New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-09-18

djsgracefu proceedings Look Mt the vast machinery
that forced through Congress the subsidy OF millions OF
acres the peoples land TO bolster up the rotten Noh
en Pacific Railway Company and the former agents or
the Government deuding the minds OF innocent people
with theory that these bonds were better than GOV
eminent securities The blow fell, the explosion
came and 10 the widow and the orphan were bcggars IN
the land Look ut the sanborn contracts, where high
officials authorized their district attorneys to compound
with fclons and divide the spoil among then
In vew then OF tho suggestions which have laid nc
fore you what, may ask the issues we have placed
before the people In the coming campaign OF lsI6f Our
opponents would have believe that ignoring the past
and orgiyng all their SINS the main and only Question
before us Is whchcr we s9m % mare 70 tbe nse Of
gold and silver coin. No one can appreciate ioIc ly
currency has brought upon us No calculate the
cxtravagancc and fraud that IL has proauee' o th
diet the sulfciings that lie before us as We fesu n W
toward honest mouey But the question: ai' wiz
ficed ON us this great evil! who dcugen .nr .o" t
with gecnbacLs, and realized enormous fortune =. u on,
the appaicnt prosperity which they created! Was me
Democratic uarty, wh0se tinchOnored principle was ~
have but to look to the records the past few years TO
fnow that only this system inaug'latcd under
most loudly about Democratic imitation principles are
they vino have urged upon Congress the very m'is les
for them evcfy other issue were ignored Wen ine
would it be IL their past acknowledgements ~ the stn
could he blOttcd from Inc memory OF the nation ana h
pcat call and necessity for REFORM could DC dI'e.'c"
But il read rightly the temper OF the people and the
times tho keynote Of the coming campaign is TO he re-
form in the General Government; "judicOis cHercise
economy in the expenditure Of the peoples money 80
tina labor he ghtencd, and taxes rendered less OBJ
Executive rctrencnent in every department OF
the Government 80 that the enormous taxes whcn va
pay may applied honest purposes aud the intel
gcnce OF the country will soon declare that we have
placed ourselves upon the surcs and safest roai toward
the resumption Of specie payments. Applause But let
me ask the party that nuugurated and red ont the
system Of purider to which have referred 10 oc IN
trusted with the gigantic taskof working out its reiona
tiOii
when NewYork CRY was orpr, sscd with fraud, %hsn
ana when the Democratic judges were but The ,nois 81
Tweed and his followers 70 carry oat their res s o,
from the posts they had dsionorcd, but the leading
Democrats, Charles OCcnor and Samuel j. Tildu 81
NcwYorsi Aud if YOU look to-day You will see this re,
form Governor OF that great State receiving the oyaohs
who has dealt ont punishment those great offenders
This in Iced Is reformation within the party mes ana
hold that in spite Of the frauds committed by Democrats
in New York the action OF the leaders has placed our
party to-day in the foremost rank upon TINS ahpofant
s"te TO- FOLLOW them. Can any Dcmocra rcf;s1 to lend
his helping hand We have hid in Maryland just reason
ing Influences of the Democratic party. hccrsI Who
deny that the administration OF our laws has been
been firmly maintained in The midst o; financial storms,
that education has been dispensed with liberal hnnd,
order and good nave every
prevailed IT, however in the midst OF this prosperity
dt that the pary owes to Itself correct them; and
white pledge M most earnest efforts, II eecicd 10 IN,
position for which stand, to remedy e!ilS ma, orc
brought TO my knowledge. can also say with confidence
that there H. not leading man supporting me Wno WIZ
fail to Contribute his share to this inporten end reat
applause.
Mr. Carroll was followed by the Hon. Thomas +.
Bayard OF Delaware, who stated that the
broad issue of the coming Presidential can
vass ought to be the protection of the M
tcgrty of the Statcs from the lawlcss invasion
of % reckless executive. He knew that last
Winter the fate of or present foim OF
Government hang for weeks trembling IN the
balance, and the Democratic party was the
bulwark that protected it then, az it must do
the future He reviewed and condemned the efforts
at reconstruction in Louisiana aud the other South
ern States AID tlen gave his views On the finance
question substantially as thcy were expressed in his
late letter to the Name Democratic State Commit
tee. -rr.-.rr
Mr. Bayard was followed by the Hon. John
s. J.. Finday. who made stirring speech
ON local politics. The Hon. Ferdinand {. La
trube made the concluding address. The interest
in the meeting was maintained to the last ana a
remnant Of the crowd fingered around the stand
and the square some time after midnight.