The Portland daily press., 1872-07-25
The Campaign i'm North Carolina.

RALEIGH, July A.--Columbus Delano deliv-
cred an address to-day in support of the ad-
ministation. He denounced the unwarranta-
BILE charges against the Republican party and
its administration of public affairs and the Goa
lition against it as one merely for public plum
der A class of adventures, soldiers of fortune
and politicians out of Office independent of all
popular authority and led by a senatorial tri-
umvirate has, he said thrust Greeley before
the people as a Presidential candidate. The
speaker recounted the work of the Republican
party, the killing of slavery, the enfranchisement
OF the negro, the suppression of Ku-klux, the
giving of guarantees for the payment of public
debt, providing of pensions for crippled and
disabled soldiers and the orphans of those who
died for the cause, the refusal to assume the
rebel debt and to pay former masters for eman-
cipated slaves all of which noble work was
accomplished under the persistent opposition OF
the Democrats.
Grants administration has settled all the
great questions raised by the war; emancipa-
ton, reconstruction, impartial suffrage, .gener-
al amnesty, and civil service reform; all have
been secured The threatening difference with
foreign nations have been settled by treaty and
new important principle of arbitration intro
duced into foreign Intercourse, while every
State is fully represented in Congress. All
parties profess to acquiesce and no considerable
faction in any State continues openly to agitate
for the overthrow of these measures or dispute
the justice and wisdom of the Republican poll
cy. .t-.. ;
The great remaining questions are CONNER
clal and economical. Here the administration
is guided by principles which command the re-
spect of candid men; has reduced taxation;
paid $780, 900, 900 of the public debt, and lessen
ed the annual interest charge upwards of So
100000. Mr.. Delano detailed the acts passed
by the Republican Congress for the reduction
OF taxation, and attributed the fact that so
much of the public debt was nevertheless ex-
tinguished to the efficient and faithful admins
tration of the revenue loans, the honest applica'
tion of the money collected which the speaker
argued ought to convince all candid men of the
danger of disorganizing or abandoning the Re-
publican party for the purpose of experiment.
ing with party composed of dissatisfied Re
publicans and clamorous Democrats
The speaker maintained that the record of
4he administration in all civil affairs of the ma
ton has been pure and high in character and
fidelity of Gen. Grant during the war.
Mr.. Delano spoke at some length in support
of the Indian policy of the Government assa
then proceeded to speak of the unreasonable
and frivolous charges against Gen. Grant ~
No public business, said the speaker, suffers
by the Presidents neglect; and the injustice of
the charge that he receives gifts, is so apparent
as to justify the epithet of meanness and auda-
city. Mr.. Delano concluded with the statement
that the Democratic party is dead. Its adop-
tion of the Cinn Platform, and of the CinciR-
natl nominee, is the announcement of its disso-
luton. The present canvass is its political re-
QUEEN. The old Democratic party having ex-
pired, the members are not compelled to swal
low the Cincinnati platform and summary NOM
nations also, but are at liberty to rearranee
their party relations and join such an organizs-
tion as in their Judgment will best promote the
public peace, prosperity and welfare.