New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-11-01
THE INTERESTS AT STAKE.
AN ADDRESS BY Ex-Gov. SEYMOUR.

meeting, on wednesday, at CInton, Oneiua county,
n Y In substance as follows:
Pr,row-cITIzESs: In this election the sharp discus
s,ons about candidates haverturned away the public
mind from the important questions involved In us
results Compared with these the candidates are mere
incidents OF the contest 1t involves the formation OF
great Marty which hereafter TO direct the analrs OF
our country The first great work to be done Is TO lay
its foundations In this more progress has been maze
than we had right to expect The differences oil opn-
ions with regard TO the past. which exist among the
supporters OF the Liberal candidates for the Presdehy
at the outset made some confusion. But those VINO
heretofore acted with the Republican party, but WnoSe
wishes have been dsregsrded in its counsels ana VINO
have been shocked by Its policy found themselVesa
hopeless minority In its ranks They saw that the Demo
cratic marty were willing TO meet them upon Ialr
grounds with view Of saving our country from the
evils Of msgovernment. When these TWO classes cane
together they made themselves the controlling power III
towns and counties where heretofore they had been
without Weight or influence. Already in hundreds OF
towns in smerous counties, and In many states inc
revolution has been wrought out The young the acuVe
and the vigorous who have heretofore peen kePt
back are now put the front ranks and are ahna.eu
by the confidence they belong to an organization Which
must become dominant This faith does not spring alone
from the canvass, which shows their growing mum
bers but also from the fact that the condiuon
OF our country demands political change'
They know that the work must on until the necessl
ties which started il have been met. The great worA OF
laying broad, sure basis OF flture power naEIns ~
done the next thing order to gain the control OF the
States and National Legislature. . - ..u l., .bo
Presidential power will and ought 20 follow IN the
train OF these sfeps Of progress and not go before theu
The work not only been done In the right way out
mSyement bernn hardly six months since, has already
laid its foundations, broad and strong IL mas not Oily
hodiy and hopefully such power in the halls OF Con-
gress aud in the Executive Mansion as wi, VIII
check those evils and abuses which now men
ace the welfare Of our country. That we have
gained much we know. 1t now remains TO see y w., we
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complete and 6nal victory shall 10 Temporarily deayea
In order TO forecast the future IL IL only necessary ~
look into the OF this vigorous Impulse OF the pun
THE NEED OF THE LIBERAL MOVEMENT.
The power Of this organization does not merely grow
out Of the union OF those opposed to the policy Of the
Administration thus giving it numerical strength; 1t
has vitality which springs from deeper and more en-
during causes The condition Of our country makes II
necessity 1t is this which has forced men to give up
their passions and pTejudces and to unite IN aclOn IL
ia TINS which will continue TO draw 10 It's ranks great
numbers who hesitate, But VINO VIII soon see
that duty demands that they should ala IN an enTrt
which looks not alone political change, but II also
seeks the moral evils winch now anlcI our
country We do not seek 20 break down the RePnDean
party nor the Democratic party, but we do seek TO lit
them up upon higher plane OF morals and OF PATRIOTISM
in their political action III the movement M ni
began at Cincinnati and was confirmed at BALI
more was merely strategic one, II %onia De un,
worthy. 1t would not III t1s point Of view lusuy men
I'm acting together among whom there existed suen d
ference OK opinion upon many points But II Ihe inter
Of country demand saetlhee % parry PfIoe'
then is honorable and patriotic to make me setnce
No
Greeley than have But must NOT icy uy leSipial
feelings stand In the way OF his being maue useIul III
srumeut III bringing about reforms. -,
said that this movement was necessity: from
whence does It sprngf In part from causes when re
