Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 25, Number 52, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 August 1876 — Page 1

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VOL. XXV NO. 52 INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY AUGUST 16. 18761 WHOLE NTIMEEK 1865

THE CAMPAIGN.

'CR AYENS OX THE STUMP. HE BEVIEWS THE ISSUES. -The Evils the Country Endures and the Remedy. THE HON. JOHN R. SPEECH. CRAVENS' TiET.TVRRED AT MADISON OS THK lOlH IJCsT TrfE FULL TEXT OF THK ABLE ADDRESS. Fellow Citizens: la tbe progress of time and 1U attendant good and evil, new, and apparently s'-range developments are continually taking place. Polltlcil organizations, once widely separated by dlstlnc'ions of tbe most radical character, have approached so nearly lo the same standard of politics, that the re xnalnlng differences are more those of name than of fact. I am here to-day surrounded by, And advlsingthem whom in other times 1 have dealt somewnat heavy diows, wmcn were always returned with equal heaviness. I see In tbe papers ot the several parlies high And deserved compliments paid to the ability And DairiotUm of public men of whom tnese DeoDle. a few Tears since, spoke in far other terms. I am reminded of tbe act ihat twen ty-elgbt years so 1 made my flrat public pro test against numan slavery, in j uisk puuuc plea in beualf of the down-trodden, the opnressed and the enslaved. From that da un til tbe period of tbe final overturow of slaveiy, 1 pursued through evil report and through good report, in party and oa side oi party, the treat idea ot toe rignis oi niD,as inau,auu now, myftltow citizen, through the unselfish and persistent de vol loa tl ibe Amer ican DeoDle to bis great idea, we can congratulate ourselves, the country and the world that tbe fie-dom of mau ou this continent is established on a foundation that can not be shaken, uu ucvable as tbe vorlas tine hill. It is now one oi those fixed facta of history and the human race that stands oat ks b ld, distinct aud resplendent a the most radiant of the nzeu stars, mat ior ever iefltci and proclaim theglory of tiod and and the majesty of riis witaum ana pjwtr, Bat it is neither the glory of the past, tbe cherished memory of other days, nor tn achievements that have been made that claim our atteutlou t-oav. It is tbe present, the importunate present, uitb all of its earnest. nersistent ana lealous element". I have no aooloey lor joa or ior others ihat 1 aia beie now. 1 am not here as a suppaant tor your official favor. Icnueoily as a private ctticen, to talk to and with my mends and neigh bors of those ma.ters and qu si uns that ae equally aflecting all of u ai.d all ol our inieiests. 1 speak for uise.l alone, and give utteiance to my own couvictions, ior wnica l am alone respoasible. vhy I speak as I do now will appear hen a iter, if 1 am successful in mäkln myself nod rstoo j . 1 am awsre, however, that the political opinions aud tbe pol ileal pos; tlonof an ind.vidual, however he mitiht be DISPöS&D TO Mi.3SlFT HI3 OWN 1MPOBTAC, are of butl.U'.e s'gniflcance to the country or to the peopld at large. Hat, however true this may be in tue attract, la a hepub.ic like ours, in a government of the peop e, which derives all of Its great powers from the con sent of the governed, we concede it tbe rlglit of the pet p't to knoff where each individual stands, at least In so far ax to km w that he discharges bis du.y as a cit.zen. But the inauner in which he does ibis, the particular or ganization through which be tffcts it e dis charge of those duties, are uecei-ssilly left to bis own voluntary cbolc, ami, like the motives tbat influence his action, are n-l lo be questioned or cha.ienged by auy. We regard It as the right of ever m:i t worth p Uod according to tbe dictates ot his co sclei.Cc, and we a jk concede, it as a right or very citt Ken to render ailea-lan e t hi" government In the mode most in harmony with his Judg ment. 1 rec gnlze la s rint I th pe. pie to know tbe political status of their fd.low citizens, bat, in 1U application, would limit It chiefly to those who hold official leiati ns witn the government, to tho-e tun.) seek such relatione, and to tuo wuose social position 1 such as to give Jone to their optuion. tor these reasons a position or neutrality on these -questions of po.icy with which tbe realliws oi tne country is, or may o-, invoiveo, is oy no means to be eucou a el even if li does no. conflict with good citizenship or patriotism It is the right, as it is als tbe du y of every mau to have fixe i opinion on ail subjects in which be may ba caled upon to express himse f through tue elective franchise; and he would be a poor one lnded if his opinions were not so decidea as to become a goiHl cltlsen or a valuab e member oi Mny politic 1 or ganization. My owu political position has no been entirely satisaciory to inyseif for some time nast, whatever it in r hawe been to others; but during tht peiiöd whilst my po litical convictions nave d en ciara-ja pn nounceo, It has by no raeajs been bo ciear here tnai I should express ihee convictions as through what urgauizaliou I houlj laoor to give lo these couvic io.s the greatest pr. c tlcal force tvery m-n is more or less, naturally and essentia ly, a parti tan; lam and have been as much to as auy oliC cou d wen Ja-tiiy l'i tbe power of his owu conscience or at tbe br of public opiniou. With the rtepublican party, when Its platform and its can a aits represdi tea a nxeo policy and sound principles which commended themsel.es to my JuUg i eut. n was my pride . as It was my pleasure, to act; and I did so act as to make in y indueuce, whatever li was. ef fective lu the support of tbat policy and In the establishment oi those principle. That poilcy and th me price pie i were of such a na tare thai the flual adlnnm ni of tbe slavery Question and ih- reuab.lliail n of tbe several states a ter the civil war practica ly ended tne mission and tue purpose of mat pa ty. but It was by no meaus -irauge or unnatural that that po It leal orgaolztlion shoald deutle 10 perpetuate its power nd to contlnne the .possessio a of the government. Having no longer any great principle lnvlew.ro gteat patriotic purp e to acuieve. Its politicians addressed themselves to tne work or employ lng and using the powers of tue government to promote their owu individual aggri.aixe ment. la this purpose It became and was necessary to OST CLE AB OF THAT CLASS OF STATESMEN, and moralists which had given character .effee tlveness, power and success to the Repub lean party. Those mta have become the victims of executive power and of r arty malignity Although they were the pioneers of Repub licanism, law-givers of ex perlence, patriots of true and tried virtue, statesmen who stood fast amid the storm of war, guarding with equal vigilance and Jealous care the national Integrity as the Jewel to be preserved at all hazards, and holding oar bauoerof oeauty high above the seething corruption Into which the politicians seemed resolved to drag and . dratiscle tbe Republic and I'S glorious history . 