New-York tribune., 1868-10-31


Pendeton as gentleman Of yeracy, that the West muss
be IN most dstressful aud heartbreakng condition.
Well have been out there. have Travelled almost the
entire of the month IN the Western States. have gone
over 5000 miles Of railway, have all their Rreae
cities have taken rapid glance at their growing ana
vastly extended agricultural resources, and everywhere
throughout that vast domain / found prosperity and
plenty, peace and contentment Joyous population one
that was l0yal aud Republican Loud applausel Aud
therein found the grief which sent Mr.. Pendleton
distressed SS aG' aHa sgonSed aSd bis Bs@Secrao SOUL
was the Of his grief (Cheers Now, my friends:
beg your attention TO one or two illusions to some OF
te dd cdpdnduD arguments Of the Democratic party on
monstrous misrepresenations orginafed with no less
person than Mr.. Seymour himself accompanied by all
ls serVie followers and repeated hundreds and thou.
"a sands M o. times IN all Democratic prints shall give -
IN Mr. Seymours own language, and here say that
leel mewhat abashed to now shall treat Mr. sey-
mouI' ne Is gentleman J. understand, OF per-
sonal respectabihty, has held eminent station.
IS S the candidate OF large party for the highest
quite unbecomng TO apply any coarse epithe TO Mr. sey
mour or even to ultimate that he lied aughter But
can say OF MN NlthOul oHense trusl, as the Georgia
Judge did OF Squire Jones tine lawyer: that while he
would not violate prOpuety to cay that Squire
Jones liar, he did nave In candor 10 maintain that
there was 10 his circuit that economical
of the truth Applause and laughier.l Now, MI sey-
INQUIRE statement thiscunningy made, made with in
territorial studied shrewdness, made with intention
containing all the elements of alsehood IN the sbressto
Mr. Seymour sad that the Republican party since the
close the waThaye received into the Natonal treasury
$l7000OOO0 In the three years next easung i,Vn % e
peace that conquered by Gen Grant under mat a
been paid out and the Republicans have Deen ad-
uinisterng the Government at the annual ex
denabe that in three years neXt ensuing from Gen
Grants victory, there 81 0oo0OO received INTO me
To that extent Mr seymour tells the truth But he tels
you that this the expenditure OF pcace and that
See how brief and plain statement refutes all MI Sey-
mour asse rons When the Confederacy closed ~ ex.
istence, with Cen Drant for chief witness and Robert
+. Lee for chief mourner llaugher,l there we're on
your army-ros more than one million of men.
Xotr VIA 81 i'm adj
ses along 400 miles Of coast. To every Of those
so!diers ana sailors you owed large amount OF oacS
the promised for faithful services and the sailors
you owed In addition large amount OF prile-money.
That debt was the honorary debt Republic. After
Mr. Seymour made that statement In this city On the 10th
OF June last took pains To 10 the Treasury De-
partrnent and found this statement to he true; in
the III days immediately ensuing the 9Th of April the
70 The soldiers and sailors that had saved the life of the
nation s625OO0O00 This sum almost staggers behei; bur
owing good providence OF God and the patriotism
and abOuuding resources Of the American people il
furnished with oil the readiness that could possibly be
desired every soldier and sailor mustered out and
paid of better money than he promised the day they
enlisted because. when the major part OF them enlisted
gold ruling at from $50 TO 30 and the victories which
tney had had brought down about $50 and 1855 the
day the soldiers were paid Of These S62 100000 were for
services rendered IN the and for obligations incurred
before peace was conquered Mr. Seymour IN his delight
fui admiration Of truth, classes part OF the e1pen
ditures OF peace under Republican administration.