war has ever been followed by social Generalization
II breaks up the good order OF society calls lor the
exercise Of arbitrary power II makes vast hasty ana
M the yaiue OF ali forms OF property IL leads
Cn,Hs,s III ,;o . sSecuatior In mn free and repre-
sentative governments u has always peen ioand
! OIL .als ON the return of peace, who haNe De.h
subjected TO ali these dcmoralizng influences Now MS
marked by these evils rs that bloody contest rom when
country emerged about eight years sine. 10 CD'
was vastly beyond anything KNOWN in ni,elh niooi5
The fluctuations In values were enormous Ou eeieuS!,
measured by specie stadarls' rapidly ieh 70 n0 slu
OF 30 cents on the dollar, ana lheh rose 70 tss M
| conditions. These swift changes reducCu an
@ have in Peat dcgrce lost sight Of those maxims OF
prudence OF industry. and OF honor, which governed
The conduct OF OuI fatbcIs We near each Jay VI NOV
mcnts in stocks and finances, which look To personal
gain ut the cost OF tie industry ldlhterest Oh an c'sS
carried On without reUlc or censOre, when IA tuc yet
ter days OF the Republic would have consigned the oper
The prevailing evils vi the times have reached official
circles When hear OF tie crimes committed Dy Tue
tnOrtes or by Judges upon the beneh, we must oeat IN
that these Outrages could not nave Deeh
In community which Is alive 10 uuc sense OF oucls
| haze i'm Ismocratie CITY Governments, ia Republican
SITE - Iacislatircs, would never have been COM
mitted il our people were animated ny tue nIa
oable and plCc Men come yerV lar short
of sense oil their duty wno think that it IS enough
fo depounee the guilty officials who have iaen before
he teYntati0Is OF the tines aud who have not been
kent in the pathways or recuudo bY Iedltny, hisu
! toned public sentiment. leu millions could not have
bcen stolen in the work OF putting building upon
Broadway, in the City of New-IOfk one Oh tho Srehs
sII classes OF the community Nay, aud worse
| than this, as tucse wronsdoers grew ncn nom
| fraud and plumber they were received IN
eagSS e sT%si % Se TS made their
uuon them with contempt before they had become ron
i foul means II has not been the feou who has done
most TO corrupt public mOras It has been tho greed for
gold tue love Of wealth, on tie part OF leading elzens
winch has led them 10 neglect an Pablo duty wnich mas
flied the OF tho young and active Win Tue ca
mat wealth however gained brought honor ana III
N such have been the influences upon the pnbhc
oras up0n the councils Of cities and the egslaOns O
states how has t with our national capital Whert
temptaons have been ten.f0ld greater aud where OF
portunities have been a hundred times multipliedt II
we foot the national from all sources at SloOOo
year and that is less than the average during the past
! ten years aud throwing out sundays and holidays
gives 800 days for the year. ana 10 hour'
each day for the transactions OF Dusinoss
we find its daily receipts are about si3OO.0OO
more tuan Sl00OOO each hour about Sls0O minute OF
$50 second. | reduce these sums 10 lhese minute pc
RODS OF tme because tho mind cannot get clear ha
of the vast amount OF S4OOOo0,0CO These sums VIII
each record gong into the NatOhal 1IedsuI5 az az
strpined through the millions OF fingers OF tne OONO Ol
Gals aud OF at least assistants who were em0yeo
| money passes from official to official, rolling
up into vast sums when II reaches the M
your country in a lew hands. These can make or uIl
make the fortunes Of individuals Ihey can DC laie
heavily upon the industry of the country. They car
reach into workshops aud the nelds OF our ah
lifting up bearing down the prices OF products or o
labor Every thoughtful man must see that our Oicla
have for ten years past been exposed 10 temptations u
paraHeled in the history u governments Now 40 mo-
say thar these temptations nave leu the atruy pecas'
they were Republicans, but because they were mel
liable to err 1he power the wealth thus placed Wlt1l
love of power, has made greed for gold, has mad'
them blind TO the best principles OF our Government y
may be asked II other men would DC better uhuef k'
circumstances. Ianswer No, but we seek 10 change h'