New-York tribune., 1874-10-31
THE BROOKLYN CANVASS.
Continued from First Page.

every f0ul 1mputatlOn. cOurso
takes effect chiefly on the party In power For fourteen
years the Republican party has held power save during
o
What has been accomplished during these memorable
told that wo must not that party can't live
its past
The Hetc- York Herald said that ~ Samuel J. Tlden
had commanded Rebel battery at Fort Sumter, II
wouid not have cost Inn hundred votes. and they
Democratc votes. 1t is, however little handy
times when you want to know what tns7 or nnmber
what they have done already. However, 1 am not now
dealing with the achievements In peace diplomacy.
p al the Sesc aat ony my
ton and the "Outs but the partisan. the impa-
sae been az h psg %
Of this petng fails the President aud Congress- and
ts excess n to be It's cure and ths the pJnt
safety and reaction s reached the better [Applause
Mr.. LincOu's time. lApplause.l On, yes friends,
tle muImur Of his name meets with response now.
tnat even the city, the Christian City Of Brooklyn,
M %htn as e bowed S & by he weight Is % S nations ascn
than public malefactOr. say this habit was bad in
WnsD Mr. died Of his
to fall invoiuntarIIy into dismal monotone Of
being personally these Tines Of snera cor
rupton TINS has gone on till thousands OF men aud
are puzzled and dsspondenI and half doubtful
duties Of citizenship. tAppause Speaking not as
and OF my eoantry@en and country women, enter ny
%ss Da protest against this
will Compare iavorably with '' those Who went vent
before tnem. entered Congress 10 years ago. From
then till my opportunity seeing both before and
behind The scene0 has been improved with diligence.
the Exec Depar ments both wings Of
Capitol. and IN the Supreme Court Iu 1859 large pro-
Ses went sabuay srmeg Mn deaay %eapon
Drinking TO excess was surprisingly common. Large
nunbers In boh houses were often long before even
unnt To do business. Liquor was Kept, far
know, in every Commlttcer room Ia the Capitol
bling and other designations were very common
among public and vice and deDauchery were topics
Of loud aud uncean jest. yenal lobbying too pal
pabe and prevalent be overlooked. and all sides
lax practices prevailed which now would scarcely DO
credited All thus is changed for tho better greatly
the better. all respects. [Applause.l Liquor IL not
tolerated the Capitol Formerly every Cabinet officer
and many others rods iu a public carriage as a matter
OF course; Cabinet olcer who merely allows the
old custom nds himself trumpeted through the
plalsel when President rode win six and with
out riuers When he wished TO use horses he ordered
them from the War Department at the public expense
aud the ut-riders also.
The things which formerly passed without obiec
try would not be big enough to hold the noise. The
Salary aud Back Pay BILL bad as 1t was, and voted for
yHa San Of RDpabcsn.-pa Pn there if you please
not than like bill passed In 1866 only eight
feature OF the bill of last year. the act OF passing
it II some respects worse, because lt stood
uy itself and could be defeated without defeat,
the State who gave the casting vote III 1866 VINO turned
out years ago as snortlng csntin. rel1rmer VINO
natl ticket. and "anythn to beat Grant lIaugnteIl
was afterwards If all this defamation tended only to
the overthrow Of individuals, even Of parties the
narm would less than 1t Is But IT Is crime against
civilization and free nstitutions-iti Is against tho
cause Of sefgovernment. This Republic Of ours Is
the only considerable experiment. extant on the
globe OF q government "G1 the people, Ior Tue
people, and by the people" Its theatre Is
continent blessed with abundant ana matchess natural
advantages It's poity and Its institutions are the work
ltes-nen profoundly ver5ed III government-tnd they
themselves to deyisng system superior TO
any mankind had known. 1t has endured hundred
years in the WORLDS most enlighcDeu age anu now
The experiment has culnnated IN one grand ol
dares next in the march OF nations TO dispute The
same men are ever bemoaning the present and exag
eerating the past. TIE report OF meeting here the
other of the speakers related now cOm-
petent the judges OF the Supreme Court used to be-
Marshall referred TO, great and pure Jhuge; out
estimating the comparative merits anu aDors OF Judges
we mu.t difference IN occasion. Nnen JOnu
Marshall appointed Cne Justice there were twelve
on tle docket OF the court -, ne % coI e
10 year. Now there are about 700 causes
IN The docket OF the court a single ternI and a
pe they are more complex the earlier cases were
We hear now well Congress used 10 40 lts business,
and how competent aud mastery It's members used
In be Did YOU ever think now the labors and busi-
uess of Congress and its members have Increased even
in m the last twenty years In the XXXIId Congress.
