The New York herald., 1872-10-05
REPUBLICAN RALLY In BROOKLYN.
Great Grant Demonstration at the
Academy of Music.
Senator Roscoe COnkling On the
Questions of the Canvass.

Kings County Republican General Committee The
advocates OF Grant and Wilson and the other re-
publican nominees were urged by the leaders OF
the party in Kings county to show by their presence
again at the Academy their steadfast adherence
to the principles OF the party, and their
unanimous endorsement OF the men put up for
their sulIrages. SO they rallied at the Academy,
not alone, but with their wives and families. The
building was, therefore, densely crowded, and the
audience were entertained up to the time OF organ-
zation by Spedick's American brass band
Mr.. L. b. Chittenden was nominated as chairman
and unanimously endorsed by the audience. He
made short address, saying that this canvass, 1t
seemed to him, was one OF the most remarkable in
the history of the country-remarkable from the
unscrupul0us means resorted to by the democracy
The marriage of Mr.. Greeley with that party had
besotten coarse and scandalOus progeny and
lowered all decency OF tone in this campaign.
1t puts decency to the blush, and all history may
be searched in vain to find such weak assaults and
forgeres as have been invented against Grants
administration. After speaking for some further
length in the same strain, long list OF Vice Pres
dents and Secretaries was read.
SPEECH OF SENATOR CoNKLING.
Senator Roscoe COnking was then introdu uced,
and was received with loud and prolonged applause.
He said:-It was not easy to thank them for
sucn welcome, ana to respond TO 1t ably was tax
which might well excite the fears OF any man.
great decree was about to be entered.
Forty millions of people were about to cast lot.
For the first time every grown man who was citi-
zen was entitled to vote for President. There
was not one disranchised rebel anywhere, and no.
where in America did the sun rise upon master
and slave. Mr.. Greeley had reminded them about
the right of some TO vote at this election who were
rebels, but wherever the national right was en-
joyed every citizen enjoyed the right OF voting.
(Applause.) In Georgia the right OF the black
man to vote was contended. The black man at the
day Of election had the temerty to go to the polls,
but State rights, Greeeyism and bludgeons held
high carnival The constitution was buheted
about and trampled under foot. These black men
went to the polls in defiance OF the PRONUNCIATION
of Mr. Greeley given at Poughkeepsie and the New
ience in striking down the ballot So in West Vir-
gina Greeley aided IN the carrying out OF
ehe o II Aean in @
veins. This year, however, for the first time, no
man was excluded from the polls by reason of
color, race or caste. (Applause.) 1t would be the
first year that ushered in the right OF all to vote,
that ushered out one of the great political parties.
Applause.) For the first time in our history agreat
party admitted that it did not submit principles
or candidates Of its own. Only three years ago
other democratic member in the Legislature voted
against the ratification OF the fifteenth amend
ment, but now these men throw up the sponge and
confessed they were beaten and wrong The re-
publican party had for twelve pregnant ana por-
! tentious years managed national affairs, and now
It's lifelong opponent dared not to assall one of Its
measures. Gaileo was compelled to recant
his saying that the world revoved but NUT
leaders OF the democratic party were compelled
to recant but this was not the only marvel IN this
canvass. The republican party was found standing
now at the zenith of its success, but its mission
was yet uniulfled. 1t had settled the most
ated lour millions Of slaves and made them men.
1t was leading the country from the most
heroic to the most prosperous era n in the
short, advancing upon the path OF peace. 1t
was leading the greatest nation through the
greatest prosperity and peace. But suddenly
it encountered the foulest and most unprincipled
betrayal in political history Men whom it had
had been warmed in its bosom, suddenly turned to
sting 1t to death. What was the pretext for all
thsi The world never saw q pretender or an
apostate without pretext, mask and an outcry:
II was confucius, writing M in the dim twilight Of
those Who had q loud outcry. Those men who
masqueraded in the old uniform and fired on the
OLD nag what was their text & II was dham the same
to Joe Smith and from Joe Smith to
Brigham Young Why they Were me
Kings county he would have said that patriotism
men said that there was need OF civil service re-
form. Yes; but there was not church IN Brooklyn
civn service needed any more reform than formerly
1t was poor pretext What, then, was the reform
neededY It was that we should put down the doc doc.
raised the cry? Look at the two wings OF these re-
formers and see who they were On the right was the
They wanted reform. G.auehter) What said
Andrew Johnson, whom you elected with Abraham
and more bitter than a regular democrat, and had
o policy against the will OF the people. He set
to every s Profession he had made INV with the hope Of
gaining the gilded bauble Of the Presidency. The
political offices OF the country were welded by him
Grecian law, Mr. Conkling said, Andrew Johnson
would have lost MS head for bbns the people
Key 0ds Ring mse 1s'nfsS Rollins wofe sof H tnat
factors, and Johnson kept them in ONCE. Now
these men want to turn the world upside down,
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service reform Look at the other wing OF this re-
lortne I'M rePneeans \. ALIAS sra the
cans were unpatrotc and dishonest, but he was
going to say that he did not know political thief
that hoverea over Tammany Hail or about the
in nv nine nine hundred and and ninety.nine out Of
one thousand that they were red-mouthed
saa assas @ the efsss ses That n oJ gSFg as
loud applause, How many OF them were
there who had not kept their heads above water by
didates, and say who had so unbushingly written
that he was the advocate Of the doctrine that to the
Conking came to Grants administration, and
charged that Mr.. Greeley had as much as any other
man to do with pressing the President on the pixies
OF political favOrit.sm. Mr. C0nKling quoted from
letter from Greeley to the Commissioner Of Inter-
nal Revenue recommending the discharge OF an
assessor because he was democrat There was
civil service reform Another letter was quoted from
suggesting that in the Second district Kings county
that James II. Alaben zone Of the true members OF
our late Legislature, be appointed" in place OF
John Williams, who had become rich, but against
whom no imputation ofincompetency or dishonesty
was made. On the day when Horace Greeley OBJ
tanned Williams head the record Of John Williams
was not eclipsed by any other. But he must go
out WhyS Because Allaben had been true men,
Der Of the Legislature but was that the reason why
he should have another Office according to this
gospel of reformr II because Mr.. Allaben was
true representative and in violation Of hs word
voted for another candidate for United states Sen
ator than T.. ID. Morgan, and that made him true |
member Of the Legislature. Mr.. Conkling had |
letters recommending Joshua I. Bailey, |