The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-12-01

in which money shall be king, and its
strongholds shall be mighty corporations.
1t makes no difference whether it is the re-
publican or democratic party that INDUCES
in such conduct, sooner or later the people
will come TO that party which will give
them relief against such centralizing, dan
gerous and corrupting policy. The republic
can party has created numerous and pow
erful corporations, given them millions OF
acres of the public domain, and other mil
lions in none subsidies, ana still others in
the endorsement by the government of
corporate bonds, and conferred upon them
the most munihcient franchises and dan
gerous powers, and from all these have re-
suited to the people heavy burdens, in
monopoly and gross and shameless corrup-
tion In the management of the corpora
tions and in their connection with
the government. / ask you il YOU
suppose that, il the glorious old
national democratic party has INDUCED in
such reckless, extravaganza, dishonest and
revolutionary legislation, 80 or 40 years
ago, we would not then nave had, as we
have under this republican policy, Credit
Mobilier, and otter like combinations to
corrupt men, thieves and robbers to plum
der the people and the treasury? [Applause.l
Let me tell you that these organizations in
these recent times are the necessary and
DlOos kACd VI IdOACaI PO4ACNg aDO
that they will always as certainly arise out
of such policy as death Will some day
come to each of us. They come be-
cause the laws invite them, prepare the way
for them, offer them inducements, tempta-
tons and support. When you thus en-.
act laws TO enrich a few, to rob the great
body of the people, so make men wealthy
by the mere turn Of the hand, or the cast OF
a die, you ought not to complain that Credit
Mobilier combinations and ~plunderers come,
or consider it strange that the people suffer,
These corrupt organizations invaded the
very temple of the government, and in
vOlved in their meshes men high in au-
thority, who were shaping the policy, and
directing the conduct, and giving tone to
the sentiments of the country; aud when
exposure came the people were startled, but
they should not have been-they should,
rather, have expected them, for such legisla-
ion and conduct can only bear evil fruits
Sucn schemes never come of mere chance.
Do you appreciate the extent to which con-
gressional Hobbies exist in our country? /
fear you do not. They are begotten of the
same wicked policy. Their influence and
powers are 50 great, artful and seductive
that
H PEOPLE ARE EVE SAFE
while lobbies are allowed to exist, and are
Systematically fostered and fattened by The
public policy and avs of the country.
There are Hobbies now that infest every APP
proach to the balls Of Congress, and have
lone so for twelve or fourteen years, and
corrupt the very fountains of legislation.
There is a tariff lobby, a railroad lobby, a
steamship company lobby, a subsidy lobby,
and God only knows how many others there
are. Their agents are numerous, unscrupu-
lous, cunning, and well supplied with
money for wicked uses. Sometimes
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beautiful, but scarcely entitled to b. called
ladies. All these combinations are the en-
emies of the people. They are born of bad
la VS. and selfish policy, and of usurpation,
and the remedy against them must be sought
in the total abandonment and condemna-
ton of all such policy, and the bringing of
federal legislation back to the range of strict
construction, the enactment only of plain
general necessary laws for the collection
of needful revenue the protection of the peo-
pile in their civil rights, political privi-
leges, and pursuit OF happiness, under equal
and impartial laws, without intermeddiing
by the government in the conduct of bust
ness. Then the lobby will disappear, or die,
or 90 to honest labor. or turn its batteries of
against other and more vulner-
able branches Of the public service. A
powerful lobby can not coexist with hon.
est and pure government and the safety
of the people. In conclusion, let me
say llldt Il nOl III IhN ulSIlfkutSutU
friend has said. and 1 must state, in
justice to my own feelings, that 1 profoundly
regret he is not to be a member of the Forty
fourth Congress. tApplause.l Above all
men whom the wheel OF fortune has retired
from the public service thisy year, one of the
most available, and one whom the country
could less easily dispense with, is James b.
Beck, of Kentucky. [Applause.l Indorsing
everything he has said, 1 now sppeal to you
to bear constantly in mind that although
these victories have been very great, are
very comprehensive. extend to the re-
hottest parts of our country, and
bring so much of hope and gladness
TO the hearts of all the people, yet they settle
nothing, but only bring us grand opportu-
mites for the future, not alone for our party
(which is really a matter of little conse-
quence) but for our country. The results
of the recent victories are to be determined
in the future by the conduct of the men who
rave bren placed in power. i appeal, there
fore, to them, whether they be representa-
tives, or governors of states, or men filling
very subordinate places, TO rally, in all their
manhood, in all their patriotism, in all their
intelligence, and so to demean themselves as
to see to 1t that they not only commend
themselves personally to the people, but
that they show themselves to be the repre-
sentatives of the great acknowledgements
tive party of the country that has elected
them and which is to be before the people
for future Endorsement. The people want
the results of right conduct; they want the
results of patriotic. intelligent and compe-
tent action on the part OF their servants,
and then our future triumph will become
complete. Continued a~pplause.l
THE ACE OF SPADES.