The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1872-10-05

aViesi 10 tue Atlanttc ana facinc,
2,5OO,O00 acres; to the South Pacific,
3,50O,0OO acres; to the Texas Pacific,
lS,OOO,OOO acres; to the Central Paci
tic, 35 0OO,0 900 acres, aud to the North
orn Pacific, AZ 100000 acres; making
IN all 100, ,000, 900 acres Of the public
lands. | only point out here the self
qualification OF the administration, who
In its Convention, declares against land
grants, yet who have granted away
100, 900, 900 acres Of the public land
DO you know how much this amount
would covert IL would cover all Maine.
all New Hampshire, all Vermont, all
Massachusetts,, all Rhode Island, all
Connecticut, all New York aud all
Ohio. [Cheers.1
The same Republican manifesto pro.
tests against the irankiug privilege,
asserting that it must be abolished.
Why, then, have the psrty not abol
ished III The question arose few
months ago IN Congress, aud the Re
publican party voted that it should re.
malu. No sooner had they cast their
vote in Washington, than tley haste to
come here aud aud say the irauking
prlviIe e shall be swept away. To-day,
to night, at this hour, the Republican
party is multitudiuously
"AH the leaves at valambroGa,"
using the fraukiug privilege, to say that
the ir1uklug privilege shall not be used
No culprlt ever turned States evidence
more completely against itself
The next subject referred to is the
civil supremacy over the military, aud
yet the Republican party, when they
speak OF civil supremacy over military
subofdInailOn, arrdlgns its oSu Presi
d Mt. IL arraigns him lor making In
illegal use OF the Uuitcd States navy in
war against lIay;i; Tor employing the
Federal arms in New Orleans to sub
vert the liberties of free State; Tor
invading Illinois against the protect Of
Republican Governor, aud in defiance
OF all local law; for employing military
secretaries at the White House Instead
OF civil subordluatcs; tor having path
way 10 the ballot box between u double
hedgerow Of bayonets; for attempting
with his victorious majority in Congress
to suspend habeas corpus at the point
of the bayonet. | say when great
party at the end OF Que term Of its
power, speaks OF the necessity hereafter
IN its history OF putting the civil arm
above the military 1t especially comics.
ses that during its past history it has
been keeping the military arm above
the civil, | could not rail against that
platform now more than it rails against
itself GApplause.
Now what are the merits of the ad.
minislration II it is too bad to be
good, perhaps likewise, it it too good to
be bad. What arc the points Of its
praise-the feathers in its capg
Ii | ask you to tell me what meritor.
ious acts the President has done, you
might say the President has been pay.
ing the national debt, he has been re.
ducing the taxes, collecting the revenue,
paciiyng the Indians, settling the Ala.
bama claims, harmonizing the South
That is the argument, aud that is the
whole argument. But every allegation
in it is false. not only say it, but |
will prove it. Has the President been
pnyIug the national debty Not so; the
people are paying it. Yet some gentle
men would like you to Imagine that the
President, with oriental aud princely
muni6cence, had taken out his purple
purse aud paid the national debt. Rather
than the President pay the national
debt he, more than my other mau OF
the forty millions, is conspicuous Tor
building the national debt. would
not tear one laurel from his brow us II
soldier, nor take away one of the enco.
m ums the people have awarded to hin,
and justly enough, for his victorious
leadership during the war, but when II
man says he has been paying the na
tlonal debt | say that his ouly action
with regard to the national debt has
been to augment it, and not decrease H.
liul he has reduced the taxes Not
so either The President eau neither
reduce nor Increase them. He can
simply collect them. 1t is Congress
that fixes and un6xes the taxes. He
has though bad his own taxes refunded
to his pocket lie has simply collected
the revenue.
1t is SAID he has pacfed the Indians
| thluk the Presidents Indian policy
has been as great failure as his policy
III other respects. Nor in saying thai
have auy special sympathy with the
red man. | prefer the black, aud even
the white Laughtcr.] But we hear
now that the Presidents Indian policy
is TO be changed. Whyy If it has
been right, why change III But any
body who has read the news IRON the
frontier, sees what the success Of the
Presidents ludian policy has been. |
say that three times week, for the last
i've months, his policy has been bloued
out in blood
But he has settled the Alabama
claims. This is said 10 excellent irony.
There was President OF the republic
who took his name from the toughness
Of Hickory The two great maxims OF
General jackson were to ask for moth.
ing that was not right, and to submit
to nothing that was wrong. But, here
to day sits President III his high seat,
who asks for four hundred millions aud
who accepts fifteen millions five hun
dred thousand lie started for Geneva
with preposterous claim, aud stopped
at London with an ignomiuious surren.
der,
But, alas, the Alabama claims have
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