Also during that time, your National debt reached its
highest point s2TsOOOOo Since then, by statements
officially made by Mr.. McCuOeh your debt has been
reduced 81. 100000 showing deduction OF E200O00
which has been paid of in part by these tl,7OO 00OOo
which Mr.. Seymour charges as the expense OF
peace Add then the debt of s625,cOG0, which
was the war debt due to the soldiers, and the
s22 100000 which has been applied 10 the reduction OF
that debt. and yen find, in round numbers, seo0oot &c
be subtracted from Gov seymogrs statement Of ,ilOo
OOOO0 or in other words Gov Seymours statement OF
600 absolutely false and the 500 oo oier
ordinary expenses OF the three years soeoo11 @ ana
that the precise truth The Government of the United
ihe in rate at OF p Sss Sa
Is doubt Of that. Where does go
Debt That is severe wound know, 10 the Democratic
heart that the debt should have its interest paid But
the Republican party demands that the debt shall he
paid. Applause That s3OOO0OO goes Tor the interest
there any man outside of the Democratic party
that desires that the ahnS malned and r erpplsd
fense-or the widow aud orphan OF HIM who fell
in your defense shall receive less pension bounty from
the National treasury than they now reeelyei No. no
roll Is magnificent beyond the conception OF any Euro
have SGO OO0O OF your debt and pension.
leaving slO6OoOOO the aggregate amount Of the eI-
head OF ordinary expenditures, that is for your
War Department, your Navy Department, your
Office Department and pOstages for your Executive,
legislative and Judicial ana for your foreign diploma
intercourse for the Interior Bureau, for the Coast
tain you 70 narTate These are the 10 which the
s,6 put Is that extrayaganti Gov. Seymour
said that under Mr. Buchanans administration.
ten years ago, in 1855, these same expend
lures gcs aa 70 20S only Ds SSSss voT These
a fair Comparison, you must reduce them 10 the
aSs AVERAGED sed has be
0s 10 the suSss Mr. @ at
ara hut siO 8. q @ & G that Is by no means fs
whole story since 1858 this country has made great
strides forward Our population Is fly 20 s,orS Psr cent n
this Government from Wa;hingons & M aualns na,,er
aO1 down. anS ss yS1 % usd Sf yOSr
Government than the annual increase population and
Of course you ind better indication Of the ability Of
natnn 10 hear Increased expenditures Wei, We have
lived century June 1868, We have spanned the continent
with telegraph wires aud almost with tracks Of railroads
we have extended frontier beyond all previous enter
prise have waged war and the result OF ~ VIII De
hailed by civilization long as the Angosaxon exists
sand things 10 increase expenditures beyond
IL st the rate in currency sOooOOO less than t
under the Democratic admnisraIon OF Mr 6 bacnaan, %
There another point and almost ought 10 oeg pardon
of the audience for audng 10 It, There another poDs
which the Democrats make great ado about Ihey nave
dignlhed It with place IN their national paisr; tney
have harangued 1t Oh their stunlps; they nane
manifested dSsre about @ 'd the great outlandish
Freedmen's Bureau. Now, one single wota aooud tns
Freedmen's Bureau we nr rme Sss in being dark
esompex xioned The system OF labor under whsh they
and they were left great measure to utter de-
moraization and ruin. They were htsraiiy houseess
mneed AK Christian community like that winch in
habits Brookynwhat was the duty OF the ohted states
Gnvernment TO these people the mere basis OF phaB
hropy and Christianity Was It not duty to take
care of those peoplei 1t was and we did We said to
ra will give you another system OF labor"
S,v there are only two systems OF labor
under which WIN work Win one me nSDo, s under %
ward for wages in freedom. Slavery being gone, and
with it lash the negro had to be induced to labor as
white men induced To labor by tne nope OF reward
promoton additional comfort In life so we SAID 10
the negro population, in effect, I'VE Will give yon the
right to contract for wages we VIII give you courts 10
enfrce yor contracts will send down agents to see
that those contracts enforced We Will advance 10
Won the cotton-seed for your first years crop In
short we Will set you up Ia business ana,
AT the same time, that we ala that Tor
found that the crop which the negroes we're TO
he EMPLOYED in cutyatng the cotton crop, was bringing
an extraordinarily high price IN the markets OF the word