Terms oi Hublioation
Ths Somerset Herald
, paMifaed eery WedncHay Morning tt JIM
cr annum, . paid In adva-w. otherwtta 43 M
rill invariably b charred.
No obw.Tlptl'" will be dUcoolloned mntfl tUl
.krrearaa-ea re paid op. Poatmaaten neg'.eeUna;
to ooUfy t when lubfcrltieri do not take oat
their pa pen will be heldliablt fyrtharobaerlpUon.
Safcnur removlDj Eroa one Puatoffiee to an.
othor hoU RtTe the name of the former u ,
well ai the preeent office. Allre j
The Somerset Herald, J
Somerset, Pa.
.-1 TTURNEYSA T-LA IV.
II.
S LND.sL.KY,
AlU'UNEV ATLAW.
Sutuerct, Penn.
A UK 11
...Aiiv F. SCMEI J ATTUKN EK ATLAW.
I I and Huua'.y est Penniuii Agunl, Svinieraai,
vtUn in Jdainmutn Block.
l&n. H-tL 1
Vtn'HXEY AT LAW,
Suuereet, J' ton.
s.
TRENT,
ATTORY-JlT LAW.
Humerul. Pcnu'c.
. . . . . i 11 . . ,...... ..tt. I
I ,ne 1 me praruc. in law in is.mierMH and ,
, - LD'UH UAV. ATTi'KNE AT LAW
,i .leii'.-riD rralMtaw. S-jniorfrt, Pa., will
. uU"w aU uiuM tmtraated u,bcre wiU
. .' ,; asd L-elJiy. mag. Uly.
,,r j fc.rl.L- BA1H, ATTOKNPTS AT (
LIW, h-awr-wi, r-a.. will iau iu sni-
.Mi al a.i'.oiiu; ouudu.. All Liu.-3 cn- I
t-;t. , w tae W.U promt tiy aueuJeO to.
.,,K U Vlil ATTtKNe.V ATLAW, SOM-,
i t;a . will pp-nt'iiy -md tnsiues I
4 ij.. y
a la aiaiouinlh UuAdizif.
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AT'
... II ti(K)NTZ. AlTORNEt
kV fj '..- Fa., a-liUne t3ipt al-o-,
' " ..-..-.II t h , ire in S"iaraot 1
H une K. .
.. V" i
.,,- KIMMtU ATTTKNEY AT LAW, I
. - , M ,IL UU I J 1 . . ... .
t-
i ... bif rare la aivrti ao.. "-.'.
let.. It 7l- I J
J.
ATlVKSEi ATLAW,
r t Pi Pro'- I'-J'lnMi entnmed
,Z!:u'a1MU.Kll..mpiuaandBJelity.
m. 10rwTi.
v. a. nrrrrL. j
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rM-KPKL. ATTOKNEYSAT;
iu-M cn-.ruste.' la theiretumwi't
, ........ ,..iw. .tiit,te.l tu. 1
'l. v.xia Cr.-if rt, oppwlie f.i
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UilN U. SCOTT,
ATTOKXEY ATLAW.
AU
c.. e.urd f LH -.ire U--nit J:T. Uipt
, in 1 pu'.i'y.
AMES L. FUGI1.
ATTOiiNKT AT IaA.T,
. p-h y. utfic. Mammoth Blwk.np
' tii!' emmine, tiiU k-Unsi-
J
s
Vri;iu Wtt-ds, Ac,
... , . i 1 ' r .: n .J iJ tenn.
. -ix a! Cf.beer A (Vi St-re.
c.f.walki;?:
riiysicJAXs.
SILLT.al.M p-rmanentlv l.!ed
i . .it pac:" lit preteaM..
.t i.arU. k niii(i:er' aiiira.
i it
l.iM'hAO K
tiUKirra bv pru?ra:lubal j
wt r"- far.rf ai-'l -14a-
e tu r.-' '-
ra et 01 lb liar I
m rtv n 11. will eur.tlnce U pra
.:tjr. t-nd i.. a i"1 "t-
1 1 . t II cW p!-s. "
. - le I., s-e.
if
-l.e pr,.or lb ttnankartlto. ha
l"u ii4.. ".hii I ha Haroet j
. v. . a eaii.ivd at all Uiuat
1 .a'l rirore'..
;if j '-ipiiy acfTwa.
.'l !:
Dr. W. F. rUXDESKEUCiTobxicro and
I.ittclt drut Surgeon,
Mil,
re:
arcit is the
.M.w.wa.a I
Ll:;:::s f 2 Ije tri lir, izc.ua-
tlflir, . S Sntb Centre asirret.
Ja:a.
DENTISTS.
1)1,"
WM. COLI.3NS. l)EKTIT, Somerset,
iirfl.'a int aaebeer bl'k. nt naira.
-.err h ran at ail timet ba f-wind prepared to uo
a.: K,n.t4 work. i-h a i-un::. reuiaiu;i. ex
v.'M. .. Artlttrtal taeihot ali amda. apd ot
u tf iuaier.a!.ir.erieJ. prtiuo warranted.
JOHN EILLS,
DB1TTIST.
in IViSrota A Nr ceif buiidliar.
Mala Crori Street,
gemenet, Fa.
tUT'.l
WM. COLLINS,
DKVT1ST.
- i'ip'fr fc FJvae'i fuire, S..mrf-t,
. . :.e '.". L'.-em vrara I have rrei!y rw
end
....
i "1' 1 ar.ie tec! h tn t:i!f lae.
vai-i inim't.c demar.J ( 'lee:n I . to
ne 10 ao eriurite ix.y la.im tliat ran
r l wsj el '. ai l..wer pri.a thn yo.
at ri tjm i&nv .Mlier place la this onlry.
i -i n. a titiM a' e ! art i tee'.h fcf V. an-i II
.'d t ant vr aui'a y ti.aal
r- '. a. li.'.l. 1. '. a t . itili.c lt!ti thai
i t ... p . ir'i.t.r ti,aT a. 4 aoit'f r'"i aai
v tl j a ,.3 at aa-j tum ax,d gat
:rvt el tharfc-e.
Y'i'-TIKIC AL TKKTII!!
.!.'. YI TZV.
1) K N T I S T
c;rr. At 0. v.
T-k ar at t b. ( tfca weTaa
1. 4ui.M Iw rmi m h
' it'Mcnlwo tfeai aMtai I.
e w- , ra a f t.t!taT af
j ) M !) HOTFL.
liSlOH.X FA.
; l . 'it mti rtl kr.aa tl Ha. Utriy
- .- , .rv-i ia ! rt-i'l. wiih all arf-w
..-z. o. al l a l an. at a rrry
- ' 1 -r 4va l-T'l trareiina-
: ai. f-. :u on rt jr...a a.l b
wrl Urx, (ml.ke aai all.-Led
"- A;-. !.- ar.j rr Malin.
... t.-j.un t, i tad at tr.c iWTt y-
: ...
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AM It .i. CM "STKl t, I 'ron.
L. for. I'Uwai
i S'v'oww. Pa.
Mgn rl tbe
'c-irt. bt AlAia awi. Kati St.
JOSEPH HEBB,
1r-T;E WatcLmaker, tt prejre-t at all
'.;a.. in ium'.rb jo a firo-eiua time
k Ir. either In tta line at
WATCH E OS CLOCKS.
ir a -jiecial-y. Warkgaaraatecd.
