, 1872-11-04

L"eeA iuoIteJ-Uo56 ano 4AoAs es1o Ao44AoA HOA0
go to the wall.
THE ADMINISTRATION WAS Also PLEDGED
to the interests ot that wealth. against the great
mass OF the people. They knew how much at
tent1on mere money attracted. While the func-
tion OF government Tas + to take oa1e OF its
people, money took ca1o Of itself; it never
lacked friends. During the var, three thousand
millions of value had been burnt up. and now
mad to be earned by the labor OF the country. 1t
WAS mortgage upon the bones ana s1neWs OF
every son OF toil: TIE laoorers, farmers as ana
mechanics had at last to meet the claims OF cap
1tal upon the country. They bad to work it out.
All claims should % paid to the uttermost
farthlng, but LIE desired that those who held
them should keep the influence OF their wealth.
out Of politics, and not attempt to impose addi-
tlonal burdens on the people: Nothing
was more Just than that the capital
OF the country should be 80 controlled by wise
legislation as that labor should have its share OF
the common earnings. The labor Of the coun-
try was fast becoming more helpless and that
vast organ1EatlonB OF capital controlled the
country. One OF these vast railroads. by q click
VI the telegraph, could raise its freight rates
upon the Products OF the industry OF the far.
mel, ana tAus levy q lax Whlch increases the COST
OF subsistence Tor all: 1t WAS tremendous
was one Of the questions to be solved how far
ca can 1t pc controlled Tor the advantage OF al:
Ihe tedera1 and state Governments dld not
eqnal these corporanons IN power; they co9lo
not levy tax SO qMckly or collect SO promptly,
or impose one which we1gned 40 harshly upon
the people.
WHAT DID THE REPUBL1cAS PARTY PROMISE
on that polne9 What was the duty Of Repub-
Lean to-day! Slavery was abolished, and the
Dlachs 1reed. Why, republicans we're INSTRUCT
to vote Tor Grant- The men who managed the
party made It ticket. and allowed the voter to
see only Inc mead Hepub1can 1icket.' II he
SAID he thought the time had come for solving
these questions OF capital and labor, and he
would Ike to see who VAS on the ticket, he was
informed that it was none Of his business-aN
he had to do was to look at the LABEL. IF he OBJ
jected to a man on the ticket he WAS called
traitor, and sorehead. The voter asked II the
Candidate for Congress or the Legislature vas
devoted to the interests Of the 1aborer as against
was a Republican. Then, if be voted against
them because they were not, he was called
traitor.
He wanted his hearers to feel that the govern
ment vas carried On for their benefit; and not
meet these questions, while the Republican
leaders, while allowing them to think as they
pleased, forbade them liberty Of action Sub
ser1ience to party leaders WAS the first require
ment. He desired them to take hold Of these
BE for their proper settlement. He desired
that each man would calmly deliberate as to
what his duties we're as citizen realizing that
the vote given him Was part Of the power by
which this country was governed, and that he
was responsible for the manner in which be en-
ployed it. That which was chiefly to be dreaded,
was the indifference Of the people to their own
interests, and to the combinations that had taken
control Of the Government.
WHAT WAS TO BE GAINED
by further continuance of congratulations about
the war, the slavery question, or kindred issues?
The South were in ar1ns against the Govern
ment. and had been conquered. What else was
asked Of the South? The plantations had been
ravaged, and the young men killed. What other
punishments shall be inflicted upon them?
These Republican leaders said something must
be done, but they we're not clear IS to what it
was; they insisted that the people must still
dispute and strive with reference to these old
questions. He asked them what they wanted,
and they said, s' Stand by the Republican party
Why? They refused to answer, and simply in
sisted that man once with the party must act
with it forever. 4 party with no work to do Was
only little less mischievous than an army with
nothing to do. He entered the army
in May, 1861, and WAS one of the
last who went out, receiving an hon
orable discharge, given because the
Government had no further use for him, and
million men in arms were discharged because
they were not needed. According to these Re-