New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-23
CITY POLITICS..
ADDRESS o. THE HON. JOIN covoDE.

-, "-- the long continued applause with
- -, -, nb,ided Mr Crvede began
g. 80, a.. =. -. -. talking but working
rssp, aid had been . working man =. d;.o,,,o-,,
While engaged at bis lsbors be bad made VI 80 a..
'"a' 'lie s"unif"a II" "a' 0'r'up' sDa Noteh '-al
core. VIA, interest coull we have ia th, gon,
Government unless it promoted the general good
What motive oopd ere be 10 follow an administration
farther thsn 1t vas igbt7 Why allow its leading
sgerts to 6efraud the Government by such schemes
tSs sale of Fort Soellipe, the Pennl vana frauds &C.
Tiers was DO other reason than that Of party ties
Az the honest old sailor would sometimes stick TO thu
old sbr even atr it has been eaten away by rats aud
with hulk almost rotten 20 II might be in party.
Sometimes sn old ca,k that has once h.ld genuine
article, lie flied wfd 6vuRged and internal CO..
round and passed off On The s.rDgth Of Its old stamp;
the Admins,r alton had aemped TO pass off various
schenss of u'uSp op and corruption for the pare ar-
Gle of Democracy Of the old JetfsrsoUian brand.
Tbirk Of J,feros attempting 10 force Slave Cons-
tuition unwilling people, and when force had
filled Of his oiie log bribss think Of JeeT allow
ing TIE Supreme Court with Mr.. Tan ey its head to
frsu for him his political opinons, and IF hs
irg 10 them in advance Think of Jefferson calling the
lsboring clses tbe uudls OF socisy Tts vsgarcs of
ire acute Intellect Of John G. Calhoun had besn
qdopted in place of tho 'ctrnes OF Jefferson by the
ID moersey-thst was what was now left IF
that party except tire Cistom House certificate. II
Was uron the plausible doctrre Of Popular Sever
e0rty, proclaimpg thst the people of Kansas should
be allowed to regulate their affairs in their way,
that Mr.. Bocbansn elected This political bant
Ing horn in 1854, was only two yesrs old ~hen II was
committed n its bachelor nurte IL was handed over
to the Supreme Court where il remained until Judge
Douglas s putatve father coald not identify its re-
aims. To whist do thess high sounding terms of
Popular Sovereignty" "the right of the people to
rule &c r,duce hemselves1 Why, t's,the people
of Territory may EXCLUDE Slavery but how W0y,
by buyirg the slaves that b,ough! among them,
TINS msk'rg abolition q necessity in new Sa.s
when brought 10 the point OF the controversy hing
The rights OF free Viii in the Western Territories
they aus that they uch opposed to Slavery ne
we are and yet they will bLdy adhere to this party
whose object is to extend S'very. Mr.: Covode re-
frred to the corrup. appliance. us'd BY the executive
70 fsstep upon the people IF Kansas the Lecompon
Constitution At the time the measure cams up IN
Congress- The House stood ~ Republicans, ~ anti,
INeomptoD Democrats all the others wers Natonai
Democratic II was necessary, in order TO carry thu
uessure through Congress, that they should buy up
Republicaps or Douglas Democrats Men were being
Constantly lost from the anti-Lscompton eide. Bat
who were bought During the whole struggle thsy
were never able to corrupt eicg'e Republican The
Republicans went in with ~ AID they came ont with
90 while there were II Lost ont of the y DouglaS
Democrats. Mr.. Haskin stated that the Prs
dent he'd approached him with bfib.i Mr. Adfa'G
Of New.JeTsey, VISA offered four years forego
n issiou. Thy tried but could MT purchase John
HhknAn. Mr.. CoyOde ten pass d 10 r'vleT
the various atra9g, resorted 10 by the Slave Power
10 Leep ccrtrol Of TIE General Government up TO
the passage Of the Nebraska bill they bad always been
able TO dc 30 They res,rtd then to force ICY seht
the army 10 Ksusas But the free people OF hansa',
sided by their brethren in the Free States were to-
st1org ior then. Next they uI dsrook to make Kan
ies Slsve Stste by fraudulent election retuus Ihei5
next was to fit up the Lecompton Constituoni ana