BUNS5
I nciudl ntt Shootlnst Oirtflt.l, -
EireryCun Warranted. t
u-x atuw. a krwA. is. U -
yOL. .XXVII. NO. 29.
HANKS, ETC.
jSTJSW BANK.
Somerset Cranty E
t t?
r
C!?lS . HAP.R1S0M,
Cashier cxd 21 'pvnf.tr.
Cotleeti.ais made in all parts of ilietmteu Suite.
Clirjet tno.ieru.tc. Butter and other entrks col
lected ami cubed. Eaern and Wcaternex-Laiijre
alwnya jn hand. Eenitttanecs made will proici
Besa. AerounU f,l'rited.
Urlkf dtfirlr.it to p-.-.-le TT. S. 4 PEK
cKXT. FV.'Tt'l .11 AN", ra:
are r-ropuil In
(letKiisinaticit ' f
jo. bicks
LA KrS X. E." E
iients tor Firs d Lils Insurance,
JOHN HICKS & SON,
SOMl '.KSrI . I 'A.,
'And Real Estate Brokers.
nSTAKl.IKHI .l) l!sV.
eny. or lr rem ili p.wi ii I ilu-lr a.lrKi)t:iirr (
r-(t:f tcr the uch-rip't'W '.her-', n-.Mli-.ri.-rU
m4,(mi(B 4 rf tallr . Kcal elate bair.e?(
enerally wl:
autJJ.
re pren:ji!y at;!.Uk t-i.
CharlesC.Oiton&Ca
IS.
A '.V- !
ami Chewins ftrn' Sr-niokip ,
hippos in StimfTi't
Alsin intiniU! variety ot
1 . .""r - nifl
nuTinsa soll statiinn ie
' MAMMOTH BLOCK,
: Nov. 12
WALTER 0. TEEKT
I j
J MAM FAC-VIKLP. 'F
CJG-AR
s,
FACTOUX 0.T.
Cor. Main and ricasant Streets,
SCXZRSET, PA.
Bc-nrcJ trrtn the
Finest Leaf Tcbocco, ;
car "fall arra-K . ie an '. pru-.-
rr Uireaieni(i. Ir-n tue cueaia-M i '
peT-.'.ve. II my f:xr arc JU'rei with a vp-w ;
uoli;T at w-ll tt L.w n;arc-. Ihavaat prof i t
a l.irjt r.o. k it fiat l.-af t. b ie a'.: kia it on j
pan and wiil 1 a:le to nunaTic'o ri.r m
cl eujx-r prP-es a any olbcr trm ia Urn canty.
WALTER 0. TRENT.
IV r
:S.R. PILE.
CEHt.1 HI
I'JjlJ UJl I J '
Groceries, Confections,
Queensware, TA'illow-ware.
Salt, Fish,
Clears,
(to,.
VS" XI U V w IVVAi.a-itJ
MICE.
All Goods Positively
SOLID -A-T
BOTTOM PRICES.
FAIR AND SQUARE
IS
Our JNXotto.
I).t Tail to Cite
E 2, mn BLOCK A CALL,
AVl:t n (loir.ii o'.ir
SHOPPIMG-
. rsr:
Demssiic"
a a.-.-.- Unh rr.fi
They are esPrSa! deirwedtoir-M
tha reauiyement of thof who tlt'Ut
in Style, ptrfect in Fit, fid 9 t np-
that they are readlly tmdfrateotS ty
rrot ine perienced. Se nd5c. f o r c -alogue.
Addrea,
"Domestic" Ftsliicn C.
NEW YORK.
Vte.i
PATE N T S .
I
- - - - j
lWSI.5 tn.ir I rRot.RM. t r.Mr..v 1
i fv?ir2- I f 5 e M I I
1 C K 1 ' I I .s.lS I i rt.i'io. ! a f ! that H-f Lit
iw-awKrUi ct4 l.::.",H.'..vr'"r.r:.-,;:'M i
. aj a 1 vi r v . A l i -1 - . - - e m
I 1 . 1 . n - w nai IT Hi E ' . ; i .
L
Pacer
ML. B n. . 1
T. r. ILBAKS, LtSJ & lisX
Ka. M Sixth rittsbwrgb. Pa.
Ko Paunt. ao pay- Senior Clrcslar.
Nov. 1
MISCELLANEOUS,
rpiiU (.UEAT loSillVi: CUKE
On t i l.O.. I.IVt.i, JkX.ttXS,l
.7.. .i I UuUA..
ior its (;ot1)
.. . . r rv..-.. j. m- .5 ta 9t OT otiat ax. aul
j 1 '1.1:1 lot ir.j!"-t:r fcad rirrttt-ir i-i;: t ;;a
VI FOB CGtES.
' lM;Tit;. 1 riTa"1 ee tiir T.rt tLls f.RI'11
i I.; if y.-o i.n rerr.Tini' frnta iiJi i.H HjirT.nks
' Jt, 1H. rr I .lt::.-x! i.l!Ll a.l fl1!, t;i fJLIIU
I r.:UTt, HA-TIflTI"?. HUM! (rl!(.'ISU!MW,
In K i (I.:nniii, I-iid;-.i r.sl Prprich. f:? b !::jri;
rwr.'-rrna ;ru jcy m its owrtu tua Twinou ci:rvtaci la
yr.nterV lc.
TtT. I: i-i c!aTi. t:.o thru '-.iIt-v t ko
t :i.i 1 p. t .i'ii curium c.tca en 1 stu&iiif g lK.-a.Ui ua 4
pcnr''j', ci Airl rntiuiiiizba.i.
bria.-rbt (trneaa-Uy. Vricr, C UVi ffT IiIiIm.
Walter ladirr oM i'row'rs.
40 J-UStiwt, JWVrli.'
warn
SVFFSrED 30 YKAHS.
Krt toenw cn t;!l wl.M I l:avr. n:.iic.-J u r is.- j-x-.t
ycL-n (,c.n t i. r, r.-.i ;.u tt i.L..i.t!i(. l
t t.HaO o U:at I eimM n -t Kiivit 'i;mn :ay f.i-t. I
roH n-n sxi.k bait a mi's wiiti-Mit sutf.T.aj litiCMO
i.iy MI: ot:i.l hrin on ti-voro -
Ab"it ni1 Ti'ri;n 1 n 1:k;ikt1 t try tiottl? of
?-it liJ'iKr " BCtl t-ji izla-l to laia iliatt ft'tcr tatLin
lour bt!i.4 I vvi c::;i tiy fcr1 ot Will di-fa-. ftrj
iac -i ..B-lLarlj a c liti t. trj .
ilaii 0. P. IMJiiUI , j4 Ssrx St.
DOX'T C-O FGOLIXG AP.OrXD.
in? ntIk'tn 1 r?i fmifl'rfntiT rrmmm"nl
H..i.t t, I uivxl It tn my iaiu.; mini kinm
f:;:-M wt hco eri"d . t1 'I f-TTi -uarv tt r-vtl and
itii ,;rie f)"- ri'n, !'iu it mu. 'i ta tiuM actl oc-
J. K. Pl'TALL, riirrbaa-i, L. L
OP 1KARS STANDI VO.
t t i: "ir -U la.-or il:fLNl.l 4VJii i.L..-.?-iiUuf
ffwnsaf
a
I OR BAM:iiY
G. W.SPEEES,
OlWaaiST, Somerttt, Pa.
Who is aa.!: T:t?d tu guarantee Vlsrorcneta prove
a. i!itsrat.',i-.l.
