The New York herald., 1874-12-05


as RUE, they composed the conservative element
oa tne country; and were also thinking men, tney
gave Dut little attention 10 politics. Wnen they
went to store 10 purchase necessary supplies
ana found that tney were compelled to pay ex-
trayagant prices, they referred the evil 10 the de-
4 preciation oi lhe currency. but aie events the
mammoth frauds tnal had been out 100 surely
traced directly 10 the republican lariy han al.
/ rested their attention. inera had aiways oeen
more or less OF extravagance IN the expenditure
were anderiasea Though s .neds pioSgasHs pariIes
lntrus'ed with pubnc funds We're ex.
care that they would exercise in the conduct Of
| their own personal affairs. practically such
OF gipannc peculation until the advent OF the re.
| publican party 10 power. There had been Isolated
cases previous TO the war. but the perpetrators
| had generally met with me most exemplary pun.
isnment and always received the execratons o all
good cltlzsns. @ Tne corruption In the party COM
TYRANNIcAL AND UNJUST TREATMENT OF THE
SOUTH,
had precipitated the defeat OF November 9. IL
was thorough uprising OF the conservative and
respectable citizens OF the country irrespective Of
llcan party was dead. Tney may attempt to an.
neipate the policy OF the democrats IN
ns as has 6sen
rate measures OF reform. bur this would
avail them but little. Acts which might have
been received as boons year ayo by an Op.
| pressed and down-'rodden people viii be looked
/ uuon as forced concessions from oeeated and
ulaiing themselves upon their disenrnra meni,
mll regaro WITH scorn the nnwnlln9 meIiums
Just debts OF the government should be PAID
There should be
and not protective or a prohibitory tariff This
! country was not in It's lnancy. Manufactures
have been encouras ed at the expense OF the agr-
cnlturaI interest until the latter has Almost been
brought to tue verge Of bankruptcy. Let tuem
STAND on thelr own merits. The uecessarles of lie
should oe exempt IRON duty. The luxuries ~ould
| be taxed 10 meet the expenses o. government.
The Governor SAID he nad not given the finances
that careful consideration which would enable
wHs spposea iana1en 0pD'Sn sae
currency iflt were possible the privileges Of the
national banks should be restricted by legislation,
so tuat zee banking as It existed before the war,
could oe renewed. AS 1t was now there was
practical p onbttion upon all State banking asso-
cations. The fact tnat nauonal banks were aple
to quadruple the legal rates OF interest upon
their capital STOCK with scarcely any oil the risks
| when usually attend business transactions. was
some remedy Tor sucn an anomalous state of
aIiairs. he said the Improvements at WASH
ington had oeen inaugnra,ed TO certain extent
| rather lnclned TO the opinion tnat the honor OF
the government was pledged Tor the money ex-
| pended. There shOald De rigid scru Iny oi all
claims presented ior payments but where there
had not been fraud lr would devove upon Con.
gress to vote the necessary supplies in conjunc-
tion with an equitable taxation or the property IN
the Distrlc speaking oi the assertion made ~
Times that ne had said he would move Tor re-
peal OF the
FOURTEENTH AND FIFTEENTH AMENDMENTS
to the constitution and the laws passed In pursu-
ance thereof. the Governor denounced 1t as an in
enaeu he Saa no even ad Ine res sS s
| thought tnat the nrst work OF the democratic
party In the Fortylourth Congress should be to
guarantee TO the colored people all the rights
| ceded to them during the last Jew years. He
would be the last man to desire the restoration Of
slavery, and he believed the whole South was q
| unit upon this point. The negroes were already
beginning to learn that TO vote ior the republican
| party was not the only use to maze OF + eedum.
| As soon as the great body OF former slaves begin
to learn tue value ol the franchise they Will recog-
nlze that their late masters their best friends.
|
modify The dlsiranchislng clause OF tue fourteenth
amendment, hut the Forty-fourth Congress viii
probably confne its action 10 measures absoiul civ
! necessary to the well-beng Of the country He did
mol aS ne M RHs as o S 1Ss Ta
had already slgntned his intention OF vetoing 1t.
Ex-Governor Swami on the Political
| Revolution-It IL Not Ended-Hard
BALTIMORE, Nov. 10, 1874.
| Your correspondent next visited Ex-Governor
Swami, the recently elected member Of the Forty.
| fourth Congress from the Fourth Congressional
district OF Maryland, and the present incumbent.
The Governor said he had very fully expressed his
views in the daily press Of the city. The country
had reached crisis, brought apout by q
reckless maladministration OF the AFFAIRS Of
government, that rendered q change absolutely
necessary. The condition VI affars required
reform, and It was generally understood
| among the conservative masses that unless reform
| measures were speedily inaugurated the business
OF the country, already depressed from che effects
OF bad legislation or no legislation would be at
| tended with disastrous consequences. The coun-
| try had Tor long time been going rom bad to
worse, II such thing were possible, and that
there must be change ana that
such an event could only be brought
about by cooperation among those who held in
their hands the real, substantia and material in.
| Al a.
men united In the patriotic endeavor to purge the
nation OF the corruptions which had been suffered
| to take possession Of all the departments OF the
pubic Sc vice. He was not prepared, though, TO
see tnis welcome change come as 1t did. IL was a
| REMARKABLE POLITICAL REVOLUTION,
not equaled BY any simiar M event IN the history Of
table to any one particular ault OF the present
| government, nor was IL because or the tarltr
distinctive. It was general DISSATISFACTION with
| the entire government The people were ripe for
change and were delermiaea to nave It Tnsy
their business pursuits and deceived by
their puohc servants, and they mad deter
administration OF AFFAIRS in the hands Of honest,
capable and conserve tive men. They had grown
spent nearly all his time In pleasure-seekng, &C
the same time neglecting hign ana important
dunes; tired OF the caan ana glamour OF bayonets
In the South enforcing upon the people OF that sec
ton the very worst form o. military despo ism
American citlZenship--a lee and unobstructed
ballot box. Inc revolution Is
NOT ENDED YET.
The people will not have completed the glorious
work begun on the Sd OF November until they have
driven out every radical now holding ofhce and
wiped out every vesrlge OF radical rule. Wnen
the next Congress assemblies, with its democratic
House, 1t Will become their first duty TO cut on all
extravagances and to bring back the govern
ment TO system oil economy IN all Its
operations to correct abuses by well-cOnsdered
legis alton, cut on all unnecessary expenditures
ard appropriations, and Drlng return 10 specie
pa, ment al me earliest moment. The radical
party NAV mass itseli Tor hna struggle In me
next Presidential campaign and may hasten, when
the Fort,-third Cong ess meets, to anticipate The
reform legislation already cut out by the demo-
Gratis, out tnl< " Ill avail them nothing. The voice
OF the people is unmlstakaDle. Their doom Is
sealed. The Governor. speaking oil the financial
question, said he had always been
HARD MONEY MAN.
! The SUBJ ect OF finance was an exceedingly deli
| cate question, q matter which should not be
handled oy inexperienced men. Tne widest and