Middletown transcript., 1872-04-20
spssch q senator Trunbull.

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speech Of Senator Trunbull Il tho Liberal
lsspablicsn meeting. tsld u N,v Y0vt.
last wsst. taken from the Baisimers Ga
xefte.
Hc asrsignsd the Grast faction sbs re-
glecting to pass gcucrsl anucsty I'LL.
He declsred that the cause for keeping the
leading men Of the South disfrnnchiseS
was that mcrccunry adventures might
plumber the States with iuspunity. liz de-
nounced the manner in which the patron
age Of tho Government was used to carry
elections IN the interest Of a faction. lie
referred 20 the successive steps By which
the Government has encroachcd upon the
rights Of the States through legislative acts
all Of which nrc unconstitutional. and
some Of which have already been so de-
clarcd. lie said that at almost every ses-
sion Of Congress. Of late years. laws have
been passed taking from tho State tribu-
mails their Jurisdiction Of tho citizen and
transferring il to the Federal Courts pre-
sided over by judges appointed by Gen.
tral power, over which the people Of the
States have no control.
lie spoke Of the usurpa,ions Of mill
tary authority, and illustrated them by
citing examples at the South. and by a
pointed allusion to the fact that the White
House is filled with army officers. acting
MS Secretaries, in flagran. contempt Of the
law which declares that no officer Of the
regular army shall dichargc the functions
Of n civil Office. lie compared the course
Of Grant with that Of Andrew johnson.
and asked whether i, would not have been
denounced as gross ahnsc Of power If
the latter had filled tho White House with
army officers. or organized n Legislature as
that Mt Albany was organized? He de-
clared that the safety oil the citizen. and
protection to person and property. mus,
be found in local laws which the people
themselves administer, aud not in cen
,ralizcd government. and be predicted
that il these encronchmcis are permitted
to 90 on, the day is not far distant when
our republican system will be transformed
into dcspo,ism, with all power at Wash
ingicn. 1t might be a dcspo,ism Of one
man. or Of Congress Of five hundred.
but it would still be despotism.
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proclaimed by men high in authority. thu,
the States have ouly such rights rs are
conferred upon them By the Federal Con-
stiiution. and asserted that the very re-.
verse is true fnr that the Government Of
the United States has M powers bu, ,hosr
expressly delegated 10 i, BY the provisions
Of the Fcdcra! Constitution. and that all
other powers are inherent in the States
lie spoke Of ,hc rorrnpfin- that prevails in
all departments of the service very huis
OF which, in his bcirf. had been uncnrihed
MS compared with what s,ill rc,nains nndc.
veloped. llc cited the recent case. Of
Ilurlburd. the Comptroller Of the Cur
rcney, and cf The Secnr claim. paid hy Sec.
rc'ary Robeson wi,hon. authority Of law
lie said that the war was over. slavery
abolished. the rcbellion suppressed. and
tiai now the living issnes were. the Yin.
dica'nn OF the reserved rights of the
States, general amnesty. revcnoc reform.
aud the purlhca,ion Of the civil service.
lie declared em mphaiieally tina, these re-
forms cannot be accomplished through the
agency "f those whn at this time control
the Government. lie referred To The fac,
that the expenses os tho Government
excluding interest and pensions -had
swollen from less than sixty millions u
year before the wur. ie more than hun.
dred ard forty millions last year and be-
expressed his belief that the actual cost Of
carrying on the Government now, II il
were economically administered. need not
exceed ninety millions n year. In other
s,nrds. lie asserted, indirectly. iha, fifty
millions u year were ncedlcssly sguan
drred. He confessed that to save thi.
immense sum annuaiiy was impossible. So
long rs the machinery Of the Government.
and the maehinory Of the Republican par
ty. were . in the lands nf sixty thousand
oIlice.boldcrs Who control the party hy
packing conventions aud otherwise through
the insirancntali'y of members Of Con-
gress. to whom they owe their places. and
to wham the members in iuin. many Of
them, owe their seats in Congress Must
the people submit to these entertainments?
he asked. win they allow the squan
deripg Of this enormous surplus Of taxes
among the hirelings Of the party to go ou
until they find themselves bound hand
and foot to central power at Washing
ton. thu, fccees them at will and layishes
money upon its favorites ms il pleases y
Mr. Trumtull declared that If to-day
the public men Of the Republican party
would inlk ou, openly, as they talk pri.
vately, in regard TO the abuses Of the Gov
ernment and the existing state Of things, u
correction would speedily be obtained
But, us they will not do il, il had become
necessary to appeal to the people, 10 move
boldly, rcsoln,cly and cnergeiica.ly in this
matter.
After lauding the earlier record Of the
Republican party. and referring to the
difficulty to bc encountered in breaking
loose from pnriy ties and party nssoeia.
tions. bc spoke Of the Cincinnati Convcn.
ton. which be declared would be com.
posed Of sincere rcftrmers. aud not Of Of.
flee. holders bent on pros,i,u,ipg tho name