Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 25, Number 54, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 August 1876 — Page 7

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30 1876.

REFORM.

Coaelnded from TblrU Pag. Terence In hlabehalf ; af'er tbe disgraceful conduct ol Robeson and D Udo and tbe disagreement of the president aid Bristow. Tbe party found notnlng to condemn In tbe later mis deeds of tbe ad mm strailou,and rem moered nothing amia lu itse rl it r record. It bad no fault to find with tbe ostracism 01 Sumner und tee appointment of Crtmr and Casey and Packard; wltb upeett'cg the government of Louisiana through a drunken an-i corrupt federal Jude, and dispersing i be legislature of tbe tut e with the bayonet; with baking up Kellogg and Soencer, and pu'tlug Billings In tbe p. ace of Darell; w.lh encouraging ihe operations of Jayne and Maab- rn and allowing OrTlile UrHDi to make Uv'ux br the traffio in appointments; and wlib greedily taking the Increase of one hundred p -r cen . on the president's salary, acd h.s looorlngfor tie bill allowing him to do so, whli matt ng b s adminlsuation an asylum for his numerous and aus rory kindred. All this wi meekly shouldered by tbe party at Cincinnati, which croachtdlike a spauiei at He t eioi the master it had obsequtoa-ly served for seven years. Tbe melancholy iruih Is. as so aimlrably stated by the few York Irtbone, that President lirant has dropped ua by eay stages to thet-e depths of shame. Ue hai pareutbtslzed in history eight year, wnich will be marked b erea ft er as tbe er a ol person al government. and the period of greed; elbt years of such official corruption an j dishonesty, such be tishnessand suameies nes-, such low alms and baspurtoea, such arasping avarice and eager overreachlug,sucn speculation In official Information, such bribery and such barter and aaleol omce.aud such degradation ol ail things which the La 1 -n has tu to be high and hoiy and worthy an honest pride, that to-day the country bangs 1 s head and boias Its nose and waits for this administration to pass." It lies wallowing In ihe dil:b, the pectaoe of nallon, whl e Se; aior Morton, from hl ereue inu ini ol vi-:oo, prouounce it the bel and purest the country has ever nad." GOV. HATÜJ. WILL HIS NOMINATION WORK MIRACLK8? But now, gentlemen, having shown by lrreBistlole proofs that the Liberal movement of I ST 2 was Justified by facts ad eal ed for by tbe times, and that tue Republican party, Instead of retracing lu steps and recovering Its lost estate, has steadily gravitated farther and farther fro.n ltspilmal integrity. It may still be argued that tue nomination of UoverLor Hay es will eat the ugly thread of history from behind It, an1 launch It grandly on a new and blessed departure, betlevn g as 1 do, that the age ol miracles has past, I find my se:f compelled to icject this view lam acquainted with Governor Hayes, and believe him to be honest and patriotic, and mot gl l j- and co dlally would I support htm If an J Republican road ezolala to me ho his accidental selec Ion at Cincinnati can make salnis out of tbe dia'ingnlsbed slnneis woo are the recognized leaders and managers of the party now, as they were four years ago. Ii you place the bat of an honest man on the bead of a rogue, will the roguery instantly depart? Every od has hea d the story ol Fortunatas, tie had a wishing bar, which relieved bim of the expense ni Lbor of traveling, By placing thin hat on his head and wishing himself at a given place be straight way fouud himself there. Who would not Join In balldtng a monument to tne sorely needed genius wbo could manufacture a presiaentlal hat that would enable (iov. Ha), by a simple wish, to change the nature of vortonnd Cameroo,and Butier.and Clayton, and Boss Saepoerd, and Babcock, and broiber-ln-law Casey, and tbe rest of the unbaptized crew wbo are taxing thir wits and pourlng ut their money t iSccnrehiselecUoD, and will daiken the air about the executive mansion on tbe 4 h of March If he should succeed? Such a tat, I am free to confess would make Gov. Hayes a pretty respectable president, and he would be able to take up tbe question of reform and dispose of it with toJeiab e success. Unfortunately no sucu head tear can- bj found, while the gre I leader of ibe party In Indiana, and tbe riabt hand man of tbe administration, tela us tbep rtybasno ueed of it, and that the men wbo ask for reform are wore crrnlnais than the thieves they wish io expose and pun lstr. Here is tbe ng y anot which liberal Republicans and a good many other Republicans dusire. to see untied, can yon obtain the command of a piratical craft by simply cbanglrg be figoie head oi the vessel? You must expel the pintes and put an honest crew in possession. This is tbe nuth In a not sbelr, and George M'illim curt is bim-elfad-nviMT. His cry Is reform within thep&rtv," which he is shouting a ong the lines as he did four years go. as if ut'erlv unmindful of tbe fact tna. undr this battle cry our civil service bai become ax foul auu feculent a system of otflcltl huckstering andpoltlcai prosütutioa as our thoroughU debauched nrty poll iic eoulJ mvkeit. Bat be is not blind, like Senator Morton, to tbe need of reform, and he tells us In Hupet' Weekly that the only hope of i ne party lies la he power to persuade the people that It 1 not hopelessl v corrupt. He frankly confesses that reform 1 only roslble by throalrg ovTbord the Grant leaders and trained corruption itts wbo havebroucht the par y Into dli-crac. In all soberness 1 aek, la this possible? Have the Repub ictn masses, alter their io:g and p tieut service nnder the party yoke, tbs cour age ana virtue to take tteir old leaders by tbe throats? Will tbe pa tv chiefs I have named meekly and pealtentlailv take the back, feats, wruienonest ana siaioi men come to tne froul? The maa who believes all this must have allowed his common sense toptcklts baggage. Tbe Grant leaders would reign in any conceivable p ll'ical hell, rather than serve In th heaven of honest government. In the manipulation of caucuses and coi ven tlons, they have long been masters. They are Journeymen and experts In liie work of . politic as a l ud. They have reduced plunder and pelf to a science and the greed ol