The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-11-13

sympathlzes with them more than l do.
But let me ask of you il the government
is responsible for that condition of things.
If any party in the country is responsible
for the want of employment, for the stop
page of mills, for the laborer's cry tor
bread, for his wife and little ones, what
party is it2 [Cries, "The Republican
party. 1t is not the Democratic party
for we have had no power in the land for
the last twenty years What could such
man as | do for the laboring men2
When entered the Senate there
we're but ten Democrats in it, against six
ty Republicans. But, during all this
time,-during the four years of war, and
the nine years of peace that have elapsed
since the war closed-the Republican
party has had triumphant majority in
both branches of the Government of the
United States. 1t has had absolute con-
troll over the currency and finances of
the country. 1t has exercised that con-
rol. 1t has legislated out of existence
all the old banks, and set up its own in
stitutions in their places. The RepubG-
cans have claimed to be the wisest and
best fnanciers the world ever saw, and,
therefore, say that if these evils and
sufferings of the people are to be laid at
the feet of any political party, they must
be laid at the feet of the Radical leaders
Of the nation. [Cheers] But, my
friends, while it no doubt is true that this
condition of the country has influenced
the vote of many men directly. yet l be-
lieve its indirect effect has been greater
than its direct effect, in this way. While
everything was going on IN apparent
prosperity; when the wheels of industry
were all in motion, and every man was
getting good wages and everything look
ed bright and cheerful, and although
there was volcano liable to eruption at
any moment, and although an earthquake
was liable to open under their feet, still
the people did not see it. They thought
all was going well, and they gave to the
Administration and to our Radical rulers
the credit of the prosperity of the cOun-
try and in doing that they overlooked
the violation of the Constitution and of
liberty; the violation of the habits and
feelings and instincts of the people, and
the assumptions of power and the mis-
conduct of the Radical party and the
Radical rulers They shut their eyes to
them. They did not like to see the Con-
stitution violated. They did not like to
see the civil power overturned. They did
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eleven States of the Union. But they
shut their eyes and said, Time will re-
dress this, The country is prosperous.
We will say nothing about these things,
and redress them in the future" But
when the country ceased to be prosper
GUS, when the reality of suffering ana in
debtedness was brought home to every
mans door, then these men who closed
their eyes to the violation of the Consti-
tuition, and of every right of the Aneri-
can people; then these men, who had
closed their eyes to the persecution of
one-tmrd of the United States, opened
their eyes and gave vent to their feelings,
aud the result has been, my friends, what
so often called tidal wave. Why is it
a tidal wave2 Let no man think it is an
ordinary earthquake. Let ne man think
its effects will soon pass away. No. my
friends, the foundations of the splendid
victories achieved this year were laid last
year. The foundation of the victory OBJ
tanned this year in Ohio was laid by the
thorough victory obtained in the hour of
supreme need last year. L'Three cheers
for Ohio.'l And the wave has only &C
CURED strength in 1874 But, my
friends, is it not high tide cheers3 mot
by a good deal; it is only rise of about
six feet. That, think, is about spring
tide. In Washington, in 1876, it will be
Bay of Fundy high tide of sixty feet
cheers my friends; and then will this
miserable administration, under which
these people have been prosecuted so
long, / believe and l trust, God may
grant, be swept away forever"