The New York herald., 1872-10-31
TE1 LAST REPUBLI0AH RALLY

EnthusaestAe Grant Ma1 Meeting ~
Cooper Instituss-epesehes ~ Secretary
BoutweM and Speaker Blaine.
The last OF the weehy republican campaign meet
iAgs was held last evening at Cooper Institute,
Isaac a. Bailey presiding. An immense audience
attended, every inch Of room in the larger hall
being occupied. while the platform was crowded to
its utmost capacity Tne speakers were Secretary
Boutwell, and Speaker Blaine.
Secretary BOUTWELL, having been introduced, he
proceeded to explain the financial condition OF the
country during Grants administration In speak
ing Of the national debt he said that taxation had
been reduced by $4,000 Q year, the revenue
having been increased to that amount. AS to
defalcations, out Of 5000 0oo,0 600 collected not
dollar had the Treasury lost. There had been,
OF course, some defalcations, but in nearly
every instance the money had been reimbursed.
The conduct OF the government in this respect had
been to trace the defalcators and when possible to
bring them to justice. or $2,0O0o0o Of defalca-
tlons 100000 were to be credited to nominees
of Mr.. Lincoln, 81, 700 900 to nominees OF Johnson
and less than one hundred thousand dollars to
nominees Of President Grant, The speaker then
ridicued Mr.. Greeleys notion OF the way to resume
specie payment, and In this connection SPOKE or
the great fire that occurred In Chicago which, had
the government not stepped In. would have caused
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The volume OF paper money, he said, was too
large now TO make 1t Of equal value with coin. He
was not however, prepared to reduce the volume
OF paper money, because the consequent incon.
veniences would be greater than the service gained
He wanted Improvement in the extent OF cotton
manufacture. 1t was not rgh that 400 900 laborers
should be driven from the South merely to please
few thousand men. In speaking of protection, he
said he was not much Of protectionist. The price
u fn
and would continue to go up as long as emigration
continued to increase: The speaker concluded BY
the Presidency OF the United States.
Speaker BLAINE was nextintroduced; His speech
tioD, which were the fruit Of the war. In tracing
the history of the constitution he said that the
added at the suggestion Of Mr.. JEFFERSON, and was
formerly known Us the bill OF rights Twelve years
after, when Mr. JEFFERSON was candidate for the
Presidency, that amendment was not found to
work well, and in 1902 the twelfth amendment was
adopted, and from then to the time OF Abraham
States had been made. The trainers Of the
constitution made it dialcult to change it,
ayote Of two-thirds Of the Senate and two-thirds
OF the House OF Representatives being required
fourths Of all the States Was requires for the adop
tleman to add other amendments. These were @ the
nr,,s, irMts OF the war. The thirteenth amendment
no e a p"
found also necessary to declare the former slave
freeman, and 1t was for this purpose that the four
teenth amendment was introduced, declaring that
every person born in this country, or naturaized,
was citizen OF the United States and OF the State
in which he resided, and was entitled to the pro-
lection OF the Federal government. When the war
closed IT could not have been expected that law
and order would have at once prevailed. Some
nowancs ss was was to be made for the chaos
@ % q q nss saay ena SeSa
perpetrated. An organized conspiracy held the
South, whose aim was to ruin every man who had
ESaa sSaM sss %s e yi
OF this conspiracy, and of these more than six thou
sand were murdered. Itoccurred to General Grant
that It was time to stop this, and bill known as
tae kg Klux bin was accordingly passed. There
remembefed, except the Legal Tender bin. The
rights. The fourteenth amendment destroyed
States, rights, and was meant to do So We
wanted TO have it so that If people In the South
ssS to Or to Tsn nsrs
to the localities in which the crimes
were committed. We were always willing enough
to arrange the wrongs OF strangers; 1t was time
we should come nearer home. Mr.. Blaine then
had declared his intentions here to become cti-
zen, but who on a temporary s0jOprn afterwSrd In
his own country was arrested and thrown into
prison. had to be released; also how more recently
United States but who had been himself absent 80
long from this country as even to forget his mother
tongue, was released from Spanish chains He
then went on to speak OF Mr.. Greeley's nomination
at Cincinnati and Baltimore, giving most hum0r-
GUS description Of the wirepung on these occa-
sions.
The audience was enthusiastic to the close Of the
meeting.