The Portland daily press., 1871-09-25

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Veit, Oil tue eii'nee VI ''e ianilahy kiDs, is
one OF the most forcible presentations of them
which has been made. Mr.. Roosevelt is now
a Damoorat;c Coporessman from Naw VII.
chy' anu hno"' "peiooi ne ann "'
do not know whether u Is exactly possible
for man to be born Democrat, but L claim
TO come as near 1t as any one can. Ihe EARL
est recollection that L have OF puollc ques-
tionS, when my arms had attained little more
than seven years pith, was my upholding
staunchly and unswervingly the great doc
trines OF Democracy. Since that time have
been a Democrat; for Democracy is like vac
cinatiOn, when 1t once takes well, lit lasts a
lifetime. But as did not believe disloyal.y
to mean Democracy during the war. [ do moi
believe dishonesty to mean Democracy now.
The very cornerstone of our faith ia pure
economical administration nj oovernmani ami
without that no code of nrincinlas CON ,aco;,o
the hearty support of onr nartv Onr nar,v ;S
party of the people. and the neonla ara ,I
ways on the side of what is ,irht anJ go
There may be, and there doubtless are among
both parties, good. hoporabie men ani,;ns
around me, cannot doubt that both Sides 'as
lay equal credit in this particular. Rnt tbosa
who love Democracy, those who have mt
their abiding faith in it and built up the homes
of the glory of their country on it. naturally
look upon it as tie representation of whatever
is nOblest and best.
To us Democrats, therefore, comes th
| charge OF corraption against our rulers with
two-fold force, an especial horror. To heaa
that the chief officers of Democratic CITY,
who have been elected by all overwhelming
| majority of Democratic votes, some of whom
have been chosen over and over again TO va
rfous positions of trust, are yenal and corrupt.
is indeed almost incredible. And vet what Is
tne eVluence! Inc charges are direct, plain,
ana explicit; mlSappr0prlailOn OF vast sums
are alleged; time, place and circumstance are
all stated through he daily press with the ut
most exactness. Pretended purchases which
are In their very nature impossible, are proved
TO nave been paid Tor. The building aud fur
hlsnlng OF our new Court House are made the
pretext for the payment OF bills which are not
mereiy ymo2strous-they are manitestiy tabu
ous. ~ Is p.etehued that acres OF plastering
:I nase pe1a G uoie ahu mies OF carpetlng fur
nisneo, Ine eutire City Haii fark could have
oetn Piaoteieu auu caipeteu at less expense,
anu u no sane nan can pnt ialth in the pretence
II IL WIZ llaue-lnat Tue WORK charged Tor
was ieany uoue. however, D.! must 10 our
lulers lne circuit 0I saying that thsy make no
sucu Pfe.euco' lucy nave never denied the
payments, they have not even asserted that
tle money was earned, wnlle they have in ev-
eIy que VI tnelr iame delences lmplledly ad-
ntteo Inat 'ne ne oliis were extravagant, II not
rauuuieut. 1hey nave presuu ed to DEFY the
puoiic; they nave tried to lay half the blame
on the shoulders OF Republicans, as ii bur-
glar were to excuse himself by asserting that
he was assisted by fellow burglar. and they
have stated that the charges were brought by
political enemies, and SO not entitled TO ans
wer, but nowhere has there been straight
forward, positive ereiutation-nowhere denial
even oI any sort.