Cook & Scsrits'
FAMILY GROCERY,
Flour and Feed
STORE.
VTe wouJ nrs' refpcfnlly announce to oar
Iter).! and the vuN lc eenpraily. tn the town and
Ti2ity ol ! aeraet, that we have opened onr
New Store ,a
MAIN CnOSS STREE1
KuC :a a.iiiauB loc full Use ot the Lett
Tcbaccc, C'Jsar. Ac.
Wei!!eB.Tor,i;an time, to "5'p!y jar r
ti:r iu; ti.e
BEST QUALiTY OF
FAMILY FLOTJK,
CORN-jIEAL,
OATS, SHELLED CORN,
OA TS CORN CHOP,
BRAN. MIDDLINGS
Aueverj-thint:
meat at tua
psru.lclr.g to the Feed Depart
LOWES
For.
CASH ONLY.
Alio, a wirll Mieetad itora ot
0'. t?w. r?; St.tiivtre. Wcc"enare, Fnttd
ail kinda, and
STATIOXEIH
W Uch we wle:i aa ebaa at the cheapen,
p-.easr eah. efascla oar rnoJ3f all kttid. and
fr year own ja lr.'t.
rr.; wtere wa itay
MAIN ' t.
II. p H'.tirrw tmil
l.frac'.hrM, ri
Fir
h-k. ui tut rf-rt
at tv-I0 i iM
fcKlIrwyr I Vrttn
t ooi-Uin! of a,l.
kin I j-rauifetil.T cur
ly Hi-p ItJttcr.'
tjlfc. kimS din:
i H lin m."
itf. -M a- h.
'f, I, ii-. Hrk
r. nrJ LjiJni i
ti'.f) Hi tcr tiij
i' t t la i't'tr atv
iwliji pTr Wr"k
fcTk Hop Hiair
mi wil lur tv ttut
oeokgfIw
srr.Ens.
if EmTL.il mm mm
i
! tnt(alnrgh,Eaitrndt) Pa.
Collegiate vear open September 12th.
! Location 4 mi'ts t:om Court House,
, ovcr-looWtc ; East Liberty valley. Easy of
aorr anu tree Irrm raoke. I erma lor
boariiirjs pt pi's retfuced. For particular
and cMilocue applv to
' MISS nELEN' E. TELETREAU,
j Acting Prcsidt-nt.
' GEO. A. D-EP.RY. Treasorer.
! Aac.7
Ul PC ATE O WATCaVRft. CVaaeat
aDvlMi
know. worM. amr mmcurrr at
tninahA-wituaa awma
Soniefset
E S
Written Tor the Hbai.i.
CllRItmAS 4 AbOL.
BT oT.iven hi ei:.
There If a etory ollun. g'4Jen,
Laden with the iwentest prare.
Of a iiranger. In a manger,
t7oaelid on Aommn'e rbh Inrrcsje;
Kobd D'.t In jihle, f.ra staWo
Where the nndc and utMW-clad wall!
ronnI a shsiter, where dl J swelier
Cattle in their .ailing tul'.a.
Sufi and slcrt iy, pure and holy,
IialM.i the mother on Ut-r arm,
SotlUua; saintly, wlU'p'ri.i lainlly
Sweetest no: J the riill 1 U ehirin.
Oh, the lena'r ol the tender
Unlit of lure Tltaia her eyes :
Oh, ths meinla, as ih l--ini:i-r
O'er her a, !l I bier wi'h Bi.i.
Thmaih "ilrcr liahi-f. aVv was flunlus
!!riI.l the lur or Bethl-hics ;
Thr jnjh tcy1u eriide in the aluule
The rayi fell on the heads of tneui
Ths pure an t h !r. thjuh w.-ak anll-jwty,
h -n i,f Oil, J.;:" I oTa-n ;
And nearer. e iror, bri h'.er, e'.iarcr,
HameJ the st ir of glory, tbt.a.
Above ths atiblei' pjiale I itiMm,
lit J the iar of glory um 1;
And adoriag weaita outjHarin,
Knelt the men irum euaiiKcr L'.nO;
Swiftly uyin wi:h their j-raylug.
While their eyes with tears w.-re dial :
"From atur we're sctn thiifar,
And have coins to worship him."
Oh, ths bC'ly, pxT and lowly
Princ- of Ptjee Uius aieHDly born;
Glory ren Jer to the splendor
Ot thai shining natal to. rn ;
To our Saviour, whose behavior
Gained Ilia bat a thorny er jvrn :
Whu, f.T the winning of the efcir.ln
Left fur us this goUeu thr me '.
Oh, renicruber that sweet December
When the S m of .Mia was born;
And, may ever our endeavor
Sanctity that Msieu. 10 j.-a !
And, lonaly voi. in? oar rch i'.-ing,
Our liiiisjrs glad or this day, when
Heaven a loruiait; the Star of AIon.ioiT,
Flashed peace on earth, good will to men .
SPEECH OF JAMES G. BLAINE.
TIOLATIO.V OF SCFFRAOE RIGHTS.
. Oa motion of Mr. IIbujLu, the
Secaic pruccedtd t-j ibe cjDsidera
tion of iLe rtrcluiiou tubmit'.ecl bj
Mr. Blaiue io regard 10 icquiring as
tJ whetter hi ihe rectnt eiet-tiuLS
the CJDfctiiotional rights tf American
citiz-na were r;wia;e(i, etc
Mr. B'iite preceedtd to tddrcfes
the Secnte, aad aid:
Ma. Tiiesiiiext: Tbe ptLdia res
cluiioa was t&rtd lj Die witb a
mo-.'old purpose iu view: Fir.-t, To
pUc on rttord, ia a d EiiiLe aad
1 uictu'.ic form, 'he fraods end cut
ragts bj which s.ni rtcecit lefiio&s
wtTe) carried tj tee Dtf;m.cr?lc par
ty ia ihe Svutrera 'r?f : Secoccf,
To fiod if the be aoj method by
wbicb a repeii'.ion tf these crimes
egaiutt a free bi'In may be pre
veuted. The cewrpapcr is the cbiincel
througb wbicb tie people of the
United S'.ttee are it fenced tf cur
rest eveuiK, BLd the cci-ount giveo
ia tie prefs represent tlie electioss
ia seme cf the iScathera Sistes to
ha?e beta cccoruosoitd by rLlecca;
ia not a few cases reaching tfce de
strnctioa of life ; to have been con
trolled by ihrtfcts ttat awed aid ia
liruidated a large.cless of voters; to
have been manipulated by fraud of
the niCBi (-tameless cod dhameful
de?criptioa. iadetd in South Caro
olina there seems ti have been no
election at all ia any proper sense of
tbe term. There was iasiead a se
ries of frkirniifbea over the State in
which the p-jlling-placea were re
garded as torts to be cspturtd by
one pany acd held egaiiisc ihe oth
er, acd when this could not be done
with convenience, frauds ia the cauut
and tisiue-baHut devices were re
sorted ta in order to effectually de
stroy the voice cf tLe majority.
These, in brief, are the accounts giv
en in the non-parti-'&n pre?3, of the
diejraceftil outrages that aUended
the recent elections, ciid, so far ea 1
have seen, these etutcmeatt are uitb
out ferious cootradiciivn.a It is but
just and fair 10 all parties, however
that en impartial icve.-ti.'a'.K a c
taefe lacts a-Ufa.ll ne tuaat; by a com
mittee of the Senate, prceetdiog un
der the authority if the law acd rep
resenting the pvwer cf the nation.
