Tilden And Reform

tin' i;ainiign. Ai ' sneak lio?e, fpllowcitizeu my muid goea back to the laai tiuio ftjiori iliidtliopleasiiro oT adclreneing an audieuco in Avondale, four yeain afro, i liad ben one of thoee who, hoving votcd ior Gen. Grant the firat time ho run, nul being ititciwcly diwtalisliod with the nnngRffient of tlio country undor liis adxnintration. had nni'od m t'io""'! for the Cindnati Oonvention of fouryeaiM ií,'(. wa" honred with the jwsition of a membor of the Committoo on llesolution of that body, but foimd myself, to my very great rogret, n the minor,y on that couiTinite and when the nomiuaon came, it came in tho porson of aman whom had been led to boliove all my day waH tho rcli-ouomv of the principien that I held dear : nd, thel'ofore. 1 ileolinod to Btlpport him, and ad thb' pleKH'tre rif strttijig the rcfedns why I oclincd froin tlile epöt, And now a Becond effort haa been mtldo to mako a now dcpartnrp, and in my kttmblo judgmont it haa been a perfectly BicceBnful effort. 'liertfoie, believiug preclaoly what I did vbeo rom this platform iour yoafs ag' f urgtd tbo eople of thia jireeinct to vote against Uorace ïreeloy, I now upon tho same platform of u'iuciples npon whioli I stood then am oomolled to u'ge - cómpolled ! No, moat heartily o urge - the support óf SSmuel T. Tilden ind Thomas A. Heudricks. [Cheers.l And now, before I proceed further, I deöiro to say tbat there are two clasues of people with whom m this canvaes thoso who think as I do can havo nr debate at all. First - We can have no debato willi tne peoil8 VI19 bslieve that Gen. Grant'a administration Liüh been a nueces. Thoro are sucli ]cople ; thero aro such pcoplo in thia -,ivn, or at least in it immediato vicinity. rílese men, tüo mea wno c&n not unaeiBianu hat tbia couutry has bceu a niisgovcrutd country for the laat four jour, that the national admtuistr'iitioii lias boon a disgrace to ;ho conntry, aro past all line debatiug with. tt is no e tryüig : but with men tfho, ap my frieud Judge Blatthews did, whcn ho took the chair at tho Cincinuaü Conveuüon four yoara ago pronouuco that tho national adminifltratiou in all its departments is Bteeped in corruption ; with such men, who aro dinaÜHÜcil, who diabelieve that ovir nation duriog the last four years has made progresa in the ways of right, honest and truo govomment, with Btlöh mon we may fairly exchange confid6ïices and opinions. But with a man who, in the face of tho faot of tho San Domingo ontragee, more than four years ago ; of tho Loet and Stookiiig frauda in y York city ; of the fact that by the influonce of the national administratlon every Southern State, except MisBissippi, in wbicli the Bepublican party lias held sway, Is today baulcrvipt ; of the fact that Wiliiam W. Belknap ia uow on trial for high crimos and misdemeanors; of tlio fact that tho Private Secrctary of the President of the United States has been triod, and, although ho was acquitted, was guiltyof frauda upon tho intornal revonue; of tho fact that a roforming Socrctary of tho TreaRury has been compolled to rosigu ; of tho fact that an honest Conimissionor of Intornal Keveuue has bocu forced from olnce; of tlie fact that au lionest agent of the Detective Uepartment haa been driven into private lifo - with a man who. in the face of al! these facts, can sav, "I am proud of the administration of Ulyasés 8. Grant; it is a worthy auccoasor to tho admioistrations of Washington, Adaoas, Jefferson, Madison, llouroe, Jackeon and Van Buren:" with a man who eau sav tuis, I, f er Iilli' il, MJL.it Bi mail itiiu .iiii . ni i wu , i. V ono. will not attempt to argue. It ia useless. [AppliuflO.l Xhere is auotber claaa with whom thero ia no use in debating at all, and that is the claea of people who think that thia country is atill engaged in a war against tbe South, and that it is necesaary for the Federal Govornment to keep an a-rmy ot occupation in th South for the purposo of protecting by armeá Federal iulluence the livea, the persons, ana the property of cit:'ene of the United Statea, who may be traveling in tliia barbarons and foreign country to whicb we are building a railroad from Cincinnati. I a?y tbere aro peoplo who believe that the war is