Year: 1879

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the coarse first act in a tragedy the single act in
a coarser farce and whichever II was the people of
this country determined tnat ~ SHOULD DC aaninsa %
on the first presentation and never put upon the
stare again. 1 sure may safely say that the
Potter Committee. even to Mr.. Potter himself by


The only conspicuous sentiment of a general ma
ture disclosing his fundamental politics. that Mr..
Potter gave expression to- III speech on the hoor of
the House of Representatives in 1874 We're
these:-.'I free to declare that ii l were
now TO make a constitution for the future
Government of rising States / would put a pro-
vision in it whereby certain number or proper
of States might go out OF their Union whenever
they pleased, for believe that good government
cannot in the long run be maintained without
being in accordance with the interests OF those
who are under it," Well. supposing the interests
of all the rest of this great country make it
important that it should stay IN Uaughter) How
would you like to have the State Of Louisiana. for
instance with the mouth of the Mississippi 60 out
of the Union and take the mouth OF the Mississippi
with it, Political opinions are free. and may say
of these political opinions that they both FREQ
and easy. Iaughter.) What do you think of ask
ing the people of the State of New York to put
crown upon the head and a gold chain around the
neck of who processes and declares such senti-
ments as these? (Applause


DEMOCRATIC MoLEHILLs.


Well. having got through with consideration
of these minor topics. what is the general scheme of
the democratic politics that they placing before
their conntrymen tor their approval or reJection!
hills and molehills OF mountains. We had an
immense concordance OF democratic opinion in
Congress on three questions--whether the test
oath should be retained the statute book.
whether there should be soldiers at the polls and
whether there should be deputy marshals at the
polls and they withheld the appropriations OF the
government and required special or extra session
for these great matters. They wanted as many
nothings to make something Of they could
carry into extra session. With regard to
the soldiers at the polls. did anybody ever
regularity? Nobody did. But under the Of
that simple that transparent. that acceptable propo
stion dear to English liberty and dear to American
liberty, was hidden insidious attack upon the
power of the American people to maintain against
violence the freedom the security the equality the
universally of the suffrage. (Applause) Then the
marshal ON election day-that had to be provided
for. and extra session held when there
was not to be election during the whole year.
with what noble devotion they determined that
rather than the liberties Of this people should
be oppressed election that was not to be held,
and by soldiers that neither wanted to come
were wanted to come, they would withhold the ap-
preparations. Well SAT waiting to be dis
port and maintenance of the government until these
great evils redressed. and the President
fused the SAT 600 and kept his faith. Applause


PREDOMINANT ISSUES.


Now for the mountains which they wished TO turn
into moehills Governor Seymour. in letter made
up of about the same materials OF which you mako
that the great interests of
the people of this State in the two thousand
offices that they are to vote for all over this
State. This is great position for the democratic
party to take


There are two portentous. predominant, far
reaching political projects that the democratic party
can neither belittle nor obscure. They cannot sink
out of sight. They have been raised before the eyes
and the MINDS ana ncartS or the Amcr1-
can people. One is the pretension that when
party can get possession OF one house-the
House of Representatives-they can domineer
the whole government of the United States and
rghtfulJy WELD a political power that shall
subdue the Senate and the President. Un-
punishable and unimpeachabe by their
sole majority to withhold every means
for conducting your government. The hrmness of
the President and the ability and courage, the
sacacity and patriotism of the republican Senators
and Representatives has carried the country through
that danger, and am inclined to think that it will
be some time before that performance will be
peated any public stage:


Another great danger Is that political project
which seeks to subjugate the suffrage in great part
of the country. and then by that mass of
dead suffrage, conglomerate of despotic power.
SO harass and overwhelm the free suf-
frage of the rest of the country that it
cannot have its fair participation in the
maintenance of the government Practically it
takes 1873 electoral votes out Of politics and leaves
republicans to get out OF the 23l remaining votes 1S5
and their allies to get only At. 1t does not take
that is the condition of the Southern suffrage Some
very pregnant and examples have occurred
of the suffrage is. do allude to the martyred
Chisholm to stir up your feelings to mutny and
rage. but ask your attention to its political
character. expressed by the community in
which it was perpetrated. In time of war
we are willing to die for country.
but the horrors Of peace with tho violence OF the
methods of war we cannot and will not endure
Applause.) The North waited long to see whether
any movement, would be made to punish





having done nothing that the community
wished to see punished. Mark how this
wicked terrorism that begins by prescribing the op
poste political party makes its progress to pur-
suing and furnishing dissenting independents in the
party itself. In Yazoo county citizen that was
crowned with honor for his prescription of repubi-
cans becomes independents democrat and is slain,
because discords cannot be allowed in that party.
In South Carolina, although the law provides
deprivation of civil rights account Of creed
or color. convictions for prescription were pre-
vented and the power of the United States set ut
bv fha ovid (which hat the
coored people not denied these rights because
they colored men. but because they
institutions. What becomes OF that in these South
ern communities There is u substitution of vio-


hoois and the Destroying Of free speech and the
decay of tree suffrage so hand in hand; and
il this people will save their own suffrage
from being subjugated by this dead mass OF violent
and despotc suffrage they must stir Their selves to
soc that free schools, free speech and free suffrage
shall prevail in every corner Of this land. Jap
plause1 II you allow these to be subjugated the
people will have choice but to mako the same
kind of resistance to the one snbjugaion that they
made to the other. tApplause.)


FUTURE WORK FOR REPUBLICAN PARTY.


Well. gentlemen. it may be asked. do 1 fear the
triumph of this attack? No;.I do not. But l dep
rccate the strife and the calamity of the struggle
We can bear and we can redress this evil; but we
cannot submit to it, wc cannot foster it and
with better patience if the people had nothing
to do but to attend to these political
questions. But We have great many things to do;
we have our manufactures, our agriculture, our
commerce; have the fostering and advancement
of enterprise. Of religion OF civilization. and we
have the lead of the nations of the world If we will
step forward and take it. We don't intend to
bo kept forever from these pursuits by forcing
upon us out OF clear sky these thunderbolts of
danger from the Southern hills. do not need in
this metropolis where am glad to see the parties
agree so nearly upon the great and fundamental
basis OF finance and specie. TO refer to them. But


would say that this great and difficult problem has
boon solved by the republican party by measures
that have step by step been opposed by the
democratic party. The result has been one OF def
mite complete triumph for the republican party
and complete disaster for the democrats since the
first great when imitation bill stihed by
the veto Of President Grant.


This declaration was received at first with slight
applause. which terminated in great cheers.


Three cheers for Grant, the next President Of tho
United Statesi' proposed by voice. The
cheers were begun. but. unexpectedly and surpris.
ingly, were accompanied by storm OF Kisses from
ali parts of the house. The cheers and Misses con-
tnued for some moments in about equal proper
tiops. amid great excitement when another voice
shouted, 'sThree cheers for Senator Blaine for next
President" The hisses ceased and round OF ap-