The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-10-26


insulted faces answer. Reflect them and reform VIII
hIah go TO It's TOMB, ana fraud and corruption Will
hold revery again. Every rejecting man knows tins
and every man who votes for the old ticket votes
for the old rule, ana cannot be sincere In his profess
sons about reform. Fellow citzens democra or re-
face TO face with this question: OF corruption.
We may as wen lay aside shams and take square
ing facts DO You honestly wish TO repeal this inia
nous city charter turn out the plunderers aud make
an honest goyernmentY You say YES. Wei, do you
belleve that electing the same old Tammany ticket
WIN bring reform You know it viii not Then
vote ticket that viii, or cease false pre-.
form, but like fraud. Success OF the democratic
ticket this fall is Tammany's success, and
strange times; unheard-of disasters disturbances
In business, commotion In civil affairs revelations
corruptions which are appalling, the utter ami.
hilatcn OF al power IN the people to express their
by fraudulent count Of votes which were never
cast me very foundations Of free government
ARE n2s y the rule er o. an ogarhy
known-s these On lne 9f great national
.~.s,o, usage an approaching inture unparalleled
our ana a. the Srs to
man who led our armies through the wilderness
WIN be NEEDED ,hs '7 Ss.e e BY
any radical reform. Mere patching up or covering
over by a Legislature compromising with Tammany
Hall VIII render the last state worse than the irs
SPEECH OF WILLIAM N. EvARrs.
Mr.. WILLIAM NJ. EvARTs, VINO was received with
cheering, said:-
LADIES AND GENTLEMRN-The crowd Of interested
ana earnest men which fills this hall on this incem-
ent night representing those who are united for the
democratic ticket for this State shows cohcInsiyelS
that IL Is representative Of the live and present
na the SURFACES or the are eeee
! am quite sure, gentlemen, That there has been
e me States WIN re9a e IN 81
government their institutions and their future po-
ltical prospects during the last few years
ninety years Of our independence When we
had to coorend with the war Of tile
enemies; but when the suffrage of great people Is
| faslned we have no means OF knowing our enc
mes and we meet those enemies at q terrible dis
count There was no retreat at the battle field; II
he answers TO the roll call he answers until he
before you, and the great and only question between
them ID that Of corruption and n0n-cOrruption. l
to ASK, with regard to the vote you are to give
than this Of corruption and non corruption be-
tween these Two state tickets This terrible menace
met as slavery was met: and, depend upon it, this
people Will suppress this corruption either by
peaceablc means or by blood. loud cheers. There
Is nothing that deserves SO deep curse swift
retriDutlon as the crime OF corrupting the SUI
| fraaes Of the people The people who do this cor
ruption tell us IN SO many words that they
viii repeat and, repeat, 18th that they WIZ
going TO 40 about III You are going exercise the
SURFACE and see that nobody corruDts or defes it.
DO you mean really that nobody Is to rob you Of
your suffrage II 1t comes gentlemen, to q mis-
Of ones Well they say stil that all this was said
last spring. and 1--WE must prevent the passing OF
the the sane You have resolved and You have made
speeches. These men have g0t the power and they
VIII go on all the same We'll, gentlemen, II we
been here In the summer and we should not have
carried the city as we shall IN the autumn. Well
"Wnat are you going to do about II 2" the tone
very freely used; but now It IS changed to 'what is
the limit you are gong to DO about ~ Is It The
penenLjary or Is 1t the scornlul punishment OF the
that was stolenl', That Is the question now. in
goyern Hnt" Of the city ana the slate
or New YORK has been nothing moe
pose OF forming organizations to rob and rum t,e
state. Now, some people ike that, and there are
IS snae the
, we have got 10 combination OF human
nn stare wnsn been dessbsd
as "wickedness mas got rich ana Iicked.' The
| in any despotic government. There has not des-
! potc government existed during the last hundred
ruin have done We have heard about pocian ~
featnerlne their nests, and That we must expect
es Mre expected aer sppv e are s
leather. ll.augb.2rl VINO ever knew goose VINO
il the goose did complain tcneers and laughter
Well. this summer 1t was found out that they nad
but but that they had taken out Of the pubic :
Golfers large sums; where 1t was gone,
NOBODY Knew; ali that they did know was that It
was gone. There were brave men OF the press,
u o eop w%S are vail ne to be
memDered as the greatest benefactos the people
ever had. ] don't know when the spirit Of the
people has ever furnished q compcter testimony.
did not wait to ask. They aid not
wait for permission OF the Ring But they de.
manded from their fears ana from their terrors that
had taken possession of the Ring that the Treasury
should no longer be in their haLds, aud Andrew II.
Green--Qoud cheers)--a democrat always, and
democrat now; an honest man always, and an honest
man now. lie holds the treasury by the decara-
ton OF the people, who made manifest their WILL
they might as we'll have little law, and that they
might do some good In that direction and they had
eosnse seg sS to
and they suggested Mr.. Charles o'Conor-
oad sne we'd WON nus 3SS %
can do something; but all this can he undone by the
sunrage of the people on the 7th OF November. The
f # 50 y Mr. oConor stays there no longer
in the morning. you viii see, probably, the name OF
berry that would not be committed under any des
potic government. You Will that the plumber
That ns you po were taxed also 70 ses it there.
/ have contributed my share; you have contr-
TO audit claims: they audited them AFTER fashion,
ana they amounted to six millions OF dollars. The
county mad authority TO raise TINS money on revenue
bonds and these bonds were solo to honest parties
and these Xix millions were put into the treasury To
pay the debts OF the public and all this
money was drawn out IN the shape OF
rants subject to the order OF these people.
Three million five hundred thousand dollars of this
So 900, 900 was deposited to the credit Of a subord
nate CLERK, common agent OF the public pun
derers. or tins $3,500,OO0 $932,000 was drawn
by him To the credit OF William NJ
Tweed and deposited IN his CTweedsl bank.
uiisses) Now, the only way Of repaylng
ms money Is 10y you aud paying Il oyer again by
taxes and II VIII fcJain, 100, In Mr.. Iweed's
pocket. (iiisses.) Was wrong when said that
there was no despotic government within the last
hundred years that could have done this tnlngy
t'No.n) II IL had been done the people would have
dragged the dcspot, bis courers and his family from
power. But you Will choose this man to be your
Senator for the making OF your laws. l'.Never,
never.'D lie goes among his followers and Is re-
ceived with raptur0us applause. II TINS man Is
elected the finger OF scorn Of the world Will be di
rected to u.s.. wish II to be understood that every