Year: 1877

e are two Lc gislatures. and not one cent OF
4 AK collected in the Treasury The same
D is true in the State Of Louisiana Now
' the question for us to decide. and one 10
3 be decided by this Administration is,
: How are we to ascertain which is the
4 local government Of a State, and what
D department Of the government has a
! right TO ascertain that fact2 Must Il be
5 left to CoIgress7 Has the Senators alone
r q right TO determine it7 Can IL be left
, in any wFy to the Supreme Court, or
shall the Executive decide il for him.
self2 ] don't see that the Executive has
The power to decide that question for


himself | do not see that be has not !;
but do not say that be has. The qres-
tion so fer as Louisiana and South Caro-
; lima are concerned-that question is dov
IN the Senate Of the United States Gov.
Kellogg is asking for admission as a Sen.
, ator from the State Of Louisiana, and the
question has to be decided by the Senate
itself whether he is entitled to his seat
{ And that question Of course rests upon


the one fact-uas the Legislature that
elected him the legal Legislatue Of the


State Of louisiana IL seems to me


while that question is pending before tie


Senate Of the United States the Presi-


dent has not the ri hit, or at least il we aid


be improper for him to decide il on bis


own motion, and say that this or that


government is the real government Of


the State Of Louisiana. Some mode must


be adopted, some way must be discovered


to settle these questions and 10 settle


them peacefully. We are an enlightened


people. Force is the last thing any civ


ilized country should resort to. As long


as courts can be created, as long as boards


OF arbitration can be selected, as long a.


We can reason and think and urge all the


co olsiGeretions OF anhood upon each


other there should be no appeal to arms


in the United States upon any question


whatever.
TIere is another question, and that 10 |


the reconciliation Of silver. | do not |


know how you feel about it in New York, |


enc / care just as little as / know. except |


for the general good. We are a silver


producing Nation. For what earthly


reason will we slander our own wares i


Silver is good enough for me; it is good


enough for you. Ii will buy bread; il


will buy labor and anything on earth


thst will buy bread and labor is good


enough to pay debt / want to see


good times coming back to this country


do not want to see everything given up


to the persons they are pleased to call


the creditors Of this government want


them 10 have every dollar that is coming


to them. IL we have agreed to pay them


in gold, let US pay them in gold. IL we


agreed to pay them in coin, let us pay
just as soon as we can, every dollar. in


coin; but | want il TO be understood


that the debtor is as good az the cred


itor, and that the man who takes his
coupon down to the bank every morning
at 10 o'clock is no better than the man


who has dug in the snow and the cold


or his dollar


PRESIDENT HAYES SOUTHERN POLICY.


All these questions are upon US. Iii
for you TO say whether there shall be
honest ballots cast, and only honest
.llots cast, in this coun ry. IL is for
you to say whether the Office shall be
given to the honest and deserving 1t j.
for you to say whether every election
shall be a scramble for Office, or a real !.
honest contest for principle. All these ,
questions ere upon Us. This is no time . .
for war War settles nothing except the
mere question OF strength. That Is all
war ever did settle You cannot shoot
ideas into a men with a musket. nor with :
car non into one Of those old Bourbon y
Democrats of the North You can not =
let prejudices out OF a man with a sword
This is the time for reason. for discus
1lOHf lOE GQhlHI0Dllats us - the time -
to repair, to rebuild, to preserve. War
destroys; peace creates. War is decay
and death peace is growth and life and
sunlight and air War kills men peace
maintains tn m. Artillery does not rea- y
COZ; it asserts. A bayonet has point
enough, but no logic. Laughter and
applause When the sword is drawn :
reason remains in the scabbard. IL is
not enough to win upon the field Of bat
tie. You must be victor within the :
realm Of thought. Thee must be peace
between the North and South some time =
[applause not q conquered peace, but !
a peace that conquers. With a knowl-
edge Of our wants. with a clear percep =
tion Of our difficulties, Rutherford b.
Hayes became President Of the United =
States. [Applause.l Nations have been
saved by TIE couia age, the grandeur OF
one man. Above all things a President
should be a patriot Party at best is
only a means to an end, that end being
the good Of the country and the happi-
ness of the people. The President took
the right hand Of the North and put il
into the right hand of the South and
said, Let US be friends. We parted at =
the car mons mouth we were divided by !
the edge Of the dripping sword. We Z
are all citizens in a government Of the
people, for the people, by the people, and :
there shall not be @ downtrodden class, ?
whether white or black. To this feast
every child Of the Republic shall be in
Vited and welcome" IL was a grand y
thing grandly done. If the President
succeeds in his policy. il will be an i'm
Lie Sc compliment to his brain. IL he
fails, it will be "a equal compliment TO
to his heart. Applause He has open
ed the door. He hss advanced and he
has extended his fand. He has broken
the silence Of haired with the words Of 7
welcome. Actuated by this broad catho-
lie spirit he selected his constitutional 7
advisers. Let me say right here, the !
President has a right to select his consti-
tutional advisers to suit himself Loud =
applause The.idea Of men endeavoring :
to force themselves or others into the :
Cabinet Of President, against as il were, /,
his will l would AS soon think OF cir !
culating a petition to compel some wo-
man to marry me Laughter.l


HEARTY FRAIsE FOR THE CABINET.


He has gathered about him the men he
considers the wisest and the best. ] say, .
let US give them a fair chance. / say. !
let us be honest with the President Of ..
the United States and with his Cabinet,
and give his policy a fair and honest
chance. Mr.. Eyarts-l loud applause T. :
is a lawyer standing coniessedly at the !
head OF the American bal. a man per
fectly acquainted with international law,
and who mas a character without a stain.
Carl Schurz is a man Of culture, man Of
great literary attainments. and | believe
an honest man. | look upon his selec- :
tion as a real compliment paid to intelli-
gence and brains. Richard w. Thomp-


son have known personally for a good
many years. lie has been a Republican
ever since that party was born, and be.