Heccc ray re-clu-i- a.
Cut di Lot need inrcauation
to eetalli.-h certain fac'.p already tfj
tfScial record. We kau that oap
LucareJ ana t-ix Kprf ?eot..ifs u
n t . . ... 'J
vuujjicr writ itcriiiij U'l-i j u lLe
statis rrmt-riy nave nvia::'ff, aca
that tLe Dem ,c.a'.a eltc'.ed uue
U3-!
dred and one cr poi!.'I' ote hua-
u.iu iuu mu, bju idc k.t p:.u :ciui
:i, e M- 1.' .t...
ugr vi j-ji'siN.y ur. ticaj'w uai
thirtv-Ere of iht-e Iltpr-.tiitirfs !
weie a.-eiLed to tee S.-chra S atta
by reason t f the c jLred p pu!li ja,
acd the entire p.ii.ical pjwr thus
foucced on the narr.lxrs of the t ! r
ed pcci!e Las be-ia r:e:r d and ap
. i . . t
! i: 0WB -t'enrifc by tte Dero .cralic ,
f v I1 - ' " - " ' " I
party cf the South. j
THE ISl E TfllS EAl.-tb
before the eoua'ry, Mr. reiJritt is, ia dieress, the executive and jadi
not one of mere t-r utiment fjt the t c'a! oXcers of tbe State, of the mem
rights cf tbe nrcr. tbi ogb far d:V j be rs of the Legislature thereof, is
taut be the dtv when ike rights of;der.n-d ti any male inhabitants of
; anv American t itiien, however black
or however por. hba'l fe.rm th- mere
ddet tf tte balance t any cjntro-'
I vert;
nor is tie ice one toat in-;
volves the waving ef tbe tlwdy j ctber crime, tbe bais of representa
sbirt," to quote tbe 1 qcent Ternacu-J lion tbereia shall be reduced in the
!r of Demccatic vi uperati r ; nor . jr'pjitioa wLich the number of such
; still further is the isue as no pre i
tented only a qoestion of the equali-
ty cf the "black voter of tbe South
with tbe white voter tf tbe Sjuia.
TLe issue, Mr. President, has ukeo
afar wider range. One cf po'ten-j
tons magnitude and that is, wheth-'
er the white voter of tbe North shall j
be equal to the wbite voter ef the
South in shaping the policy aad Bx
inr; the destiny cf ibis country; or
whether, to put it still more boldly,
the white man who fought ia tbe
Union army shall have as weighty
and influential a vote ia the Govern
nfect of the Republic as tbe white
man who fought in tbe ranks cf tbe i
rebel arm v. Tfce one fought to op-!
hold, tbe other to destroy, the Union
of the States, and to-day he who
fonght to destroy is afar more impor
tant factor ia tbe Government cf the
nation ttaa be who fonght to cphold
it.
Let me illustrate my meaning by
comparing groups of States of the
same representative strength North
aad South. Take tbe States ofj
South Carolina, Mississippi and
Louisiana. They send seventeen
T A H Tj I : i rl RD, 18
SOMERSET, PA.. WEDNESDAY,
i Uepreseotatives to Congreas. Tbi'ir
tP8rrfHl p palation is composed or
ten hundred and tbirty-nve thousand
whites and twelve hundred and
twenty-four thousand colored; tbe
colored being nearly two hundred
thousand in excels of the whites. Of
the seventeen Representatives, then,
it is evident that nine were appor
tioned to these States by reason of
their colored population, aad only
eight by reason cfj their white popu
lation; and yet ia the choice of ttie
entire seventeen Representatives
the colored ' voter bad do more
voics or piwer than their remote
kidsmpn on tb shares of Ssncjani
bia or on iba G 1J Coast. The ten
hundred anl tl.iriy Bve thousand
j whie people had the sole and abso
lute choice rf tb entire seventeen
Uprisetiti.ivfs. Io rout.-st tak
twoJtates iu tba North, Iowa a&d
Wiaconsjin, wiih aeveotern Iipre
sentttives. They have a white rwp
clatiun-of two million two hundred
and forty-?. veu tb4tisand cjnsidera
iilj tnor.) than double tbe entire
white population if the three South
ern States I have banied. la Iowa
and Wi'dnsio, therefcre, it takes
one hundred and thirty-two thousand
wbi'e population U eend a Represen
tative to Congress; bat ia South Car
oliaa, ML't-i-Bippt and Louisiana
every eix-y thousand white people
send a Representative. In other
words sixty -.couaand white people
in these Southern States have pre
cisely the fame political power in the
Government of the countrj that one
hundred and tb'rty-two thousand
white people bavei in Iowa and Wis
consin, f
THE SOLID SOl'TH
Take another group of seventeen
Representatives from tho S;iutb and
from tbe North. !Georgta and Ala
b'lma have a wjhite population of
eleren hundred aad &fy-eigbt thous
and and a colored population cf ten
hundred and twenty thousand. They
tend seventeen Representatives to
Congress, of wbru nine were sp
p Ttioiied cn account of the wbi'e aop
uUtion and eipht on account of the
cul 'ed population. But tbe colored
voters are not able to choose a single
Representative, the white Democrats
cbocMner the whole sor&atceu. Tbe
four Northern States, Mictifcao.
Minnr-8'.'ta, Nebraska, and California
have seventeen Representatives bas
fd on a white population of two and
a qaarter millions, cr aim ist d table
the white population of Georgia and
Alabama, so tty-.t in there relative
a?rcups of States we find the white
man South exercises by his vote
double the political power of the
white man North.
Let cs carry the comparison to a
mere comprehensive generalization..
The eleven States that formed the
Confederate Government bad by the
la$ census a KipuTaifoa cf -B'tw-aad
a half millions, of which in round
cambers five and one half millions
were white and four millions colored.
Oa this aggregate population seven
ty three Representatives ia Congress
were apportioned to those States
forty4wo or three of "wkich were
by reason of tbe white population,
and thirty or thirty-one by reason of
the colored population. At tie re
cent electioo the white Democrats
of the South seized seventy of the
seventy-three districts, and thns se
cured a Democratic majority in the
next House of Representatives.
Thus it appears that throughout the
S'a'es that formed the late Confeder
ate Government sixty-five thousand
whites the very people that rebell
ed asrainst tbe Union are enabled
to elect a Representative ia Congress,
while in tbe loyal States it requires
one hundred and birty-two tbou3
and of the white people who foujrht
f r tbe Union to elect a Representa
tive In levying every tax, therefore,
in mskioor every appropriation of
money, in fixing every line of public
p Key, ia decreeing what shall be
jithe fate aad fortune cf tbe Republic,
I'.fce Confederate soldier Sooth is ena
bled to cast a vote that is twice as
powerful and twice as influential as
the vote cf the Union soldier North.
LAW AVP JUSTICE PEFIZD.
Bat the white men of the South
d;d not acquire and did not bold th
s-?prhr power by rean of law cr
justice, t nt i a d.sreirard and den-
,si - 'c(f
both. The fourteenth atnend-
. I 1.. .. j,.r a ... i
j ur: o u n as uru'tl tTU it w m
p'evenwve aad corrective of al! such
. au .1 ...
f''r'le AbaefS
The reading of the
c'an? applicable ti tbe rase is in-
rt'ucti-e and sosrjep'ive. Here it i?
