The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-10-23

From The PuSbUrg Commercial October 2I.
The Democrats Of this city and signl,y held meet
delivered by Hon. a. q. Thurman OF Columbus Ohio,
he . mee.ing was organized at the Battery" cor
%i SrSns @ s91 WS9steT 5 streets where the city De.
ana Lawrencevllle, some of the buildings In that
fireworks were distributed freely among the crowd.
duced Judge Thurman, who spoke as fol ows--
SPEECH OF JUDGE THURMAN,
Fellow citizens of Pittsburgh am reloced to be
one to their brethren OF Penusylyaqia upon the
can Tecoliect m hs bes ,,ied he Rev
stone Of the Democratic arch, the kenstone of ihe
the eterri6ie convusions SIX years seemed
T !ke u65ehg1E b 10 t9& 5 1gt veT erS of M GOOD W R
restored, and Pennsylvania is once more It's Key
nat my friends e the lesson that our victories Of
leacn,naiy current INA, 6,g"9ing in Goanectlca5
RRsa,rSiGap6 and Ke9tlcEy ana Illinois, reached lie
~ oS oIS i % e Pacific i'm The snmar and co mes btc To-
take mp ohio aud Pennsylvania IN the fall and that
next nj, n h will bear on It's bosom New Jersey and
Maine JOIN hands with the far oil converted Republ
can Of C'iornin m IN Teppa9is3g rqGicM THle{ W Wna{
Pe9qsyl ANA IN & GGs bonds & OF R1cs union? Mat
aS cnb Hb y9 %be H Sey m Sne eTe Go59 IN s r
that has given US our gains IN Indiana Limos, Mon
TO me II seems that the answer IS plain. To me It
seems Ihal the meaning Ofthese victories isl
tiIt haI the me AmerleHn erica people are notPrepared
secondly That the "htte race IS not prepGred to
and become sers Of the black race Voices, "Never"
THIRDLY; That the magnanimous aud sensible
South converted into q Poland, and governed by
mFonIYh Tbat tbev are not willing 70 500 tho ma
teTim prosperity Of The country destroyed in order
Fif6iy. \, at tl,y are not willing to see the land
groan ior ihoussno year perhans' under barLhen
ssw-wIen 1t may AL be honorablv paid within the
WiiTUut i"Iusee And. finally. mat rhey are TuT not
willing longer to commit our destines to rulers whose
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Hquandered our treasure given away our property,
Iuptcy. This it seems Le, is the lesson taught by
the ell ctions this year; aud / thank my Maker that
We nave learned tnst lesson before l. IS TOO alet
Parties have often fought i1r men more than for
tes iset mai % our vcnriss his his v were M
battling ior honest principles and honest measures
and not for men. They overlook the tact that the
their wisdom one spark Of heir patrItism Que par.
tice other common sense. No my friends, II we dis,
our G39Tse ms year ISIS w d see t49 Temple 05
erect IN our land with al us glorious ana 6aauttpI
win say few words upon the subject of national
debt and national taxation. You are At this moment
the most deeply inueb ed country In the world. A
debt; now you owe mora than she does Eug and haI
in India and other places two hundred millions more
making in all two hundred and thirysix millions ot
thirty one millions OF peope-two hundred and Ave
millions less than she-and yet we owe more than
Great Britain draws three hundred and hfty-fo1r
millions OF dollars taxes while America draws five
hundred and sixty millionsi we pay more lnaa two
Of Great Britain y thirty six thousand millions Of
mated at fourteen thousand millions OF dollars The
value the property of Great Britain Is three times
aud yet we owe more than she do aud pay 70 our
General Government two hundred millions more than
Id FeG ren oi TO eveIy hnndsed oabes Is r nineg %
taxation to property The taxation by our General
cents on every hundred lara But, says some one,
the report OF the Special committee OF Revenue lde
some one says pay no three dollars and ninety
three cents on nm my M property, 3 r{S Yes you do upon
You have not thing upon your backs, that mas not
Paq tn5SS n0 20 pay ye the 1sxes WneG Rs Eamaat IS
pr sented 70 some men; hey are foolish enough to
any lax them. II would be safer 10 say that the
can add to The property Of e country is by labor.
man may invent tne hneS; nacnae ana m t yeS uIt,
of Tie country. Take the nondhOldHr. VINO tolls not,
Solomon. He does not add anything 70 the we dLh of
ne county n cS P m vaIth of the country as the
shOemakers apprentice who makes pair OF III cent
You cannot pay taxes without having wealth asa to pay
OF taxation falls upon the laboring classes is for
this reason that here is not a class 50 mHch iht5'
ing people Of country What have been the eff cts
%ngand o owed but little and in the Language Of her
t@e1d6 Now she is In debt and in accordance wi n
one account, onesiSt enth OF her peope nre depen,
hope Tor prosperity wtu sucu taNaIlon as we are com
Uelled uay2 what Is 10 be uOueY RepuulatlOnY
say no, but such payment RS the people can make,
and Witch shall stop his immense debt of interest
you are paying each year. -, - -, - ,
where you promised 10 pay greennacks pay green
backs. (Cheers) Now the next iLing Is TO stop tue
punderng OF the public treasury; Il we - stand
here and recount the one hundredth part OF the
punderings OF the treasury, II would require week
Mr.. Dawes of the most radical or men, was forced
10 ADMIT that the steRlings 10 under radca
administration would equal ths expenses Of Blu
cbanan's Administrations, In the good old days OF
Andrew Jackspns administration the expenses never
reached twenty-five millions of dollars, ana now ouI
expenses are as much IN one year as would Ds
the old rate expenditure. Is It not time 10 have
stOp put TO the leaks In the treasury, a"
1he M en- who thus squAnder your mOnty2
They have got up Indian war-a gotten up
by men " no wanted contracts. What have been the
expenses of tTat war? Secretary stanton reported
to Congress that the expenses OF that war for the
years 1850 and 1866 were over lhlrIy millions OF dol
with that thirty millions of dollars? VIII tell you
The speaker here ala that a Rev. Colonel ChiYing-
able iIOhendng Indians, consisting of Id men,
women and children, and whenever any OF his audi
had only 70 send for one who wrote Rev Colonel"
before his name. tCLePrs.) Now how N any hostile
Indians did they Kill Ni h this tuirty millions?
Why member OF the House Of Representatives,
Mr.. indOm, after investigating the fact stated
every hostile indian that they had Riiled cpst the
Cove nment Two millions OF dollars Toe eEpedi IN
of General Sully 90 100000 aud he reported
to Secretary Slant tpat he killed one Indian. And
IN express rider says II Is le he killed that indian
Uaughter); aud the hunters and tr. ppers say they
both lie, for the indian is alive yet Creme we'd laugh
teri That b. the way your money goes. Now viii
tell anoth er way Il goes, Another thing is uecas
Ear' 10 STOP tds heavy taxation a. sraiC upon tie
Jeop'e, that Is, TO dsmss at letst one.halt OF the
the a. honest work. Save you any uieA how many
there are2 According TO the official report OF the
Secretary Of the Treasury, there are over twenty
Thousand harEeTS-Ou IN that one single department
more than there were during the entre admmistra
Coi slider ihe number of men in the other Depart
ments and find how uany men Won are feeding II
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