That they are guilty. no man who has raod
the statements doubts for a moment and No
one believes that any sucb sums were ac,uai.
| ly expended on the Court House. Nevertha-
| less / have been informed that This build,no
| instead of costing S3.OOO 900 or * OOO OOO ss
alleged, the latter being supposed IN he tbe
| extreme limit, has actually cost over s12 O0o
| O0O To prove this have been shown the
| figures purportipo to have been takan from
| the Complroller's books. but I brne was
| deceived and that tbey were exaGoerations
| But OF the facts distinctly ALLEGED in the nnh-
| lie press there can be no ouestion. II is ad
| mitled by default that millions on millions of
| the public money have been naid 70 q fsw 81 ~
scnre ;ndiv,dnaIS for sb,n Ubv pau " lew oo
nor couId have ner,ormed aoniH.Ia.t - -. u
Mil, I;,tIa ,,;,r. aon ooo aaoot
WI hoa oa;,iod ~ ooPay oi cap
ain =, t',' ,,o iroih the county
Nevarti,e,eSSs shco,,;, ., ,.uo H..
,;o,,s thau ara h,,. t";lsS q. ae 'neoe aecusa-
tba real GRIMES of tho accnsod ~, @ VIII
,ar ali q trivial affs;r ~ a,'a ntoney 49, al
tion growing with ;mmenso ran;a,,, nS,,;.so ns
up capitai and adding to onr resnnrcns AI AM,
| we can endure limiIIess necnlat;ons in iy n,,, ,
| officials. and still survive. hnt tbsv h ,na 81
len from ms Something dearer and 49, ~
cred than onr ,eealtb7tbev have s.oion ga, "a
r;obts our liberties our vory natooaI ;,,a,;,'.
tions. Such WRONGS as 7 have ennmara,ed
would mover have boon submitted m bv "t6a tba
Democratic party had the individna,s CON- smo
posing that party not first been deprived of
i the free expression of the ir will. Thasa onr
masters, have stolen oCr ballots have taIsified
the will OF the people, and pulled away the
| very kew stone of the arch of liberty
What am about TO tell Won I barl,v NV
pect YOU to believe: vet I will oiva Won aron,,
| point of time and circumstances i will ,,,r
nish you with every detail and all the MINI.
| tia of the mode of operations. and Iaroa as
is this meeting, were | to cali nv Witnesses
together could fill this building as fuII as Il
is now... l know whereof L sneak. and in ex'
posing these shameless iniouities rather m
defence OF Democracy than in arraigpment OF
| It, really extenuate and set down nauoht in
| malice. by continuation of certain Demo
| cratic and Republican Office-hOlders in this
city the votes of the people no longer express
their will. They are falsifed In three differ
| euJ ways, SO lnaL NO matter how honest the
mass of voters might be, the corrupt Ring
would apparently be retained in power. To
effect this three forces are brought into play.
There is the use OF repeaters at the polls. the
manipulation of ballots as they are deposited,
and the false counting of them in making up
the canvass. Precisely how these schemes
are managed will explain to you.
Heretofore there has been registry of all
legal voters in this city. i can only speak oil
the past. l cannot tell what TammaDy will
do hereafter, aud now that the registry law
has been repealed we NAV be sure that mat
tiers will not be improved. There were three
| registers TO spperyise these lists. tbree insnac-
tors 10 receive tbe votes. and three canvassers
boardsto count them. One of eecb of thoso
was a Reoublican and co,,ll ston al, ,ranJs
If he DleaseJ Int as the narties ~ ho aafoatad
were only those Democ,a ats who wbsre on.
posed TO Tammnav he shut his eves With =.
soIute determination. 70 beoi,, with oanas - -
repeaters were orosnized whose a. Az,
was to have their names recorded in ~ ,,a,,,
| districts as p,ssihle nsnalIv f,on, a ao.an -
flty: and il was curions with wbat oh;ld;;ts
Innocence tbe Renuhlican register wonIJ 20.
| ceiye the names of 1OO men who assumed n
reside at the private dwelling of some Ieadino
Tammany Ward politician. or who pretended
| to camp out on some vacant lot. So the p.
peaters were enrolled, and have bad lists OF
them offered to me for sale at so much vote
when Tammany did not need them.
On election da, these men went IN the
polls in gangs with their cantains and march
ed from district to district like COMPANIES q
soldiers. II one of them were chalIenoed tn.
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