Representatives shall be apportion
f d among the several States accord
ing to the respTtive numbers, count
ing tbe whole oumler f persons ia
each State, iccludiag Indians not tax-
f lint .k.nlh. ,i,hl rno .
, ". ,h. .hni nf -u..
fi,- Prtt.Weilt aod Vice-President of
! tbe Uritnl States, Representatives
i-cb State, being twenty-one years
iff age, end citizsrs cf tbe United
States, cr iu any way abridged, ex-
cept lor participation ia rebellion, or
male cit''?ns shall bear to tbe whole
number cf male citizens twenty-one
'years of ageia such State,
Tbe patent, undeniable intent of
1 this provision was that if any class
cf voters were denied or ia any way
abridged in their right of suflraee,
then the tlass so denied or abridged
rbould uut be counted iu the basis of
representation; or, in other words,
that no State or States should gain a
large increase of representation ia
Cocgrr S3 by reason of counting any
class cf papulation sot permitted to
take part in electing such Represen
tatives. Bat the construction riven
to ibis provision is that before any
forfeiture of representation can be
enforced, tbe denial and abridgment
of suffrage must be the result of a
law specifically enacted by the State.
Under this construction every negro
may have his suffrage absolutely de
uied or fatally abridged by violence,
actual or threatened, by irresponsible
mobs, cr by frauds and deceptions of
State officers from the Governor
down to the last election clerk, and
then, unless some State law can be
shown that authorizes tbe denial or
S 7,
DECEMBER 25, 1878.
abridgment, the State cscspes all control ct a Democratic Congress
penalty or peril of reduced represen-j whose msjmty was cbtaiaed by de
lation. This construction may be pmiag tbe Leirro cf his ri?hta under
upheld by the courts, ruling on the; a common constitution and cjoinua
letter of the law, "which killetb,"j laws. Meu ho have expressed dis
but the spirit of justice cries aloud jgast with the waving of bloody
against the evasive and atrocious: shirts and bare beca effeaded with
conclusion that deals out oppression j talk about nesrro equality aro begin-
to tbe innocent and shields the guihy
irom toe legitimate consequences cf
w:iiiui transgression.
TUE FiUNCIIISE A MOCKERY
ice colored citizen is thus most
ufibapn lv situated : his riirht of n
frageisbut a hollow mockerv: it'
b.ids to bis ear tbe word of promisf,
he ends only in being made the un
willing instrument t f increasing the
political strength of that party from
which he received ever-tightening;
fitters whei he was a sUve.aad con
tmptuoas refusal of civil rights since
be was made free. He resembles,
indeed, those unhappy captives of the
East, who, deprived of their birth
right, are compelled to yield their
strength to the upbuilding cf tbe
monarch from whoee tyrannies they
nave most to fear, and to fight
against the power from which alone
deliverance miht be expected. Tbe
franchise intended for tbe shield and
defeure of the negro h s been turned!
against him and against his friends,
and has vav.lj increased the power
of those from whom he has nothing
to hope and everything to dread.
The political power thus appropri
ated by Southern Democrats by reas
on of the negro population amounts
to thirty-five Representatives in Con
gress. It is massed almost solidly
and c fleets the great State of New
York; or Pennsylvania and New
fersev tojreihcr; or the whole of
New Eoglnd ; or Ohio and Indiana
uijit a ; or tae combined Htreng'.n cf
Illinois, Minnesota, Kaneas, Califor
bia, Nevada, Nebraska, Colorado and
O.t o. Tbe seizure of this power
is w it in usurpation ; it is flagrant
outrage ; it is violent perversion of
the bole theory of Republican Gov
eruDttot. It iuures solely to the
presm'. advantage and yet, I believe,
t tbe permanent dishonor cf tbe
Dernc--rat:c party. It ia by reason
ofthia trampling cf human rights,
this ru. bless seizure of unlawful pow
er that tbe Democratic party holds
the popular braucb of Congre3s . to-1
day and will in less than ninety daysi
bave con rul of this body also, thus
grasping the entire legislative depart
ment ot tbe Government through the
unlawful capture of the Southern
States. It the prescribed vote of tbe
South were cast as its lawful owaers
desire, the Democratic party could
not gain pawtr. Nay, if it w ere not
counted on the other side against the
icstincts and tbe interests, against!
the principles and the prejudices of
its lawful owners, Uemocratic sue
caa. would .obo hopeless. . It. .is. .aot
enoogb, then, for modern Democratic
tactics that the negro vote shall be
silenced ; tbe demand goes farther
and insists that it shall be counted
on their side, that all the Represent
atives ia Congress and all the Presi
dential electors appoiated bj reason
of tbe negro vote shall be ca&t and so
governed cs to insure Democratic
success regardless cf justice, in de
fiance of law.
VNPHOVOKED INJUSTICE
1 doubt if it be in the power of the ;
most searching investigation to show
tbat any Southern State during tbe
period of Republican control any le
gal voter was ever debarred from tbe
freest exercise of his suffrage.. Even
tbe revenges which would bave leap
ed into life with many who despised
the negro were buried cut cf sigbt
with a magnanimity which tbe "supe
rior race" fail to follow and seem re
luctant to recognize. I know it is
said in retort cf such charges against
ihe Southern elections as I am now
reviewing that unfairness of equal
gravity prevails in Northern elec
tions. 1 bear it in many quarters
and read it in the papers tbat in tbe
late exciting election iu Massachus
etts intimidation and bull dozing, if
. k A .. , .1..
c ...t.
U'WiU. w 1 1 ei, HI 9 WW aAr.CLtal. BBtA BUU,
effective.
I Lave read and yet refuse to be
lieve that ibe distinguiabed gentle
man, who made an energetic but un
successful canvass Lr the Governor
snip of thai S.ate, Las ecdored and
approved these charges, and I bave
ccjrdi&flv made my resolution
broad enough to iaclajj their thor
ough inve.iiijaiiun. 1 am not de
manding fair elections in tbe Sou;h
without dcmacdioaT fair elections in
the North also. Bat venturing to
speak fr tba New England States,
ol : whose laws and customs I know
sometbiacr, I dare assert tbat in the
late election in Massachusetts, or any
of ber neighboring Commouwealihi,
it will be impossible to find even one
case where a voter was driven from
the polls, where a voter did not bave
tbe fullest, fairest, freest opportunity
to cast the ballot of his choice and
bave it honestly and faithfully count
ed in tbe returns. Suffrage on this
continent was first made universal
in New England, and in the adminis
tration cf tbeir affairs her people
have found no other appeal necessa
ry than tbat which is addressed to
tbeir honesty of conviction and to
tbeir intelligent stlf-iaterest. If there
be anything different to disclose I
pray you show it to as that we may
amend oar ways.
WHAT WILL BE DOSE ABCVT IT.
But whenever a feeble protest is
made airainst such injustice as I have
described in the South, the response
we get comes to os in tbe form of a
taunt, "What are yon going to do
about it?" and "How do yon propose
to help yourselves?" This is the
stereotyped answer of defiance which
intrenched wrong always gives to in
quirinirjus'Jce; and those who imagine
it to be conclusive do not know tbe
temper of the American people. For
let me assure you that against the
complicated outrage open the right
of representation lately triumphant
in the South, there will be arrayed
many phases of public opinion in the
North not often hitherto in harmony.