'or tnelr devoil-n thee mea were branded with executive disapprobation, and tbe bloodhounds of party, trained for the chase, were turned loose opoa their trck. Home ol them were senators known throughout the world for tbelr moral worth, telr ieai accomplish - men is, their historical research, their great experience and intellectual power; but they were driven inra po-ltioaa of honorand ln.flaence, for wolch tnetr r cognize qaailfljacations p e-emlnentiy dlsiiaaalshea them, that inferior men and poUUclaus without Integrity m'cht . conuol the

party and give direction to Its destlnv. Hence kuch men as Seward, Humnr, Trumball and Ureeley, indeed all of tbe origins, anll-sla-very hepublicaus were crowded to one side la order that sacn men as (irout, and Chandler, and Cameron, and Mor on, aud ilobeson, aod Beiknto. and B bcock. and others of like

mould might come to toe fiont. and they have so cme. In the nomt 'atloa of General Grant In I8tt8, J acquiesced under protect. The first four years ol bin administration samnea me tbat my apprehension of bis failure were more than realized. When he was ie-ncmi-nated In 1-72, l de lined to give thai noolna tlon my support, and united with the L berat ahd Democrats in an erlort to secure tbe elec tion of liorac Ureeley ; and l ear tbe country will long bave cause to mourn that l'orace Greelev had not been successful in that contest. Tbe Unit lour yeara of tbe arimiuistraüoa of President Graut were sadly pro-ph-iicof what was still mors sadly realized during his second term. No one iegretmore deeply tbao I do that tbe lai tbreet-ara hve been to iruu ut oi aisappoinimen ana hnmlllatloi to the couuiry. Jlen of lu e ior capacltv.qna lfic ;tlon?, ard of donbtinl character btv been appointed to and held o til cesof ibeb'gbest honorand res ou-lblllty. Men without capsclty, quaunca'ions or char acter bave reen continued in office and Lave avll d t hem-elves oi t he oppori unities thus afforded to deiraud tbe p ople, to rob the treasury, to dlsgn-ce tbe public sert Ice, and to dishonor tbe Amerl au name and natioD. Had tbe very large sums of money, of which the government has twen defraadtd tbrougu Its revenue -ervlc, aod by uuwise appropriations, durlDZ tbe last seven years, bepn lalihrciiy applied to a reduction oi the puonc aeot, thai nioaaiain of opurewiioa would now be an obllgitllon so easily handled as no longer to be a source or serious apprehension to tne country. Durinz these seven years no sub stantial legislation bas been enacted to relieve the people and the countiy of the perplexities ol a provincial ay si era that otigmaied dur ing the war, out or tne nectsu'ies oi ineei nation, aud which It should have been tbe first ii a bignect purpose ot loDgress to aispose of and suostltute by some other system that would hvehad the sanction of political wl-dom and the experience or nations. Tbee troub es. and tbev are numerous and oppressive, have resulted from tbe fact tu at WE HAVE HAD A PER OSAL GOVERNMENT, one that adopts and acts upon a policy that will greatly benefit those in office, and their fi lends, the rings, whilst tbe great body of tbe people, and the great interests of commerce and industries are as greatly injured, and. In some cases, almost beyond the hope of repair. Between a government so administered, and absolute government, there is but a single sten. and tbat step mib. readily be taken by a bold and adventurous man in the possesion of tbe power tn accomplish theobj-cf. In this sta'eaud condition ot public a Cans ibe ques tion is very oiten, and very i.a'ur-lly sug gested, wuat men sdbII oo who value aud esteem the pub.lc welfare higher than tbe mere succe-s or party 7 l hoi i political parties to be mere agencies through and by which kooi policy and sound principles are represented and may oe est ab ished. Party Is sim ply a do wer tor evil and a nai oa i curse it not ued for tbls purpose. Tne more perfect Its or gSMtzitlon, and tue mo e perfect its au'ho.lt,tne more dangerous and deviltsn it becomes if not e'Dploitd for these purpose. Liuringtbe lasl rittet n years what could not the Kepubncau party have, with its vast power aud it complete orga.iizst on? Whilst it pursued the uuaccompiwbtd purposes ior me attain ment of which It was organized, and for which i' wise aud patriotic founders incessantly 'h bored, public confi em-e was unlimited. But when these ends hid been atta ned, when it threw ov rbord lis wise, its Fklllfu , its a xpenenced officers ant pilots, when it started out ou a cruise to enrlco hoe who had taken possession of it, what id tbe peonie not tearf What do tbev now not fe-ir? Public confi dence destroyed, comiu"ce proiliated, lidu-.-try unemployed, skin lying luie, currency in t country abuud-int tor all purpose, b it inufficient, from Us ever-changlug and nuclulling cbarae'er, f r all or lor any of the purp 'ses for which business requires money of a fixed and staudard vala1, a l demand a reform, and demand it in such terms as clearly to indicate that the people mean to e heaid atid heeded. üui Low arid by whom is this reformation to be inaugurated, carried forward and perfect ed T lou say the Democratic laity can not be trusted with the government; and y ou say the Ke"U lican party either can Dot or will not respond t tbe earnest cemands of toe ieople in tbls behalf. Tereare t ui two political parties in the country, and one ol these must oe used by the people, through thi Instrumentality cf which the relief so much need' d must be had. For mnv years the Kepubliran party bas had the unlimited power and oopon unity of doing what every lnteie8. of the countiy required should be done. They c.ml t legislate al will, ibe mil or