Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-09-28
POLITICAL.
Greeley Lingers in PenBsyltania
To Help the democratic Buckalew

cumberland made speech In which he de-
nounced official corruption, pecialIy in leg
islative officers. He said officials woo used
the public money in private speculations
ought not to be supported. The country
is more in danger from legislative corrup-
tion, he believed; than from any other
soutce whatever. If we, he said, who
stand before you on the Cincinnati and
Baltimore platform have been corrupt leg
islators or corrupt politicians, if we have
enriched ourselves or our friends by selfish
legislation, do not touch us. Trust no one
who has so acted.
At Bloomsbury Mr.. Greeley again urged
the Importance Of selecting honest men to
Office, and recommended that the polls be
watched on election day in order to render
it certain that every voter favorable to the
cause deposit his vote.
At Kingston Mr.. Greeley spoke briefly.
At Scranton. Fsa-
At Scranton Mr. Greeley began his ad-
dress by referring to the question Of nation
al reconciliation, and said until that was
settled we cannot have other questions fair
ly considered. he was therefore for dis
posing oft with allthe controversy concern
ing the rebellion, or slaves or negroes, or
the equal rights of man. Mr.. Greeley then
referred to the civil service reform. He
said the Secretary of the Treasury, the Sec
retary of the Interior, the Postmaster Gen.
eral and the Attorney General were out
on the stump trying TO drag the people into
an endorsement Of their policy and conduct.
He protested that this was in direct
defiance to every reasonable conception of
civil service reform. He insisted that they
should attend 10 the business for which
they are paid, and not be traversing State
after State, and trying to twist people into
subserviency TO their policy and retention
in office. As TO subordinates, we must ex-
pect they will follow the example set by
their superiors. Mr.. Greeley demanded
that just as the people in the mighty upris-
ing in 1S40 insisted that there should be
no reelection of President, and that Office
holders should eonfine themselves to their
dulles and let the people take care Of elec-
tions. Mr.. Greeley concluded with an ex-
preston of confidence in the advancement
Of the Liberal cause, and warning to the
people not to sell their votes.
A Cheering Outlook.
At the wigwam in Scranton, Greeley
spoke as follows:
Gentlemen:-There is one idea, there is
one subject, have not yet touched upon
in my journey thus far through PennsylVa-
mia, Ohio and Indiana. have been asked
the question constantly upon all sides, what
will New York do in this contest? How
will she go? What will be her majorities?
On which side will they lean? | can say to
you, gentlemen, that In the State of New
York the Liberal Republican movement is
certainly as well developed as in any State
in which have yet been, and that is saying
a very great deal, for in the State Of Ohio
as well as in the State of Indiana, they can
not beat the Liberal and Democratic
parties without great frauds are com.
mitted. The State of New York, be-
tween the two great parties, on a fair
vote, is evenly balanced. A change of
about 10000 votes eitheriway will the
election over to one side OF the other. To
day the Democratic party of the State of
New ! Iork is united. II Will poll its full
vote. We have not less than $4,000 beyond
the shadow of doubt Of Liberal Republi-
cans. But l do not think, considering all
things-the great efforts the Government
has made with its offiee-holders, postmast-
ers, Collectors of Internal Revenue and its
other vast resources-I do not think under
the circumstances, I can safely say that We
shall have great deal over $4,000 Liberal
majority. But if the States of Pennsyl
vauia, Indiana and Ohio all will give a
majority for the Liberal candidates, New
York will give more, rather than less, than
hundred thousand majority. [Great ap-
plause.l
At PittstOn and WiIkesbarre.
In his speech at Pittston, Mr.. Greeley
said: We don't propose to pay Rebel debts,
to pension Rebel soldiers, or any of these
monstrosities which have been cast between
the truth and the public mind.
At Wilkesbarre Mr.. Greeley addressed
the crowd, saying he believed that unless
prevented by an enormous and currupt ex-
penditure ofmOney the public voice will
respond to the principles embodied in the
Cincinnati platform and ratified by the Bal
timore Convention.
At Allentown.
ALLENTOWN, PA, Sept. 27.-Mr. Gree
ley spoke here this evening as follows:
Fellow Citizens: l think the time has
fully come for scrutiny Of accounts with
the men now in power in the nation, and q
majority, if not all of the States, so that we
can see just what money has been
lost by incompetency and careless
ness, and obtain an honest report
of the condition of the finances and
expenses of the Government. There is a
steady concealment of important facts
which the people have a right to know.
Mr.. Greeley here referred to the defalca-
ton of Paymaster Hodge, and said there
was plenty Of talk about it. The pay de-
partment charged the Treasury Depart
ment, and the Treasury Department charged
it back to the pay department; but no in
vsetigatioR, mo searching exposure was made,
but the whole thing was hushed up as though
it was forgotten. We have defalcaLion al
ter defalcation, loss after loss, and we are
called upon to admire the honesty and par
;fcation of an administration which once in
dozen shines catches rougue. What We
want is not punishment for this one rogue
in dozen, but some means devised and
put in operation whereby su:h stealing
shall be impossible. What we need is not
satisfied, nothing near it. Greeley said
that the reason the safe gaurds for the pro-
lection Of the Treasury were so defective
was that the officials whose business 1t was
to watch and guard, were not attending to
their duties, but electioneering to secure
another term Of Office. am,
said Greeley, candidate be.
fore you In opposition 10 this kind of
policy. L believe that President in office
never should be re elected. (Cheers.) l be-
lieve that you will never see any genuine
civil service reform SO long as President
wields the power of 10000 officers aud his
fifty million per annum of
official patronage; so long as he
may be, necessarily must be candidate
for reelection, you can have no genuine
civil service reform. So says the Cincin-
natl platform, so says its endorse
ment by the Democratic National
Convention at Baltimore. demand
Of the people that they enact decree of
civil service reform By doing away with
that one, primary, prominent source of
abuse in the civil service, the re-eligibility
of the President TO election for second
term. Greeley closed with a plea for re-
conciliation.
Indisna-Tragic Death or n Greeley
ElectOr.
EVANSVILLE, Sept. 2T.-A special 20 the
Journal says that Gen. VIM. Har-
row was so severely injured by an accident
on the Louisville, New Albany and
Chicago Railroad this evening that be died
at $50 P. Al. in New Albany. He was the
Greeley elector for this district.
Going, Going, GONE.
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