New Britain herald., 1916-10-04
History as it Might Have Been.
(New York World),

IdCh on the beClaratlOn or InQepenn- ence in a campaign speech which he delivered hero tonight MT. Hughes denounced the action of the Contin- ental Congress on the ground that it violated the principle of arbitration.
 q stand for the principle of arbi- tration," he said. "It is 8 civilized method as opposed to the injurious contests of force, which impoverish labor and imperil the social order. The essence of the matter is a fair and reasonable hearing of all parties concerned and a just determination according to the facts. It is no answer to say that the awards of ar bitration are not always just.''
 Philadelphia, Sept. IS, 1787- Charles E. Hughes made an excoriar- ing attack on the Constitution of the United States as adopted by the con- vention in campaign speech which he delivered here tonight MT. Hughes denounced the Constitution on the ground of sectionalism. He pointed out that Virginia delegate named George Washington presided over the conventions that framed this Constitution and that another Vir- g1nla delegate named James Madison was the guiding spirit. To make a bad matter worse, the convention was influenced enorm mously by the writings of another Virginian named Jefferson.
 MT. Hughes showed that only one delegate from New York had signed this Constitution, but southern states were largely represented. We must nave national government" he said, not sectional governm ent."
 Washington, Dec 12, 1SS2.- Charles E. Hughes made an eXcoriar- ing attack on the Notification Proc!a- mat1on of President Jackson in ! campaign speech which he delivered l here tonight. Mr. Hughes insisted i that there was no crisis and that no new issue was presented by the South Carolina doctrine of notification. The president says of his proclama- ton that 1t is to meet an emerg- ency,' he remarked. What emerg- ency?"
 | MT. Hughes declared that the presl- dents action was indefensible inas- much as there had been no public 1 investigation into the facts The president and the country could not know in the absence of such an in qu1ry whether notification was wise or unwise. MT. Hughes bitterly cen- 1 sured President Jackson for having threatened to hang John c. Calhouu ] and said that if the president could
 override the judicial process in such
 fashion we had practically reached a i dictatorship in this country. Besides
 added MT. Hughes, nullification ought 1 to have been submitted to arbitra- tion. 'I believe in arbitration." Washington, Jan. ?, 1S63.-Charles l B. Hughes made an excoriating att l tack on President Lincoln's Emanct- | patton Proclamation in a campaign l speech which he delivered here to- night. Hr. Hughes emphatically de- nied that the judgment of society fa- vOred the emancipation of the slaves 1 He said the war was being fought on l the issue of secession and that so- ciety had had no opportunity to ex- press it's opinion on the emancipation 1 question.
 "The measure to which I allude is ! not, strictly speaking, an emancipa- l ton measure" he said. "It is a wage l measure Whether the negroes are free or not, they must still work, but if they are emancipateds they will de- mand regular rate of pay for their labor. It is a plain proposition for | ct CIldIISc III lue wage scale.
 Washington, Oct. 31, 1864- Charles E. Hughes made an excoriat-
 ing attack on President Lincoln's
 foreign and Mexican policies in a
 campaign speech which he delivered | here tonight. MT. Hughes charged
 that the Lincoln Administration had ] failed to protect American lives and l property in Mexico and that it had fai tn I1ri+ 1 building and releasing the Confedar-
 ate commerce-d -destroyers, particular
 ly the Alabama, which had inflicted | immense damage upon American
 shipping.
 "The president has been weak and
 vacillating in his dealings with Great
 Britain, France and Mexco," declared
 Mr. Hughes, "and I blush with shame" We propose that we shall
 enforce American rights on land and | sea-" he said, with respect to all na-
 tions throughout the world with re-
 spect to American lives American
 property and American commerce.
 We propose to stand four-square
 among the nations of the earth. We have no unstated purposes. We are
 just plain American"
 Washington, Sept. Is. 1872- | Charles E. Hughes made an excoriat- ] ing attack on President Grant and the | Alabama Claims award in cam
 paign speech which he delivered here | tonight. MT. Hughes showed that
 the Alabama began it's depredations
 in 1862 and that ten years had been
 allowed to lapse before a settlement ! was reached. The blame for this, he
 said, rested largely upon President
 Grant, who had dawdled and tenn porized for more than three years aft
 CT taking office before forcing the i claims to an issue. we have had ! brave words," he said. Tt is not ! words, but strength and resolution