lty sgainsi them has been sotm-ill and ln-Jg nificant as to offer t o material opposition to a y mensares they sou bt to enact, li is now said tbat U.iv. Hayes will, if elected, inauguate a new order of things. The presldt-nt ha ouiy an indirect partlctpaiioa in thelegisla tlo,of tne country. You may change the president and vice president as often as yoa will, aud unlftts tou change tbe characU-r and com pinion of hlscsbinet and coustltullonal advisers, and especially the cbarac er and complexion of those who run with prelient aod Congrvs, you will reach do substantial cnange. Gen Haves would not appoint men to office who would disgrace a common prison, but he could not ontiol ail th appointment. Honet, therefore, be maybe, nuaoQD iDMii, ine poweriai e laues, ring. and cabals that surround the executive and l"-gMtlve departments would bj too strong for any reslstar ce be m gat b inclined to oppose to their influence. What aid or assist auce would be get fiom the ena eof the U. ItedHtates? Will Cameron. Logan, Conk ling and Morton quietly consent that tbelr occupation shall lorever pass away and leave tnetn as useless ana Sf BANDED HULKS ALONO THK POLITICAL SHOKES? If not, it would be folly to place a man in the txe ntive chair who would only be a target for tbe archers of bis own household, and whose official life would be rendered misera ble by the contrivances, opposition and hos til lty of the leading mea of his own party. If tbe Kepub lean party wou d no', or could not care for and regard the public welfare, the great Interests of industry and trade, daring the years they bava bad tbe power, what KUrao'ee have we that they will do it now in the belter days of t heir fflclal existence, and la the decay of tbelr po it cal power? Yoa can not benve that President Grant, shameless. Inefficient and dishonoring as bas be n his administration, has been the sole caase of tne evils nader which the country Is now so Jasrifitwb y res' less and nl at ease. Hue, he bas filled ail departments with a cl iRsof men whom no sta.esmsn would ever have bought of in counection with public positions o honor and trust, fine, he has opposed the proeecation aud conviction of offenders and f )on and Ins in some instances degraded the executive authority ny restoring some of hem wh-t bave been convicted and and sentenced to J ust penalty. True, be bas hsd no Just cine puon of bis blub aud honored posit on, and saems to bave regarded It merely as a means of becoming mighty himself and of enriching hose of his own housebold and their friends. Well might he say with the p jet: "For pleas of right let statesmen vex their beads; Battle's my business my guerdon breal; And, with tae sworded Hwltzer, I can say, Tbe best of causes is the best of pay." He has shown himself nt'erly Ignorant of tbe laws he baa been called on to aomlalster, and has even demanded tbat those of lh"m tbat lnterf ared with bis dlposlCon of political favor should be repealed, or o amerdedas not to conflict with tae wnlm and eaprloeof an exeouuve who has long been regarded as the wrong man In tbe place where a right one shoald be. Yet, notwithstanding ail this, the Congress oi the united elates bas had the power io care ! or and pr mote our great pub Ho interests by Judicious leg station which now langaish and suffer for the want or it. They did not do it, though they weil knew their duty la the premises, will they do It now? a corrupt man will seldom, 1' ever, reform himself. A corrupt party will be tqaaliy as powerless. If yoa art adicted wlia tax evil, and want to get

rid of It, yoa must eradicate it, purge It out, cot it out, burn It out. Tbe Republican party and tbe country are safferitrg tbe evils of Incapable and corrupt men In official positions, bat they are part and parcel ot the Repa oilcan ram , and If yoa can only get clear of the evil by tbe overlbiow of the party, la heavens nTie, let the party go and the country be restored to health and vigor. Whatev r may be the traditions and party glory ol the party, tbeommerce. tbe agriculture, the manufac

tures and tbe labor of the coon try sreinfinitely above and beyoDd all i he parties tbe country ever ha had or ver will have. With Ii present leaders we can bave but ilttie hope tbai Ibe fu ure of tbe parly will be any Improvement on tbe pastor present With the pet pie ot that party, as distinguishes irom tbelr leaders 1 would be willing now, as heretofore, to lrut any proposition for relmni ; 1 1 trie iuc2"S- of the party did not mean the kqccess and contlLua'lon lu poerof its present lesdern, we might be most hopetui of t e positloo, bat In the language of the ancient pphe, The leaders ot tbe peop'e cue the q to err, and they who are lei by them will be destroyed." THK FHOPLB W15I GOOD OOVKESMEtT, tbeyare unwilling to oppress themselves and to cripple their energies. The people want honest and capable men in office, they want a sound circulating medium, they want money fiat will not change its value between tie making of a contract and a compliance with tbe terms of tbat contract. Money tbat will not be wortn so much when a debt Is contracted and so much more or lens when it Is to be aid. Are the leaders of this party really la 1 vor of reform and of siundmoteyT We csd easllv Judge of what we do not know, and of what we would know by what w do know. We do know they refused to nominate a practical re ormer for president and Indorsed tbe administration of rre ldent Grant with all that that Indorsement ImpIi'F. We do know they refused or tailed to do anything to return to the people good money, aud through good money public confidence and prosperity. We co a now they could have done all these things. But tbey say tbe Dr-ra-0 rati) party is Dot to be trusted, and flaunt the "bio dy shirt" to con arm their assertion. 