atill going on, and that it ia necesaary for ufl, under the banner of tho bloody bii't and the chieftainihip of O:ivcr I Morton on bis crutchee. to march upon the South and conquer it, recouquer it and reaunex it to our loviug aelvcs, in order that we may hold it in close and loviug embrace aa part of the United States of America, and that it bas not been reconatructed and not reannexed. But a friend of mine, who livea in this vicinity, publiahed iu the Commercial, the other day, the reaaon wliy I- calling me by name - had no right to urgo tho eloctiou of Tilden, and ono of them was, that the moment Tilden waa elected, overy citizen of Northern birth living at the South, and every colored man, woold bo driven into exile or semi-slavcry. I waa not Burpiised whon I aaw thoaö familiar iuitials, and aaw the terrible description of tho woes that would afllict our uuhappy country if Tilden wás electod. I waa not surprised that our friend waa bo vehement in hia oppoaition to our Southern railroad that we are building, forgettmg, aa he did, that this very Democratie Congresa which ia now in eaaion had placed in bis aeat Jereioiah'Uaralson, a maa of color, from the State of AÏabama. He forgot that a Democratie Oongreaa, with all tho prejudice of color, includiüg thoaeaeveuty Cor fedérate Brigadiers that aro aaid to be there, had abaoiutely voted Haralson into his eeat, notwithatanding a Democratie membor of Congreaa waa conteating it, and he a man oí color. Ho forgot, too - no. he conld not forget that, because ho could not prophesy - that only yeaterday tho Committee on Elections of that samo (Jongresa roported in favor of tho Itepublican contostant, Platt, from tho Stto of Virginia, against tho Democratie occupant of tho ent, (ïood. We cannot forget that from tho day Republican misrule ceasod iu tho tjtate of Virginia no disorder has exiated within her limits. When a man toJls me, a líepublican, an olu Abohtiouist as I am, thai aupported the Thirteenth, Fourteeutli and Fifteonth amenamente as I did, and thank Gol that I did - when he tells me that theao poople are not safe at tho South, that we are stili at war, I tell him, if lie in bemost, that he iö mistaken, deceivod ; if ho ia uot honeat, as many are not who mako tho complaint, that lio is Biruply raking chostuuts out of the Ore by tlio hands of those who beliove with him that are honebt. fLaughter aud applanep.] Judgo Hoadloy contiuucd his roniarks at somo longth, withayiew of showiug that the ' ' bloody Bhirt " had boen üaunted long onoiigb, and that there was nothing to be approhended from tho South in thO ftvont of the electiou of a Democratie President. He commented Hharply on tho mismanageinent in the South by the present administration. Ho referred to the fact that by the electiou returns MoEuory, inatcad of Kellogg, was tho Govemor of Louibiaua. Kellogg was suetainod by Federal bayoneta. The warm right hand of friondahip was, as John A. Androw said, what Hhould bü extended to the South. Many of the Southern States, when returned from bayonet rule to tho control of the people, were in a state of bankruptcy. Thoir money liad been all stolen, and their ünances hopeleasly irivolved. There waa hero a history of shame. a history of disgrace, but there was uot, in tho efforta that had boon made to right thoao peoplo, anytbing liko war. There was no war abone it. [Appianae.] The people of Virginia woro right when they elected Giibert C. Walker Chief Magistrate of their State, and they had abused no colorod peoplo. The people of Nortu Carolina were right whon they impeachod Holden and thrust Iiim in ahamo from the Chief Magistraoy of the State which ho had disgraced, aud which he and his alliea had bankrupted. Had they done auy wrong since ? Not at all. Aud so they would be in Louiaiana. Tho moment the peoplo regained control of the State from the AVurmoths, and the Caaeys, and tho Packarda, the moment these men were driven into political exile tho Stato of Louisiauii would bo as quiet as the tovn of Avondaio. [Applause.] Judge Hoadloy continued : Now, Mr. Hayes says in hiB letter many words of kindly niguificance to the South. I am glad to read tïiem. I am sure he is perfectly Biuoere in them, lor I