Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-08-29


at times bitter manner. We have not
the space this morning to give report
of this extraordinary philippe, during
which frequent illusions were made to
THE HERALD. Something in THE HER
AID had evidently gone wrong with the
general.
SPEECH OF GEN. FITZPATRICK.
He commenced by saying that in the
progress of events, which, within the
last twelve years, we have had occasion
to learn many important lessons. Among
the most forcible is that we cannot al
ways. stand by our old theories. Our
fathers did well, but the great lesson OF
this country was not priced until the re-
beIlion came and swept away the curse
of American slavery and planted our in
situations on a firm foundation. The
thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth
amendments had accomplished this
change. He said there were now no po-
litical questions before the American
people but one. There were no differ
ences in the platforms unless we concede
fidelity to Grant in place of loyalty to
government to be the platform of the
Republican party. The efforts of the
present time was to build up a party
composed of the honest men of all par
ties This is the meaning and purport
of the new political movement. This
new party is composed of some OF the
ablest men Of the Republican party and
the entire J09y of the Democratic party.
This was not the first time a new party
had been organized, the mutations OF
politics in the history Of the government
had necessitated the formation Of sever
al new organizations. The Liberal Re
publican Democratic party occupied no
position that needed defence, and the
principlesit embraced were time-hOnored
Public opinion was an instrument OF
punishment which the Grant party
and the Dent family would find would
hurl them from power.
He reviewed the public acts of the adj
ministration, charging that nepotism
CRsarism were the characteristics of the
government; that Grant was an utter
failure as president and that his rc-elec-
ton would be fearful calamity. He
said he was now speaking of Grant the
politician, not Grant the leader of our
victorious armies. The speaker recalled
his previous }audations of Grant and said
it was inconsistent with his present po-
sition, for he then praised him as asoldicr
and he took back not one word of that
praise. but he now denounced him as
politician He was the greatest plum
dcrer since the days Of Caesar. The
partizans of Grant We're powerless to re-
flute the charges against his plumbers.
! The Grant party hope to drown the acts
of this military despOt by noisy plaudits
of his military career. The partizans
of Grant tremble at his nod and bow in
humble submission to his slightest wish.
The republican party had laid down its
manhood before Ulysses s. Grant
He said that he, Fitzpatrick, was now
denounced as a traitor and sore head by
his old associates and that Senators Chan
der. and Carpenter, and Conkling had
| declared that Schurz. Trumbull and Sum
ner (the greatest American of them ALL,
were laboring that the republican party
might die. Gen. Fitzpatrick charged
that the republican party was already
dead and that there was nothing left but
! the great skin covering. the relatives
and personal friends of the president,
that with Trumbull and others the real
party. the old spirit had gone out into
the new organization. He referred tC
the Philadelphia convention as not rep.
resenting the people: said until its fiat
had gone forth nine out of ten of all
republicans prayed for a better choice
He bitterly denounced the appearance
of the man on horseback" booted anC
spurred. the American Cesar ut the con
veutim. and urged that Gen. Grant haC
committed crimes, that should hurl hin
from power, and charged that the re
publican press of the country had beer
Subsidized by this man Grant, and tha
the appearance of this man on horse
back" from the stage OF the theater a
Philadelphia, at the convention was {
warning of peril and not an omen o.
servitude.
He charged that the president haC
ruled like a Caesar and robbed like al
Anthony. and that it was not fitting t
place the great and pure COlfaX by hi
side. He said that Wilson was chosen
to the place because he was a know
nothing and when the nominations were
completed. the republican party had 1
knOw-nothing both at the head and tai
of the ticket. He repeated the Sian
l dcrs of the campaign which have beel
refuted time and again from the plat
form and through the press, in referenc
to personal gift taking, abiding to BOri
, and Stewart as social status men createt
by Grant, and the stale old story o
Gen. Grants fathers visit to him durin
the war. in which he was alleged t
, have said. ULYSSES never was cOuntet
a smart boy" He recapitulated tn
whole list of the amounts of money paid
and that every gentleman who tendere
these gifts got an office. He made
, new charge in which there is not a Wor
of truth, that Judge Hoar of Massachu
sets gave Grant well selected librar,
for his appointment as attorney general
He read extracts from the writings o
Washington and Jefferson, relative t
the acceptancy of gifts, which he SAT-
showed how great fools they were be
cause they entertained such views, an
that it had been reserved for the moder
Caesar to learn the value of gift tax
ing.
S The speaker charged that the Philadel
. phia platform was a lie ; that it had cos
: one fourth of all the revenue to collec
it, and that one fourth of all the rev
, enue had gone to the payment of tn
= debt. He dwelt briefly upon the Balti
more convention, said the most eloquen
speech heard was by rebel from SoutI
, | Carolina, and that the whole was
triumph of peace over war, dwell upo
the loving embraces in the hall Will
7 the bands alternated yankee Doodle
with Dixie and they all sang 9Th