1 am not so sure that tbls is fair, even in the face of the devilish doctrine that "every thing Is fair in polities " The D mocratlc r-arly will be teartaily inefficient if i. does no better than tbe Republican parly has done la the last six or eg t years. (BuMlls only Justice to the r.cord tbat 1 should tay that the Democratic party will be a wise, aud erncUnt and a patriotic party it it does as well as the Republican party did in the six cr eight years precedirg tt e last 6ix or eight ) it cer ainly can do no worse in an equal perk d of time, and we a'l know the counir is sadly in want oi rest rest roru tbe evils and fatigue of bad government. But it Is argued tbat tne Democratic party should not be n trusted with ad ministrative power, oecause many oi tnem were engaged la the war; because many ol the n were opposed to it aud sympathized with the rebels whilst it was being waged. I think the time has come when a nnai a -.a a conclusive answer may be given to this oft and unnecessarily repeated argument: "The war has long b en over; petce bas long luce been restored ; the seceding states bave lODg an been re urned to tbelr po-f Ion in the Unioo, ana Uwsbave been enactea grant ng amnesty. pardon, to those who were engaged in war e gainst the government." These lws mean ih mething or tbey mean nothing. 1 hey mean wuat they tay. or they are a 'raua ana a false hood, a dtceit and a far- Assuming, as 1 am compelled to do, that they were ever enacted in good frith, tbey are a declaration by tbe govrn ment that those to wuom they apply are luuy restored to tne ngnts. tne privileges and the duties tbey possessed beiore tbe war; and, being so, those who are restored by them areeutltlei lo all I he privilege belonging to any citizen of tbe United rstates. 'Ibis has bwD done by tbe only authority tbls side ol Omnlpo.ence that could so re-tore offenders against the m 'J es y f tne catiou. cut tne very men whom puonc opinion coosirainea to vote for and enact thoso laws of restoratl n are noweDgaged in a bitter crustde against th'ise who hav been so resiorta.aua aecia e that tbat ihey ae public enemies in peace as well as in war: that tbey are ut tbe frh nds of the government, and should not b permitted to eDjoy the prlvlitgs ai d rights Which tne consul utton and laws guarantee to and confer upon them. If these men were sufficiently penrentaud patriotic to b.come the ncipients of gov riiment pardon. when the law restoring them to citizensnip weie ena -ted. they are certainly none the l-ss so now. if they wete as vicious anu nnworiny, wben the laws were nc to. as tne gentlemen sav they are now, on what principle did tney vote tor and ei aci laws reinstating mem as ci lzjns with powers and rights equal to their owt.r in me one case as me oiuer, mere gee Uemen, In the excess ofA ePIBIT OF VINDICTIVE BIITERNE88, convict themselves of Infidelity to their high trusts. This, however, lathe "bloody shirt' theory. We ail know that the South made war on the government opeLly, and levied armies to accomplish their purpose, bat the government against which the great wrong was done bas pardoned tbe onene, and ore would Link that politicians, whese fidelity was not beyond the reach of suspicion, should at least sustain the enactments or law to wblch they rec rded tbeir assent. Bat these are now mattet s of a former time, and we might permit the "aead past to bury its dead." It 1 butcbarlty to let that past be remembered only asa warning for tne la are, aud treasured up as fuel tor the fires of tht 'eternal vigilance wh.ch is the price of lib erty." But war is cot tbe only treason tbat may be perpetrated against i he lite of ibe t a tlon. Pretended friends are oftentimes as tatal as open entmie. There are those enjoying the honors a d emo omenta of tbe govern ment to-day, wbj are, either lgnoiantiy or Insidious y, d 'ng as much to destroy that government as thot-e who t oa up arms against if. Reckless, vlciour, corrupt leg slailon Is an enemy tt free government more lo be dreaded thau an arm with banners. Incompetent and corrupt officials, who seek aud hold efflce la a free government for Individual and selfish ambition alone, are as much mein les in peace a armed men ever were In war. When tbe pub lc functionaries, whose duty it is to administer tbe laws, employ all tbeir powers to defea the ends of Jus ice, to screen the guilty and oppress the lunocent, a more fatal blow is aimed at tbe life of the nation than those sams persons cou id inflict in aoy other way. And yet the politicians of the Republican party. In national convention assembled, solemnly endorse the adminls'ratlm of the pr sldent, and thus Implied and i ublicly p edge themselves to a coniloaation oi the policy of th-t administration if returned to power by the voice of the people which Is now so lnd In Its denunciation oi tbat very policy. When proper and needed leetslatlon Is wantonly withheld or refused; wben Improper and vicious legislatloa Is wilful y enacted; when the people are op Dressed, and their treat In ereets of agriculture, of commerce, of manu 'act ures and laoor are prostrated, industry without employment and reward, and confidence in the ability and willingness of the government to remedy these evils are either wholly destroyed or materially impaired, an alarming progress is made towaids the subversion oi the government and the overthrow of Its powers. Th men who willfully do tbese things may have been patriots in war, bat in peace toey are mortal enemies. The financial condition of the country is the direct result of Ignoring the teachings of history aud theexp-rienoeof the past; of defy li k alike tbe wisdom of ages aud the precepts of prudence. We all Justify the government In the financ'a! p d cy adopted daring the war, but the unnecessary continuation of a policy . that was barely Justiflaole then would becilmlnal Infidelity now. Then he government gave her obligations or promises to psy, and rt quired her citlz ns to give and receive them la payment of debts, when It was well understood that she could Dot redeem them until peace was secured. When peace was restored, tu ere was A DOUBLE OBLIGATION ON THK 03VERNMENT. not only to redeem the o J edges already made, bat to make no more, at least until those already outstanding were taken np. Under the leadership of unwise, if not unfaithful, politicians, tne government has been unable to make good ber promises made ander such extraordinary circumstances, bet has abso

lutely increased from time to time the volume of her barren atd unp od active promises, and ba, m yet, tarnished do evidence that tbey will ver be redeemed. It will rot do to say ssy that tbe government Is unable to redeem her obligations of tbls character, for the contributions levied by w yof tux Il m, la Us various forms, have bef n ample to reduce tbe volume or our present currency in an amount that would leave the remainder equal to its proper equivalent in go d aud s lver. 'rh.& v. i a i . . . . .

