Senator Trumbull On The Situation

We givo our readers the ooncluding portiou of Senator Ti-.I'muull's recent Cooper Instituto speech : I had hoped, follow-citizens, that all this sboulil bn acconiplished through the instruraentelities of those now having oontrol of the governmoiit. Bat the experienco of the lust sessiou of Congress nnd t!(! present sesgion bas sstisfiea me th it tbeso iciorms can not bo accomplighed throngh the f tbn ruling spirits now eontrolüng thorn. (AppTanse.) Professii;' to bn Lor anmesty, thcy defeat every ajunesty bill tbal I, y limitatious and incongruous aniendments. Professing to bs for civil-sorvico reform thcy v.-i'.l do notliinjr practic all y to accomplish il. 'A] ■ ■ with load voico tv bo in farorof the fullest invjstigation and the correcüon of abuses, theyappoint committees contrary to all pwlianientary precedent - (applause) - and all common sonso, if the object is to ilnd out whother abuset ezist; so organizi d as to be controiled by the frionas of Hi ft cosed, and froD) wliieh eyery porson is cari'f'ully excladed who believea that abuses exist and wnnts a sírict investigation. (Applauso.) Had Ihatcourso beon pnisned in Néw York, do yon think yon wonld have unearthed frauda? Supposo when it was discovered that millions of dollars hai beon squandered in this city b corrupt OÍS hnd beun called upon to Appoint a cam. mittec of inTOBtigction, and had solected t'uoir own ooinmitteo - (laughter)- do you think yon conld have uneartl Why, it toqk your Comoüttee "i' Beyenty, with the nssistüiicoof tbeable.st lawyersin Aiuorici, months to asoertain wheroihe ülQijoy of which you liad beonrobbcd had gono ;i,nd who had received it ; and 1 think it is only within a fvv weeks you 1;:ïvo been able to find ir. anddon'1 have found it a] liit any wonder, then, that these com.ui'fcis have i'iily seen the lurfaqe of the corraption with which nearly every del a-'mont of tho goremjoseni :,: reeking. Why, fcllow-(i!:;'.ODS, bcfoiv tha v.,.r 1 ega tiic ordinary c.s;.i osas of tbií govcniaent, oxeludina; payment of i und ] ■,;■ lesa than ppr 3 ■-. What do you . fujiposi Hore lajst ycv.v 'J More than 1140,000,000. Ts 'hpre ai i for tliis? Why, it v ill be Síiid, P'.iIki aiutry" hag erown and business hasitfereaa i. l)ut has tlu1 }opulntion increaaed tn proportion - )kih it doubled within tho lost ten yeara 'i Havo tlie uccessary ox pensee oí tha government doubled? Do 3rou p.ay any more, or if more, is it not a véry sluall mihí, to your ministen ot' the foreign ■■ i rice than you paid beforo the wir ? Do yon pay anything more to the mist of tho ofBccrs üf civil hf 'i Teiliaps a trille more, but vrry üttle. And tho expenses of tbe m, so ] fur frotn being dóublèdi gb'onla not have been added t. 33 per cent. ín myjudgment, the government, eoonomioauj ministered, need not expend $90,000,000 , :; var now, exclusive of what it pays in interest on tho publio dobt and on pensions. Fifty millions of dollars a year ought to be savod by an económica! administration of the govenimont. But, as I said, we have be n unable to bring this about through the instrumontalities now exoreising control And whyf Bei the raaohinery of tbe goverm&ent, the machinery of the Ropublioap party, ia in the hands of the (iu,(l():) offico-lioldcrs of this country. They oon( ru! the K-.pnblican party by paoking conventions, and otherwise through tho instrunientalitiea of members of Dongress nnd others cooperating with thoni, to whom they owe tneir jplaoes, -nd to whom the mem in tora, niiny of ttlem, owe theil suats in Congress. How, then, is reraedy to be obtained ? Must tlie people submit ? Are these encroachments upon tho rights of tho peo.ple to continuo- this collection of taxes to be squandercd oinong tho hirelings of the party to go on untü the peoplo find themselves bound hand and foot to a (■■mal power ai. Washington, that taxes them at will and squanders money among its favoritos as i t picases? Yes, there ia a remedy. But that remedy raust come frotn tho people. You rannot obtaio it through politicinns. Why V Politioiaoe are proverbial cowards. ■ The? are afraid of dununciaiions whioh will be hurlrd at them by this oontrolling paiiy mnohinery ; and if to-day tlie public men of thn Republican party would talk out openly, as they