The Truth Spoken

At ILe grand Democratie rally at latón, O., Gov. Hendricks made a inging speech in the eourse of which ia said ; Mr. Sherman claims for himelf the credit of resumption, and that lie policies of his party have given us ssurance of better times. What had ie or his party to do with resumption 'i íovv have they contributed to a reurn of prosperity? In the winter of 876 Mr. Sherman, as the representaiveofaparty caucus, reported and rged the Resumption bill. It beame a law by the vote of all the Kemblicans, and over the vote against t of all the Democrats in Congress. Vho now claims for that measure that u liicilitated roaumption, or inuny degree alleviated the calamities of hard iines, or that its tendency was to lace the business of the country upon i lirmer and surer foundation f Is any nan so credulous as to believe that esumption, permanent and rehable, could rest upon borrowed gold? Public confidence and financial stabiliy cannot be made to rest npon borowed gold." When trade and comnerce gave assuranee that the supyly il' the precious metáis was permanent and would constantly increase, hen confidence became established, ind the proper curency took its place iy the side oí gold and silver, You ill now know that resumption has come fo trade and commerce, the resul t of foreign balances in our favov, and not at all becanse of any Congressonal declaration or requirement. The resumption cause was properly (lenounced by theSt. Louis Convention is a hindrance to resunaption. It was is well a hindrance to prosperity. It was a terror to capital, and stood in the way of the eniployment of labor. Our money, paper and coin, ia not of equal value, and readily convertible, and we indulge the hope oí' better times in spite of the resumption law and of its kindred party devices. All along the pathway of that measure are strewn brok en fortunes and ruinedenterprises. "MR. SIIEEMAN DID IT." Did you believe our country needed to liave been the scène of a fmancial and commercial panic ? Our lands are rich, our people intelligent and industrious, and the world's markets have been open to our producís. Yet the panic did come, and its continuad and terrible hold upon the country for the long period of live years, in suite of the great efforts of the people, showed that its causes were to be found down deep in bad public polices and in maladniinistration. Mr. Sherman tells you that prosperity is now coming and that he is its author. You and I are then mistaken in aupposing that economy on the part of the people reduced the purehases abroad. It was not the diligent labor of the people, the rich lands, the abundant rains in their season and the great crops that enabled us to supply the extraordiuary foreign demand, such a demand indeed as we never knew before. Mr. Sherman did it. lt was his tears of sympathy over the sufferings of the people and not the rains fatling froru the clouds that moistened the earth and caused it to yield so abundantly. Never was claim made so bold and brazen and yet so false. To him and his party, we reply: You squandered the public money ; you continued extravagant appfopriations; you hindered production by promoting the strife of sections and the hatred of races ; you legislated for favorite interests and against the people; and now when the rigid economy and diligent industry of the people and propitious seasons and a favorable condition of the foreign market combine to give us better times andt o gladden us with the hope of returning prosperity, yöu cannot claim merit or support. The equality and convertibility of our curiency is in spite of the hindrance of the Resumption ltiw, and we cherish the hope of better times in spite of the evil iniluences of bad policies and maladministration. A Republican House demonetized silver ; a Democratie House restored it. The silver money now ilows into the channels of trade and commerce, and, like red blood in the veins and arteries, gives life and strength. AVHAT THE DEMOCRATS DEMAND. We want the troops taken and kept away from the polls. AVe want the elections to be free and fair, and without the corrupt intluence of deputy marshals and supervisors. In the name of fair play we demand it. The Federal election laws were adopted as party machinery. They serve 110 good purpose. Their only design is to keep the party in power. Isaid we demand that the troops be taken and kept from the polls. 