The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-08-26


Union perllng your lives In the many bait ededs OF
the South, leaving your wives AMI little ones TO the
% Tor Children the Wc
gagged in making war speeches and de-
country who loved the constitution and was
willing TO shed his blood in its defence. | was en-
gagged also IN filling town quotas and state quotas,
and denOuncing as bad men all who would not go
to the feld while stopped at home myself. was
calling every man a cOwardy democrat who did not
did go to take care OF their interests and look after
their families. and educate their children, and to see
aa their for Sens not S
for carrying on the war at your ex.
Brothers. cousns and wes reatyes into the
army 80 that could inherit their property. told
you the war was carried on for the preservation OF
the Union, and IN order that YOU and your children
might have government wherein all people, poor
and rich, should be alike, and where aristocracy,
myself very conspicuons-as republican. mind.ln
various other ways without going TO the field OF
battle You remember seeing bills posted up all over
the country, on the walls, on the barns and on
the fences calling for one hundred thousand
more, two hundred thousand more, two
every time. At last it reached three hundred thou
sand more and then kept up the call for three hun.
Grea thousand al wanted yo when the
homes to fight tor the restoration OF the Union-not
to deprive the Southern States OF their rights to
IutcTleTe WIFI TIE quesLlOH Ol sdVeTy-uOt 10 MAKE
the black man superior to the white man before the
law-but to save and preserve the Union. As
publican l pledged you that the war should not be
carried on for any other purpose than the restoration
OF the country and the preservation Of the Union.
You remember as good republican l used
to figure how much you could make by going
this way on financial basis we republicans figured
to you that was cheaper for you to take $l3 Ia gold
a month when the war commenced to fight for the
Union, $l5 month to be killed for your country,
$25 to wear shoulder straps and steal all that was
to tie sn to Ho1 that at
home. believe now honestly that those who took
the SIS in the early part Of the war and who went
forth and fought the battles Of the country and who
sleep with the brave on the fields OF the South,
that they did make more money than those who
returned to their homes among you to pay taxes.
say the republican party has heaped upon you as
people burdens that 1t Is impossible for you to bear,
while your very sons and brothers were fighting in
the ned-nghting as 1t has turned out more for the
particular good OF the republican party than for the
general good Of the country: AS was telling you
make money and enrich myself BY filing the
quota. But there were also other ways by
which | could enrich myself at the 90 e x.
pense OF you and the country. made $4,000 by
filling up the quota at home, and made $780, 900 by
filling the quota of Boston, the cradle of libertythe
cradle may be there but liberty is not to be found
there at the present time. Cheers and laugher)
When was democrat said always 1t was wrong
to steal and wicked to Cypress people said to do
SO 1t infamous and to be reprobated on every
power, what did / doY joined the retrenchment
economical administration and eager to put
down terrible war for the benefit of the
whole ,o country no TO asst sit IN ,d this o work
rotten old hulk, rotten any OF the rotten piers
of this city. tCneers and laughterl 1t rather APP
tinued aughter.) well, then, as good republican
ught rotten boat for $1,000. / then had a
cousin in Congress, cousin In the Senate of the
United States and cousin in the cabinet OF retrench-
ment and reform. u-aughter.) was pretty well IN
position to cozen the country, Gaughter.) had
any nice a' thing ' to have friends IN IN" ONCE
One Of the best things in the world is to have friends
in Office. Why friends In heaven may be good
enough but that Is nothing to the advantage OF
having friends I'm Oice. loud cheers and aughter.)
So bought this Old rotten boat and one day l had
it towed round to where It was examined and sur
veyed by one of my economical brethren and he gem
erously allowed ME to sell 1t to the economical gov
ernment, to this retrenchment and reform govern
by the arrangement, by the purchase and
sale of that old rotten boat II l had been
the transaction. But as good, conscientious repub-
lican, but with somewhat more sympathy with my
own pocket than with yours, was content with
ninety-flve thousand dollars on my bargain. But
gave twenty thousand dollars to my friends in the
lower house. don't mean the lower house-(the
speaker pointing downward and eliciting by his
action great laughter)-but the lower house of Con-
gress A VOice-"The lower house OF hell, you
mean" Great laughter IL may be
lower house you refer to will be nearer red hot when
they get there. Continued laughter) Well. then.
Senate and twenty thousand dollars more to my
cousin In the Cabinet, and the balance put IN my
money! And is the easiest thing in tho W world to
make money provided you have friend I'm the re-
publican administrations friend In inc retrench-
ment and reform governmental friend In the Trea-
sury with both his hands I'm the Treasury and his
directed to heaven tcheersl. praying TO he relieved
from these democratic agitators. Qaughter.) After
selling my rotten boat could load her with few
hundred Germans and Irlsh who had just come
here to escape from an oppressive aristocratc gov
tnonu If Of In fha
country l could ship these TO Port Royal or to
Fredericksburg, and as soon as q storm should
he world SS go my "moa would w an
troops would be called for, and this would
put more stamps into my pocket That was
the plan OF operations OF this retrenchment and re-
form government and the party who ruled you dur
ing the war. When my old boat went down II took
numbers OF your sons and brothers with It. IL took
down no Yankees though-nO, they travelled on
land They took carriages at Bull Run. They ira
yelled IN ambuances. Some OF them managed to
get to New Orleans, particularly during the silver
spoon season. Cheers and laughter) The Yankees
were not worth much for lighting, but for confscat
s s With the e, S
old boat and others like IT, fresh quotas OF men
ordered supplies had to be contracted for, arms had
To he furnished muskets to be made in New Eng
land. Then as republicans we had another chance
to make profitable contracts with this economical
retrenchment reform and government. And ASA re-
publican made more money out OF that While You,
my friends fighting In the front the republicans
were laying taxes you here. robbing you OF your
liberties dragging YOU from your homes To carry
a war, while l. rs a republican, did not intend that
your efforts and your sacrifices should result In the
restoration Of the Union; but to the continuance of
state OF things that would keep us In power aud
able us longer TO cheat and rob you. tCheers.)
While you were fighting In front was electing you
into slavery. was creating mines OF wealth which
could have no existence only in time OF war. was
orking to build up an aristocracy which you, as
working, had been endeavorinq all your lives long
to break down. I worked to this end so that might
be enabled to MI my pockets at your expense, and
now, after that the war IL ended you who carried
IL on at the OF your blood and treasure you have
have had the desired result and that your beloved
Union IL restored. But you have the consolation OF
knowing that while You fought TO put down an aris
tocracy In he South you have created and built
up an arstocracy here among yourselves at the
North--an aristocracy that pays no taxes-an
aristocracy known as United States bond
aristocracy. You who fought to establish this
state OF things under the deccitful cloak OF lighting
TO restore the Union can work a. long you live to
re Ieem the notes and pay the debt contracted at
the cost Of your blood. AS republican was int