Men who have cared little, and af
fected to care less, for the rights or
the wrongs cf the negro guddenlr
find that vast monetary and commer
cial interests, great questions of rev
enue. wciastmenu cl tana, vast in
vestments in manufactures, in rail
ways, and in mines, are under the
11 cMG
, ning to perceivo that the pending
question ol to-day relites more press
ingly to the tqjali'y of white men
under this Government, and that
however careless they may be about
, the rights or the wrongs of tho negro,
.t. - 1 .
toey are very jeuicus aaa tenacious
about tie rights cr their own rsce
i i
ie ti itniiy ot their own fire
sides and their own kindred.
WHAT CANNOT EE DO.XE.
I know same'bicg of public
opm-
ion in tbe North. 1 know
great
dial ab)ut the views, wishes and tbe
purposes cf the Republican party of
tbe nitiou Within that entire great
orjrariizttioa there is not one man,
whose opinion ia entkied to be quo
ted, thai does not desire peace and
harmony aad friendship aad a patri
otic aad fraternal uaion between tbe
North and tbe South. Tb's wish is
spontaneous, instinctive, universal
throughout the Northern States ; and
yet, among men of character and
tense, there is surely no nc?d of at
tempting to deceive ourselves as to
tho precise truth. Firat pure, theu
peaceable. Gu.tb will not remove a
grievance, aad no disguise cf State
rights will close t'o j eyes of our peo
ple to tbe necessity cf correcting a
great national wroug. Nor should
tbe South make tbe fatal mistake of
concludieg that justice tt tbe negro
is not als ir justice to the while mao;
nor sbouIJ it ever be forgotten thai,
for the wruugs cf bulb a remedy will
I asiuredly ba fuiid. The
war, wr.n
all its c.stly enclitic's, was fU2hi
ia vain ua!es eipjal .rights I r
ail dashes be eninbtiRed it all the
States of the Union; bed now, in
words wbicb are those of fii-nd-hip,
biwever d fT-Tritly they may be ac
cepted, 1 titl! the men i f the South
here oa this ft lor aad beyoud ibis
chamber, that even if they cucli strip
tb neir- of bis coa-litu'.ioual rights,
they can uever peruiauei,tly raaiotaiu
the inequality cf white men in this
nation; they cao. never tnake a white
ruaa's vote ia tbj South doubly as
powerful ia tbt adtuioiMtraiion of the
Goverame.it as a wLi e tuiu'a vote in
the North.
Ia a tue.'ij'or;
bie debate ia the
House of Commons, Mr.
Macaulay
, when he
that the
reminrjed Daniel O'Coaoell
was movijsr for Repeal.
English Whigs bad eudared cal-
umay, abuse, popular fary, loss of po
st ion, exclusion from Parliament
rt.her than the great agitator him-
elf should be less than a ontish sub-
ject; and Mr. Macaulay warned him
mat tney would never 8ulT.;r bim to
be ratire. Let rce now reaiind yon
that the Gjvernaicat,"uoder a hose
proteciiog flag we sit to day, sacri
ficed on riads of lives and expended
thousands or millions of treasure that
our couatrytnea of tbe South should
rem:ii ciiizeus cf the United States,
having eqaal personal rights and
equt.I political privileges with all
otlier ci.izns. And I venture, now
and here, to warn tha men cf. tho
South, in tte exact words of Macau
lay, that we will never suffer them to
be mere !
IiIL BMA.N OFfEKd AN AMENDMENT
AND REPLIES TO IlLAINE.
Mr. Thurnaan then took the flaor
acd submitted the following as an
amendment to ths resolution cf Mr.
Blaine :
"The committee shall ais inquire
whether any citizen cf any State has
been di;& bsed, cr threatened with
dismissal, from exployment or depri
vation of anr riht or privilege br
. - .
to
wise up?- federal ctacenciders or
en-ploves for election purposes, and
under wLat eircuttiBtanees and bv
uuuri
what meant, and if m, what
amount!
was raided and how the
same wan :
expended ; and further, whether such!
assrs'meoti were not ia violation of
tho l&w ; and shall further inquire ia-
. -1 . - 1 .7 . . . L. -
r- - j c- . r r-t
I L nited Sta'es jrrvisors of Llec-
on" ia the several State, as to the
Dumber of Marshals. Deputr Mar
' . "? . - ., ,
rrt ii. th e-riiit nf aai.l i'icrt:ona
.L.I. .-J - . I I J . - U .
r . . c .
in wnai staiea or ci ie appoio eu,
tn imouni or motrev paia or prom-;
: ... i. . :j L l v. i
. - .... ..... r . . , . - - --
wnom and rnder what law and
tbority."
Mr. Thnrman then addressed tbe
? Tl. . ' 1 . T ... .-J
r. lie .u . . .rF- ,
ouer toe am"norrierj'. rxi.ire tne oea
ator from Ma?ne proceeded with his
remarks, but failed to bave any op
portunity to do so. . I intended then
t car that whatever opinion might
be entertained on this side of tbe
Chamber ai to the eirapetencr of
Congress to make all tbe
.
lUVeStlfc'a-
tions that these resolutions contero-
rvla a trot ar araeA rltanraarl tt vaiva
reason tl tis vote cr intention to j uere aa niuto ia lavcr tt retpecuug;
vo:e at the recent elections, or haajtbe right cf every man undr tne.
been interfi-red with, and o inquire i Constitution as tha Stnator from;
whether, in the year H73. money ! Maine or any ether S -cater on 'Lis!
was raided bv assessment cr other-' U-J-r; but I do know that J riper v.;
r.-, . , ' ' , "ittiewnita people aonto, wben men
all scroples of that character and snf-, Tfv0iTlT and h,vi3, s ,,e;!:.
fer the resolutions
to pass wt
thont ,
opposition, i: tbe amendment no
if
proposed shoold be added to them.
The Senator from Maine, however,
haviuir bis speech carefully studied
and prep i red, exercised bis right to
deliver that speech before my amend
ment eoald be offered. I do not
complain of that at all, nor do I now
rise to make any extended reply to
the speech I have heard just now.
Should this debate be protracted, I
may exercise my privilege of saying
somethinif in reply to tbo Senator
from Maine, bat to-day I shall con
fine myself to a very fsw general ob
servations. The Senator is frank in one thing.
His resolution is brotd. It includes
all states, it provides for investiea
,ion whether the rights ot American
citizans in connection with the elec
tive franchise bave been violated or
interfered with in any of the States,
bat he frankly admits, in tha very
outset ct his remarks, that that was
not Lis purpose; that his purpose
was to assail the Democracy of the
Sooth. lie had two purposes in
preparing lis carefully elaborated
speech cot to vindicate tbe right of
suffrage throughout this whole
Union, but t inquire whether the
Democracy of the Southern State
had violated tbe rights of American
o
WliUJaoh JNU. 1 13J.
citizen, and thea to fijd tut
should be done with troem
Mr. President, taa: is a verv
what
No,
l.-auk.
and I have no doubt a verv true
statement of the aaimus of this reso
lution. TH5 INVESTIGATION .NOT POSSIBLE.