believe him to be a sincere man. But is ho any more sincero thau Ulyssea S. Grant when he Bkid, " Let un havo peace ?" That word went all ovor the United States. It was on tho bauner of tho Republican party. I, for one, belioved in it, and when the time came for my putting my ballot in the ballot box, it had upon it the name of Grtiut ; and how much peace did wo get by it ? How much peace will Gov. Hayes give us ? Ho will give us more peace thau Grant haa. That is Une enough. I havo no doubt that whon Gon. Grant went into the Presidential chair ho wout in there with a sincere deniro to maintain poace in thia country. Ho had beoii down there himself dimng the aduiiuistration of Androw Johiwou, and he submittod a report in which he painted witti the most glowing colore tho diaposition of tuoao people to return to their allogiauco and to their loyalty to the Union. Thon he said, "Let us have peace ;" but there bas been no peace. Has it been the fault of tlioao people ? I know a widow lady iu thia city who lias au eatato iu New Orleans which paid her before tho war $8,000 a year over and abovo all taxes, and today that lady cannot got ono singlo cont of incomo out of it. It all goes for taxes ; every copper of revenue that is derived goea for taxes. Now I will go on a step further with Gov. Hayos' letter. I am sorry that I have not got it hero. In the next placo, Gov. Hayea, in uia lotter, has diacusf od, at length, and with very great strongth and power, the quoatiou of civil sel vico reform. Ho atarea cloai'ly and plainly the roasons why the ])resent mothod of ofüeoriug the civil service of the United Statea h proved ft fa-Uure, and oieoially ho emphaaizoa in hie lotter upon tho step.i of decay which have tak eu place. Ho aays that at lirat the evils of tho eystem did not all oome to life ; that at first tho President appoinrod, aud theu gradnally members of Congreas began to int' rforo. So that linally now tlio aystom has become a system of iuterference by memhora of Congress with tho appoiutiug power, and tho appoiuting power is used by members of Cougres to secure thoir electionu, aud the patronage of tho Federal power in prostituted for. otber evil purposea. Now thw is not a wliit BU'pnger than tho resolutie of tho Bep'nbliean Cohvention foor reur ago, upon which platform Gen. Grant accopted the nomination. Now, is Mr. Hayos aiy strongor tumi Gen. Grant ? Can Rutheriord B. Hayon drive lus party an ioch wnero Gon. Gruut has fallen ío AcWe them an inch ? Can ho coax thora where Oranr. haf! failed to persuado thflm ? Will hin influonce bo ány nfelgMMl i" Washington city thu Graut's has been? . Ha atanrix, in overy respédt, ripton íhe Same Dlatform tlmt Grimt wa8 electoa upoíl four years ago. Wlmt did Graut do? Ho tried. to carry out Iiíh platform. More than onco lio recoiamondo! to Congress tho adoptionof rnleH and fegtfletOK) 'which would havo tho effect of dmasaociatiní? thé Svil eerrice from politics. Ai first membeni of Cougress leaned toward Grant and tho platform of thelr pürtj, and made a pretenso of canying 1 !nt lt they euded by Btarvinfr out tu Oivü Service Commissionera, and for more than two yeara pust thoro l.a boon no Civil Servieo CoinniuíHion, and tliefo kiw been no ivttempt to carry out tho pledgo that the Kemtblieafl party made at its ion7ontib'ii Kt l'hiladoljjhia in fav'or of the reformation cf the civil service.Now, fellow-citizeus, lourn fr'orrt this rtt loast as much as tho Indinn loarned when he h cheatod. A whito man cheatod him, and ne wan veiv nir.il, b"t a did uot say a great deal about it. Tlio wliito muil iHi to cteat him again. Thon tho Indian spoko. 