The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-10-28

ago. there are sixty thousand of1cehoders; tne 20,
nate controls all that The President cannot gel rio
70 greater degree than han i ever was before the
House OF Representatives are In no small degdee
dependent ON the Senate. The terms on senaso ,as
changes canhot remove them They have taken the
power from the President whom you eiecs one M
ought never to have been the honor and dignity
Of the American people. You saw MIN ,Sa
who Sat in the chair 1as s o. %Eo
toiore, you boosted, was man who held
more honorable power than any monacn IN IL the ne
decreed his sentence before they heard word Of
testimony IA voice, That's s0; louu checring)
Look out these as Of sat hsve been
In the strnctue OF the government to
carry power in every instance 70 II that body
NV republican friends il 1t wise for you by your
ballot when about 10 exercise one OF the most
sseTs% so Of s q res Of The
lions which placed my opponent In nomination did
not declare his sentments they declared their own
v When 's yoa vote their ticket you declare
the same thing. From time 70 time the
forward with protests against these excuses but
have been trampled down as maddened herds OF
buffalo on the Western plains trample down Their
leaders If they stay Tor q moment In head.ong
course. One after another have gone down until no
man dare protest longer. Are you ready, my repub-
hcan friends, to give new impulse to thisP think
OF the result. stand before you, perhaps In
divldual more concerned than any other man ex-
cent my opponent ", What IS II to me whether
OF duties from which every thoughtful man must
shrink Let me say that no man ever stood before
how strong the convictions Of duty that forced him
Into that position, who was not filed with more serl-
Gus convictions with regard to the sacred;
would repel with scorn any attack on my opponent
that should assume he did not mean what was
right. As God looks into my heart cannot think OF
man. care not now wanting In Vlrtue--ln Otn6r
respects-who could look at the vast interests OF
TINS country who could its greatness, and think
OF its future, and not tremble and offer fervent
prayers that he might have wisdom
above mans wisdom to guide him in a
crowd which sec before me, where win it be In q
few rolling years? How much does it matter to you,
or shall not have thrill OF triumph or pang OF de-
eat IN few days2 But how important IL Is that the
decision shall be right How lmportant-neither
our passions or even our honest mistakes should
lation been equal2 What is unequal ID gen.
orally unfair. Trace 1t down--not alone in the
conspiracy to make a. central power and de-
stroy the representative character OF our govern
ment-bu. as II affects all classes OF men, Why
should one man be taxed ana another go untaxedY
In the very resolutions Of the republican party they
1t unequal9 Why do they now change their front
and denounce Us who say the say the same thing as
men who do not care for national honor
There is no thoughtful man VINO will look into the
future in view OF the precedents that have been set
the violence that has driven men from their seats in
Congress, and the attempt to destroy the represen-
tative system OF our government and not feel that
our country is on tue road to great peril What Ii
the Union they have made with the SOUTH rhey
would blnd with manacles Of iron, dead
South TO a living North, iCheers) We need
tine prosperity OF the south to help bear our
great burdens Of Indebtedness. There has not been
blow struck at the Frustrated South that did not
strike every corn field in Ohio. They used your corn
and pork. 1t used to 60 to market, where it was
converted into the products Of The South. The war
stopped that. You were all greatly oppressed. i
said, being Governor OF New York, 1t ns show the
people OF the West that we sympathise with them
In their trouble-iet us show them that we mean to
clasp together the bonds that mold together the great
central States and all the States Therefore, "a her
than there should be division rom the channels Of
trade, recommend that the Legislature should
carry the produce toll free on the canals. The war
ended, you had right to ask that your market
should be given back to you.