Mr. President, I said there ia'Lt
be some doubts as to t'uc propriety
ot this investigation. I retieat i
there may be some doubts, especi
ally to-day. The Senator proposes
an investigation that I defy any com
mittee that caa 1-9 fjuud to itiik'i
witb anything like thoroughness,
nay, ia any satisfacnry manoer, witb
anything like either justice to these
who are implicated or tbaeo who
mar be implicated wi.hiu tho tkrie
that remains of thi eeei-oj of ih i
Senate. It is an i:npj?ibi'itv. I
have therefore wondered why this i
resolution was introduced, utilc.-s it i
was to be made a striny upoa which j
to hang speeches to arouse eecttoaal
haired it ont portion cf tie Union
against an almost defenceless people
in ....ik.i . t ,l,A I ' . I 1
v- i, ... ,. ,
of the Senator from Mais? is cot aa
----- f ' - - u M. w
assault simply, however, upon toe
people of the South. I said five'
months ago that it did Eceirt us clear
to me as anything ia American p'i-
tioa could b, that tLsro was a Uehb -
erately formed purpose, uaaer tbe
protest that there was a aali i South
to create a solid Nor;h, to ru!j net
ouly the solid South, but to rule c-.ts-half,
nearly, if not m ore, of the peep's
North. 1 thought then, aad I thiak
now, that purpose more unpatriotic.
more unjust, more fraught with ruia
to this country, never eatered the
braiu of ruaa. . Teat 'n my belief.
THE UL'Rn;: or rnvpi iivr
.... ..... , ...
u v, .nr. i re.orir, i i Lai- is it
mat ice nenalor iruia .uaiof c -ti-
jnain. i uat tur-r? were ')'it t-u'iui
uepuoiictn votes at ise -atc:-tio;
is toe amount of it. And h- v d .-s ha
""',r-:w tea risers ol eery mao,
tucany shadow of tru'u pr lu.-e-J ; lL;. , ,tr a3a a4,d: nule fiVb
ii i u w m i -i v ntir ' i in bj. nr.i.id -
". lu o-ou.u were or
vented from
voting cr forced to v.V3'(Mrfr ,he e!ecticns. end thns he
the Democratic
tickel. JI c-nrues.
mereiore, mat oi-: i . ?.e.c causes
tne negroes c: t ;.ri
era 5ot
represented by uin -.-,, .f .l.e Hou.e
of Representative bo ewe from
that section of tb t'aio
ators on this fi r i
Southern States. Va
the Senator from .i:ila
negroes of the Son ta ar
sented by chosen r- pre
the Sooth, and c' -.ol
the South? Wbai i gh
rote those negroes on
self, and say tbe men who
dentials ct election da not
their constituents? Why.
3 as he to
: sids Lini
bjar cre
reioreseat M.:. Pres
ident, it is a bare assumption cn bis
part that he has no right w batever
to make. But, agaia, the Senator
should have tboogbtuf this '-beo he.
was framing hia Foortcen h em I Fif
teenth amendments, cr when he was
assisting in framing theui. There
were men then, of his own party,
too, who told him, with ktsg fore
sight, tbat ia the end prtpti ty acd
intelligence will rule ihe lac J, acd
ignorance cannot. There were men
of his party who foresaw that thie
people who have the iuttiiigeace, the
education and ihe property i!l not
foe ruled bv these who have neither.
aad that it is no; neces.-ary to j
separate toe comm'ini-y into wDitejir
people and colorea pcp.e. .ot at i
all is it necessary to dj that. No, Mr.
President, the result cf there Cocsti
tutionai amuaments was ta.-y
encngn to ce foreseen I trn ri'.t
here to jastifv the violation cf the
rights of any man, however horr'.V'
be may te, whatever may te the'
poverty cf hij situation. I am tcre!
fur no such purpose as t! at. I am!
ik. i : i . r . - .
lnteiiigecce and ecura'p;o w;.i er'Ti,
their supremacy every w f ere cn tL.,hl., , . .
j face of tbe globe
responsible n a tue color
LINK
cA r
tiouwuik ttiai ure t
tc
line between the
te aad
n i-grots
1 ia tho South ? Let me I:
y ju
that millions of the tnor.ey of tt pe
pie of the L nited States wi re rsiwa
', , , . ..
pie of tbe Lnited States wi re rsja
ded bv your a-reats, tfce Fred-fn's
1 Bureau agents, ia retting evrv color
ed man in the S utt iui ilo 1.ti
Leairoes, and ftweanc; h.m c-.ter Vj
, -. .. .
; vote ur a eni ;cra in.tnw
ere
i color
line beaa t-
b? tlra -vn.
ktfcire tf
iTbat iatilution which to
.,.. t. o trm t t r.a I.-., i t h , w ,,.
k
cuarB vi uiiii iu iiii c.k ou t.-j",
-li
every wctre. s-jperviu every ta -
tran he made, allowed n i c .o'r-iet
mB(J) aa
it bd ibe a;r.rioVal
of the agents ct ihe Freedibeu'e Bi
reau, and rpeot miney a-i'i pr- piriy
called "ep'ured and i.,l1
property," tb-at was ci .rid'Kil tu
it, aad many millions -of to cer di
rectly appropriated out f the Treas-
! nrr cf tne tared states it was
.
h,. K,,r.t nd ha ao.- ra mh fi-t
fi
,nm ,h, nnlnr ?;A .
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gcute uu cuuiauJU, Ban iumi . V I J
Bucial evetero menaced with dtrtc
tioB.saw their very b ouseh-ol J threat
ened witb ruin, under an iautitidtijn
of barbarism directed by the most
nascropoloas cf men, and wbea they
naturally came together, wea they
naturally nnited as a pe-pk nenaced
with danzer ever will enir. then a
err is raised agaiust the
sJath." O! Mr. President
..5,
i not do. This system cf l.giffiiiia1
J toward the South that lr!-gn a?;
years ago is reaping fruit, and it is;
not by additional penal laws you can j
better the condition of this country. ;
SO M03E LAW NEEDED. j
What does the Senator waot more!
penal taws for? Let hi;n lo.k iatos
t tie statute nooE oj tnis very sat.ject;: Qtlt n.i.repre-ent me ia regard t
let him read the statutes in rezsrd to; jj J!r w-; tber rale regardless
the enforcement of ihe rizbts of ciu-0 cumberi by oalawfut mean?
asn torote, and I defy kim t- Gad in j y0f s-r Does bo: the Seoa'cr ic
the statute bock of any civilized j flae'ncc a good many peopie in ?.!sine
coantry oa this globe a bedy of laws i w TO-e 63 De thick ?
so minute, so searching and brist'iaz; Mr. Blaine I should like to ia
all over with penalties and fines atu' jeace ecme io Ohio. (Laughter.)
forfeitures, aa da these laws. Bat! jjr Thceman Ha failed tbi
tbat ia not all. Ia addition to thst! 7e4r jje does it every year, year in
yon have the vast mactiiery f ,3f jer out, because he has intelli
Saperintendenu of Elections, Federal j geaJ9 cdacatija sad proprty.
Supervisors, Marshals aad Deputy j "j-jjit u ihe reason pf ir, ad so fct
Marshals, paid electioneers at cf, nmra.
the TreasoTj of the Uaited State?, j Continued on Furth Paje.y
ua'ler tho guise of being men to p
serve the freedom of siiJVago a;- I
peace at elections. Yo.i bve
whole army of them provid-?J fvr 1
yonr statutes. What more d es ir-
Senator want f 1 think I e. M -President,
what is wanted. This
note which is aouaded to the pe
p! of the North that they must r -traco
their steps, and this very par.
which required amendments to tl-
Constitution to be made, ia tho inte
est, it was said, of the col red popu
lation of the Soatb, is now preparer
to face about, retrace its ateps, aa i
undo what it did oo.lv U ver-
t.Koe fit
.t'-.i.r iUreflv nw ir I ip..,l:.vi
Indcd 1 thought wbiUth
Senator
I from Mai was making b.s speech
h-w mocn reason this country, and
especially the Southern part, bad to
e-iUratula'e itself thai the n
Hou?e ci Representatives will not
tare
a rasj jrity of sceatlemea think
ing' liio tbe geutleman from Maine.
