The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-10-12

SPEECH OF SENATOR CoNKLINC; AT UTICA
a GOOD WORD FOR TIE REpuBI1CAS
PARTY. .1EatE
| On Tuesday evening Hon Roscoe Conk-
ling made his speech at Utica, to an audi
ence of three thousand attentive listeners
The address was candid and impressive
review of the history of the Democratic
party from the time of ANDREW Jackson
down to the present, with reference to its
attitude the leading questions which have
| divided parties in that time. In this re-
| view he showed how the Democrats had
| been party of conservatism and retrogres-
/ sion. The concluding portion of the adj
idresS dealt with the reform issue, and OH
this the record of the opposition was taken
as the index of what it would do if again
intrusted with power In conclusion the
orator said -
! In ten years, toward $500, ,000,000of the
debt has been paid, or nearly $50 100000
a year. The annual interest has been re-
duced nearly SJ0,000,000 The anptss
taxes have been reduced S2G2 900: Since
the war the annual expenditures, where the
/ Democrats found them, have been reduced
/ $27 100000. Do you believe our oppon-
emts would have done or would do better
/ than this For nine months they had the
power all the time i'll the House of Repre-
sentatIveS to propose something. They re-
duced no tax, they did nothing to improve
hard timet they cut off appropriations,
most Of which they viii put back N def
! cheney bills they removed Union soldiers
from little places, and, ransacking the whole
| government at home and abroad, they filled
the land with noise about corruption, and
found some instances in which men had be
traycd their trusts and disgraced them
| selves
have spoken of some of the things done
and to be dOrc They are not resolutions
or talk or high sounding promises-they
are deeds. The Republican party is not
made up of theorists or critics or profes-
sional reformers or vain glorious pretenders
to supreme wisdom. Its task has Eeeh with
actual, difficult vast affairs It has made
mistakes, and the wonder is, not that it has
made 50 many, but so few. Its counsels
| have in the main been guided by earnest
ness and good faith Time viii vindicate
it. The people will yindicate 1t by their
! votes
| The opposition is masqueradiug for re-
form, but it is the same party, hostile IN
war and wrong in peace-it is the wolf,
gamt and hungry, the wolf wearing sleeps
/ clothes. 1t seeks power, first by defanaing
its country and exaggerat!ng facts, and
second, by holding out hopes and expecta-
tions which politics, however administered,
/ can no more fulfill than medicine can be-
! stow eternal youth on man.
! Looking at all the facts my faith Is, that
the nation is safer 20 abide in the Republi-
can ship. Han is restless and discontented
at best when times are hard, to change Is
| the natural impulse but to Jump from the
frying pan into the fire, is a change as foolish
rs it is familiar. Commercial and financial
depression prevails throughout Europe and
Great Britain, as we'll as here. IN this
| country the business outlook is improving
| OF this there are many signs, but there is
one better than all. The people of all clas-
scs are cconomizing and savmg-they have
been saving for three years. y penny saved
is a penny carried, and the nations savings
| by economy since 1873, if footed up in
! figures, would amaze us all. The expenses
of national government have been rigorous
~ OViChCilCu' dtoO ttlii ittI CtlChLhCHO VIII
and must 60 on.
Let KS have peace, liberty ard order
everywhere. Let an American citizen be as
safe everywhere in his own land as he is on
foreign soil. Let us have honesty and
economy in all public affairs. Let US Ifs
the public credit higher and higher Let us
have the treasury defended from every un-
just demand Let us make every dollar of
currency as good as gold. To do all these
things let us vote to keep the government
in the hands of those who stood by It and
saved it, and keep it out of the hands which
sought to destroy 1t. The prospect Of sue
cess is bright on every side. If it were not
SO should still more regret being less able
than usual to advocate cause in which |
never believed more earnestly than now,
Trusting that New York will stand at tire
head of the column, and that no county
viii be laggard in the march, | thank YOU
for your attention and trust that prosperity
and success viii attend you ALL