vr occurred 2l years ago, there introduced into
the Senate during the TWO years 6i0 Dls uhoer much
nr of ns was 36s The OF bills and resolutions
finally acted on and approved was sy Id ine Iass ,on
or..s the Fort ysecOnd OF Senate bs here were ibo3,
i Uonse bills iO73 OF passed 1Oll. Twenty years
avn the bills OF a were l.Oll-now they are o2o
gsr a%e.E ao1ynow now they are 1,oli Take these data
and extend them TO all tue WORK done IN Con
sress ana % see whether il is fair compare intel
lee uerfJrmance OF men oferDorne III tho Witt vi
b 'rsscnt with the eisurey and panstaking efforts OF
Tue Tue past No. il is not that the nation
rrogrades and does not retrOgradc II IL eects 10 It's
seats of power worse thau were formerly elected
ris as high tue 50 hcpic-
seDtatiyes rule, are on pliue anu e.ei WIN tnol
consiiiIsncies and YOU cannot prove that Congress
fr Congress and President after President, and Cabi-
net after Cabuet are vulgar anu Veha "itnou. pio'Is
ut tune tho decadence anu 1SSe % deah y. te
and su.picion has been pred MI men dare the most
shsmsIess wrong aud succeed in IT, too relying on the
am aud roar the authorities and the uneasy
distrust which carps and sighs Tor change
THE OCTOBER ELECTIONS.
Ioot at the elections in OHIO and Indiana. carried
under cover OF the rant and din have described ana
,ee what they have done. Speaking before the world
these two great States have been made to declare not
only for watering and debasng the currency but for
repudating the nations obligations, and dishonoring
the nations pghted faith Cheating the public credit
ara out and out has gone Europe to every money
centre on globe the real purpose Oi great oouy
Oh nsn sno we are borrowers in the markets OF tine
world seeking to negotiate our ODlgations az io"el
hass and brazen message which men IN Ohio and
Indiana send greeting to tne Eas na m IG.S ,bnap p
namocracy O NeW-Ycrk say 10 Uf CdpioH u
their applause hundred guns have been fred for TINS
ngloriois achievement wherever Democrats couu ket
trI,sted for the powder. Laughter Tue country Is 70
nav in rates of interest Tor these Vctoes as
we have paid heretofore for the evns VI w, H
declared IN Democratic Conventions But now iet tne
great state OF New-York vote win indiana ana Ohio,
and how much will 1t cost her ine questho qh ondI
nnt only our pride but our pocket such scandal
furnishes the American name. but u Is lne Ioreru @
ner of cost money. aud In trahe ana S so
and the loss will fall on state so heavily as mere
with but one eleventh OF the nations popuatloi New
York pays onehd Of the nation ta4es; , Ss -
the rate OF Interest paid by the United states may p W
little moment IN dollars and cents 10 some STATES nut
ia sport for NewYork Freed from All suspclon
OF meaning ever TO repudiae our bonds we can
money as cheap as any lender in Chrstendo can aor
H. but ever since the Democratic party rseu ehe ~ VI
rrnudiaton I'm their National Convention oi looo mo
but OF