For if ha is ri,'bt in what he said, if
his threats are not mere idle wicd
(and I certaicly do not attribute any
such tt'u to tj). if they r tbs
deep-aeatei! acd prmtnent thoughts
if thore w:ih horn be acts, then I
should be prepared t see a Iloose of
Representatives in wfcicb there was
a K'puMcan m-j ti y ti.iu.le South
ern members by ibe score. Then I
ibauM be prepared to see them de
cide iheur-i'lvea that tte riht cf suf-f.-a-,"i
was proh."b;teJ down there t
and thii t: sv
toem ia
tucir Ejprcme authority, as they
would construe it, rote cut the chos-
lea NforeeDtatives of the is u.a not
by oaes, njl by twos, but. by th
tc-oie, it is a fortunate tLingtjrth's
c;uai,-y, it is a forturta'.a thiag for
car fret; inatitntions, that there is aot
iu the present House of R-presenta-tivca,
p.-id wii! p.ot be ia tbe cexr. a
'i;iior.tv loiiikioar
aa the Senator
f ...... ,,. ,L
j fro fu Mains thicks, and willing t'a'"t
las Le is willinsr to act.
A (iUEATEB DANMEit.
i President, cne word cn tbe
j aniendnit nt I have offered. Ii is m?
jowa belle! that there is a far f-r.-a'er
uat'ger toat menaces, uut nt:tati ms,
end oeosces ib right of e..T.a." i
tbij country, tlsn that to wbi-.aihe
Siastor fr.ui Mtine aiiu !..).
Sir, t'r e nica'. di.-hear .enii.g tLia t
an American who loves free inntitu
tiens is to i-ee ibat ver Yw vear tb
j corrupt u?e cf money ia rlectiona ia
1 inakiug iu wav aoul ib tire liiv
c iir, asd tha: wiihia tb oWrru
ti ;:i cf even tbe oidtat man btf.'.
i bej endues ia tlie I a:; el states
;cl S
, income -a (!, jChe I
i l o-.-coiiio (ItfiiChel as tvrr
y wer ia tltt worst d-aya rt bor
r Pjrlianitn'ary electtoos ia tht
' p-r'
; (:, ,;Lrr land Tha daner ij whether
: ,r.u ,.,.,,, th,.i i,. .,.t
m
- ' ...... . C. 'V - , 1 . . ; v. 1 . ,
, r w .. . ur , ,, bk.i
I n,r ,,1,,,, i,li5,.,i ,r. j,.
: t.ra,c republw. That is tbe
dauirer.
ac l (.a, (ianpr I.t mi. !!! tiiii mv
s fri,.cds( esics far more in the North
ilnaa ja the South. Sir. if he wa-ots
r by Sen-j .0 pr-.serve the parity of elections, if
represent ; watits to have this Gsvernsnent
riat has i perpetuated as a system that can be;
to say the j tonetjy administered, from the pri
r'ot. re:jre"l Cii.ry eiecuoa ta tbe signature of a
HatiVeS tt!,.-':i h lK Tri.l..r. Ut h'm c.l .la
ifocs toward it, and exercise hi.T irrcat
aoiii v ia stopping ibe flood gates cf
corruption that threaten to deluge
the wbide land and to bring republi
can institution into utter ruin ad
di.-grace.
Mr. PresiJcat, there it oce thin?
that made me doubt a little as to the
propriety of this resolution, al
though, as I ea'd, I am goi- g to vote
fr it, 3td what tho Senator from
Maiae has said has ad led to the
great doubt I eatertaioed oa the sub
ject, u&d that is, that I am not quite
sure ihere are cot persons who favor
tLU kind of a resolution, and as much
dtbate upon it as you caa bive, in
ortIr to divert public attetiti n from
tfce real questions which ought to ea
gaje the Cccgres3 cf the Uci'd
Sts'.cs. taeetioas cf er-onomy, q ;ev
lions cf fjtiao.ee, queiiuns cf Ucvern-
lutot, til are fehoved asi'Je, tLaf popu-
rpeccbes ioay be mace, teodio-; t'
exc.te ctc -ectioa cf tte pectl"
fsrairst another, and to set th-ir
niia.js msd with passioc, it-s ead tf
- apjirt.ag to their cocl ac t Ctiibtrat
ire-sa. I certaibiv do c-t char"?
the i--i.;.-,r t.-ora Maine with LatiU
if.'l tp u,is f,r the porp-.-se cf putting
!!? aa.l throw ing out cf view thai
whi. h eiiiiuld form the aalj-fct of our
tl i iLw and if our L-gitiattuc; but 1
tear ?a'.h li.ay le ia a-.ce men's
tr.ii. 'i i.z" cf the thiaa l be desired
! y s'irb a rMchrico.
Mr President, I have sa:d nvi !
mt'e tbia I iftt-nded t3 say. Iaded,
I fii. nrl ,,r.i! t-. ir...k tan niintifaa
D ;t kaow but twtatv te. I
'psrj;j fjr epeaVcg 1 ; jr. ta I
: i 1 tai'm v seat.
To yf. Prv.iJc&t -Th qaeation
U on tta amendment pr p d by Ike
S-r-ttof from Ohio.
i
r.M..p
umisi cr
ATUlNf VINT
rr&.
Mr.
iru n
Ed Mo NT Mr. Pre-ideat, I
od deal i-ppre-i-rd with wLtt
the .-..oat'f rron Utfo has ea.1!, par
t 'Jf'-y ia respect to the t .rrnpt ote
f a, cey," asd attvropt to oe i: i-j
iLfiit;:ce tl'.ctions. I'.stkiures that
.re mid li Lave br-j cpeocd, aL'l
. b a ve lo-' 2 i.1. atcd ia tre newspaper
1 oriog the l.st ca-upaiif n, ii3dobtd
w ui JO i-n-urr ft, to that verv
iia :treroi.s practice. t,0 1 t' pet tLw:
L r auinjCio.t ut i.l bf so et!artt
as to cover ail sulji-ct cf that char
act.r. Bat whi I rir to d- bow i
t o t-'i that bis amendment may te
of i oted aad thea to call fof the regu
lar oru-r.
i me iiceturm lisumti . w
! ., i. j 1
w '" ce wu.
TBTKMAS PICKED IP.
Mr. Blaine I do not desire i t
aetata the Senate, but I wish one
word Tte honorable Senator from
Oaio fcai informed the CiU&try, aol
icf jrrbed it with as much aothoritr
as aay uaa can speak, that property
in ths S uth will rule.
Mr Tut UMAX I said do socb
thing. I said no more of the Son b
than I have said everywhere that
- property, intelligence aad education
-;:jWiit rule.
Mr. Blaine Rerardless cf anm-
bvr.?
Mr. Tui kian Oa ! well, now,
Senator can make it regardless cf
Lumbers if he wants.
Mr.. Blaine I understood tbe
Senator. I was going lo state lira
correctly.
Mr. Thcrman The Senator ca.-