The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-07-30
THE CAMPAIGN IN WISCONSIN,,
Speeches OF Gov. washburn and
senator Carpenter. q

PoOplo doSeuulou IN lEOut VI tue CapltOl
and were addressed by Gov. Washburn
and Senator Carpenter. The Senator said,
when he came back TO this State he
heard good deal Of Greeleyism In dil.
ferent places in Milwaukee. He heard
they had 1t out here bad, but here he was
told there was little, but they heard there
was much In Milwaukee, where he had
discovered like the horizon and.end of the
rainbow, Itlwas hard TO get at This was
strong canvass Tor the election OF Pres
ident, on one side was the candidate of
the Republican patty, which had put
down the greatest rebellion Of history,
emancipated four millions Of slaves, estab.
lish0d an excellent financial system,
drawn 3 railroad through to the Pacific,
secured equal rights TO men OF all classes
and races, had triumphed over greater
obstacles and made clearer record than
any party ever had. He would not insult
the old party to which he belonged and
for which he felt the tenderness Of o nat
uralized citizen for his native land by
holding 1t responsible for the ticket.
On the other side, whenaanan had been
forced on 1t as candidate, who had
never belonged to the party, on pretence
that the condition of the country made it
necessary from 1861 to 1865. When the
national existence was trembling on the
balance, when rebel artillery was trained
on the Capital, there was nothing in
the state oil tho nation to make the Dem.
ocratic party give up organization. In
1854, 1t met and resolved that the war
had failed to restore the Union, and nomi.
mated strictly party ticket, however. l
am told by Gratz Brown, that tho country
was in danger so much the greater than
that Of the rebellion, that the fires Of the
war psled before it, and that in the inter.
est OF the public good, it had dissolved
and died. lie prOiessed to tell how this
party was brought to its death: In Au.
gust and September last, there was a ring
Of thieves in New York, known rs the
Tammany organization, which had such
thorough control Of the city government
Of New York, that they could do just as
they pleased and transferred the peoples
money by millions from the public Golfers,
finally the corruption was so aagrant
and foul that it came to the surface,
and the people of New York became
aroused. They held a meeting, and
raised Committee OF Seventy 10 investi-
gate the Tammany frauds. Great diff.
culties were encountered, as it was found
that the courts were utterly corrupted by
the ring. The city officers and authori.
ties were in their hands, and they were
backed by the Governor OF the. State.
They exposed most Of the guilty frauds.
They tried in vain to bring the rascals to
justice. They appealed TO the State, and
the people repudiated Tammany by an
immense majority. A new Legislature
was chosen, and majority against the
ring passed bills to secure reform and de.
liver the city from thieves. The Demo.
cratic Governor returned their bills, and
there not being strength enough TO pass
them over his veto, the city was again
delivered over to the rule Of Tammany.
After this victory the ring this spring
were again in council, and found nerve to
look around. Like the Satan of old they
exclaimed "What though the field be
lost, all is not lost" They had still
control Of the corrupt courts, the
city government and the head Of
the State. They took a new course.
They looked on the National Capital.
If single court house would yield
nine million dollars corruption fund
in q city Of one milliop, what could
not they realize from the buildings Of
great nations. Rthey could plumber $780,
00O,O0 from one city in four years, what
could they not reach If they could gain
possession Of the United States govern.
ment and have forty million people, with
all the court houses, post offices, custom
houses and the treasury Of the United
States? They began to reconstruct po.
litical scheme to extend their operations,
meantime in the Senate few Senators
with SchurZ at the head and Upton at
the tail, with Sumner, Trumbull and Fen:
ton between, formed cable and styled
themselves Liberal. Republicans, which
means pretty free from any Republican.
ism, and with few discontented who
had failed to get Office or keep it long,
wanted to combine Tor Liberal Repub-
lican ticket. Tammany saw this small
clique could accomplish little for them
selves, but could be made the nucleus Of
an organization for their purposes.
Then came the Convention at
Cincinnati. BIr. Fenton went there as
the agent Of Tammany and the New York
ring, and took possession Off. Tsmmany
set up the whole job and made the nomi'
nations The lamentations Of Schurz after
the job was fixed were more mourniul
than those oi Jeremiah, and when a few
weeks after he tttended the caucus at
New York and it was sought TO stiae him
up so he could stand it, he said no man
had as much reason to regret Greeley'E
nomination as he had He was surround.
ed by bad men. He expected no reform
at his hands, Mr.. Carpenter then de
manded when and where. Grant had beer
guilty Of what was called personal govern
ment. Andy johnson has shown what
that was when he turned against his par
ty and denounced Congress as a revolu-
tlonary body hanging on the verge o.
government, and attemptedto carry oul
his policy in defiance OF law. No such
charges could be made against President
Grant. Mr.. Carpenter then very effect
ually replied TO the charges that the Presi
dent had surrounded himself with a mill.
tary ring which made access to him
difficult, which should arouse alarm
among a people justly sensitive as
to the military entertainments, some
good Republicans regretted that there
was so little style and ceremony about the
White House, and would like more fusi
and feathers better than simply the far.
mer.like style in which the President
lived. Instead of batteries Of artillery and
marching files and sentinels and bayonets
which form the hue and cry around 1t
might be supposed were stationed there
10 keep Schurz and Sumner out there
was good Irish Republican at the outel
door, who gave visitors directions wha
course TO take, then small boy will ad
NIT you through another door, and within
quiet gentleman would be found seated
at table, who preets visitors Of all