have
gained personal preferment and personal
emoument at the expense of the principle
of the Independence Of this country. Gap
plause) Now, according to our Chicago
friends. Mr.. Chairman, we are bound &c
think that General Washington and the
Continental Congress were boilers from the
regular proceedings of Benedict Arnold
We. in the same way, are charged with be-
ing boilers, because those to whom we dele
gated our authority, those Democrats &c
whom gave commission &c
go TO Chicago and formulate a platform
of Democratic principles turned upon the
party and sought TO destroy it for their
own personal emolument. tApplause.
And yet because we refused to follow THEN
direction. because We believe that princi-