u luuuHia wuicu, anaer ine present administration, have been either permitted or suffered, have been almost sufficient in amount to r d e m enong of these premise to pay io mna wnat oniu De left part and parcel of a sound and h aliny currency. All these thirds which should bave been done, have been left undone, and the evils of a currency or Consta- tiy fluctualiog va ot bave bad their fall efJe:tupon ihe basinets relations of the country in unsettling all things and prodnclng uncertainty, donbt, and paralysis, in all branches of Industry, nt-r-orisa and activity, with ail ls faults tbe Democratic party Is not responsible for these things. The oitter fat and the lessons nv r to be forgotten of 4ir late civil war, have satlsoed and conviuc-d all mn. north and south, east and west, Republi an and Democrat, tbat this government can never bt substituted t y any otherr that "peace on arthaud good will u man - is me misnou or the Kepublle; that, hereafter, we ail, whet t er Democrat or Kepubllcau, black or white, have a common Inter st and a common destiny, and tbat together we mu-t swim or perish wi' h the public. They hsve also taught us the additional lenson, that when tbe men of one party b come unmlndtnl of their obligations to the republic, we will neither abandon tbe government or seek to change its character. oat simp y resort to the peaceab.e revolution of republics by pnttlrgone party rut of power and an tber party in. Than parlies will be asefnl to the coan'ry end become imnortaut agencleila the batds of the people, for pronioiiugiia welfare, as to plstrorms l have but little fai h In thel' efficiency. It is tbe character of the men who are placed on tbe platforms tbat must give us tbe confidence ol security. It is to tbelr character we must loos tor tbe assurance toat ibe government will be safe In tbeir baDd, and that tbe laws will b wisely ana 'aitnruiiy a ministered. . A good platform with a bid man is a fraud and a de ceit. A good man, with a private character of sterling integrity and a good public head. needs uo platform. wasbiDgion Deeded do platform of principles to commend his ad ministration, his character and public service weie all the guarantee the American people requlr.d. boot Jefierson so of Jackson, and of Llnco n The p aff irms of both o tbe poiltlcsl rarti8admtt the necessity of, and demand reform. The ti publicans at Cinclonsti hoisted loudly of ti.eir der-ire lor reform, bat efa-ed to nominate the most pronounced practical retormer in their party. The Demo crats at St. Louis a- clearly demonstated the merits of reform, proclaimed their unalterable adherence to this as a cardinal priuclple, and proved their lalth by their works, ior tbey nominated the most sb e and outspoken piacici.l reformer in their party. They published tbeir platfotm to the world and placing upon it heir nominee , they said this Is wht we mean THE MAN IS THE EXPONENT OF THE PL4TFOBM and both are the embodiment of public opinion.. Kefofm Is the theory, and Tilden and Hendricks with their character for statesman ship and their public history are the guaran tee that reform will not only be the policy. bat the practice also of the next ad minis tiwtion. Had the Republicans nominated Bristow he would have been Irresistibly and tri umDhan ly elected. Tt.ey did not do it. Tne Democrats Lominaied their nristo w in the person of Sam ul .Tilden, and he will be as Irresistibly and as triumphantly elected. It is light that tie should D, al hr ugh one year ago no oue thought of st. J. llldeD as president of tbe United states, ior puo ic se aiment Indicated the mau for the crisis, and the polüldsne wisely responded to aud expressed the pub lc choice. Bristow aud TUden were both Indicated by public sentiment, and had the conventions oeen composed o equa'ly wi e aud faithful representatives, both Ti dea and Bristow would have be-n nominated. In tbat event, with the success oi enner, tne country would bave had a goo i administration. But as both parUes old not heed tbe admonitions of popu lar sentiment, tne advantages win oe aecidedly with th ODe which does so recognise the au horny of pub lo opinion, when national Diide. the public sens of Justice, patriotism and a sine re de ire for wholesome legislation, bave long been oa ragtd, there is aud will be a tearful earnestness on the part rt tbe peoplei that will not be restrained Dy tne authority however powerful or p riect its organization The present demand for reform and change is earnest, determined aod powerful, and who will withstand ut me puny arm oi party mnv be raised gainst it, bat It will be raised in vain, only to la 1 helpless and paralyzed to 1 s side. Party lives only by the will ol popu lar sufferance, it 's lis creation, but wnen ibe creation attempts looverthrow the creator, tbe latter will las e uiiae a ripe grape in tne nan J. of a giant, and Its life-bl od will only seem to show what it once was. inline party oe but a faithful representation or She public senti ment, and tbe party will be perpetual as the power It repieseais; Jf taithlefg, it will only be another illustration o the fruits rf diso bedience, ant the righteous rei'ioutloa that forever dogs upon the heels ef wilful wrong doing. Party is bat an incident to something that is IP principal; an instrumenta liy to be employed only so long as it may be useinl. Tnere is ihat in the bisio y of both political parties which can neither be commended or defended, fcvents within the last two decades, or twemv years, bave woraed radical changes in tbe one lor the belter, and la the oluer have developed chart ctenst cs which mater tally modlly tbe claims it urges for popular favor. 