, 1873-08-16
HARvEST-HOME.
The Farmers Reunion at Uliu-
ton, Ill.
Remarks of Gen. J. c, Black.


From Our 0,cn Correspondent
CLINTON, ill.,, aug. II, 1875
After Gov. Doyeri1go had finished hia spcccb
at tho 1Iarvcat-uoino Picnic, held horo to-day,
ox-dov. Palnor addressed tho meeting as fol-
lows:
Ex-aov rALMEn's spEEou.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN It is tho source Of
vory great pleasure to me to hive tho privilege
Of addressing an nudonco where foel cortain
that shal tread upon nobody's toos. ! l,avo
made speeches every year for thirty-ono years,
oxcopt whilo was in the army, md havo al-
ways boon fighting somebody, and somebody has
bcen fighting mo. But to-day nm happy in tho
conviction that all tho old things abont whicI,
wo havo quarroicl 30 long hayo paased away,
and ani not ablo now, by tho oxerciao
of my keenost observation to flnd single
question about which tho American people ought
to dispute. There is
NO HEcT1oNAL QUESTION
to disturb III. Wo aro in fact one people.
Our hopos, Cur doBtinios, and our duties arc tho
same.
have never seen timo which thought 80
favorable for cain impartial discussion of tho
great questions which concorn thoAmorican poo
plo. It is now noarly one hundred years sinco
tho close Of tho Revolutionary War. You rocol-
loct that during nonrly that whole period tho M
tion was disturbed by thiB or that exciting uues-
tion Aftor the reorganization OF tho Goveru-
mont, and while tho Nopublio WAS woak mud sur
rounded by hoatilo foreign nations, it cost our
fathers struggle to maintain tho national exist
onco Then came the controversies In regard to tho
powors Of tho new Government, aud up to tho
time Of the adoption Of tho Fifteenth Amend
mont
SLAVERY
WAS constant subject Of irritation, and, during
tho Inst fifty yoars, prevented tho consideration
Of almost evory other question. But 1t waB put
to rest by that amendment which secured tho
rights Of all. Then what lavo we to quarrel
about7 Nothing. I regard tho close Of tho
alavcry controversies aa being the termination
OF tho nrHt period in American history. be-
lioye It to be true That oil your past ideas of
government, all your past studies, 60 for moth
ing in this now period upon which We have en-
tered. sometimes hear my friends, in their
discussions Of tho immediate future, talk
about forming now political parties, md
tbey tell uB what this or that party has ac-
complished. But say that all your past politi-
cal learning had reforence to state of things
| which longer exists and from this timo
! Aoncoforth, American cltizens must turn their
thoughts to
| NEW STUDIES,
sinco now duties havo loyolyod uron them.
What are they7 Within O. hundred yoare tho
American people, once confined to a little Atrip
along tho Atlantic, has crossed tho AlloglanioH,
| and filled this valley with an immense popula-
| tion. It has crossed tho Rocky Mountains and
reached tho Pacific, and tho lido of emigration
has turned backward In addition to this
matorial advancement, your political and
! social condition las changed. nll tho habits Of
llfo and business ]lave boon altorod, The wants
Of government and Of people aro different and
thug demand from you, who aro responsible for
tue 1s!ure OF this country, tho application Of
new prlut'1tes in your social aud political Affairs
.HE BUSINESS HABITS
o. no Sed oGnnt n nave s. p changed Some gonto-
wore wore aa honost now ~ they' ue bo %is t no T.
| must be remembered that there ard ;. ureat ,nnny
moro temptations now to be dishonest tflis. IScro
waa in that old timo We have moro to Htoai,
and, as your property has increased in value,
| new methods Of controlling and Great
| ing property havo sprung into existence.
| There WIS u timo iii this country when Il
coon-gkin was protty good medium Of exchange.
tile contriyances Of modern civilization, and with
them thoso now methods BY which vast outor-
prizes have been accomplished. Now powers
havo grown up In the country, and you aro called
| upon TO resist their onoroachments,
But, while these now obligations hayo arisen,
you have becomo loss aud less willing to dis.
charge your political duties. You arc engaged
in making money and in making yourselves COM
Portable, w1lio you farm out the discharge Ut
| YOUR roL1TroAL DUTIES
to others. But It lies at tho foun.
dation Of all good government tla'
tho people shall watch. In you'
manage for you, but in political matters you acl
exactly as il anybody was better fitted to dis,
charge tho duties Of citizenship than you your
selves.
vate experience that wo aro most likely to neg.
lect in business aud politics those simpler dutiea
| which lie just on tho surface, and to look away
ahead at sou1o duty Which will havc to bo din
it is the habit Of almost eyory nlan to begin to
strip long time before he gotta to the riyor. The
worry first duty which wo have to per.
form, now that :; VIC aro entering upon
q npbo t9 ocos 500 a aat
honest as you are yourselves, and you will never
got people moro honest than that. Thoy arc
talking all over this country about
| DISHONEST OFFICIALS.
elected theHo Balary,;grabbers, there would have
been no salary. grab. II you bud not elected
Credit MobiIier members Of Congress, thoro
would have been no fraud Of that sort. These
arc the mon you yourselves have elected. When
YOU come to bo as careful OF the public money
aud morals az you aro Of your own individual
pockets, you will hayo donc gil YOU meet
in tho way OF reform III that direction
It ia idle for you to complain Of lnoG
Lotraying you, or Of tho unfaithfunoss
Of tho mon you elect to office, because you tool
20 pains in tho CANVASS to find out whet4er tho,
wero honeat or not. Some
was hold in the namo Of your party. Some
ward politicians oallotl It, 1t hold convention
mud wrote tho ticket, and you went right mp t
The polls and voted 1t without inquiry, an! with
neyor do That again."l hayo no patience will
these complaints Of tho people about dishonest
officials. The poople can have honost men Y Y
until thoy want thom badly enough to beloo
thon. II a CAUCUS wero to pick ont d cashier fo1
bankor. tic bapkor would say, II solSc &c.
n aYes that aG opuboaa s1 eonvontiot ao io
in Iowa Las declared that no citizen ought te
vote for unfit men because tlloy havo party
nominations, and TINT should bo tho aontlinon
Of all the conventions Of NIL political partioa
| tn ttn mkt n1nce WLilo yOu have boon Cultt