New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-10-09

within party lines. . !,
They need not be told that parties often proved
the public Their dissensions Fastening into
oblivion every continent OF patriotism Wl1n 40 now
nguishable difference OF principle, they are even low
sunmonlng their retainers 70 strife Tor notnR
personal ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO result IN nothing Du' ~
disorder. From the servants, try ASPIRE 20 W ~,
masters OF the people. Their aspirations are Dof h
ted OF Federal patronage. The danger 10 puDne lpeIy
from this scarce WILL Ii is be feared. disappear ony
with their deeat-an event attended with little dl'
Guilty whenever the limitation OF the Presidents Once
10 single term will have reduced party patronage
within the same bound. Their sustaining prlncl-
pie withdrawn, there will be hope Tor thelr
more frequens change In the future. Az the
present their nadequacy 10 pressing eXlgcncles ana
their mischievous agency are equally confessed Even
the venaliiy OF thelr decay Is not more edlaous .
the with which they exhausung the energies
OF the country. Corporations IN the interest OF ceI
lzed capital have been enaoied Ny parry ~
seize ard mercllessy hold the hands OF labor IN te ge
vast mOnOp0ies. Competition, whch niuses tne ne
ana adjusts the equlp0se OF tle enIrc s.ruoVIS Vi
trade has been very nearly paralyZed; ahd the Duus
tries which create national wealth gradually SINKING
with the exclusive power of distr bnting the national
products. question OF more formidable proportons
never engaged the attention OF a people Every
value whether the produce OF the field. the
forest, or the shop beng Largely con2oseu o,
the labor OF transportation, IL Dehloves 'niI
mOnopOly-favOring law snall empower 'he
carrier 10 deprive the producer Whether farmer Oh
mechanic OF te fr return Tor ms iaDOr' ny
from him, FOR freighting his commodities 10 market,
sum equal TO the total which the consuner can pay
The laws of trade, when discharged OF IhOhopog. VII
provide that the price to the consumer sh DC sOySueu
DY the combined values OF the labor OF the producer
aud carrer in obedience to their respective interests
But while populations widely separated are lnONinB
the farmer tine ths
brakeman pursuing each his peculiar redress ther os
tlucYc complaints plainly proceed ir0m tho VloihOh
Of the fundamental principle that all business osPenus
upon the uurestraned freedom OF competltOn 10 pre-
this freedom clearly Is one OF the nrSt duties Oh
OF cognate interest the attainment line OF inte
rOr commercial transportation at once the cheapest
ana most expedtQus' Ine rival forces oa 9atte anu
monopoly are bidding sharply Tor tue carrying trade Vi
the West. Tho unequaled geographical advantages or
New-fOrk long secured 10 her Cne supreWacy but Tue
narrOW-mnded practitioners OF sOrdid party politics
closed the gaze opened vide oy tne gehlus Vl nc VIZ
and the of NewYork the gorged reservoirs
OF State prosperity aud wealth, are occupied now by
corrupt hirelings with their dirty scramble for the
puuuer Of office. II not irrepressble indignation, at
s ea 0G m Of their t oa attn ANN be
prepared either they or others, OF dimensions ample
the largest freight, and convenient Tor It's cheapest
aud mOstleX pedItiOus transit
IL is impossible gentlemen to regard without concern
the monetary condition Of the country Tue disorders
OF The cUrreucy-currency but measuring yalues-dre
feraule from the precipitation OF financial disaster at
period when every material value was prOsperously
sustained The failure 0f the banks rs nse9 agents 70
discharge their full obligations TO the public was the
natural sequence IL Is unquestonaOly true that Tue
financial CONFUSION Is traeeaOle TO the multiarlous
railroad projects by which the currency supply was m-
properly absorbed. The refusal OF the Administration
TO crafty the railroad spectators with fresh issues OF
legal tender notes. though IN the strict line OF lS auty
mitigate its in having previously Inflated
the currency with an issue OF SIX millions indirectly lor
their RELIEF. This the opening act In ther career
Of financial prOtgacy, since eliminated In their rum
For Government thus TO Interfere, at the claor OF te
the borrower, 10 HOuCnSlIo
ny disturbing the equities Oh every EXISTING cOnIact
and derdngng every existing value IN the country
Until the question OF currency shall pc directed by the
same laws which govern questions relating 10 al
other commodities, corrupt SPECTATORS Will continue
periodically their raids upon a. deIenseless ana panic
stricken market.
