The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-07-05
Gov. TiIden StIiL<es the Keynote
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ALBANY, June 29.-1he serenade to
Governor Tilden tonight by the Jackso-
mans was a great success. Not less than
five thousand citizens surrounded the
executive mansion. Large numbers en-
tered the mansion to congratulate the
governor, and as soon as he could release
himself from these, he addressed the con
course as follows:
GENTLEMEN OF THE JACEsON CoRPs
I thank you for this manifestation of
your kindness. do not forget that last
year you enrolled mo among you as an
honorary member. | regard with pleas
ure and pride your excellent discipline
and training as military body. l rec
ogniZe among you many representatives
of the workingmen of Albany, and, when
| say workingmen, | do not forget that
in our country the number who live
upon the income of what they have accu-
INFLATED or inherited is extremely small,
and that nearly every citizen Of our vast
republic lives on the product of his daily
toll. In America we are nearly all
workingmen Therefore, the interest
and prosperity of that class may almost
re said to be the interest and prosperity
of the country. [AppIause.l No coun-
try, gentlemen, which the sun ever shone
upon, has had so many blessings as our
own: Stretching from the Atlantic to
the Pacific, and from the great lakes Of
the north to the Gulf of Mexico with a
genial climate, with fertile soils, with
every natural and artificial facility for
travel and transportation, with all the
arts and industries of old civilization
yNlo oil Il ~
less natural wealth of a virgin continent,
we ought to be to-day the most prosper
Gus, the most happy and contenlel peo-
pie in the world. But what is our actual
condition ? All business is depro ssed.
every industry is languishing, iabar is
without employment, and the wolf is at
the door of nearly every home in the
land, gaunt and hungry. Applause. I
What is the matter? We know that for
the last eleven years, since the war, the
earnings of labor and income of capital
have been consumed or wasted in govern
ment expenditures. The taxes drawn
from the people of the United States
have been larger than the entire net
earnings Of the whole fatty iuur mil
lions. These taxes have increased
within a short period fourfold, and
the influence is felt upon every
business, and every industry, and in
every home throughout our broad land.
What next do we find in the public adj
ministration everywhere? Abuses, pec-
ulations, fraud and corruption, until we
are almost becoming ashamed Of the in
situations of our country, and instead of
holding them up rs examples for the
imitation of the oppressed people of other
countries, We are c0nfessing them as
scandal in the eyes of mankind. What
else do we find? We find the Office
holding class have become so numerous.
powerful and INSCRIPTIONS that they as.
sumo ia control elections, and if people
are indifferent, or at all equally divided,
are able to exert corrupt influence suf-
tcIent TO perEet4ate their Own power at
last. We are reaching the worst condi-
ton of countries of the old world The
government no longer exists for the peo-
pie, the people exist for the government.
Our centennial product is the evils, IL
cense, ara wrongs t9 s7efRe RhiGh our
ancestors abandoned their homes in the |
old world and planted themselves in
wilderness. Now I ask what is the rem.
edY fot these public evils, for this private
distress, for this disorder in business
which carries suffering into every house
hold? A voice in the crowd, ''the cleo
ton of Tilden." Appliance Il is COM |
prised in one Yord-"Reform"- -rt.,Sorm !
Of public administration. CCbeers ! |
Upon this subject there is a difference Of
opinion. One GLASS say elect nominees
of the party under which these evils have
grown up by means of the Office. |
holding class. which Ia interested n |
perpetqating these abuses; that is
one opinion. There Is another on;n.
ion, and that opinion demands a
change change In the administration
do not intend to argue the question. /
intend to simply state it, and leave II To