The New York herald., 1871-10-05
PROCEEDINGS IN TIE CONVENTION.

PROCEEDINGS IN TIE CONVENTION.
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ROCHESTER,, Oct. 4 1871.
Shorty after the doors were opened Governor Sey-
mour, Governor Beach and Francis Kernan entered
the room and were received with applause.
SAMUEL J. TMDEN, Chairman Of the State Central
Committee, called tho Convention TO order at ten
minutes before one O'Clock. He spoke as follows:-
SAMUEL !. TILDEN's SPEECH.
Reverenty thank God that when midnight dark
ness brooded over the republic and the true men
crea,ed BY w JeSsson ana sy
sacss9n, s S ana as upheld In our state ey the Cn
at their watch despondsnt the upIifed cloud 5egan
70 show It's silver lining, and there was revealed
the dawn o. a. new ana S better day. rne democacy
vauces to night anew the battle against cenIrallsm
ana eCrsqpqga 4 MaGn seventy v9 years ago
by George Clinton IN the State. These dangers have
| recently assumed vastly greater dimensions than
the republic. Mankind naturally fear the evils they
have last experienced, even after those evils have
passed away anu others OF the opposite character
| have taken their place.
EFFECT OF UNsUcoEssruL 1NsuRRECrIoN.
strengthened BY unsuccessful insurrection. We
have just emerged from q vast civil war, In which
up our federal government Disunion Is crushed;
slavery is dead forever; the suffrage IS irreversibly
war is accomplished; every aasarai result is at at.
tained, and YET Ia our recoil. from danger COM
pletely passed we rush bindly toward the opposite
DANGER OF cENrRALIsx.
The equilibrium OF our whole political system is In
danger or being Overthrown, and despOtic and
corrupt centralism established. The whole value
o. The G by wch our world Is kept IL
| tween two opposing forces II would matter Int.
tie 70 Us which Of o ess shTa be sSS"
4 dominate our planet would snoot madly Into
] the realms of endless space far away from
living thing upon the surface would perish II the
centripetal tendency should dominate, tho earth
sun until 1t would be engulfed In the burning
mass. SOFT ls with the adjustment Of powers be
and centrazation arc equally fatal 70 good govern
ment Disunton would generate centralism Of mill
break tne parts asundsr, and ali our Contnent--as
II has every other--wita rival nations.
our wise ancestors devised the only system posi-
BILE to avoid these opposite evils, They formed a
| federal government to arrange our foreign rela-
tions, to maintain peace and amiry between the
tons OF common Interest; and they left the great
residuary mass OF governmental powers to the
Tno democratic party has carried on the federal
government for dlty OF the seventy years OF the
| present century. It's creed Is compressed In two
ideas:--First TO limit as much as possible all gov
ernmental power. enlarging always and every.
action; secondly, to throw back the governmental
powers necessary TO be exercised as much as pos
ctiiIeS
In every case the individuals to be affected.
| WHAT REPUBLICANS HAvE DONE.
ana and In is their best representative me op-
posite IDEAS, to NEEDLE with everything properly
az expe ars 70 the a
| OF the republican party. Under their inspira-
Al he o S sss
snmed to regulate the suffrage and threatens to take
% s o means Of
kinds Of business men shall employ their labor or
iaes Of en- erichins favored Glasses By impoverisSing
the earnings OF the people Il has drawn within Its
ance corporations, ana it yeafns to take jursdic-
ton OF all railroad companies Its OF usurpa-
the business, ali the contracts and ali the properly
OF individuals, aud will populate Washington with
tralsm, because it il incompatible witt, ciyi liberty.
HISTORIC ILLUSTRATIONS.
rorty mioas sc OF peoples guiaed by single nand
isolated or disorganized individuals. Look al
France: half million OF oficenoders and half a
million OF stldlers, moved from the centre. make
civil liberty impossible. Ioppose centraism because
It creates an irresponsible power, and irresponsible
the affairs OF individuals from the Atianiic to the
Pacific rom % ihe great Lakes t9 me Gull Of hexlcS
undertake; tho most oppressive, the most irresp0n-
stole and the most corrupt gover nment OF which his
| tory affords any example Il would repeat and ex.
worst age. Already the system IS maturing It's fatal
fruits Decentralization i'll public trusts prevails TO
an extent never before known In this country aud
scarcely believed 70 0e possible.
The mass OF men OF eli partles are pure In sneir
Intentions, but parties diner in the tendsncies OF
their principles aud measures, and the IDEAL stand
ards and traiaing OF thelr leaders, The democratic
party fr0Il Its foundation, three-quarters OF
ana PSs exceed IN @
Leaders higher standard OF oflclai purity than any
e ;ns SSun j % ss Uw
q Official life as either Of the three republican
| from Its nomination q man who had nled
me public 0css with his relatives Or who
exercising the immense power Of the Presidency
to promote mems interests or gratifying mems aa.: %
First the greatest intellect perhaps which has up.
pearecf among men lBaconl was iinpeached by our
Englan0, lie had received presents from suitors In
causes depending before him. His defence was
which had matte tho presents. Grant has decided
the causes Of those who were candidates for
LETT among tno noble !railnons Of his pre-.
would not appoint relatives to office, whatever
Their illness; and that wnIis IN ofcial ife he would
SimselI no. only pure, but he would hold high the
standard Of public morality. do not wish 70 speak
Dental chair. He may not have been conscious OF
the evt In the fatal example which he has set. But
stowa OF once are allowed to be IN one and at the
same they VIII become associated, and 1t Is but a
| training, virtue Will soon succumb to wealth.. Vul.
| gar mionnares will grasp the highest seats Of
| honor and power as they would put q new embla-
comment upon their carriages or agaudy livery upon
their servants
GLORIEs OF THE OLD DEMOCRACY.
| turn now 10 our own state. The era OF demo-
cratic ascendancy was the twenty-five years under
the constitution OF 1912. Van Buren,, Marcy, wright
and Fagg ruled. They were men OF absolute per-
sonal honor and truth, and IN all the counties they
Fattraced to themselves similar men, They welded
party power not only for pure measures, but for
honest men, IL young man who had served one
session IN the Legislature came back to lobby he
lost his standing with the party leaders.
Corruption in tho legislative bodies was almost
unknown. Even in 1896 In the Wild speculation Of
that time, three democratic Senators VINO had kept
back bill about the Harlem Railroad, In order
to buy some OF Its stock, were compelled
TO resign by democratic Senate, and Young