The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-10-25

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hurry on to specie resumption, crowd
on toward it steadily, working in such
a way as to bring it without disaster
There is no need OF that, nor will there
be. The first act that the Republican
party passed when Grant became Presi
dent, the first act signed, was one
pledging the nation to pay the bonds
in gold or its equivalent, and as speed.
ly as possible to bring legal.tenders to
their par value. Applause.
| TAXATION.
The speaker then dealt with the tax
ing of bonds, and said that the Demo-
cratic party never attempted to tax
bonds, although there were plenty OF
them in the country. There was only
one way to issue bonds-that was TO
issue them as untaxable and then turn
round and tax them. That was what
the Democrats proposed to do, but they
gave it up.
FOREIGN RELATIONS.
The Governor then dealt with the in.
ternal revenue matter and the tariff
question, after which he came to our
foreign relations. He said:
Are we not rightly so? Ought we to be
at war? Have we submitted to any in.
dignity? ! know after Gen. Grant came
in there were some very heightened
men in the South and North who said
that Grant did not maintain the dignity
Of the country, and allowed it TO be i'm
posed upon. We have great and Just
claim against Great Britain, and if Grant
were maintaining the dignity Of the
country he would collect the Alabama
claims Now there is nobody who can
afford to be so peaceable as a man who
can fight. Now, gentlemen, | beg your
attention for short time. They charge
Gen. Grant with submitting to indigni-
ties at the hands of Great Britain, and
not maintaining the dignity and honor
Of the country. | said that no man can
so well afford 10 be peSceable and good
tempered as the man who all the world
knows can fight, and the world knows
Grant can fight. Cheers. The Senate
rejected the johnson treaty: we waited
in good time, and the Commissioners Of
Great Britain came all the way across
the water to the city of Washington to
call on us there. They made the treaty by
which we both submitted the questions
concerning the Alabama, and referred
our great claims for damages to friendly
arbitration, callingin boards from friend.
ly nations; and now we hear that over
fifteen millions are to be awarded to us
for payment Of those damages, and we
and Great Britain have set an example
to the world. Was Gen. Grant right in
this? The Democratic party cannot
make an issue with US on that. Great
Britain, proud as she is, began with an
expression of regret for her course. |
don't know that there may be the like
of it in history. | don't recollect it if
be'there. Is there anything wrong in
this? If the honor and dignity of the
country has not been upheld, let US
know it. There is no word about it in
your platform. We might have had
quarrel with Spain-we might have
picked quarrel. We consider her in
ferior to us: we might have seized
Cuba we might have expended mil
lions and have lost great many ships,
and buried a great many men; but
whenever the subjects Of Spain com.
mitted any wrong, before we sent TO
them, they sent back the next day,
We don't desire to have any dispute
with YOU Our flag is respected the
world over. Now, have substantially
gone over every point. | have referred
to the banks, the currency, the manner
of the payment of the debt, the taxa.
ton, the internal revenue, the tariff
systems, and to our foreign policy, and
on no one of these points will they make
an issue with us"
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM, ETC.
The speaker then made a mastery
review Of the government of the coun.
try, referred to the Pacific railroad en-.
terprise, instanced the liberality and
good faith Of the Republican party to-
ward foreign-born citizens. refuted the
contemplate charges of extravaganza
brought against the Administration,
dealt ably with the somewhat vexed
question OF the French arms sale, AID
logically defended the economy of the
Government in the collection Of reve.
nue.. Speaking of civil service reform,
Gov. Hawley remarked
1.-The country has notyet agreed upon
any system in that matter. 1t is not
true Congress put the responsibility
upon Gen. Grant, who promptly met it.
He has again and again in his messages
insisted, and again and again in his
private conversations argued, that a
system of some kind mil ht be adopted.
1t is more than two years since he and
| were riding together on a railroad
train, and he argued that he could have
system of some sort of competitive ex.
animation for department CLERKS and
Custom House officers, and could have
men put in the service for life or during
good behavior, to be retired in in their
old age upon half pny. why said /,
General, the people would say that would
be building UP special body of men
dangerous TO our liberties or to our
politics-establishing, as it were, kind
of aristocracy.' Yes, know they would
say so; but cannot they say the same of
the army and navy, and say true, SAID
he. There are men in the service for
life to be retired upon half pay; yet
nobody finds fault with the officers of
the army and navy for interfering with
politics. 1t is a matter of pride with
them to attend TO their own business
and not interfere with ordinary politi.
cal affairs but they reserve the right
10 vote So Gen. Grant argued for half
an hour, in all sincerity and earnestness.