The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-09-03

Gen. Joseph IL. Bawicy nj Fluent Hall.

any which has preceded it, was opened last
night on the part of the Republicans by splen-
did meeting at Fluent Hall, which was far too
small for the mass of people who desired to
listen to the charming oratory of one of Con-
necticut's most gifted sons-Gen. Joseph H.
hawley. Every seat was full and hundreds
went away who could not find proper accoinmo-
dations
The meeting was called to order by w. w.
| Thomas, ir. esq.,, who nominated A. A. Strout,
esq, as chairman. Mr.. Strout addressed the
meeting briefly and introduced the speaker OF
the evening. Gen. Hawley spoke for two full
| hours on the issues of the campaign, saying
substantially after a brief exordium:
This is most extraordinary contest. A year
| ago no man, not even Horace Greeley, would
have prophesied it. Our old enemy have for
| sal1en their position. We look around and see
| our former opponents by our side clothed in our
uniform. They declare that they are better
than we-more liberal; they love everybody,
| shake hands with everybody and forgive every
body except the party which keeps them out of
| power. Their logic is that we have carried out
| our measures and been grandly successful, and
now must give up to them. Gentlemen, there
| is something for man to be proud of il he
| should live hundred years, that he has been a
| part of the Republican party. The old world
| SAID that we had no power OF c0neSlOn, That
when the struggle came we should break apart;
but when the day of trouble came We proved
that the world never saw government 80 firm
and enduring as that which is founded on the
will of the people. The achievements of the
Republican party are summed up i'll the first
resolution of the Philadelphia platform. What
more could have been done than has been ac-
complished in the past twelve years? The Dem
ocrats says, why talk of the past; let us speak
of the future. If their record had been good
fhaxy ,,1I l,o ,I.I 10 oil M ba
Gratis profess a desire to talk of Give issues"
They promised to talk of the banking system
but when We approach it they avoid it. Now we
are approaching specie payment; we have re-
duced the price of gold and shall speedily come
to redemption; gradually because the business
world is opposed to sudden financial changes.
For the first time in the history of the coantry
wehave crIrrencythat is equally good in all parts
of the Union; no man looks to see where his
bank-bll is issued; he only looks to its genuine
ness it is secured by the deposit of bonds.
This system is so admirable that no party dares
to take issue with us concerning it. Another
promised issue of our opponents was the taxa
ton of the national bonds and for time they
talked plauSibly about unequal taxation. The
Supreme Court declared that their proposed
taxation of bonds was neither law nor logic.
If the doctrine of Mr.. George III. Pendleton,
that local authorities had the power to tax
these bonds, had been sustained, Democratic
States could have taxed them to the oppression
of the national credit
The Democratic party next promised an issue
on the tariff but have abandoned that Horace
Greeley said year ago that when all else failed
them that would be pre-eminent. In 1868 the
Democratic party put protective plank in their
PLATFORM in 1872 they agreed to reegate CHATS
a good sounding word) the question to the peo-
pie. The Republican party said at Philadelphia
that we must favor our own industries; and the
Democrats don't want to talk about the tariff
now. Well, what do they want to talk about?
They said at the beginning of the war that we
had no power to coerce State We said if
there was no power we would make it; any
thing but to go down with the rebellion, and
the calls for 100000, the 100000 and the 2,OOO,
600 men were promptly responded to. Then
they said we couldn't touch the black men;
but Mr.. Lincoln emancipated them. When we
talked about arming them, they cried out, but
when they found that the blacks were to take
the places of white men who wanted to go to
Canada they were reconciled. When we pro-
posed to give them equal rights with the whites
they rebelled; when we spoke of securing these
rights by amendments to the Constitution they
cried out that it was an outrage. Now they re-
fuse to discuss these questions.
Now they talk about Capitalization; and |
coming to the difference between the parties.
The Democrats say they are willing to ratify the
amendments, but oppose all enaetments for their
enforcement. This, they say, is Capitalization.
Now the enforcement law, which protects the
ballot box, and the Ku-Klux law are framed
under the provisions enforcing the amendments.
If you say they are not constitutional let us
take them to the Supreme Court and have the
question determined. Reverdy Johnson went
South to defend suits Under these laws; there
were 60 or 20 of them; six or seven of them
were called up and all pleaded guilty. Mr..
Trumbul has been here talking somewhat
loosely about Capitalization. He and Sumner,
Schurz and Triton all voted for these provisions
and no one goes to the United Stetes Court
with them. Mr.. Peters of your State, introduce
ed a resolution declaring the validity of these
amendments, and of such reasonable legislation
by Congress as may be necessary to make them
effectual, and it was passed by vote of III
yeas to IS nays. Eight Democrats voted in the
affirmative, and the negatives were all Demo-
cratic votes This was simple, plain resolu-
ton, and its result shows that the Democracy
were playing trick in the Cincinnati Conven-
ton, The Liberal Republicans in Missouri
had this in mind when they started the move
ment. 1t was an intentional fraud on the face
of it. The Democratic party stands ready to
| repeal the Ku-Klux law and all laws which
| give power to enforce the amendments.
We hear something about a Labor Party
don't how to define its position. The Republic
| can party was founded on the question of labor.
Its first act was to emancipate 4,00o,0o0 OF
blacks and give them the fruits of their labor.
The Republican party secured the Homestead
Law, which gives you all the privilege of OBJ
tanning homes on the Inoccupied domain of the
country. The South opposed it because it would
| make free States faster than slave. The Re
publican party carried through the Pacific rail-
roads in the interest of labor; but the South
opposed them for the same reason 1t wanted
| the Southern Pacific road for it had secession
| in mind. Now we have set apart lands i'll the
| South and invite immigration there.
The Democratic party used to charge us with
| Know Nothingism, but the Republican party
| was the first to recognize and defend the natu-
| rallied citizen, and declare that man once
| citizen is always citizen and was the first to
| secure from foreign powers treaties recognizing
| this principle. The Democratic party was al
| ways hostile to immigration and labor, for they
were inmical to the success OF that party. The
| Alabama question and the Cuban troubles have
| been seized on by demagogues who desire to
| bring on war. Gen. Grant is a man who can
| be allowed to act in the interest of peace with
| out being called coward or incapable of con-
| Quoting war He has been patient and concili-
atory He has known the justice of our claim
| and that Great Britain would never make war
| while the Alabama claims were unsettled She
was not in a condition to make resistance, and
| her agents expire Used sorrow for the past and
| accepted arbitration. The speaker had no doubt
that the result would be satisfactory to this
country.
| Referring to the rapid reduction of the public
debt, Gen. Hawley said it was useless to con-
| trovert facts. The condition of the debt was
! understood in Wall street. in London, Berlin,
and Frankfort, and even in our backwoods
| Mr. James Brooks of the N. Y. E1press on his
return from Europe testified to the confidence
| felt in Europe in the wealth and resources of
the United States He said 1t is useless to
| talk of reputation. Give us little time and
| we can fund all our debt at per cent.
| Up to the past four years the policy of the
| government towards the Indians has been
| "shoot them" The sympathy of old army Off
GERS is with the Indians, who have been wronged
and cheated by traders and agents Gen.
| Thomas said in his last days that the first thing
necessary was truth and honor with the In
dams" l have been among the Indians of
! Manitoba, where all is peaceful, and the leading