New-York tribune., 1871-11-03
DOWN WITH THE RING!
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The speaker then went TO enuernte the nature OF
tho acts Of conspiracy the leaders Of the Ring 1t
partment Of government in tho interest Of tIs msp
Who are 1oT before ths people ss avowea dishonest
three months past there has been steady effort to get
him to take something else ss compromse and give up
tho early part OF August In behalf Of this project sHd tho
The state Convention This was pressed Eyofyt6ing
was offered as compromise. but without avail
WHAT THB PEOPLE MEAN
What was the nature Of this general uprising OF tho
people the 4th Of septemberi 1t was movement in
Of the emancipation Of city from thieves II 1t
was that he stood with or would fan with It, He knew
duty paramount to the duty Of standing by million
Of people who are mssoyerned robbed, and pundered
that ali who have United ' for the hpUaTT@Se paFpOse
together with respect % ali candidates get the ssa
object to elect men to the Assembly and the Senate
thing else dwindlcs Into small Importance You cannot
one OF these gentlemen on a recent occasion
IL 9 M 3 Tas R o GSy at "a. total s%rep&Gr
State not later by two weeks for then this enthus
Go to
the terror Of these in the present state OF affairs
sGnatcn from tic City Of Nog;YorS IN i'TiS the
Senate and Assembly Of the State, and he
M RepuOcsn, could not the s"e saISsd duty I That he
sd to the sS masses Is Of & Go DCnocratiG party and
Efforts TO the cause the people, to get tho govcrn
by saying BY the blessing o. Cod, according
strength as shall be given me- II you viii not weary
IN the nO city Of but until tIo state
iTreproacha6is judiciary and until the example Of this
great State snail be followed by all tue other States
begin its descent will gladly take my place in the
will hope at least to have the consolation that when
in advancing years shall come to the drapery Of
dream OF great country In which the Institutions estab
hshed by Washington and Jefferson are destined AS
bedcycd IN my youn-io survive forever blessing to
mankind" lAppause]
MI Evarts was next introduced AMI was received with
great applause. He spoke follows:
SPEECH OF WIN. N. EVARTs.
Mr. President and fellowcitizens; rejoice to find that
as we are approaching election day, the issues before
this people clearing up; that mems minds are con-
centrating upon their duty that they fully fur
nished with the evidence and the information according
to which that duty is to be pei formed Iventured to
remark two years ago, in reproach at the
great apathy in regard to public affairs into
which this whole community had fallen under
circumstances that permitted to vail tho sad truth in
esng garb that all politics had suffered an eclipse not
total TO be- sure but an1uar nothing Dnt Tng Deing
visible a. nave rr mac YsngeaSre tS of noca
rctrJutiOn escaping from its eclipse to blast the highest
broken never be renewed and the fun Of public
opinion cXcrtcd, powerful and permanent ahd 70 De
How far advanced VIC are from that state IN which
were in even six months agO When we undertook u
commence ;his great awakening, noticed from abroad
intense demonstrations Of public power with graft
tudc that knew bounds and noticed the attitudes
and OF these discovered rlScas why, under
last September there vas seen the handwriting upon
the wal tina, shook the courage OF these consPT9torS
iGct AID the weight Of the Conspiracy say about on!
his hand-rring he waH could be explained 6y nat
mtphitic dotpS Of party Cayre; gould 6'O" ooer IL
deed! THIS wrath of an indignant people was IN me
aud would soon be exposed The Stage discovered,
fyS5 f@ ta' G credit E'' of he Pu1t cy a0ni SewYorE
thought that by injurInG the credit of the city i would
.aG soon Under the close persmptory
aid sts%d the pubic Rts aaT o S %sh
fragrant pmder had heon the action OF thls consplr
be printed aud put to shame tn5 very accsltl0n ana
that al these administrators would ac; IN M tho pubic M
!O9r WI. m m III this f;"ish attempt to cs,iC ana mis-.
lead ihc pcone and that timo forward every step
onward ON Your path as been markell by defeat AMI re-
uc are to- terrible to consider with patience, they
% Gy G to 'T WbcS soWs out Of proof
| bnreiary abstracting and destroying OF vouchers.
rSf erinc 40 clearly traccaDle to the parties accom-,
pshug it, grew out Of any diSposon 10 conoaL nc %M
If men WHO saw the state Prison op'nlng TO receive
for the vulgar crimes " ioGgefy T H tS m bS
books satisfactory they are TO show tLc Guy na0i
ties don't Answer the purpose OF IorGon ms, ~ f "
That 10 the reason burglary interyenes to protect
thl heads of tins conspiracy FROM its cohdish punSnoh
OUR INSTITUTIONS ON TRIAL. ,,
We arc approaching the last uct, which in the pehcelul
s"9cy under our Institutions citizens we can per
s th ~ facts beng knJwn-the character Of tho men
nominated being known the opposing opinions aa III,
hs thrown Against this band OF conSprator-t T. TIC
fruh that institutions and the value OF the 10 'no
NGw don't know which Of two alternative results rs IS
the most terrblethe honest success OF W % % ~;
Conformation Of our intitutiOns by fraud clner ol
fGnm should happen If We nave believe that upon
e Of q i3c and of theso roS GH mS in power aud
honestly put in ANA fairly cOunted VIII slow tnat u
tbot h the fc do not see that there much hope for
o liberty AID our equality Of political power ~ on tno
SSr % and G n exerion Of Inc right and duty to
select oar rulers, and we show maoIn9 VI cSc
Teh ay S ts bubble and the vote COUNT but
l. set down as majority IN tueir IA they are
administered adm iAppausel -, ,or0, nv the people,
Talk about the IGssess0h 81 RS seSery by Which
they wrested from her nanGs Ds Of checks
and HsaRess Of power whereby tyranny Impossible
and freedom is securei Why before tne eye W d. '
tton Of the ballot all the checks in our system oi gov
eruuent municipal affairs are IKE Tue ttd ' ~
SoW wish it to be understood that you feel that such
tyranny thus demonstrated 0y TINS m rntteI 10
| tUltruDIe, anu suail noI
| lIreat and continued applause ,Ao. = .,oo oor
The ballot is that which distinguishes nee govern %
ncnl from despOtic 1t was only galhed Wnea ues-
| pOtism after despotism had been oIertnfOWh. was
That we should be taxed according TO our foIe ana WE
are to maintain our independence Us natIon we must
not be told fay and sQuarey By these aesp0s tnat We
nag role as please and eg wy count as mey PedgS t%a
future as In the past and this even wse men oanUt
Tue speaker referred to the divisions apRat%saty %
ing among the party OF reform particularly the ren8ous
prciudices and thought that when tnie OK nkn%y s
iobber had knocked us down, we shou % t nUs tr r
| whether he was u Protestant Or N""N0AO ~ '
| attention to apprehending MN. -
| vben Mr. Evarts had concluded the Chairman read