clutch to a fine art. Notbirg can be more certain man mannen a reiorm aswoQid completely dl-lodge thei-e leaders and put such men as Bristow and A iams In their places, would be, In fact, the cra-ttlou of a new party. ii wou;a nave to preceuea oy a general dial nte.ra' ion, and U would be quite as absurd to consider it tbe came Dirty which has ruled tbe Country since Giaut came lnio power, a it won d have been to treat tbe Kepubiican party of 1 6 as ldeutlcai with thevld Whig parry, wnicn naa g m down to its dl-nonor(d grave. Tbe Idea, therefore, of making the ivepaoucan party ine instrument or sell-pun-fication. It not only morally, but logically absurd. A party onceth rounhiy corrupt, has lost tbe power to reform Ustlf. Devils are not Inclined to cast out devils, a: d could scarcely be trusted with the business If tbeyshou.d oner tneir services; and it is b act use l entertain tnese views and c-m not escape tneir rorce, inatx sincere'y desire to see the machinery of the Republican party battered Into fragment', and the way thus opened tor a re -formation of parties on the livlna auistlons of tbe hour, unembarrassed by the mem ories oi tne past. THE POWBB or ONE MAN TBE CHABAO 1B .ASH. TBAIT8 OF GOV. HATES. But let me not be misunderstood. 1 desire to meet the question I am considering In its cmilste length and breadth. I do not deny tne exceptional power or one s'rong man, thoroughly In earnest, and thoroughly armed with tbe courage of his nplnloas. A. single, great-bearted, stroDg-wl U-d character may control a moo or qaeti a mutiny, with a fer tile b-aln, perfect courage, absolute devotion to duty, and a genius for ine work of reform, ne may scatter renovating mens, redeem a state from misrule, and radically change tbe face of society. The country has aetn what one man can do In the stamping out of the Tammany and Ctnal rings of New York. If a man no larger than General Grant can, la a tew ytars, drsg down Into disgrace a grand and power. al party, a reaily great man, with rare force of cbar eler, passionately wtddrd to his wors , and desperately resolved to submit to no deleat, mtub. so inspire tne people witu hi own spirit of courage and faith that a revolution In tbeadmlnlstratioa of pub.lo affairs wou.d be tne rrmlf. Itis folly and nonsense to pretend that Gov. Hayes Is such a man. Neither In Congress, nor aa governor of Oolo, nor in his military arTlce, has he given the least evidence of such remarkable trails of character. IoUf72 wh n tbe ferment cfre'o.m was threatening to rend the old parties and s many Republicaos were turning away from Oiaullsm in disgust, Uoy. Hajes kept the quiet and even tenor of bis ways, uttering no rebate and giving no s'gn of discontent with the reigning order of th ngs. During tbe past .our years of mai-admlnltratlon and party corruption no word has escaped his lips to show that he av mpatnlzed with the men who have demanded reform. If at any time he has discovered the de norallzlng and down warn tendencies of tne ministration, and felt the n cemi y of bravely withstanding Aem, he baa never told the puolio of the lac i,

He has given the conn try no guarantee, save bislet erof aoceDtance. either by word or

deed, that be wll maniully wrestle with the political rings that are laboring tor nis eieocuon. Tbe country in without any proot at ait that he psessea "be moral courage and sturdy reaoln ion t grapple with abuses wbicn nave acauir l tue streng' n oi estaolihtd custom, and to th's end firmly resist tbe pressure oi his party irienas." xienasnot In any w7 earned the "fear and hatred of tnleeV The Bo -.ton Advertiser, one of tbe lea-lng organs of Kepubllcanism in New England, and now his warm supporter, said of bim last year that "be is a man of lair ability, correct In bis personal habits, bonest, sound In the Repcbil an failb. .itkA..-.. mmmK Iama rm inrlAiunilAniiA 1 ' This is the exact truth- Parke Godwin is perfectly rinnt In say in that he was nomi nated because it was believed 4 hl neutrality oi tint would harmonize the moot pronounced colors." He was nominated by a convention containing a majority who ftvored Blaine, notwithstanding his remarkable record as a reformer, and who was only defeated by a blonder oi his friends. His total strength In the convention, in tbeab eneeof combinations, was only 68 vote. Bristow, the only candidate wbo bad an unmMasable jeoord as a reformer, received only 126 votes out of tbe 756 while Governor Hayes waa nominated at tbe Instance of a r ll'lcai trader from rennylvan a, who eldom blunders In his party movements. Gentlemen, 1 do not n.ter a con jecture, but ex.ress a perfectly evident racr, wn-n i tay mar, ii eiecita, be will be the lns'ru ntni oi nisacive ana influential f - lend", and tbe servant of tbat mis chievous pa-ty machinery against which be has never yet made any puoiic protest, mat, I am right in this l siand reaay to prove or the autocratof the Keiubil an prty In Indi ana, whos testimony will beatcepted as conclusive. The administration of any president," says ourdlsilnguUbed senator, "will be In tbe main what the party wnicn eiectea him makes it. ' If he breaks away from his party tbe chances are (bat he will be broken down. lu a government of parties like ours. tbe pres dent must have bis frlenar. l ne men to whom he owes his election, who have de fended him from assnalta, to whom he must look for sunt ort in tue future, will ordinarily control his sctions, and be 111 do nothing of fensive to mem." This Is tbe naked tiuln. (mm ihe biggest Republican authority: and Ultdoea not pertectiy app y wuov. nayea it c-.n have 1.0 apfucauon wnatever to any man who ever has b en or ever win re pres den'. iei me as a you aod I now address royseif more especially to my x,l t Ketubilcn friends et me asa you ii In you hearts yoa really believe Gov. Hayes, If el. c ted, will enforoe the principles announced In bis letter of acceptance? Do yoa bAileve he will turn Secretary Chandler adrift, the eorLniandfr in-cblef of tue Republican army In mis canvass, because be is now spending his money, levying contributions upon bis subofdtuaies, aud proatitnuog ne wnoie power of o a nmce in tne innren oi a nepuollcan Tictory ? Do yen believe be will dismiss Secretary Cameron, wbo led tbe way In