1 would ratlier die witli the ballot in my hand than that one of them should strike me with his sword. Let us be at least as free as the subjects of Queen Victoria. Popular rlghts have advanced slowly in England, but surely, and have never been pushed backward. So, when it was settled that the trooper should not lord thevoter; should not strike him nor jostle him, nor even stand in Bight of him when voting, it was settled forever. Doyou justify thevetoes? The bilis were carefully considered by Congress, and af ter great deliberation were passed. I Lev involved no question of constifcutional power on the part of Congreas. Kor aearly mie Uundred years the elections had been free from Federal supervisión. It was not questioned that Congress had the power to repeal the offensive laws. It was a question of judgment and discretion, and that question Congress decided by the repeal. Such legislative discretion belonga to Congresa and not to the ['resident. The veto power was given not to delVilt and destroy, but to protect and preserve; to preserve the Constitution from invasión and to protect tlie righta and powers of the Executiye from legislatiye encroachmant. "lt is not a sword, but a shield." The men have taught ns this who made the Con stitution. Coming in as the present Executivedid it would seem that lie should wear the robes of offlee modestly. He and his countrymen know that he was not elected. Pull 300.00P majority of the popular voe was agaist him, and a decided inajority of the electors duly chosen. In his promotion, by agente nnd agencies the most detestable, the rights of the people were delïled and tramph'd under loot. Must that be followed by the repeated defeat of the will of the people in theexercise of the veto? On what side will you stand? I appeal to you to stand Tor free U'g'mlation and against such au abuse of u onsütutional power; to stand for lire ud fair elections and against al! party upervision for corrupt ends. 80UTTIKKN OUTItAOES. Is the time ever to come when tho istmbances and bloodshed in the outh will be attributed to any otlier ause than political passion ? The inluences that produce crime in othei ocalities exist to a liko extent in that ection. Ambition, avarice, jealousy, e enge drive men into crime everywhere. Kut you assume that they do not exist as evil influences in the South, and that men are false and ruel only in the midst of political trife. I appeal to your own consciousïess that you are as good and true and ïonorable men then as ever. Cl hould be denounced and punished whatever the circumstances, whether ,ommitted in the midst of po lilical ex citement or in stealth and secret. 1 make no apology forit. J?ut when il, s attributed to Democratie principie or to Democratie organization 1 denounce the falsehood of the accusa,ion and the meanness of ita author. L'ne great and leading sentiment of Jemocracy is equality and justioe, and crime cannot spring from such a source. If Dixon of Yazoo City was killed to revent his candidacy for office, it was nore than a local outrage. But if he uul another candidate came into i controversy and the killing resulted without sucli purpose, then the homicide belonged to the locality liko any other case of grave olïense. Yefc Northern prejudice has been appealed to and excited about it as a political case. His character, if directly scribed, was not such as to excite a personal interest and sympathy on the part of good men anywhere. It is stated that he had been the author of a number of deaths, and killed one man froin Indiana because of his poli tical associ at lons. If yon wil] inake a note of the crimes committed in 1hn North, as reported every morning in the enterprising newspapers, you will be shocked at their number and enormity. May I ref er to one case ? It occurred in yonr own State, lt was reported in a special telegram to the Chicago Times on the I5th of this month. The town of Westerville is in the eounty of Franklin, near by your capital. ITenry Corbin kept a hotel and saloon in that town. His business was a saloon-keeper, was offensive to a class of partisans quite numeróos. I understand that he had the lawful right to prosecute his ness under tlie law of the State. But they did not like the law which gave him that right. On the night of the 14tli of this month, while a number oí persons were sleeping in the hotel, at a late hour, kegs of powder were placed in the cellar, and, as is supposed immediately under the room in which Oorbin and his wife and three small ehildren were sleeping. The powder wasignited by afuse leading f rom the street. The explosión shook the entlre village, destroying the hotel and injured some of the parties, especially Corbin, badly. Can you conceive a crime more stealthy, treacherous and cruel? The purpose was te destroy an entire family, and the passion that prompted it was hatred of the liquor trafile and of the laws that permit it. The probable death of the innocent mother and the babe at her aide and of the two little boys sleeping in the trundle-bed, was contemplated by the murderers with malignant pleasure. Now, what think you of the "powder plot," of the stealthy steps, and of the horrible explosión in the night time as compared with the Yazoo homicideï But shall Westeryille be made a type and representativo of Northern society? Shall our civilization be brought into judgment by the powder plot, and the humanity of our people brought into comparison with the cruelty of wretches who would murder sleeping ehildren ? Let us judge of one another fairly. Let us strengthen and not weaken the bonds that hold the people of the United States togetlier.