The daily Argus., 1875-04-14
SPEECH oF HON. SAMUEL q. COX
OF NEW YORK.
In Hartford Conn. April l. 1875.
iContinued.)
coSNEcrrcUT coNaREssMEN,

CONNECTICUT CONGRESSMEN, Ic
What shall say of your Radical con-
gressmen from Connecticut who have failed
in their duty to your interests? Wiz it be il
an intrusion upon your state affairs if pay Ii
nv friendly regards to these federal legis- lc
lators . have had some curiosity in OBJ
serving their acrobatic performances, es-
pecially during the short session which
closes you know month or 80 before your
election. OF this triumvrate, it is hard to
said Of other people, might say:-that
Mr.. Starkweather and Mr.. Kellogg are
q good deal alike, especially Stark
weather Laughter; but Gen. Hawley is
sM 1erserfs. rather like him, for he does
not like his associates. He is in constant
opposition to his own party. de defenos
it by denouncing it. He is like the man
who undertook to save his life, by commit,
ting suicide. Laughter, He cannot lind
ANYTHING good in the Democracy, though
he agrees with them in most of their crit
icisms on the administration. He is ten |
der toward the third term and all the ex- |
ecutive and legislative acts to secure it f; |
vet is he not a soldier? Is he to scare
easily before the rude assaults upon habeas
corpus or state automonies?
What of your other Congressman The
eminent service Of Mr.. Kellogg has been in
nursing the tender babe of civil reform.
Now and then he has looked after appro-
priations for his district, and also after
Kellogg. Laughter. When Mr.. jerks, Of
Rhode Island, the reputed father Of civil
service, retired. MIR. Kellogg Rugged the
ter About the time It had enough of The
Kellogg milk, Butler came along and
spanked it till it was black and blue and
then Gen. Grant cuffed it into an attcnuat-
ed corpse. Laughter. Without decent
burial it was pitched into the ash barrel,
It had not enough body left after kellogg's
codHng, Buffers beating and Grants
throttling to exhale its perfume. tLaHgh-
teri But Mr.. Kellogg takes great credit
for his Efforts to keep the little founding
alive. He swelled on it. He paraded it
up and down the House, as if he were the
real author of its being, instead Of being its
fatal wet nurse. ELaughter.l He forgot it
was born in China 2, 600 years before Christ
Laughter. Whenever a bill came up to
cut off female clerk, or reduce a light
house keepers pay, there was the reformer
Kellogg. Laughter. He was willing that
Grant should double his salary and get
100000. lCheers. He was not afraid to
keep up the pay of the many officers about
congress; but when he struck reform OF
petty kind, you would have thought that
Christopher Sly, the tinker. was the real
and not the mock duke. Dazzled by the
splendors of his success, enamoring SO coy
lady as civil service reform,-Sly was &C.
customed to soiloquize
'Am a lord ? and have such adys
smell sweet savors, and feel soft things.
Upon my life am lord fndeedl
hiring lady
And once again, pot o. the smallest ale. ;"
Laughter But let me not depreciatt
MIR. Kellogg's service and that of his com
mittee. Learning that the mariners com
pass aud gun-powder were from China, h.
read up the Chinese competitive system S
as to test the ability of candidates. Th
number of volumes in the original Chimes
which Mr.. Kellogg devoured (laughter)
the mandarians whom he consulted-wi
never be known. Laughter. Coin
back several thousand years, touchin
upon the era of the Tangs au
Tungs, until he reached the benign swa
of the Mungs aud .Tsungs-he enunciate
the six arts, five studies and three degrees
expressed by the four Chinese syllables
Ku hien jim meng. prolonged Laughter
1t means to employ the able and promot
the worthy; aud that means Mr.. Kellogg
(Laughter.) His first effort in the 81
arts was to employ Kellogg in Washing
ton; his three studies were to promot
Kellogg to power; and his three degree
not addition, division, and silence, br
Kellogg! (Laughter.) The three de
grees in China were divided into "But
ding genius" promoted scholars" an
ready for office" Kellogg took thel
all; for he put them all into the las
Laughter In Chinese they are know
as san ts'ai; cha j,n; and tschin- 50. II
like has never been known in this countl
before. Doubtless it was under his il
struction that the president appointe
fourteen members who voted for the forC
bill to eminent positions of emolument an
honor, beginning with Orth and Maynal
to Gen. John Peter Cleaver Shanks, of Inc
ana, at $40 day to ascertain the rascaliti
Of Indian agencies. Laughter Is it u
true, in congress as in the Olympii
games. that the oil of the trees Of Acad
mus prepared the Athlete for the contest
Therefore, let us FIRE 100 guns for Kellog
the successful mandarin of civil service T
form; and forget the steady, frugal car
full, business like legislation of such repr
sentative men as William H. BarnuI
lCheers.
But what shall | say of the honorab
member from New London Navy Var
and the District Of Columbia, Mr.. Star
weather. Nothing. Let the simple co
trast be made between his abilities, cha
acter and services, and those of his al
competitor, ex Senator Foster; and tn
there is no need of comment On tf
let us not argue. Fire one hundred gul
Cheers.
FISCAL AFFAIRS AND RADICAL RENIEDII
Let me dismiss the persons, and col
to the legislation Of the last session of &C
gress They came together to remedy I
panic and to elevate business. Did tn
reduce taxes, or extend expectation?
have shown you what a variety of mar
factures you have in this state, Now
me show you the causes OF its decliI
That involves the decline of our expor
as well as the decline of our interest,
trade and domestic consumption. Do y
know how our exports have fallen o
Compare 1860, under low tariff of Is !
cent. with 1872 with fifty per Ger
gold tariff protection Boots and shc
have fallen off 100000 in value woOlt
$lSO,OOO; copper and brass 81 200 ,00
carriages 100000; marble, stone a
rubber goods have barely held their ow
and that too, when the fifty per cent. Y
in gold, when population had increas
thirty per cent. and transportation fac
ties were doubled What has become