bis nomination at cinci-nati, ana wno e act ve partisan service of Gov. Uaye Is a gross viola ion of his declared principles as to tbe use of the civil service? Wl l be do so decent aod comely a thing as to dismiss James r. Tyner from tbe poiioffire department, plaoe J there at the biddiogof Senator Morion, for the parpose 01 securing hit omciai neip in mis canvass, which be is glvlrjg freely? Will be put back In the treasury Bristow. and'Bluford Wil son, and Piatt aud Yary an, and thus Invite the hostility of Gen. Granlaud hu powerful ba ly of friends, and Incur the wrath of tbe wbo'e army or wnisav tnievesT win ne sweep nat tbe If gions of placemen who are now abusing the public service, and fill their places with men selected solely on tbe ground of tbeir fitnes, and wl h no reference wha ever to poll tics? Will be make It perfectly understood that g natois and representatives shall no rcger be coniinlted in tbedupensatlonof federal patronage? To everyoneof these questions tbe senator gives tne a.nsw-r. No, ana you all understand aa well s 1 do tbat the nrlh dox Republicans of Indiana are not the men to differ wl h him la opinion. THE fcCPPOiT OF TILDEN THR MAN. And here, at length, I reach my final question Involving the pronriety and honesty of a vote for Tilden and liendiicks. It must be quite apparent that what I have said has conoid era b y ui'-otbe'l the way to the answer; for If tbe Repub. lean party Is sohopele-siy demoralized that its refoim Is lrop-slble, lis destruction becomes a public duty ; ana wncever s legaras in has a right to lay hold f tbe ouly weapon which can now be now be employed or the purp.se with any hope of meets-. Hot I do not rtst tha case upon this poi t. I propose to deal with tbe question s an indepeudent foplc,snd In aporoahlng It I aireadv Imagine some of my R?publ cai friends mentally asking tbe quettiioo which has already b-en propounded tome several times in vord: How can an old anti-davrry man, who f ugtat th j Drancrits so Ealouslyln tbe early days of bolltlonim, and poured out upon them jour de nuncutlots o r-m tstl sly during the war: how can you reconcile it to yourself tosurport sucn men as iion ana tienancusT wen. guileaaen, I have nn de stood 1 dlßeient ways.and have for ytaia elleved It to be a fac, mat tue war iSove. Accoraiun tomytiimani'C the last gun ws fired bmt eleven aud a half years ago, so that we are new well along in tbe twelfth year t.f Dep.ce. f enat r Morton, In common with a number of his brethren, does not know this. I presume he -will go down to bis grave in tbe full brllef tbat the "boys in blue aud the boys in gray ' are sun ngating. At ail v trs be will bus the fond thought to his bos ni that the people ft the North and tbe people of the Houih ought to feel toward each other,now and here-afu-r, exactly as they did dur.Lg tbe blaody conniet. wiinaucn men 1 nave no oontro versy. They are given over to Jhelr martnefs, ana it aenes an remedies, hut l ask an men who love tbe.r coat try and are able to per form the operation of (hinting, why the tub Ject four täte war should be dragged Into this ianv.iR87 it was a D oody and aevastat'Cg conflict between citizens and states that hd HvetJ together in peace under a ocramon fltg, and whose union he: elfter is tbeir maui'e-l destiny. V, by should any patriotic man see t to keep alive its memories? l et them fade away lnio tbe lecjtflug pss, and the old bond of anion be reuewed ardcemenud by the rivalries ol a con. moo brotherhood for the common weal. Our civil war has taken Its viaoe in the past, it h s gone before tbe Judgment seal o' history, llae tbe Mexican war, tne war of 1811 or the war of lndepend encs; and there is no more propriety In dls c-SHiDg It la tbe pending campaign than these would nein overhauling the wars of tbe antediluvians. There is ev n less propriety, for we coma ta.k aooui tnese ancient wars with out tbe icast danger o r kindling old animosities. When our civil war waa upon as, and tne qu-s Jons wh oa have since been so grandly fee. tied on tbe side of the Union, t.ung in perilous dispute, I gave utterance to tome strong words which I have no deebre to recall. If yoa can setback: tbe clock of our politics aiid ie-tnact the clrcumaiances In which 1 was placed, I wl 1 rtlterate them. 1 tried to brenn Into the beans of tbe people tbe splilt of war, and so to influence public opinion as to promote the triumph ol our arm and tbe Just settlement of the great Issue then on trial. But why sbould I lepeat my old war speeches In th s canvass? Why sbould Senator Morton repeat hit? Row long are tbe political waters to be doubled b (graceless demagogues wno m love tbe honors and emoluments of office that tbey are willing to clutca at them at the expense of the nation's peaco? , THE SLAVBBT QUE8TIO!-. In like manner let me remind oar Republican friends that the slavery question Is settled. I am quite sure. In fact, tbat slavery has been finally abolished. I think quite a number of tbe Grant leaders bave not ioaod It oar, bat I bring them the glad tidings to-night. As long ago as 1863, Mr. l-Jnoo u pr. e amation ad tbe confiscation lawa of Con'ena gave the 1dstttation a pretty deadly au.b;and the 13:h c institutional amendment sent It re -ling Into - Its bloody grave. By faudamental and lirepealabie law slavery is destroyed forever. Tbe fourteenth amndmeut provides thai tbe negro shall henceforth be a ciMz-n of the Untied States, armed with tha equal protection which the law give to all. it deoares mat the pubilodtbt, inclaiing the pensions and boantle, due fot service In putting d wn tbe rebellion, shall not be que toned. It farther declares ihat neither i be United Bt-tea nor an. slat shall r, ay r assume any debt or obligation Incurred naldoi lnsarreetlon or rebeliioo. or In pay ment for the loss cr emancipation of any slave: and i he fifteenth amendment arms these black millions with tbe bail' it. These fa udameuial provls.ons go down to the b d-rock of tbe wboie ma ler; for nnieas vou ean peraa.de two-thirds of Congress and three-fouri hs of all the stales to annul them, they will be as enduring as the republic And aa the-e tmec. mente are now m part of tbe platforms of alt political parties, the slavery quesUoa la au aoeoiateiy dead Uue.

