The New York herald., 1876-10-07
OF December In Pine street win only read portion
OF the resolutions and OF the address


Resolved That the delivery fugitive slaves their
masters Is obligation enjoined BY Constitution in
which al good e.ssss M are bound 70 seanese snd ,sas Al
the execution o the of Congress making prov
~ eT ssTsgT are sn p'e0n 'h" and should
Reoed That the territories Of the United
property Of ,he people sheree .hat they are Of
rsh ana oagsi 70 Be cps. to The free s'
the subject personal Ownership nsae, % ,he isw .,
master DURING the condition
e h'a disturbed ss ieas,s or local ALE ana sns
question q sssy n ssnnse.on w.h Their , Hsn poes ~
Their admission into the Union as state.
Rs,yed That pedge ourselves 70 uphold these prn;
edo redress OF The % which the sonthcn states
justly complain and maintain their equality under the
Constitution in the full onoyment OF ths rights and prv
Ke.oyea Tha, While dcplore the existing exri,smens
~ the southern states do not hesitate any that there
The address is OF the samc general character. Now
General Dix calls Samuel J. Tilden TO judgment
call General DIX so udgment--cheers-nDd IN calling
OF partisan, bitter nnconverted republicans into Union
men 10 Judgment win him. lcheeringl They were
Union savers then; whnt are they now? lCofee cool
ers'D u.nuEhter and applausel
THR REPUBLICAN CONFIDENCE
y does seem 10 me that the confidence game was
being played by the republican managers and
leaders before the American people must be
an amusing spectacle Here Is an admins.
ment for over fifteen years without so much as
check until the recent session OF Congrcss) an ad
mlnstration which has 80 conducted the public busi
that by the testimony OF iis supporters II has
become a byword and a reproach at home and abroad.
has overakcn business OF the country and
reduced TO bankruptcy large number OF s most en-
terprisng and deserving citizens Judge Hosr the
republican member OF Congress from the " Worcester
tMsss) district tho remarkable peroration TO his
argument on the Belknap trial, speaking OF what had
happened within the ceht years OF ms Congressional
service, says:--''I have seen lve judges OF nigh
court OF the United States driven from oce by threats
Of impeachment Tor corruption or Instrumentation,
have heard the taun,s from frendest lips, That
when the United States presented herself in the
East TO take part with the civilized world in
generous competition In the arts Of life tho
only product her institutions which surpassed
all Others her corruption" Says his siill
gasS no n oi,ss hss
stopped the triumpha march IN which the republican
party has been accustomed to 60 TO easy and assured
victory. and has substituted struggle Tor existence
What but the dccp.senicd SAd widespread
dissatisfaction excited at tho North at the SAM
born noictes, salary grabs, The bargains,
tracts Office iobbing and caucus packing which
every mans mind when General Buffers namc
Ia mentioned in connection with politicsYn senator
Conkng in his speech al Utica Tuesday last after
opening with description Of the desperate condition
Of The business of the country 10 which no words OF
mine add force asks tor the continued support
Of the people, although he says, "ex,ennating
case OF fraud or crime. and denouncng with shame
and individuals holding official trusts who have
been guilty OF detcs,abe jobbery. Says Mr.. Cowden,
eminent republican merchant OF this city, 'Of
thcre has been inexcusabe looseness and cor
rupilon up1er tho rule OF tho republican party which
ali lamont and condemn"
..rrLpES REFORM
Blu, 1t Is useless 10 multiply these confessions which
made with ''shame and sorrown by every fair
minded republican who still adhercs to his party l
made them only because IL Us the bcst Kind Of evil
dence TO be addressed TO the independent votcrs II is
evidence derived, not from partisan democrats, but
from loyal republicans. who expect 10 effect reform
within the republican party. know that the repub-
ican journals object TO this method OF argument They
do not ike republican extracts They do not like
Tilden They denounce Tilden's Extract
OF Coffee poison. But nearly all powerful remedies
are poisonous when administered in large doses We
shall, however administer 10 the country IN tho CON-
ing election such judiciary dose OF the Tilden extract
OF reform as WILL am sure purge this governments Of