1 be great doctrine ot state's rights, as eiiunc ated in the Virginia ana Keutacay resolution", of T8 and SW has been materially modified by the civil warand its results. The local institutions of the S uth originated these pecu iar views on tbls subjtct thai were so iruttful of controvert y and con flict Bat the great conflict has removed those local causes snd tot ever settled tht qaes tlon of sunremncy between he state aud na tioual governments; and all parties. North and 8 uth, In accepting the sltuat.ou reo gnize in the nation a supnmacy that is ara mount to every otuer authority, aod In the state a supremacy In ail matters of a local, do mestic and municipal character. .acn one l upeiior in its own sphere. THK STATS IS A LOCAL AND LIMITED JDRI8- , DicnoN. The nation embraces thirty-eight of these sovereignties, and the Intelligence, power and virtue tbat protect, preserve and condemn all of them, constitute a supremacy tbat was never correctly estimated until it was In yoked to remove the canse or causes tbat threatened to wreck the republic, and to en tomb amid its ruins tbe last vestiges of popu lar liberty and rights. Whatever lingering prejudice, on the lUbjector state right, may vet remain and survive tbe lessons of the last few years, win, nereaner. De powerless ior evil. The autbora lve voice of the nation bas settled the queelion by . decision that is res ected and acquiesced in by tbe thinking men of all ect.ons. Botn of tbe great parlies bave accpted and adopted tbe adjudlo tlon thus made; aud while the one may recall witn reverence and regret tbe memory of the past, tbe other will not be permitted to carry to a dangerous extreme any inclination, on the i art o( those la charge ol the federal government, to an necessarily Intermeddle with the domestic affairs ot the several states. OntblsgiocDd tbe parties are quas, botn necessarily holJlng tae same vifwsof what 1 now fundamentally determined by authoratlve construction What, then, are the material differences btw en tbe pat t est Tbese are chiefly confined te matters ot internal administration: they are more official than other is-, and do not embrace any radical diflerence as to tbe currency, banking, tariff, or foreign policy. Ibe Republicans, as-.uming that ths inhabited states ar Incapable, as yet, of self-government, bave quartered armed -loops among their voilrjg precincts to persuade tbe people to higher at ainmenta In the act of seli-governmeut, to rtrsuade them to loMcr aspirations la patriotm, to persuade them to greater devotion in voting tne Republic i ticket. Those uniformed and armed oonsei valors of the peace may be come more general y useful ii tbe popular will continues the present order of things unr

der tbe present authority. It may ever become necessary to station squads of them amo ig ibe voting precincts in Massachnsetie, Ouio and Indiana. These have came to be regard td as educators of the people la the set ools now opened for teaching the several branches of the elective traocnle and tbe beauties of the billot sis em. But, my fellow cl lze. ,U Is demonstrated tbat when any state in the union is elteer unable, or unw Hing, to prenect auy of ltscilizens in the eolovment of

any of tbelr constitutional rights whatever Is Decessary tu secure to tnem that enjoyment shou d be done, whether the power Invoked be civil or military: but, in God's name, let the demonstration of the necessity, the exist ence of the evil, pn cede lb remedy. If I uncersUnc your position it is tbat ihe Southern states are as capable of managing their cwn ad airs as Ibe civil or military Mirapt of tbe general government. If I understand jour policy, it is ibatof leaving the several states severely alone In and to the management of their own dome tic affairs, Ith an ever vigilant watchfuines aud determination that t'e humblest citizen, onn or SNomn. tasi or est, Diack or white. nan receive tbe tqnal and Just protection of be laws in the enjoyment oi nl or ber every right. But it is said that tbe great body of tbe Democratic fisrty is In the South, and that Southern Democrats will dic'ate the policy of be party, and tbat tbat pol Icy wlii embrace full payment for the slaves emancipated, expenses lacurred lntbe prosecution of the war, and pensions for disabled soldiers and for the widows and orphans of dected rebels. To ay this is easy, bat to accomplish li would be AN UTTER IMPOSSIBILITY. The constitution holds tbls language: "But neither the United States nor any state shall assume or pay any debt orobllg tlon Incurred or in aid of rebellion or Insurrection against the United States, or any claim for tbe loss or mancipation of any slave: but all snch debt, obligations and claims sbsll be held null ann void." (4th sec., isth art) Pub.lc sentiment woull overwhelm and crush any pirsou or party that would seriously propose such a measure. It would be as treasonable as war, and tbe booth wants war no more than the North. The South would be as unable to bear Us proportion of tbe contributions as the North, the Kast or tbe West w e are an anxious to recover from me waste of tbe war, and once more, in union and with new aud added energy, enter upon a career of prosperity and grauaeur that will elevate, dimity and strengthen the nation. God for bid tbat tbe ortb should unwiseiy interpose any obstacle to this anion and grandeur by continued war upon th se who have already en scourged and blasted by the fires of the rebellion, ihe true soldier will always be magnanimous and charitable to a fallen foe. as dc l ween ihe lemocruo ana rtepuotican parties there is no material difference as to measures of policy o thtse subjects, for the most part, tbe same differences will be found loan equal extent in tbe body ot both the parties, 'i heie are hard and s-Jt money men In both tbe parties; there are in both those who are in la or of a mixed currency of coij and paper. All these questions of currency, however, are millers more properly to Le con sider! d by Congress and Congressional com mittees, iney are questions tiat require patient research and palns-takiDg a bor. Bui a we are oue of tue civlnz-d na'lons of tu earth, having commercial intercourse with all of the others, li is incumbent on us to have a money, a circulating meuiumof exchange, somewhat similar to that in common use, aud recognized by tU"se nations as money. Coin and paper readily convertible into specie at t he h lit or in. noiue , are What areregaruea bv the several nations as m Dev. It is true ihat in ail commercial couu tries coin only constitutes the ba Is and standard of values liana notes, cou verüble at wl.l Into coin or its equiva'.e t,andbl lof exchange re us-d In all commercial transactions o lniDOitarce and to a in tic a greater t xeui tl.au specie; Dai these represent so rauch sptcie, and at the will of the holder become suca. ir urgreenDac and national bank cu rncy were so converti ble into tfc.ee e they would oe the best currenyiathew rid, oat tney are uot ana no leg islative enactment wi 1 make them so. 