Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-08-28
Nr. Trumbull at Granite Hall.

Hon. Lyman Trumbull of Illinois addressed
democratic meeting at Granite Hall, in this
city, last evening The lower floor of the
house was well filed, but the audience in the
galleries was very thin. We noticed on the
floor good many republicans who gave the
most respectful attention to the statements of
the speaker. A small delegation came from
Gardiner, in the evening train, with the Gar
diner band. There were several in attend
ance from Winthrop. Mr.. Trumbnll was
quite hoarse and was very heavy in his de-
livery. He has good deal of affected can
dor, and speaks calmly without the1iighty ex-
hibitions of Tilton or the rattle brain vehe-
mence of Fitzpatrick.
He said the great work of the republican
party had been finished; he had been in
strumental in bringing that ork to a close,
and had not been hasty himself in leaving the
party. The organization is now used for
partizan and selfish purposes. He stood, in
the new organization, on the same platform
he had always occupied. The republican
party had taken too much credit to itself and
Gen. Grant in putting down the rebellion.
Democrats and republicans worked together
it. The republicans have not administered
the government for the benefit of the whole
country, but for the purpose of perpetuating
the party. He charged that members of the
Cabinet were now neglecting their duty to
engage in electioneering; that some of the
Cabinet were bad men, but not all. None of
them are permitted to favor the election of
any one but Grant. So far has the govern
ment gone, that it is used to cover up abuses.
He paid his respects to what he termed the
''carpet-bag government of the South" said
that the South had been robbed by the pres
ent administration and denied their just
rights. He declared for universal amnesty,
and the cutting down OF the number of use
less officers. He declared the principal rea-
son of his leaving the republican party was
its corruption. The management of the rev.
enue is bad; no reform can come with the
present party in power. The country is
prosperous, but that is on account of the in
dustry of the people. The debt is being paid
but the people are paying it. He recounted
alleged acts of the collector of New Orleans,
alluded to alleged New York custom house
frauds, payment of the Secor claim and the
theft of clerk in the Paymaster Generals
office to prove the unftness of the present
officials to control the government.
Speaking to republicans he said, you and
anu horace OTeeley nave dcteu together lot
these twenty years. The Tribune has done
more to put down the rebellion than any
other power, He said that President Lincoln
wrote to Minister Adams in England, that
the government had no power to coerce any
State. Congress in 1861 passed resolution
| that the war was not CARRIED to interfere with
slavery and it received Schuyler Colfax's
vote, but not his. The tribunal of war had
settled that question. Now the rebels have
united with those who formerly opposed them
in support of the constitutional amendments.
BY voting for Horace Greeley, we will gain
reform in the civil service, making it a bust
ness concern, not an asylum for broken down
politicians. We can gain all we fought for,
and close up the bloody chasm, and have
peace and reconciliation. No man in this
land can do more to bring this about than
Horace Greeley.
In the course of his remarks the speaker
fully approved of the financial policy of Hor-