The New York herald., 1869-10-28

reter -. Sweeny, has actually paid over to
interest on the public money which, by
precedent and law. he had the right to keep.
| Ing ofnces OF the State. the mere nominees OF
committee, but they represented dlnerent political
anf social clements one represented the spr:tuous
and the other the aquatic element or radlcalsm. one
was was apostle Of negro equality, anew constitution,
old cry OF "the constitution, one party one banner
and zwei lager OF the Two ne the speaker pre-
bic, pfoseriptive, pesIierous puritanic enactment
when would drive morals into politics, aud Dy
| die hrst,n rather than imobe beer. The party was
o good deal ike the husband whose wife was about
10 present a stranger to the household. lie was
IN the next room waiting for event ia great ex.
| citenent and very anxious to know It's SEX. The
claimed IAN father or am a notherf' daughter.
Is lager or Is 1t waterS Il had one Jolly drinSer on
Murphy Mcclure ia Inc Serious Family As 1t
stood 1t would make pretty cast for THESE theatrical
boards. General 5 gel rushed on the stage with a
fOaming mag, hurfahs for King Ganbrinus ana
| FIJI high The bowl with fuss oil
| Let barclays generous brew neonnd,
| So pass the foaininp lager around
radical cuts ridiculous figure who abuses
| democrats for want OF loyalty and tnen votes Tor
was their right drawn from the Declaration OF Inde
Renaenee; that they ought nor to ne pinned 20 the
ey a ana N ,ano S5on
the war ana went bail for their chief II
ssSei was, was & pat oa,. on because he tough. the
|
Greeley was put on because he was "safe drinker
what was social liberty" and sigel .doug on The
! ticketY The trick OF nominating Sige was appar-
| ent. Seriously, 1t was shrewdy suspected by some
that Greeley was on the ticket to assure Its defeat
Greeley's minority was 421,00Q. The whole Of the
political stock IN trade OF this party consisted Of cry
ing out THAI the democracy we're against the war
democracy were rebels thai they were bad people
generally, that all the wealth. the purity and piety
millions in the SOUTH The recent democratic vote OF
over halfa million IN onto ahd PENNSYLVANIA. and
two million seven hundred thousand for Seymour In
1868, would Justify radical presumption in sing
Of w ss eoanry wnea ey SI
all ind'scriminaely OF our party and our OF IT, as
regulators who agree to the Interpretation which
Butler give TO the Legal Tender act He Thought II
III became the radicals TO syllable the word repudia
ton. They had repudiatea every article OF the Bill
| Of Rights during the war and every promise since
made TO. the country. They promised peace; they
promisefspece after the war, but there was not any,
They promised on their platform only TO give negro
suffrage IN the reoei States; now they sought TO
make 1t universal, North ana South, by the fifteenth
amendment. They promised, at least In California,
not to allow suffrage to the Chinese with their pig
tails and chopstlcks; would they not break IT. was
not the KEYNOTE already pitched They promised
amnesty III lieu OF prescription. yet were they
the business relations, the commerce. the good win
OF sections ana races Were all nothing before this
sse e history t W e political aroSh 81 ali
tue ages, the last amnesty even OF 'e Emperor OF
the French, should shame zeaioss II hate. Even the
aiaa aaSasement os' to Genounc @ then ~" sopSiiaon M
What repndation ,as ;nelrs when they
! ol white Americans Yonder they STOOD weared
with ers o, amnesty voceless in the anxleties for
liking to pe ruled by interiors or piilaged by sran
gers. There they stood anxious TO have capital
immigration and enterprise IN tner midst; 10 nave
the Old order, with education for their children and
freedom Tor themselves almost despalring certainly
lethargc about free government but there they Stood
still waiting for that peace when was to come
under the radical administration. The democracy d ID
not desire Their iurtner abasement AS Victor lingo
said, ''We want not the peace OF the bent back and
! bowed head" The peace Of despotism under the
sword Of the negro was not desired: :ir Democrats
were repudiators III one respectfully would repudi-
ate radcalism and its hollow words and hated prac
tees IN the name OF peace. They prayed for that
peace which would at least approximate to that
peace which passed all understanding in a UNION
one as The seamless coat OF tue Saviour was one.
/ The CHAIRMAN then and said:-As the man
said the prayer meeting once, "lfthe people down
stop those whose business II Is to pray cheers
and laughter.) You have just welcomed, as you
should have welcomed democratic member or
Congress. who has recently returned from his
travels in Europe. ! now Introduce to you-and
know YOU viii give him similar welcome-anoiher
member of Congress, who has just arrived from
abroad TO greet you on the eve OF election have
the pleasure to Introduce TO you Hon. Fernando
Wood. cloud and long continued cheering)
sPEEoH OF FERNANDO WOOD.
Mr.. WooD was loudly cheerel. lie said:-f am once
among you, fellow citizens. Neither absence
from this hail. nor IRON the city, nor TINS country mas
impaired my devotion TO the great cause OF American
progress entirely Dependent on the ascendancy
OF the democratic party; and am here tonight 10
raise my voice and to contribute my feeble aid be-
half OF tnat sacred to the patriotic impulses
OF every true lover Of hts country. II IS said tnat
everything is measured by the standard OF relative
| comparison. on tuis principle | am now able to
comprehend the real strength ana advantages OF
! Within SIX months have traversed foreign lands
visiting and studying the institutions and natural
strength aud characteristics OF European nations,
thus enabling me TO compare our own with that OF
others. Rest assured we lose nothing by the COM
parison. Quite TO the contrary in all the elements
nj rfnl f.ou " nfn m aII
cation, intelligence progress liberty and productive
lndusry--we are far, very Iar, anead OF the fore.
most OF them all regret, my friends, that cannot
Apply this high praise also TO our craftsmanship.
Judging us Dy wnat Is now transplring around
u.s. far, very far, the Inferior OF the most In
significant OF European governments. The men
possession OF our government at Washington, who
responsible before the world for the conduct of
our public affairs are utterly incompetent to fill
they are unworthy TO perform the high duties w.lich
American people the various avocatons and
/ pursuits of private life, Judging them at this time
& D ne sn ,ac ae e nc ese s %
to an extent which excites the wonder OF their
friends on the osher side OF the Atlantic Instead OF
ternes them IN developing their vast internal
| vacilaton, cowardice, corruption and imbeclty.
Take. for instance, as an example, the management
Of the Two leading departments OF the government
that OF our foreign aiinrs and the Jreasury-since
General Grant has been President In neither have
we had capacity nor competency, nor ordinary intel
When has governed por' our conduct " toward
Cuba has been changeable and directly hos
tile to the wen being or the country. General
Grant began with open and avowed sympathy with
the struggling patriots OF that island, he then sud-
denly reversed this profession By lending himself 10
! the Spanish government to hunt and punish every
body who partook or this friendly spirit. lie en-
| forced the neutrality laws with vigilance and
severity unknown TO the government IN all the pre-
| cedng events OF a like character. This course was
| continued for a while, when again presto change
| he instructed the American Minister at Madrid TO
present a bellgerent note TO the Spanish
government demanding, in undipiomatlc language,
! the right OF the United states 10 utter
ferc In the pending struggle in Cuba so saucy
and arrogant this despatch that even Spain, dis
tracted and contemplate as she i, In point Of
ability, to resist our power brstled up to US and
threatened war IN return. Alarmed al this, The
| President again altered his position, directing
ScSies withdraw the previous note aud 10 assure
IruculenI Snnnarl that nOLllng OF the KIND