'lo say tbat the gover meet will piyond mnd (ss she doe.-) five dollars to tbe bolder of one of its notes oi that denomination is a very ea y tuiug to a iy, but do one ever beard of tbe general fcovemiueo. returning. In com, a singi -rne or the many uunana minions now afloat ot her promises to pay. The auvocales ot a purely greenback currency say tbat it Congress wi 1 only make them a legal teuder for ail purposes they will then be money with ail the powers and virtues if gold and silver, longrecs mig'it au inir, evea in the face o her obligations to pay many hun dred millions ot her bonds aud greenbacks in coin, but public latth and public virtue stand in tbe way of so dishonorable a tran action, and foieign nations, whose clt zens hold so many buudred millions of our obligations, might unite iu au earnest appeal to us to do right. Congress might order every greenback lea dollar Din to Dave printed oaitsiace. "This Is ten collars, and shall be recelvab e for all debts both public and private." Bat would that make it ten dollars? Under and by authority of tbat act 1 could make yoa take it for ten dollars I owed you, even. If in the market It was only worth ten cents on the dollar, lour congressional enactment WOULD NOT PBBVENT ITS DEPRECIATION, nor the Increased price of everything else re lating to it. Congress has already made them a legal tender for every ihlng except for inter est on the publlo debt and for custom does; bat, notwithstanding this, tbey did depreciate at one time to such an extent that It took two hundred ard eighty cents In this kind of paper to buy a dollar In gold or silver, and tney nave oeen nucleating ever -lLce. ana are now io to izper cent, below par. Yoa can not even by congressional authority or enac ment mate men believe tbat a piece of pa pet which says this is "ten dollars," when their individual experience convinces tnem that they can not get that sum or any other In coin for It. Yoa might as well have an act of congress declaie every skankin the land was an eagl-. but that would not give lo tbe little loDg-iailed four-footed animal elth. r leathers, wiugs or power of flight, neither would it take from theanlmal lis peculiar atid by no means desirable odor which would bang around it still, is o, li would be a polecat at last and the act of congress would only come to grief. Uliil our greebback Mends insist tbat congress can maae anything money and a ieai tender, and say that tbe only thlDg Decessary to effect it is a formulated legislative declaration of tbe fact. Adoliar is a uo; lar, It represents not oniy a fixed and determln te idea, but It as distinctly represents aft.cr.an Idea and fact kpowa and understood of all men. Tue idea of a dollar ages ago re r fled Into fact, and neither rhetoric, the logic or the enthusiasm of men will ever be able to change the popultr cou Jecture of that idea ar.d fact Farther a continued experiment In the mat terof an nnredeem ble currency is dlsoouraged by every interest In tbe laud Failure and commercial disiuibances have always characterized it whenever and woerever at tempted. Tbe patriotism of our people and the almost boundless resources of oar country have alone Interposed to prevent national bankruptcy and universal ruio. How much longer these great sgencles will be able to avert so fearful a calamity It 1 impose! bid to affirm. To demonetize all the precious met is and substitute paper as, and for m iney, would be a new ana novel ie-ture in toe legis) a ion of the civilized world. Already tbe silver dolUr has oeen banished, by authority of law, from Its d'guity as mo-e, although a large part oi oar national ob'igatlons are payable in coin, until tne government takes ad van tage of th depreciation of sliver, caused by its own act in demonetizing it, it can discharge these obligations m and with an ariic.eof were merchandise. Do away with specie as money, ciiog ther as the advocatts of the greenbaoA pjllcy desire aud how sbali we adjust tbe balances In favor ol foreign nations against us? 1 heard a greenback orator in tbe enthusiasm of bis argument, denounce com raerce as by no m ans a necessity, and onlv because an extended commercial intercourse with tne natio isof tbe earth Is utterly irre ooncllable with an Irredeemable currency Far better woaid it be for as to have a circa lating medium composed of Iron, of brass, of oxen, boises, wheat, corn or onions, f r thee nsve an lnirinsio commercial vaiue, ana without them, we might discbarge our obit cations snd obtain what we would condemn. If we abnl ourselves up. and eat off all social and commercial intercourse with the rest ol

the world, it would make bntlittfe difference What ou-currency rnUbt b. Hat we are a gnat Producing anil ... . r. nl.fl nrlr nitlnn

