, 1876-07-09


tion OF the Declaration OF Independence has
been the work OF this Great Republican party oi
which you and are part to-day
| What are we to-day! "Oh," they say,
1.-THE REPUBLICAN PARTY Is CORRUPT.
1hs men Mn in high places in it are corrupt" i
| lican party. There is no doubt about that. And
i is furthur true that there is corruption in the
Democratic party. There is no doubt about
'that- And the further truth is that the corrnp-
| ton Of the day is simply tue result Of the up
hcavat which was brought upon tho country by
the great War through which the nation passed
tn putting down the Rebellion. / say, and say
It IN ~ candor, say it disposed to be fair to
az allke, that the corruption Of the day is not
cnarscaole either to the Republican or the Demo
tfat1s Party IN this country but is chaFgable to
read history and studied cause and effect,
must have known before would follow ut the
end OF such struggle as this nation passed
through. That Is the truth about that. JAp-
Plause;l But let me tell you, my friends, tho
Republican party is alive to the fact that there
is corruption In this country, and the Rcpub-
1tcan party Is alive to the further fact that its
duty, as it is the duty Of any party, is to root
out corruption and to purify the public service
as the Republican party has been doing.
WE AnE FOR REFORM.
Isay it. The Republican party is for reform,
not that sort OF reform, and want to cali
your attention to it sptciallY,-not that sort OF
reform that would come from the hands Of
man all his life engaged in scheming, In spccu-
1ation, in connection with great railroad cor
poratfons; not that sort Of reform
that would come from the hands Of a man
who was charged years ago BY the last Demo-
cratic nominee for President as having been
equally involved in ballot -boxstufFing with Boss
Tweed; say not the kind OF reform that would
come from the hands Of man like that, but
such reform as would come from the hands Of
man like Bristow, If YOU please, (Checrs,1
Such reform as would come from the hands OF q
man pure and spotlcss as Hayes, the Republican
nominee for President. EChcers.l That is the
sort of reform we want And that Is the kind Of
reform VIC will hare, and I tell yon. nv friends
that when the Democratic party plants itself in
its declaration OF principle upon the platform Of
they had better have selected men who
would give guarantee to the nconlc Of the
United States that their propositions Or decln-
rations in favor Of reform
WOULD BE CARRIED OUT
in case they should be elected to the places
which they seek. We present men whose whole
lives, In every single act and in every single Off
cial position. private or public, are ruarantee
to tie American people that when they under
favor of it, that they will carry it out in good
no guarantee that the candidates Of the Dem
ocratic party, taking Into account their past
lives In connection with their everyday affairs
that thetF declarations of reform are made in
good faith
n Mh ess5s sos5 5 5syfy 5satfn9e Told eo OF he
have no objection to that. want reform. I
want tho reform to 60 on until every single
rascal and rogue in the public service shall be
rooted out Of it. say I am for it. (Cheers.1
care not whether it is In the civil service Of the
National Government or the civil service of the
State, but when We declare in favor Of it we
ought to present men who are guarantee in
their whole lives that their declarations are
made in good faith, and that they will be car
ricd out. (Applatlsc.1
Now, then, let us talk little about
OUR REPUBLICAN P1ArFoM.
What DO VIC say! We say in the outset that
this IS q nation and not league: Is not that
good doctrine! [" Yes ~ say 1t is, and my
1r1end there N tue crowd says yes. There Is no
DOUBT about tnaS 1t used TO DC the question,
but guess our Democratic friends are not going
to make it any longer since the War, but we
used to nave the question: made whether this
was nation or Whethes 1t WIS league; whether
1t was nation or Whether1twasa Confederaey;
whether It was Q GoVernment OF States, q
union OF States nnd 1ndlssolunle, Or whether 1t
was compact That conlo De dissolved upon the
mere suggestion OF any OF the members to the
contract The great Rebellion, the great War
through which We passed, settled that ques-
tion-that it IS nation and not a
league, and that it vas 1ndlssolu6ieso Tar as the