The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-10-26
GENERAL COpURN,s SPEECH

GENERAL CODURN's SPEECH.
On Thursday night last, the eloquent Men,
bsr Of Congress from the indianapolis Dis
trict, Gen. Coburn, spoke to . very good
audience at PHILIPPE Hail. His advice to Re-
publicans, We trust, will be needed: to spare
no pains or expense to get the friends of this
glorious Republican Administration out to
the polls to insure success. He warned them
against apathy-an over-confldeuce that
Grautcould Be elected without individual ex-
ertien--every Republican was expected to do
bis whole duty, vote himself ami see that bis
nsRhbor voted. An honest and fair vote Of
the people, and triumph awaited the Re
publican party, that will be unprecedented
in the history of parties. Gen. Coburu.
showed, beyond all cavil. that the Republi-
can parry had always ADVOCATED and enacted
the only safe guards to defend and protect
the bsllot-box from frauds, and the unmo-
Tested exercise Of the franchise South. bv
constitutional enactment, and laws made in
accordance Herewith, and that the same
Democratic party that brought on the rebel
linn to perpetuate slavery-sacrifced thou
sands Of lives to gain ito unhoIy purpose, aud
plunged the country into debt of over two
thousand millions Of dollars, opposed, by
their united force in Congress, with the hon.
orabls exception Of Mr.. Roosevelt of New
York, every measure adopted by the National
Legislatures; and, in this State, the same de-
structive party, BY its partisan Supreme
Court, had annulled the Registry Law, and
that party was and il opposed I'd any law
that will prevent it from pro6ting by the free
use Of fraud on the ballot-box to enable them
to obtain power and place. Mr.. Coburn's
sulogy of the Administration, in its financial
poliey-its peace policy with the Indians, and
it, arbitration policy in the settlement of
questions between Nations-its Civil Service
policy, was just and truthful, and he was
greeted throughout with heart felt applause.
We have seldom listened to more timely re-.
marks, and more powerful reasoning and
home-tnrusts, than Gen. Coburn gave in his
speech here, and the Indianapolis District
may well feel proud in having so able and
talented Representative in Congress.
How Mr.. Greeley Would Befricpd the
Workingmen-His Care for the Sol.
diers aud Sailors--An Interesting
Statement.
At a meeting Of th Q Presidents of the yari.
Gus Soldiers and Sailors Clubs of the CITY.
held at room No. /, Fifth Avenue Hotel:
Thursday evening, General Edward NJ. Cook.
Governor of Color ado, delivered an address,
and, in the course Of his remarks, made the
following interesting statement:
Horace Greeley declared, in his Cincinnati
speech, that he was the champion of the la
boring men Of the country. declare to 70
that DO 10 not, unless time and circumstances
have worked great changes in his convictions,
just after the war closed, I was sitting in the
room OF Senator Chandler, of Michigan. SEN
ator Wade, OF Ohio. and others we're also
present, when Horace Greeley's card, soon
followed by himself came up. After
soma conversation on other subjects. Mr..
Greeley addressed himself to the Senators
and said: These id enormous expendi-
lures on the part Of the Government must be
stopped at once there must be some sort of
contraction Of the currency that will reduce
the price Of labor" Mr.. Greeley said he was
building house, or something of that kind.
and was compelled to pay four dollars and
four dollars and half per day for labor. and
that 30 long as the Government continued tn
pay out large amounts Of money, and 30
long as "grsenbacks" continued so abundant.
the wages Of labor would remain exorbitant |;
something must be done to remedy this. And
what do you suppose this remedy was, as sue.
gestsd BY this champion of the laboripp man
Of the country To begin by reducing the
pay OF the soldiers and sailors, and cutting
down the pensions of the wounded, the Wild
ows and the orphans. This unselfish patriot
and philosopher proposed there to two Sena-
tors Of the United States, " lille the wounds Of
the gallant old fellows who fought through
the war were yet unhealed, that the pay Of
the soldiers and sailors should be cut down
and their pensions reduced in order that h.
might build his house cheaper. This friend
Of the laboring man insisted on calling il
the aid Of the special legislation in orde,
that the price Of labor might be reduced, 8,
that he and others like him might in the futur,
pocket dollar or two day out of the bar,
earnings of the mechanics and laboring me,
that they might have occasion to employ
This may have been An evidence of very mn
selfish desire to promote the interests of th,
laboring classes, but at that time, when b
WAS not canvassing for votes, il appeared Il
mo much more like desire to put money il
his own pocket at their expense"
Every one who chooses to live by pueilisn
or gambling, or harlotry, with nearly ever
keeper Of tipping house, is politically
observation-disclosures Greeley, Jan. z, 1868.
|
Tho full vote for the State elections ha
been received 1t the Secretary of States Of
fee at Indianapolis, and tabular statemer
appears in the daily papers. The majoritie
are IS follows:
Gov. Hendricks, Democrat, l143.
Lieut.. Gov. Sexk q, Republican, 4S0.
Secretary Of State, Curry, Republican, 49,
Auditor of State, Wildman, Republica
275. ~
Treasurer of State, Glover, Republican IS
Attorney General, Denny, Republican, 81
Supt. Public Instruction, Hopkins, Dem,
srat, 957.
1