tay were 10 surround Lecompton and nlmldate lfee
men until they should psss Il Buchsnaa sehcs
mssesge that the people Of Kansas hsd sdopeo ,ne
Constitution The next thi was 10 go TO WORK anu
buy up Northern Members OF Congress. II was
known to the whole country thst the ADM 1stra4on
bsd re warded with places Ia the Custom House, FOR
eiQn Mis.o1s &C. those who c1ud be ought INTO tae
ring 10 psss the ouitr. The difficulty ras to prove
inst thew had purchased Members ditectly with
| a ouey When it had been ascertanef that Wendeii
kept hs accounts WIN me DI No. Covods ,aoS m
| ncorsp1ar and went TO tbs Back, ran through tbs
book for period of fhten mouths, AID a'certansd
We would take up check aud ask "Whs, is this
Whist does Ibis utan T. Add the vague reply woud oe
eieep. "Well, that Is the Find you want T9o4e 10
! rs U."-tbst one Of our kind. What dosa 1t
| mean 2" "Why, to save the Union.' Why, con-
tinued Mr.. COvode, you and l. fellow 'itlz ms have
been sught to halieve that the stability of ths Union
| 10 "a Paw Ksnsss So 900 We undsTst0 d 1t al We
| were abe to ira k ,hs mfn os'. TDey hsd be-n
| pad The Ksns IS 900 " There WIS one OF the sh
April 1853 with no oft. the baoker cle'k was
oalfd and sad that Mr. Bean pres nt-d IT, dee tive
| was Dip ch for Mr. -sn Before be could come 10
Washington Mr.. Bean bsd very important oust ss5 70
trsptact with Judge Hal. The account was shown 10
| Bean He faid tbst if be gave testimony on the mat
ter he should be ruined. lie received the check Tor
| KApsts" to pass the Lscompton bill. Bean cent a
uesseDgtr fer the Journal Of The House Ihtee dsye
ser the check was divide6-s4 coo and 81 00). Tnree
GAYS sitter W had lost Judge Hall. Wendsil hsd told
Bean that buobel Of gold Of no consequence ~
| raising that bill. When Wendell was questioned
whether be had any par'lcnl'r neh 10 Vlew, ne re
lied that If ne had be thou undertake 70 forget tneul
az soon ss possible. lie said hs paid the money, aud
| cot the vote. His tss moDy showed that IN three
years he had used S3OO,OOO to bOy up coIrupt zen
| iron the North. Ng. Coy0ds referred 70 the
witness Patrick Iaaerty, an officer in the Custom
House at Philadelphia. They could ges no testimony
out Of MIN for nearly week II wds delermn9a 70
put him 10 jail He went up 10 Mr. Coyods ana So q,
- au told that the I'LL is awful place. hyat Is
there" sid Dir. Covode. The Irishusn said he ~oud
civ litle testimony TaLer than be imprsoued Law
feIty ssid thst as member Il TIE COMMITTEE 70
csnvass the State, he bad maze use OF shtes
thousand frsudusn, naturalization papers 10 TIE sac
of penrsylyaDis; ard re knew thst over b,OJo we're
nsed II OF yssr Mr. COvoce exhibited an onSinsl
" By What vote did you carly toe o.ate mat year
LahertJ gave tbe NUMBER W. h Il appeafsn y99g
nd not given tbo4e YOU Wonld have lost the Stats
Wby, spy man can reckon that up" The 70 Isctor
lad uuUk FL 10 he carried Up IN the country MI;
Coyoce referred to ofg list II other Coirupops tcu
next ept k, 10 the Tariff qGee ion Wbeo ne came 10 oS
cpss ne Hone.t-sd ii tbe Oh ssTs were euihusasVc 10
| ,he eytreue In passyg that we were no. Giving away
tire snds; tire Govern meDt ee's more by having the
lands cultivated foT single year tnan all 'uat Is re-
ceiy6d for them Ia three years need au oule loI
M Dnaii. Pt the North bit DO nov wish 10 zee our
| children brought into coup .ton with eiave labor
Trs Reuu ican party has bon strugg lag 10 save tue
TenitoIiee for fee istor AID The Democratic party h'e
| been endesvoring TO give the MP 10 neRroes.
Mr. Covode then paid high tribute to Mr.. wake
msp, He fpoks Of tbe Republican party as the only
one thst h,d gro nis-d anything 10 the fresuen OF Tue
| n rth The only Dagger that thIes'eued the Union
uss the throwing Of he election ino the House, sod
that such remote possibility . u be 9osA.oa %
for slsrm. Ire responsibility WAS on the State OF
NeW-Yuk.
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