, 1872-10-21
EIETH WARD.


at Washington, endeavoring to overthrow. Stat
sovereignty and destroy constitutional liberty
Their Success in November would place in jeopa1
dythe stability Of the Republic. He alluded to th
Pennsylvania election, and spoke Of the fraud
practiced there BY the Cameron Ring, asking
any honest man could believe that the people 0
that State elected Hartranft Governor by ma
jority Of 81, 1000. The people all over the coun
Try we're apathetc, c,-indif iferent to politics, thei
attention being absorbed by business; the con
sequence was, bad men had obtained control O
the Government, and were running it to sui
themselves; and would, If not hurled from
power, bind the people in fetters from which
they could not extricate themselves without dit
fcu1ty. The existing state Of things was alarm
ing, and must be changed il the people desired
to retain their liberty. The Liberal movement
had for its object Reform and Reconciliation
teman well qualified to restore harmony
and peace throughout the entire country, ane
secure Civil Service Reform, and place the
United States where they stood before the
an 9a@e e became as synaonym for corruption and
HON. B. &. CAULFELD
Vas the next speaker. He had come to endeavor
to arouse in the minds OF those present 4 Just
appreciation Of the condition il which the
!ha American people had been placed; to ts3k to
believed that the fundamental principles
Of the Government had been preserved
by the Democratic party. He believed. il the
Government was to be saVed, it was[ to be
been un5ustly excited against the party. The
liberties OF the country being endangered, and,
not being able of themselves to remedy existing
evils, they said to the Republicans, pick out one
OF your own men and We will help you to save
the nation from anarchy and destruc-
ton. The good men OF the Republican party
the men who loved their country and desired to
to preserve it intact-had left it, and we're now
trJing to transmit the same boon to their
children their fathers transmitted to them. The
great question VAS, "Shall the Government be
maintained7 Governor Morton pooh-poohedt this
the other night, asking if the people could be-
Ie7e that the Republican party desired to de-
stgoy the Government T they did not, they
we're acting in very peculiar way 11lchi9gg from
Office; centalizing power in Washington; ar
resting and imprisoning men without cause;
and giving away the public lands. Objections
vera made to Horace Greeley, but he was hon.
est, and would do what he had promised
to do, and he VAS far preferable to Grant,
who WIS surrounded by men whom everybody
knew to be dishonest. Greeley had abused the
Democratic party, and there WAS reason for it !;
Ben Butler and John Logan we're members Of it
him in return, and the accounts were balanced.
Applause.l General Grant knew nothing Of
the principles Of the Government, and no more
ct the Constitution than Ben Butler did Of the
Lords Prayer and the Fifth commandment.
Grant Tasignorant and careless about the per-
formance of his duties. He did not seemingly
read the messages sent to Congress, although it
Was supposed he wrote them He recommended
Congress- to authorize Governor Bullock to ad-
of te tss eoes enSad deaa9 eah 4o the IN os
that he might turn some Of
them ont and get control Of the money OF the
State When told that that Was 8 very strange
proceeding, Grant replied: .tWeu; I do not
Was that keeping the oath he took to send his
views to Congress2 Was that proper way Of
doing business2 It was not, and such a pro-
ceeding was dangerous to the country. Morton
had said the people OF the North should not be
alarmed about the South that the KuKlux law
was to be kept in force until out1ages ceased.
There was no truth in the reports about out
RACES; they we're gotten up By the carpet
baggers to fighten the. negroes, and induce
them to vote the Republican ticket III How was st i
Missouri, where the Liberals had
been successful2 Peace and order prevailed
The speaker had travelled in the South, and as
serted there was more crime committed in Chi
in the whole South The South YVES the strong
hold OF the Democracy, and that Was the secret
OF the Ku-Klu1 law; the people there "must be
taught that treason is q crime" Had they not
been taught that; hadn't their property been
taken away, and they been thoroughly subjuga-
ted; had not their State debts been increased 50
rot this snougha % Wy should iS tbey ~ Be- @ tramplsd
upon n and ,,{sd insn3ted by l lot Of ,s scala. ia:
hold Off Only two States in the South
Virginia and Mississippi1;;had not had . carpet
bagger for Governor, their debts had not in
creased materially, but IN every other State the
carpet -baggers held sway and millions upon
deprecated and taxes increased tenfold And
yet the Ku:Klux law must be kept up "to teach
these people what treason Is" By bnnkupting
Lhe Southern States, property in The North was
deprecated, and our bonds reduced in value;
md it those in the North had no sympathy or
love for tho Southern people, they should from
set-inte1est, be willing to permit them to assist
contribute: to the prosperity Of the
all honest patriots to rally around the nominee
Of the Liberal Republicans and Democrats and
defeat the Canerons, Buffers, Mortons. and
Conklings and other men, who were corrupting
the ballotrbo1 and using the peoples money to
retain themselves in power.