Tbe overshadowing, live issue of to-day Is j and dev&stat'd by the b'ack and whle xunHetorm, and the duty which cow devolves ! drels who so long con trilled her fortunes, and

upon as is to select lor tne omces or rreaioent and Vice Prealcent tne men beat fitted for the work. Tbe records of the candidates on the questions of war and slavery are not half so important as the purtneation of the public set vice. We are not now II ving under the administration of Pierce or Buchanan, with ibe Dred-co't decision casting lu b etui shadow over the northern states nd territories, and the whole power oi t' e Federal governmf nt relentlessly employed In the en.or ce ment or the Ulilve utve uw or i.o. a large majority of tne men against whom tbe abolitionists waged war twentyfive years ago are In tbeir graves. The Whig party la dead. S avery has perisued, and tbe Democrats occupy tne same poaidon respecting th new order or things as the Republicaus and surviving sbjlltlonlsis. A dlsUDguished puo.10 man, of Uaio. has told as tbat '-war legislate." Our distinguished senator made tne public confession a rew years ago, that tbe "logic of vents" had converted mm from a follower of Andrew Jobnson to a disci pie of Charles HumDer. He baa oever been tb aame man since, nor Is the Democratic party the sams part. now, and Inspired by ibe earns spirit and alms, as in the evil days of the pas?, when tbe slMve power of tne South was tbe master aliae of both the great parties of the country, end com pell d their leaders to recognize the fact In his late masterly speech in congress, Mr. Lamar reminds our Republican leaders tbat there baa n t been a single great measure la the constitutional bistoiy of England, n t a single arest reform, which, after its establish ment by one party, was not, la tbe coarse of time, and a Very short 'period, placed In the htnas of the party originally oppisea to it." Shall westufid y shut our eyes to ibe lost's of such facts? Tne devotion of the D. mo rati 3 party to avery in the past Is no proot what ever that It cannot be trusted with tbe ques tions relating to it that a e now finally settled by the constitution. Ihe Republican pa-ly in the ear y period of tbe war did not a m at tne a bo niou of slavery, but was uriven toward lt.step by tep, under the pressute ol necessity. lis principles and policy were radically rev olutionized by events, and, except In name, it b came In fact a new party. with new purposes, aad animated by a new spirit. On precisely the same princi ples tne transformation or the Democratic partv of the p -si is I evltable. and we cn not possibly be mistaken in this conclusion. We now that tbe transformation Is going cn and has already made gleal progress, nu tba. no party was ever strong enough to getaway from tbe th random of unmanageable acts. i bel etc of war re shapes and re-lnsplrea par ties, Just as tbe logic of events has convened so many political Inners. THE F-LLY OF BEVEBTIKQ TO THE PAST IL T.CSTBATEO. The folly of attempting to find a political scare-crow in ibe record or Tilden and Hendrloks on the slavery question, is amusingly ill oar rated in tbe late key note speech of our senator. He charges that Governor Hendricks opposed the escape of slaves wbo cams into our lines during tbe war. in the earl v period of the war Governor Morton occupied tbe same position, and so did tbe ad ministration of Mr. Lincoln, wniie our commanding generals freqaentiy restored fugt lives t their lebel masters. He says Governor HendiicSs, in IBS', wss opposed toallowtn en roes to sit n Juries and hold office. G iVerLor Morton held the same oplalonsHud avowed thera.only two years before. He says Governor Hendricks ooposed the arming of negroes as so dlers. Governor Morton at first agreed with him, and Caleb B. Smith, Mr. Lincoln's secretary of tbe Interior, said It would be a dl-race to the nation. He says ibut Gove nor undricks made a speech in tne consti 'Uiionai convention of lsiu in favor of the :3th article, excluding negroes from tbe slate. Governor Morton voted lor tht article, in com mon with the greit- body of the ople of tbe state. He charges lüden ana and Hendricks wltb favoring the peace resolution In the Cblcago Convention o' lSo4, which is successfully deu ed ; but Governor Morton himself, a year arterwaids, mane so tnor ouably souud a Democratic speech at Richmood teat tbe men he now s'ylei ''I'onfedera e Democrats" published it as a campalga document by the bundred ihousai d for )ears following In several states of the Union. He says Governor Hendrlcka favored the tugitlve aiave law of 18'x. uodU the author of th- keytee y-njte?,ior ne was in 11 a democrat,and tritd to raise a rebellion in tne rankaol the party In the O d Burnt Distriji because it supported me for congress alter i had vo'ed against the ru gltive stave net and the compromise rueasuies o the Thirty-first Connie-, t submit tnat the senator' prove bl-1 fundness lor raking uo thKbhes of the past shoo d not have ld him Into ihe political eraveya-d of prominent Dctncc at. His own cbo eu line of argument not only khow tht be himself is fatally ditQ'iHiifle-i for offloe. but tbtt nearly all ihe real leaders of Republicanism are in the sarce unhaPDV ooudi.ion. General Grunt blm-elf was a pro-slavery Democrat, voting tor Ruchanan in .w.aai never Decomi g Rauuii lean till his eyes were anointed by the offer ol the Presidency, In two successive installments. General Butler oas a recom still less immaculate, havit g voted for Je fiV Davis fifty -eight times In the famous Charleston Convention. According to uiy recoileclon. Htmon Cameron w-s never understood to b a a very