The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-10-11
Touching Matters Of Ma
tional Importance.
Mr.. HuCHESASSERTS HIMSELF
On the MOmentOus Questions
OF the Day in a Very
Confident Manner.
HE TAKES A DEFINITE STAND

Philadelphia, July ), ITO
Charles E. Hughes made an exco-
Rating attack on the Declaration of
Independence in a campaign speech
which he delivered here tonight.
Mr.. Hughes denounced the action of
the Continental Congress on the
ground that it violated the principle
of arbitration.
81 stand for the principle of ar
bitration,' he said. 1t is a civiliz-
ed method as opposed to the inju-
rious contests of force, which impov-
erish labor and imperl the social Or
der. The essence of the matter is a
fair and reasonable hearing of all
parties concerned and a just deter
mination according 10 the facts. 1t
is no answer to say that the awards
of arbitration are not always Just"
III.
Philadelphia, Sept. Is, 1851
Charlts =. Hughes made an eXco-
rating attack on the Constitution of
the United States as adopted by the
convention in a campaign speech
which he delivered here tonight
Mr.. Hughes denounced the Consti-
tuition on the ground of sectional
ism. He pointed out that Virginia
delegate named George Washington
presided over the convention nhat
framed this Constitution and that
another Virginia delegate named
James Madison was the guiding spir-
it, To make a bad matter worse,
the convention was Influenced enor-
mously by the writings of another
Virginian named Jefferson.
Mr.. Hughes showed that only one
delegate from New York had signed
this Constitution, but Southern
States We're largely represented. 1--WE
must have a national government"
he said, mot a sectional govern
ment."
Ill
Washington, Dec. IL, 1872
Charles L. Hughes made an ,eXco-
Rating attack on he Nullitration
Proclamation of President Jackson
in a campaign speech which he de-
livered here tonight Mr.. Hughes
insisted that there was no crisis and
that no new issue was presented by
the South Carolina doctrine of multi
fication. THE President says bf his
proclamation that it is to meet an
emergency he remarked. ''Vhat
emergency"
Mr.. Hughes declared that the
Presidents action was indefensible
inasmuch as there had been no pub
lie investigation into the facts. The
President and the country could not
know in the absence of such an tn
Quiry whether notification was wise
or unwise. Mr.. Hughes bitterly cen
sured President Jackson for having
threatened to hang John c. Calhoun,
and said that if the President could
override the judicial process in such
fashion. we had practically reaeher
dictatorship in this country. Be-
sides, added Mr.. Hughes, nullifica-
ton ought to have been submitted
to arbitration. Il believe in arbi-
tration," he said:
w. q.
Washington, Jan. 2, 1863
Charles e. Hughes made an exec
rating attack on President Lincoln S
Emancipation Proclamation in a
campaign speech which he delivered
here tonight. Mr.. Hughes emphat-
ically denied that the Judgment of
society favored the emancipation of
the slaves. He said the war was
being fought on the issue of seces-
sion and that society had had no OPP
portunity to express its opinion on
the emancipation question.
The measure to which allude is
not. strictly speaking. an emanoipa-
ton measure" he said. 1T is a
wage measure. Whether the ne
groes are free or not. they must still
work, hut il they are emancipated |
they viii demand a regular rate of
pay for their labor. II is a plain |