nllth tha hnv hapn ed hv
the corrupt and vicious rule OF the last eight years
tChecrsl But the indictment against tho admnistra-
ton been framed and formulated in the address or
the able and palrioc men who attended the Fifth
avenue conference in terms which admit Of no REIN
forcoment from any source The names OF two mon
only invoked able to redeem the country
IRON its peril The one was Bristow and the other
was Tden. Tho Republican Convention rejected
Bristow, the Democratic Convention, with unan-
unity unexpected as was gratifying TO the
patriot adopted tnat o. Iildcn with overwhelm-
the other hand took the very man outlined
IN the following passage OF the Fifth avenue address,
when 1t called upon the people to reject ''men who
however iavorably judged by their nearest friends,
not publicly known to possess those qualities Of mind
and character which tho task OF genuine reform
requires; for the American people cannot afford
to risk the future Of the Republic In experiments on
trusted on the strength Of private recomme ndaiiona"
Whom does This portrait III, ask You, Independents
voters, Hayes or TiidenY The honest republicans
fully conscious OF great difficulties which lie the
path the advocacy OF the republican party with snch
a record and such candidate. In fact they drvon
cali ICON fession and avoidancen They confess the
charges but they plead the baby act the past and
promise to do better Tor The future, by what they call
'.reiorm within the party" But hore let take
another dose OF extracts, this time the extracts
OF Conkling who Is always phiosophic in bis
ideas If is always In his facts He says
in his Utica ech:-"Few men base ana pre-
sumptuous enough TO accept party or public trusts in
q representative system, and then pretext Of indc-
pendcncc superiority, to defeat the purpose and
victon OF the constituency which delegates power to
them. There havc becn such men, and party treason
disgrace for all time waits the betrayer OF every
trust which honor and the plain
OF mentha each Of the candidates for tho Presidency
will maintain and illustrate the policy and spirit of his
party is as certain as good aith In man. and this fact
presents in the clearost light tho difference between
them" Exactly So And is this not nt the same time
judgment by cognovit against the republican cand
date, warning to him. In case OF his election, or
the consequences which will follow any attempt on his
part to assert bis personal official independence by
OF tho party is represented by the leaders, who have
they been and who arc they nows 'By their fruits
SENATOR srocxros's REMARKS
Senator John Stockton was the next speaker Hc
argued that II the people decided TO keep the republ-
party In power ihore would be reason 10 lose hope
for the future OF Institutions He denounced tho
bloody shirt cry Of the republicans the canvass as
unwarrani ed one, cry that raised for tho
purpose OF revving issues that the war had settled
eleven years ago. He said he had lately heard Con-
gresham Garfield, of Ohio, address gathering Of
what was called "Boys in Blre." although il was
PLAIN to see that many or those boys
had SsSn born had ass1s
those Boys Blue the when the balls whistled
about their heads-"the heads of those unborn
abcs''-tlaughicr)-nnd remind them that they
in the present campaign hghtng the battles they
fought daring the rebellion. He said that he was
founded 10 hear such language from any the
present day He regarded such language
outrageous and inexcusablc Evidence every
where satisfied him, however, that the at
tempt the part OF tho republican party TO reopen
the wounds caused by the rcaping tho
that its promoters expected II would and that
the real soldiers OF the war, both North and South,
were showing their disgust for tho infamous policy OF
tho men who tho handwriting the wall, and
who dared face the live issues OF tho day.
Mr.. stockton claimed that the crimes OF the
republican party against the people made IL i'm
peraiive that IL should be put out OF power.
Republics lost. ho said, lost for ever and this the
people should bear In mind. Men should look at tho
issues OF day. ho SAID regardless OF party and each
man should cay To himself, ~ Tor my country first,
and when corrupt men arc to be put down not
whether OF my own party not, shall side with
those who band together to put them out" Hc closed