rell-b e abolUionist, Indeed, If no men are now to be trustej but those wbo ean show a pure and unuefiied abolition record Mr tne pavt twe ty-flve year?, our country is in a pretty bad way, lor it wouid, in many cases, require a waren warrant to find suci men, even in the Kepubiican party. TBS feOürH IN .HI3CAVAS9. But will the South be safe ander the edmluistratlon of Tilden? Can the freed men sa'ely be coxmltted to the guardianship of tbe old slave ma ters? 1 answer this quev tlon in the langu ige of of the ablest political jo irnal In the United 8'ates, and a supporter of Gov. llsye: "Uur owu solemn belief is that tbe less said on this point on tbe Repub lican side ibe belter ; tbat the outrrga argument serves and con serve the purpose of nobody in this canvass but tbe Republican knave, and that the probabilities a e that the Mouth win be more peaceful unaer n aen th u und r Hayes, and this fir reason? whlca liern the surNce. Tilden is not a weak or foolish man. He will have n motive for to! erat In g disorders at IhnHoutb, nor will bis leading tnllowers. On the contrary, they will perceive clearly the importance of tranquillity in tbat retlon, to the stability of their hold on pjwerin the ixorin, while tneaeaisoraera will actually consiltute nearly tbe whole poll i leal capital of tbe Republicans, Conkllngs, M-rtons, handlers, and uornel s, with whose snpp rt Hayes is, it seems, o be sadc led." Tbe truth of ih's is patent to every min i unbiassed common sense. Tbe great need f tbe south to-day is deliverance irom the horde of thieves ar.d demagogues wbo hv ve been fastened like leeches upon tbe wei fate of the people and backed in tbeir mis deeds by the whole power of the adm'nistratlon. ibe Hamburg- massacre and kindred displays of rapine and lawlessness admit of no defence, whatever tbe provoca ions may haye been; bat it is needless to deny tbat there bave been provocations, and that there are two sides to the outrage controversy. Take tbe case of Al.b tma. Tbe whole Federal pat ronage or tne state ana tne aseoi tne unitea states army were turned over to Geoge E. Spencer, a thoroughly corrupt ana au principled poutio-l adventurer, to ena ble him to retain his seat in the United States Senate. Thus equipped lor his work, be ana bis triends bougtit legislators with Federal apoolntmeats; sent mar shals and revenue officers, accompanied by regular troops, to run off voters from tbe ceuntlds where the opposition to him was strongest; prostituted the courts by arresting Democratic members or ine legislature in order to prevent a quorum fused themachln ery of the custom house and revenue offices In breaking np ine uenerai Aaaemoiy ana getintr, up two rival bodies, while the money to pay for tnese extraordinary performances was obtained by embezzlement from the poa offloe at Moolie. In tbe light of these facts It is not surprtsl. k that the state i now overwhelm lngly Democratic, while tbe gratlylng fact greets ns that ordT has gradually asserted Itself throng boat the state, as the power or the Sinnderara aaa deelloi. - Look at the state of Lissisjippi. la Vickebarg the white paid W p-r 1 cent, of the taxes and the ne t-roes aaseasel and handled tbe money As a con quenoe tbe debt o' the eity, which, in id., wss H3.UU0, roe in five years to 11,-00, um, wnue tnevpooaiaiioa was only eleven thousaud.abd more than half the inhabitants were colored, a ting composed or carpet-bag adventurers and Ignorant black men of the most corrupt charaoier conti oled tbe extcu live offices and courts, and araw rich b f-iraerv and fraud. Th a rlnas were sustained bv tbe whole power of tbe Repub lean admin l-trailonat waKhragton. The state or couth Carolina saoDliea a with facta eaually start lt8T. lean not ko lato tue de alls, but tbey are known to the country. It is on'y necessary to

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auKurating the work of ref rm, the representatives of tbe federal auinlnlsira.ion demonstrated their friendship for organized rascality and raffiaulsm by accusing Gov. Chamberlain of leaning toward Democracy, and condemning bim for refusing commissions to such political reprobates as Whipple and Moses. Can any man feel surprised that outrages should fcprlug out oi su h a soil ? Can men expect to sow the wind and not reap tbe whirlwind? No Christian or evn civilized man will defend the deeds of lawiessaess that digraca so manv states of tbe booth, nor can be defend the political and moral outrages that have been tbeir chief provocation. What Is tne rem-d . ? -ball we maliy eeek It Ina continuation o' Grautlsm and the rule of such men ts Casey, Packard, Durel', Kel ogg, Ames vtrninpie ana Moses? can the election of an other ctepobllcan president brine ore er aod peace ana honest Eovernment to the sorely tried people of tbe Houtb. black cr white? We have had a Republican president and a R oabllcan OonKreu for nearly eight years, and et tha chiefs of tbe party, wh- represent tbe Houtnaslna perfectly deplorable condition, tell ns that the cottlinuance ot the name parly la power Is absolutely necessary for tbe wei fate of tbe pto pie, and efpelally the colored race President Grant himself Ulis as tnat 'Mississippi is governed to-day by officials cho-en through aud and violence, such as would scarcely oe accr dl ed to savages, much lets to a civilized and curlsiian ptoi le, and senator Morion's outrsg- committee, with Senator Bouiwrlt at its head, dec ares In Us late congressional re port that the sute which lat year was Ina condition of peac , la now so given over to Incuroh e anarchy alter a ten years' trial cf Repob ican reconstruction, tbat we