5a!d he: " Wliito man clieat me once ; his fault. White man cheat me twice, my fault." [Langhtor.! I hror Jhat the party of which I have haen ho iou í f'il'ower did proraiso this people four years íígí? that thoy would refonn thiü evil. They pnt it in black and wlüto in their platform. The inau thoy put in tlio Presidency tried to fnifiü tl.'o pledge, and tlio party in Congreas refuscd to foitow fúmi Now I am like tlio Indian. Ulicat me twice liud it !3 my faalt. When Oliver 1'. Morton, iu tho Seiiuta of the United States, in strict condemnation o( tlift Kttempts to roform tho civil service of tliis country, paid that the civil service of tho United States wan tlie bent civil service in the world, lie simply was engaged in defrauding - there ia no otfrer wotdtliat applics - tho people of the United Staten wbohadputhim and hia party iuto power on the piedge mado in their platform, ratiliod by their canaidates, that thèy would reform thiu Amfirican civil sorrice of wliich ho boasted. Thore is another eircumatance in tíornection with thia letter of Haj;ca' which ia a little aatouishing. AftorBajing he was fully in accord with tho resolntions of the convontion, which fully indürHO tHthsch S. Grant, both in his domeátio aud fortign üiana;'meut. and after setting out iu fnll his anproval of the civil service reform promised in ono of tlie resolutiona, ho goea on to ay that, as security he will not clieat anybody in thin matter, he voluntarily decliuc to run twice. If he is clected', it is to be distinctly nnderstood that he ia not to he a candidato for ro-elcction. Judgo Hoadley liere went oo to etato that he attributed this portiou of the letter to tho advice of Cari Schurz. This plodge was preciaely what was contained in tlio platform adopted at tbo Uinomnati (Jonvention tour years ago. The llepublican party had not plc]gcl tbemaelves now any atrongcr in favor of resmnption tban they (lid fonr yeara ago. They anticipated thon ia a very Hhort time tho roHnmptiou of specie pnymcntg. What did they do ? They demonitized silver. For further pirticnlars it was only necessary to look at tbe Commercial any day or thirty daya back. They made gold more dear and silver more cheap by a little trick tbat was put into the Ksviaed Statutes. Tho only kind of money when the speaker was a boy was this kind tbat tuo Ilepublican Cougrees bad left for others to bring back- the only kind of money that made Democrati'; music. [Applause.] J udge Hoadley, af ter oulogiziiig Gov. Tilden as tho puuisherof robbers and rings, concluded as f ollows : Thero are tbouaands upon tboueands in tho Kopublican party who just as earneatly deuire a chango in the methods of government as do you Democratsn just exact ly. There are thonsands upon thonsands who are utterly öissatiefied with What 8 past, and aro not willing to trunt its promises for the future Those men aro uot all going to voto for Tilden, öqme of thom will bo alienated by tho vitnperation, the lies tbat will be told of Tildón for the noxt niuety days. Bome of them will be alienated by tbe feár that the colored maa wiU bo imposed upon Ity a Democratie administratioü. Somo of them will bo alienated by fear that tbe Democratie party will not provo in it management of this country to be a party of economv. I do not tako (iiscouragemeut from the fact that men who I kuow are iu sympathy vith tbe principies I advocate are maiiy of them not goiticr tn vntn with tliA ftílíp.i". n.nH thft nftrf.v Miat. T 11 1 LW f WtU It 1 tl t L11U IIVÜUI il. S IV 1 IHV.. .! L L ,- i proposo to vote for at the next election. Not at all. There are euough of ub, thank God, to chg up the old rotten troe and cast it into the iire. [Applauao.] And that boing so, all that ia to be done for the future Ia fqr Gov. Tilden is niunago tuis Qoverumout in that spirit of religión conaecration to its dutios aud the high trust to which ho will be called, of which be spolto tlie otlier day at Baratoga - all that ia to be dono is for Thos. A. Hendncks, that wise. aagacious, pure, noblo-minded grutlemaii (I apeak whereof I kriow in thia case) - all that ia to bo doue ie for those two meu. and for the men who etand by thom, to bind themaelves to work, not in tho spirit in which Ulyseoe Grant bas managed thia Government, not aa a persona] affair iuvolving their private intoroala. bit in a spirit of aolemn eousecration to sacred duty ; and yoar by year and day by day the cause will fttrengthen, and instead of the party coming in with a small majority and losing it at tho uext olcction, yoai' by year tho ball wil! roll on, growing Btronser and strenger until it will bo admittod overywherc that tho woik dono by us of this generation in putting Gov. Tilden in tlio Prcaidential chair was good work, wise work, work wwthy to be done. [Applauue.]