A people whose rulers riot unrebuked in the az
uence OF plumber are VIGOROUSLY unworthy OF Deneu-
government Let then make record mere OF our
adherence Of all the tribe Of Credit Moblllers,
Increased Salaries ana Back Pay Grabs and denounce
present eXecraton aud their impenltent perpe-
traitors TO the avenginB future Relying on inc lntel-
shapes their aalrs To the standard OF lmpersnaDle
truth may expect that constant purpose ana uure
uniting effort Will ultimately attain TO the discontinue OF
their enemies and the OF their true repre-
scutatlyes the pubic rule. linen, pledglng our e1et
tons tins end let invite feow-ctzens 10 union
and cooperation on the platform Oh Just anu inpaIta
laws OF pure aud economical
by capable, faithful, and true men.
At the conclusion OF Gen. Cochrane's address Charles
Hughes Of Washington nominated for President OF the
Convention Col F. A. Conkling Of NewYork, whom lie
eulogized very highly concluding by alludng 10 him
ga statesman, soldier, and refOrmer." The nomlna
ton was received with hearty applause and carried
unanimously Charles Hughes and Moore Wolfe OF New
York were appointed to conduct Col Conklng TO the
chair lie was received with another round ot applause
and addressed the Convention as follows:
ADDRESS oP COL. CoNKLING.
GENTLEMEN: Representing as You do the original Re-
publican party and participating you did In early
struggles when such Horace Greeley, James 5.
Wadsworth John A. King, Henry Il. Selden, Robert
Campbell, and William Curtis Noyes were its standard
bearers L esteem 1t no ordinary compliment to be
chosen to preside your deliberations. The
Republican party came into existence at the back
or caprice Of any set Of men. 1t was inspired by
great vital principle The conviction had been burned
deep into the minds and hearts OF Thoughtful all
over the free States that the country though spanning
400 of latitude and 1909 Of longitude not large
enough for Freedom and Slavery to coexist
within its borders. These men gathered In theiI
churches and public halls, in the groves and
the broad prurles, declaring their independence
Of old party associations, that they all, wings and
Democrats alike, might cooperate in resisting the
gressons OF the slave power. "They who think alike
should act together" proclaimed the Republican state
Convention Of New York in 1885, The who adopted
Stewards gospel Of a higher law and they who had, in
1919 al Buffalo, Numbered forth the declaration that
" Congress can no make slave than make
king" united as a single political organization made
the Jeersonian RESOLUTIONS Of 1898 part OF their plat
form and from that day forth fought as ono man TO
redeem tho country from Capitalization and wrongly
exercised Federal authority Then Chase and Hale
Sumner and Giddings, Trumbu and schWz were
spokesmen OF the Republican party but the present
leaders and ocehoders OF the Grant party were not
with MS We believed that right, and
we contested the ground inch by inch. In
1856 we took the field and all but placed our
candidate In the Presidential chair. State after
state Wheeeu INTO our rdhhS' ocpa'oi "4'0' 7OH''"i
was dismissed from his seat In Washington to give place
TO men Of fhe new party. Banks and Pennington were
made Speakers of the House OF Representatives - at
test the Republican supremacy Kansas was Delivered
from the rule and contamination OF slavery Finally
In 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected President Ihen
came the fearful struggle for national existence WIN
seward aud Chase aud stanton Ia the CaDnet, WIN
Sumner and Trumbuil IN the senate, and million
brave soldiers in the field, the integrity or the republic
was maintained.
s,lch WAS the glorious record which people and
our party had made. The words OF Abraham Lincoln
una he
as well as by ballots that Government of the people
by the people and for the people, shall not perish from
the earth"
Unhappiiy in the progress OF that mghtyssruggle In
arms was laid the foundation OF other and frreaching
troubles for the country when tue war began horde
NJ nm scrupulOus and desperate from the NewEn-
ai.nd G,atas from this State. PennSyIyani