The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-09-22

should disfranchse every one Of their leading men
nom United States Senators down 10 constable
In the rebellion, and prohibit hun from holding
office in the State country. 1t was because those
the intelligence of their States ttat Congress de-
clared the State governments to be illegal
and irregular, and provided dor the organl
this amendment to the constitution which
was repudiated by the people OF the North. They
men and enfranchised black men; they formed ten
States OF this Union first into military despotismi
and then into regular political and civil organiza
freed freed from slavery What would they say about
policy which made the negroes dominant and put
white men under their ieets What would they say
Legislature men just freed from slavery and at the
same time put upon the white intelligence OF The
country ban from which they never could recover'
Did they believe that any State in the Union was L
be made great or prosperous by giving IL over en-
tirely to the ignorance OF the peoplef Did business
restored between the Northern and Southern
States by making the black man dominant and the
white man subject to himY Ought not the Southern
States bear a portion Of the burdens, the whole Of
which the Northern people now bear; for the great
burdens OF the country now fell upon the North
The people OF the South could not help bearing them
and as long as radical reconstruction was continued
business there would be paralyzed and property
rendered valueless; 30 that the millions Of money
and pay the interest OF the national debt must
be borne by the capital and the labor OF the
North. II was Wen enough 70 , salk about
wanted was reunion. (Applause.) 1t was well
enough to talk about the indscreet speeches OF some
OF the Southern people, but II the people OF the
North waited until certain men in the radical party
became discreet, they would have to wait forever.
The Southern people should be treated with magma
nimity. He (the speaker) made the appeal for them
In the interest OF the Overtaxed and Overburdened
people OF the North. The radicals claimed that they
chsed millions Of white men and put letters upon
the Supreme Court OF the United States. They did
not thus legslate for the benefit OF the c0lored or
the white men OF the South but to cling to power as
their only hope Of salvation. Mr. Hoffman spoke Of
the meeting of the Boys in Blue at Cooper Inst-
tute last week, and remarked that none Of the
speakers had the magnanlmity to mention the name
OF General Mcclellan, who fought the battle.
The President proposed cheers for General Nc
Clellan, which were enthusiastically given.
Great Britain did In two hundred years. The radical
administration has spent since the war; including the
the fiscal year. within s125,OO0O 600 as much money
as carried on the whole Of the government for sew
entyhve years before And they have spent s since
fiscal year. over $2,000,O0O,00 900. You men Of the
North nave paid 1t: You have given unlimited
trust to the men In power and 1t Is right that
YOU demand an account OF the expenditure OF this
money II 1t was properly expended ifthere has been
no extravaganza, If all this vast expenditure OF
money has been necessary for the support OF the
in time Of peace, If there s nothing to
complain of, these men In power are entitled to
new lease Of their power. But II there has been an
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this money has been grossly squandered II the gov
eminent has been mismanaged, they must be hurled
from the power they have a6ussd-lcheerslwbecanse
time OF peace standing army four times as large
General Scott conquered Mexico with. And
why is this9 There is no war; there is hardly
rlmor of war; except some Indian war on the from
tier and that is but q rumOr. There has been no
actual contest requiring considerable number OF
armed men. Although notice that 1t Is estimated
that for every Indian killed captured 1t costs the
government over 100000 each. You give
hundred millions a year in time OF peace to keep
white men South In subsection to black men through
freedmen bureaus and a radical Congress-. Now You
have navy costing three times as much as before
the war, while at the same time by the
the American nag has been virtually shaken from
the masthead OF almost every merchant ship
sails from our ports bearing the American nag, ana
thus the whole business OF the port Is done In foreign
bottoms We have hardly any shipping bearing the
American flag, and yet the navy costs now In time OF
peace thrty-three Millions while before the war
war 1t cost but eleven millions. The people demand
an account OF this state OF things, and when they
ask the question and demand an answer they will
require something beyond cry Of rebels traitors and
Well, my friends, our radical oppo-
nens feeling somewhat OF the pressure and the diff
Guilty OF the duestion-feelng how restless the people
are becoming under their burdens, and knowing
that they determined to have change govern
ment, feel 1t now necessary to make at last some eX-
PLANTATION. But where do they 60 to give itP They
70 to Massachusetts,, whose policy has enabled Con-
yress to saddle you with grievous debt and an in
ended to misead the people OF the country. want
o know will you continue to pay their expensesG
us so long as you perpetuate the power OF this radi
,a Congress- just SO long VIII you enjoy the coveted
pleasure Of footing all the bills. For my part
am tired Of 1t; the people OF the country are tired
Of it, Pennsylvania repudiates them Ohio repudi-
ates them, Connecticut repudiates them, California
them, and 1t Is about time they stopped
the cry OF rebel and traitor.
In conclusion Mr.. Holman charged that radical
legislation in the State was oppressive, and nstanced
the rigorous Registry and Excise laws. He would
90 far as any man In protecting mems homes and
In preserving peace; but he denounced arbitrary
legislation that dictated what man should eat and
drink The democratic party mad policy, and its
leaders squarey before the people upon 1t, and
they confidently relied upon the justice of the Ameri
people to sustain them In hurting their adverse
ries from power.
SPEECH or ALLEN c. BEACH.
Mr.. Beach, the candidate for Lieutenant Governor
next speaker was loudly cheered. In the course of
his remarks however, the audience kept thinning
out, and when he concluded the Wigwam was not
He said 1t gave him great pleasure to meet so
large an assemblage OF the democracy OF Kings
county on that occasion. Although It was his first
meeting with them he was not altogether stranger
to them for he had the pleasure OF knowing the lead
err OF the democracy OF kingscounty-the defender OF
the constitution and the author Of that sublime deca
ration OF principles which was submitted to and
adopted by the late National Conven-
ton held In New York-the gentleman VINO did them
all the honor Of presiding over them this evening"
.hcers.)
This vast concourse OF people is but another evil
dence that you are determined To take the manage
ment OF public affairs into your own hands: that
the people are beginning TO perceive that they have
been deceived by the party in poverty the men In
whose hands they entrusted their AFFAIRS. The radi
cal party has deceived the people, and the people
are going for a change. When I say the radical
pai.y mean the leaders and representatives OF that
party believe that the masses OF the people are
sincere, patriotic, and earnestly DESTROYS OF peace
prosperity, union and good government. | refer,
therefore, to the radical leaders, ana will show
that they have systematically deceived the people
ever since they came into power-ever since 1862
when the radical leaders assembled In so.calicd
national convention. | find that the national debt
ut that time was comparatively a mere bagatelle.
| ind that the national securities were at a
premium In gold. find that the civil law was
respected and revered by the people aud | find
also that our sails whitened every sea. find that
the rewards OF industry chinked in the pockets OF
the toiler and glistened on the palms OF labor.
But the radicals did not want this happy state OF
things to 60 and will tell you how they acted to sub
vert IL. They knew that the Southern states were
Jealous OF their rights and or the cncroachments of
federal power. The radicals put their heads together
and they got up platform on state rights
and they resolved. in the fourth resolution
OF their PLATFORM, that the maintenance
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