and our commerce must be com roensn rate witnoar Industry, wealth and ir -duct Ion, and for them We tnnRt hi a market H-r tofore the nations of the earth bave brn th market for oar surplus o' mineral, agreu'tural and manu'arf nrinv nrrwinta Ihnnrn wa do now send them abroad for the most part in, foreign bottoms. .But THE ADVOCATES OF THE GREENBACK POtICT would do away with the national tanks and their paper as well as specie. He wookl. have the government issue all the greenbacks which the bnsinesa of the country demands (but by what rale n would nave tne amount aetermined he bas not seen proper to tell ns), and when the crmibtcKr, m consequence of their redund ancy, tiepreclate under a r.nlthv kul. nt things In the monev market evprr hn'w eh nldhavsthepriv b-geof taking his little j i mem lokome K'uuieDl grist-mill nd bave tnem aroand out into bonds bearing 6J-10I per CttDt. interest. Fnt the rnnmrir and its everv interest is tr.oHv imfr.Hr,, from the evils of a coullnu-llv fi art um I urrenc where the amount i tntiuahii mlted bylaw. Bntifthat amn-nt traa nn limited and its Increase dependent whoilv on the supply of parier and Ih a.tl-rlt r,t em men i officials in preparing the notea tor issue, t he nuct uatlons we cow experience and depreciate would no mote compare with the fearful changes that would follow each other In startling succession than wi.uld tbe quiet breeze of a summer evei.iDg com pare wllb the uu auu uevastaung tornado oi tbe tropics, our nominee for the presidency, in bis very bie bas nKim inner oi acceptance, demonstrated" the ability of the government to return to a healthv aud sound currency, without anv serious de rangement to ihe g-eat interests to be affected. ne snows yoa m;t clearly tbat by a wise and faithful aDnlicaflnn nflha Tut enma wVilxH fhe general government annually derives from taxation in its various forms, will bo ample, with prudent eeonomy in the public xpendlture. to substitute enough of govern ment notes with gold and sllv r in a very short peri' d to teach the desired result. The amount levied and col leered off tbe people annually for national DurDOses is over f njOjoi.. 00, or 0,-ui,'10 in tbe last eleven years. ae aiso demonstrates tbe ability of the national banks to return at once to specie payments without Oppression even to its debtors, ror tney nave more than ou,ui.oui of 'egal tender reserves and bonds and onlv ri.nno. im of circulation. Toe general government has little over f 10 '.omi.ouu of ereenbacka and fractional currenc In circulation, and with he resources at her command, without an in crease of taxation, and -ith onlv sufficient wisoom to devise and adopt a system that is rlshtlnnrixKlnl. i ...... 1 , . v. official integrity and firmness of purpose, tbe end would be re cned and welcomed with a n Of DrOTOeritV that would be nshered in with EXPRESSION OK APPROVAL AND GBATTTTJDE On the part of the people, fellow citizens, in tbe cbaozes the reformations and the puro poses yoa contemplate 1 recognize the voice of public opinion. Your purpose is to relieve yourselves and the nation from the burdens Imposed by unlse and vi cious leglslatlon.!Ypu are evgared in an effort to divorce your aovern ment from the control offaitblessandcorruptofficlals. Y'oa propose to withdraw that govern m. nt from the hands and the grasp of those who have run and ad ministered lt. ana now I glslste in tbe inter est of rirjg, of cs pits list s and of mercenary polUlclat p. You luten i to return the R pub ic to the simp e mode of the Cons Un ion. and to promote the pub ic reform by constitutional means. Y'oa are resolved to subordi nate powerful and,cooBoildaled corporations to legislation and Judicial authority. Yoa are resolved that publ c cfflceis. county and state and national, shall no lorger be gencles for plundering the peopie. but. that in all of these salaries shall be adjusted n the basts of fair and equal compensation for services actually rendered : andern bezzlement arid Infidelity by pur iic o iucers snail oe aeemea a criminal offenes and punished to the full extent of the law, and with a certainty that it will be as salutary as tbe law itßelf Is lust. You are determined by ilgtd dud lo economy, by prudent legislation, and carefully consider -d appropriation, to restore to the people good mouey and. with good money, pur. He (Otifl.'enc, and through both of them, public and private prosperity. You are pledged to '-let no guilty man escape," wben his of fense Is sucb as to merit punu-hment. loo are also pledged that von will employ your ut most endeavors to avoid sudden revulsions, and tbe evils that inevitably flow from rash and hastily adopted changes, ei her in general lpglBla 1 m or In that of the civil service or financial policy of the country. Tbese and many otueroDjectsof equal magnitude, if I understand you, are tbe purposes underlying your movement giving character to your organization and consistency to your motives. If you are in earnest, and sincerely so, let these purposes be Inscribed on yonr banner: follow and purr-ue them as your pillar -f cloud by day and your pillar ot fire by night ; loilow and pursue them througn evil report as well as through good report, and success will reward jour devotion, for it Is unelfifib. d patriotic, and tbese aretheelementsof all true and noble success. Remember that there is a long to-morrow for those a hose cause is in tbe right; THE PEOPLE WILL FIND THEM OUT, and their ieward will bet ertai a though It may be postponed until the cveniogof that to-morrow. Be true to these principles, be true tc yourselves, and above all. be true to yooi country, and this campaign will terminate bj introducing io me American people a neu and belter order cf things ander a new anc beite' administration. Let our wboie people without distinction Oi race or previous t ondil ton united y enter a : on a more hopeful careei and our progress, achievements and destiny will ba more satisfactory thn tbey bave ever by n. Tbe republic has air ady attained wonderful proportions and power but with forty millions of freemen united as one man to consummate tbe true destluy of our nation, tbe gioryof tbe past, and tbe tttaiumentsoi tbe present, will be to the exceeding grandeur cr the future only as tbe "transient splendor! of tbe meteor to the 1 fe giving radiance of the rrb ot day." Bat, my fellow-citizens, let us not as a nation be entity of It esuDreme fol v of destroying one species of slavery only to reproduce aud build urxm its ruins another. The intolerance of a political party, grown arrogant by the long possession oi vasi power and vast patronages may, very handily, become a slavery more galling, more oppressive nd more Insupportable than that 'rom which we so re centiy emancipated the country, at such fearfal cost to tbe nation. Todutbiawil. be tbe second act in the drama cf politic-1 freedom and of national emancipation. 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