raiv be ob iked to remand It to t rritorlal gV-ru-mem! Gentlemen, coald tbere poslbiy b a stronger argument In lavorof a change of admimsirauouT coma any tact stand out more palpably on the bactg onnd of the past, than tue aba lure need of a new and wiser poPcy, n j new and wiser men to administer It? Tue result of Kepublicau rule, In fict, hs b en to array tbe two races of the South in deadly h mlllltr, Instead of making them f lends aud oretbren. in it e s ales containing the largest negro element and under Republican mle, violence and dls -rier have largely prevailed sines tbe close of tbe war; wblieln the con st rvaiive ana Democratic states order and peace have been tbe normal condition of tbe people. What we now wantls a new dispen sation, which shall olot out the color Hoe In pontics, sorteu asa subdue tbe antagonisms so long fosiered by white demagogues, divide the colored vou between tbe parties ot tbe South as the white vote is a ready divided, and thus make the people of lhestfes la eiy in revolt, in aeea ana in heart, ne ptop e. All this, of course, must be ibe work ot time: but the agencies can be wisely set to work which will accomplish It, ana thus perfectly solve tbe problem of a r stored Union by completely removing all the cause of strife. TILDEN AS A BEFOBMBR. But the question Is asked, "Is Gov. Tilden a genuine reformer? Would te prove himself morally trustworthy in tbe hhth office to which he aspires?" Tbe Republican leaders answer the question with a very Indignant negative. They make the gravest of charges, both against his loyalty and his Integrity, and they attempt to sustain them by very re nark -able proofs. For example, tbey introduce tbe tesMroonyor the New York limes, and otner leading Journals, wnicn nauygive tne lie to their current calumnies by tbeir state ments four or five years ago. when Gov. Tilden s as making his mag nifiewnt fight sgalnst Tammany. Dottle Repub icn lead rs be'leve they cat con vet him of tbe frightful crimes with which i hev charge bim ou the evidence of im peachrd wl nesses? They a m attempt to make out their cas on ths testimony of Demo cratic newspape s which abufed Gov. Tiiden before Ms nomination, when be was Jlkelr to be in the way of tbeir favorite candidate, while thes" sme new8nar"ra ara now zealou l supporting bim, and thus practlcilly Confessing that tbey did not speak tbe truth In the fierce diatribes they had uttered pre vious to the St. Louis convention Gen. Harrison Ihe oibe- day. in his Danville speech. howed his appreciation of tbe popular intelligence by paradip-r if 1 8rtof evidence and expecting It to be bell ved by his audience. But let ns rerer very n ienv to some or these charges We are told or tbe Republican authori'let ti at Gov. Tilden Is a se-ea-ionlst. Gen. Harr son makes this charge, as i e made It four years as;o ag4nt Horace Greeley ; nd it is as raise now as it aas men. it is no. only nnt'ue.but l amsotry tu belle ve that Gen. Har rison knowsit'o beso. There is a difference of opinion among Americ tn s st-smen cow the e waa at tne beginning of tbe eovernmeat, on the question of Sta e Rights ana rtderai supremacy, gov i wen, i believe, betones to the Democratic, or JefTeraonian school of stat'smen, and of coue i ejects tbe constiln'lonal ibeorlH of Hamilton and tbe federalists: but that he is a secessionist in tbe sense of disloyalty to the nations! hag, oi that bo rro?nlzes tne riant or a state to go out of the Un on at its own sweet will, with no power in the nallon to bold it In its place, is a pme 1- veutloi. This is no a matter of opinion but oi fjet; for wben the e vil war came, Gov. Tilde i wss actively on the side of tbe Union, do: us an honorable part by his influence and money In sending m?n luto the field, and exertlna h' raelf lu holding In check the di-loyal e'emeut in his on par y, when It threatened an orgr-niz d opposition to the pros-ÄU'ion of ihe war. He was also the frlecd and advlt-er of Lincoln. This Is my commentary npon the besutlful mosaic of mlngld metaphysics and pettroglng which Gen. Hsrrlson so artfully weaves together In the hope of showing tbe dls oyal'y of the Democratic cacdidate In this campaign. Another charge is tbat Gov. Tlluen was the leading counsel lor tbecr.dll mobil ler, and gtve h's oplni n io favor of tbe iegaliiy of the scheme. Gov. Tilden Is an emlneat lawyer, and ns bad great experience In the management of railroad capes. It wss not Btracge that tbe Union Pacific Railroad Company should take his counsel as to lis legal rinnt to create a flncl agency co j po-ed of a portion of the mpmb-rs of the om;-any, for the purpose of taking charge of the construction of the road As a naked legal question, I thins it Is agreed among lawyers that the compaty had the right. 1 have not examined the evidence in the case recently, but If Gov. Tllda gave that opinion aa a lawyer, X don jtss tbat It convicts him of any high crime. If he advised tbe company that it bad tbe right, through the machinei y called tbe Credit Mobl ler, to rob the treasury of millions, let tbe charge be ( quaely made, and let tbe proof be produced. Ibe curious fact is tbat Republican politicians should allude io ibis question at ail. With a slng'e exceptio t the lepresentatlve men and eminent Christian statesmen who auctioned off tbeir consciences to this great corporation were membenof the Republican party. They gave no opinions as to tbe legality of tbe scheme, but the prostituted their political and official influence to the base greed of gain by personalty Jolnlog in a gigantic fraud upon the national treasury. Of this fraud Gov. llld-n is not guilty; aud it seems to me that If tbe Republican leaders in tbls canvass had taken counsel of their prudence ihey wor.id have studiously avoided any allusion to a transaction with which their party relations are so exceedingly delicate and teuder. TILDBS'a FIGHT AGAINST TAMMANY. 