will talk with yon priv!tt(ly, in regard to tho abuses of the govornment and the existinx state of thinga, a coirection could be etisüy obttiincd. But they will not do it. It can only bo aeoomplished, as I said, through tho poople, and it will tako a bold, cnergstio, and resolute pooplo to accoraplish this object. Tlie Repubhcan party has a noble record. Tt has performed maay noble deeds. Part} tioa and party ailiiiaüons and force of habit are strong. TK'ii dielike to break these ties and sunder these asHooiations, and will only do it frora a stern sense of justice. Bui thure is thtit feeling, I am glad to bclieve, in tlie country that will arouse its honest sentiment, and lead to n oorrection of these abuses. (ApplauseO A noti'.'i: : iven that tliere will be a moeting of independent Republicana in the City of Cincinnati - (applause) - on the iirst day of May next. That will bo a meeting, not of otfice-holders assein)ledfo poso of duvising schemos ;o hoodwink the people, and misload :hem by prostitutiny; the name of a great jarty to their wioked schemes, but it will he a meeting of honest, sincere men, de:cnnined to lrii'g about a reform and purification oí' the govcrnmontfApplause). I aru glad to say that the indications aro that tho best element of the lïepublican "party will bo assembled on that occasion. I Qotice from iny own State, within ft few days, that a cali has been issued, signed, as lam told, by üll but two of tlie electoi-s, and 1 beliove by evory State otrtccr whowfis elected on tlie ticket with Abraham Lincoln in lHfil, except, perhaps, tho Governor of tho State ; signed, I kuow, by the Auditor of the State, the Seeretary ot' the St at;:, the Treasurer of tho State, who were elected on the samo ticket with Mr. Lincoln. I have similar information from other States. And this can, if you will - it is in your hands - bo mude a sucBttt to make it a success Kepublicans mu.-it be prepared to faoe and put down the minions of a party, and deniagogues and hirelingg aiul thievesand rob■..ho plundei the people, and who will excominunicate you firam what they cali "the party," beoause they set themselves up to be tho lïepublican party. ;hter and applause.) No more like the liepublican party are those plunderors and thieves - a party of purity and honosty - than the devil himself was like the Angel Gabriel. (Laughter.) ïhey will go on, not discussing the issues of the present day. No ! But during the coming political campaign these same persons will be engagea íihting over the battles of the war, and abolishing slavery and putting down the rebellion. ïo your demand for an honest adminiiin of the government they will reply, " You are a traitor to tho Itepublioan party." (Appl:iuw.) To your di.mana for reform in the manner of appointing and removing from office they will answer, "We abolished slavery." To your demand f or reform they will nnswer, " We put down tho rebellion." And if you demand amnesty and restoration of social interoourse and harmony among r.ll our people, the reply will be by reciting the horrors of the war that was e&ded soven years ago. With the living issues of the present day they have no concern further than to retain power in soeking t resurrect thoso whioh are dead. Xow, if there be any lïepublican who has not independence and manhood enough to meet with scorn and contompt all such denunciations and subterfuges he has no business to goto Cincinnati. (Applause.) Let hini wear tho collar and beartheburden whioh tho whippers-in of the party put on him. And let these old Bourbons of both porties, these who still talk of reenaotiog fugitive slavo laws and expectinerto vote for Andrew Jackson, and those who are still talking of putting down the rebellion and abolishing 6lavery and expecting to vote for Grant, who is as polititully dead as Andrew Jackson is physiöally - ('groat laughter and applause) - kt these old Bourbons fight their battles over and continue to bury theso dead B. But let tho independent Kepubiicana all over this land whobolieveiu pro. in reforui, in the Living issues of the present, assemblo at Cincinnati ; and let tiiom there inaugúrate mcasuros rhwb. receiving tho support of all good men and livo men of all parties, shall give UB a n -.V and a botter government. (Great applause )