The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-07-15

Senator Hamlin, of Maine; in his
speech at the Republican Congression-
al Convention at Bangor, on Thurs
day last, said
" Any reading and thinking man
must see that spirit Of progress ami
mates our party, disposition to open
up new channels Of commerce and to
increase the production Of the country
a disposition to aid all the genuine
projects calculated to benefit the ma
ton at large, a spirit Of liberality to
aid the government in its upward
course, a desire to have a stricter ac-
countability between government off,
GERS and departments, strong pur-
pose tor economy in every branch of
the governmental these are charac
teristics of the party to whom the goy-
eminent is intrusted, Notwithstanding
the scandals and ISLANDERS set ahoat by
a portion of the press. There has
been too much of this SANDER by in
nuendo. The man who boldly charges
me with crime, and fixes the time and
place, regard as gentleman when
compared with him who endeavors to
fix it upon me by innuendo: The fair
est flames have been blasted by this
underhanded, whispered, half con-
cealed method of abuse, when there
was not the slightest grain of truth in
the slander-when it was false as hell
itself. The so-called Indel endent"
press has nothing to do but to scandal
lize the whole people, and public men
in particular; it is the food they live
on, l do not say this because they
have accused me of stealing, God
knows how soon they WILD, but it has
become a crying evil. In this countr,,
as In all others, war has been in some
degree the cause of decentralization
but we have came out Of the greatest
war the world ever saw, and have
taught the world lesson. We have
demonstrated that republic is not
only the best but the strongest form
of government, and that ours has done
more than any other of which history
tells US to correct this decentralization.
For thirty years past l have known
the Presidents aud heads of depart
ments, many of them intimately, and
state here on my reputation, which |
hold dearer than anything else liz this
world, that there is as much integrity IN
public officials of to dag as at auy hour
since we have had a government. |
do not say that we have no corrupt
men in Office, but / do say that the
Republican administration has done
more to get rid Of them than any other
government.
Speaker Blaine, in accepting the
nomination for Congress in his dis
trict, in Maine, thus endorses the Ad-
ministration of President Grant, and
commends the good old Republican
party, by it's noble record, to the con
tinued confidence of the people:
Under all the trials and discour-
agements resulting from the financial
panic of 1873, the administration of
General Grant has carried ON the gov
eminent most successfully, and with
revenues largely diminished by the
repeal of taxes, has by rigid economy
paid ali demands upon the Treasury
and reduced tie public debt nearly
s., 600, 600 for the fiscal year just clos
ed. The Republican Congress, coop
Grating with the President in the good
work of retrenchment, has cut down
the appropriations for the next year
by the large sum of S27 900, 600, thus
responding with Jealous care to the
popular demand Tor economy Faith
full in all its great trusts, with achiev-
ments grander and nobler than were
ever wrought by any other political
organization, able and ready to reform
abuses in its own ranks and to correct
the wrongs OF others, the Republican
party appeals again with confidence to
the people of Maine"