1 notice one further charge, namely, that Governor Tilden did not begin his war on the Tammany ring as soon as he should have done. We are told that he was loo tardy and hesitating, aod waited till the fight was pretty well ander way,wlth an assured prospect ol victory before he entered npon his grand work. The proof ot thla charge la the perfectly worthless testimony to which 1 have already alluded. Like tue charge last no'ed, it also come', from the leaders or a party wl ich not only hesitates an l falters In the prosecution of its own tolevs,but throws around them its protectlon.and drives from power the men who demand their punishment. Governor Tildea, through his unexampled labors and maton less courage, sen ( io p lsoi or into exile, the municipal pirates of the most powerful organization ol rogues and conspirators our eouutry has known. Defying ail Opposition and braving all dangers, be aid It, and the puifal whine Is now heard tbat he was too slow in beginning the work. But tbe mecj who arge ihts plea are the defenders of an administration which still leaves Gen. Babcock In tbe undisturbed possession of two Important offices, while not a man of these Republican leaders has tbe oourfcge to denounce tbe action of tne president in driving out of office Beiretary Bristow and Ibis associates wbo were so manfully entaged la tbe worst of reform. Gaotlemen, I have little faith in a poll ileal organization whose leaders like Gen, Harrison, raise tbe cry of reform while there la not virtue euough

In it to keep a single reformer In any important position, ana wbo whl e quoting ecrloture to prove tii at '-offences most needs come," oooly te 1 us that the motto of tbe party is," Woe onto that man by whom ihe offense cometh." A for myteif, regardlcg the question of reform as the ovrrtiadowlng one in this canvas. I would have supported Gen. Bristow, if he had been oomina'el at Cit elnna'l. Aside from hla remsrkable fight against the whlky thieves, be was not very weil known to tbe country at large; but this brief episode In his official life flashed fjrtb each Uaits or ma illness, in trepidltv, and cvl lent devutlon to tbe honor of the public service that i would bave been willing to trust bim. Maay thousands who are now rallying around ih Democratic b tnnrf wonld have dODe likewise: but tbe acts which inspire my faith in G jv. rilden are ten-fo'd more assuring than those which bave niade Gen . Bristow so Honorably conspicuous. Carl Schurz, who Is now zealous'y supporting Gov. Hayes .admits thai tbe election of Gov. Tliuen would 0a followed by iht eweepingout of the corrupt officia's and dmblntloos which now dishouor tbe pub to aeryioe. Parke God wiu. who. In tbe aua'Mes of Intel

ligence and high integrity is tne pe.r of auy man In the Republi can prty. and who has been Intimately acqaalnted with Gove nor Tilden for neany forty years, says be has never had tne slightest occasion to sustect his abso.ote Integrity of purpose and sincerity of conviction, and mat in an tne re:aii insoi private llle be is purity ltselr. I accept the textimmy ot these wl nesres. and reject the reck. ees and untuppored declarations of Senator Motion tbat Governor I'lidtn la a railroad wrecker, a rebel. and a thief. CONCLUSION. And now, In conclusion, let me remark that, In arraigning tbe admlnlstra ion of General Grant and tbe lealers of the Republican paity, lbave intended no attack nroa the honest and intelligent masses who still follow its flag, and still hope to redeem it from dishonor. In Some other organization, and under other leaders, tney win yet penorm as honorable a service as ihey have already rendered in wl-eiy solving the great problems of tbe past. Neither would i pluck a Bing.e laurel from tbe brow of tbe party la the days of its glory, when Its great hosts were led by such men aa Sumner, reward, Greeley, Li coin and Chase. I was witu it and of it In all Its grand achievements; and no man can be prouder than mvself of its glorious record, and no man forsook It in 187. with more sincere regret. But when 1 saw tbat lu great work was done, tbat tbe marvel ous energy it displayed during tbe war had been turned into tbe channels oi corruption and plunder with the startling results I have attempted to depict, aud that the devil had safely intrenched himself In the works tbat had been built to bombard him, I parted rr - m the friends of a life time, whoe love was thea turne 1 Into haie and scorn, and enter d cp3n a tight for po.lt:cal reiorm which i am reeolved io o'osecute m the end LIBERATE THE IMPURITIES OF THE SYSTEM. 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Notice to Nonresident. Whereas, a certain precent has been dnlr Issued to me by the mayor of the city of Indi anapolis, under tbe corporate seal of said city. da ed Angust IV. 1876. sbowlug tbat tbere Is due ine loiiowing namel contractor the amount hereinafter specified for street Improvement In the city of jndlanarx.ll. Marlon county. Indiana. Due Irwin A Ilanna for grading and gravel ing Greenwoon street and sidewalks, from Ninth to Tenth atree a, from Itaao Hooper the um of nineteen dollars and sixteen cents (tl9 16) amount of aaaessxent charged agslnst tot o. nineteen ( 9, in W, A. feu s subdivision In square No. twenty six 2b) Johnson's heirs' addition to tbe city of Indianapolis, Marlon county, Indiana. Now. the said defendant Is hereby notified that unless within (2t ) days after the publicatioa for three weeks of tbisnoüc.taeamount so assessed against the above described lot or parcel or land is paid, I will proceed to collect tbe amount so assessed by levy and sale of said lot or parcel of lsnd, or so much thereof s may be necessary to atify the above claim, and all cos la that may accrue. HENRY W. TÜTEW1LEH, City Treasurer. Indianapolis, Ind., August 23, 1876. Notice to N on-Resident, Whereas, a certain precept has been duly lasued t me by the mayor or the city of Indianapolis, under tbe corporate seal of said city, dated August 19. tS7d. showing that there ladua tne iouowing nvmea contractor tne amount hereinafter specified for street improvement in the city of Indianapolis, Marion county, Indiana. Due Samuel P. Strong for grading and grav eling Ninth street and sidewalks, from Cen tral avenue to mil avenue, rrr m l nomas tr. Teterstbe sum of thin y dollars and eighty cents (133 8 ), amount of assessment charged against lot Mo. twenty-two (2:) square No. one (1), Car Work-, first addition to the city of Indianapolis, Marlon county, Indiana. Now. the said defendant li hereby notified that unless within (1) days af er tbe publication for three weeasof this notice, tbe amount so assessed against the above described lot or parcel ot land is paid. I will proceed to collect the amount so assessed by levy and Rale of said lot or parcel of land, or so much thereof as may be necessary to satisfy tbe above claim, and all cost tbat may accrue. HENRY W. TDTEWILSB, City Treasurer. Indianapolis, Ind August 23, 1876. Notice to Non-Re aid ent. Whereas, a certain preoept has been duly Issued to me by tbe mayor of tue city ot Indianapolis ander the corporate te-l ot said, city, dated August 19, ISTii. showing that lhea la due the following narjea contractor ,be amount hereinafter specified for tr- , rn. provement in the city oi lodunarvV Mar oa county, Indiana ' Dne amual P. Strong for grading and graveling N nth street eud MdeWHlgg from Cen. tral avtnue to Fn avenue, from Thomas K. Teier the m of thirty dollars and eighty cents (3o (y), amount of assessment charged kgalDSt 'ol No. twenty -four ( 4), square No. one 0), car Works first addition to me city of Indianapolis, Marlon county, Indiana, Now, the said defendant Is hereby notified that, unless with n ( u) cays after the publication, for tbree weeks, or ibis notice the amount so assessed against the above described lot or parcel of land Is paid. I will pro ceed to celled the arm ant so aensed by levy and s. le of said lot or parcel of land, or so much tne: eof s may be necessary to satisfy the above claim and all costs that may accrue HENRY W. TUTE WILER, City Tieaturer. .U?nt2l, 187S. Indianapolis, lid. Notice to Non-Resident. Whereas, a certain precept bas been dnly Issued to me by tbe mayor ot the city of Indianapolis, under ibe corporate seal of said city, dated August 19 1876, showing that there is due the following named -contractor the amount hereinafter sPeclflel for street Improvement In the city of Indianapolis, Marlon county, Indiana. Dae James Maboney for grading an 1 gravelleg Arsenal avenue aud west sloe walks, aud fiavlcg the east sidewalk then of, from Wash, ngton street to the PUtsburtr, Cincinnati and St. Louis railroad, from Mary McClala the tum of fifty-one dollars (s51 tv), a nount of assessment caarged against on hundred and two (l 2) feet south end of lot twenty-five (IS) lnRldenuur'i revised aod extended addition to the city of Indianapolis, Marlon county, Indiana. Now, the said defendant is hereby notified that, unless within (1 ) lays after the publication, for three weeks, ol thlsnotlce Ibeamount so assessed against the above de-cr bed lot or parcel of land is paid, I will p'oceed to collect tbe amount so assessed by evy and sale of said lot or rarcelof land, or so much thereof as may be n ceseary to satl-ly tbe above claim and all costs that may accrue. HENRY W. TÜTE Wl LEB, City Treasurer. Indianapolis, Ind AueusU3, 1-76. Notice to Non-Resident. Whereas, a certain precept has been duly issued to me by tbe mayor of tbe city of Indianapolis, ander tbe coi porate seat ot said city, dated august 19, 1876, showing that there is due the following named contractor tbe amount hereinafter specified for street improvement in the city cf Indianapolis, Marlon county, Indiana: Due James Maboney for grading and graveling Arsenal avenue and west sidewalk and paving the east s'dewalk thereof from Washington s reet to the Pittsburg, Cincinnati and UULocie railroad, from William H.Sneets,the sum of tulrty-one dollars (1 ou), amount of assessment charged against lot No. twentyeight (28) In Rldenours revi ed and extended addition to the city of Indianapolis, Marlon county, ladlana. Now, the said defendant is hereby notified that unless within (ä) days after tbe publication for tbree weeks or tbls notice, 'he amount so assessed against the above described lot or S a reel of lane Is paid, 1 wl 1 proceed to collect ie amount so assessed by levy and sale of said lot or parcel of land, or so roach thereof as may be necessary to satisfy tha above claim, and all costs that may accrue. HENRY W. TUTE Wl LEU, ; City Treasurer. 23, 1878. Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. N OT1CK or ADaiXISTBATIOa. Notice Is hereb given that the undersigned has been appointed by tbe Marion Civil Circuit Court of Marlon countv, Indiana, administrator o' tbe estate of Kicbard oamlln, late of aa d county, aeceased. bald estate Is supposed to be solvent. HIRAM H. HALL, August 11, 1876. Administrator. 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