The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-06-29

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formancc of public trusts shall arouse
their power, violate their obligations anu
their oaths: The people are generous
and coniiding, and are honest; they may
Inc slow but In the end they are intelii.
cont and sagacous. The people VIII
eomnrrhrnd their rights and their inter-
ests. and those rights have been too rear
r,lly violated and those interests 100
shamefully neglected to ever again trust
the administration of Their government
10 the Republican party. Great ap-
pla,He.l
There is also another Issue which com
mpnls the consideration OF the Country,
and that is the currency issue. The
Democratic party has from its origin anu
through all the time of its existence been
What is known as the hard-nioncy party
of the country. Applause. And The
subtle and adrot effort on the part of the
Republican party to charge upon the
Democratic party the present conultioh
OF affairs. and to insist that that party Is
now the solt-money party, Is entireIy III
correct. for let me ask ON What page oi
the statute. on what act OF public author
ity in which Democrats have had the
mower and control is there written one
word. one line. one law which has pro-
duccd or caused the present condition oi
things:
All the acts of this government recog-
niZing the issue of paper money. author
iling their use rs Il legal tender, the ac-
tions of the supreme court in declaring
the law constitutional under which these
acts were authorized, were all done and
performed during the existence and
What What has s a." been F""ptih dl effect Of
il: Commerce is paralyzed: the
manui;lciurn. interest almost destroyed
in the country; prosperity has dlsap-
pcared. and want has taken its place.
How is it to be rcmedied The Demo
cratic party. with its instincts. will see
thai the remedy is applied of frugal and
economical government and diminution
of taxation. II cannot be brought about
BY forced contraction. Applause Il
should not be assisted by additions IN.
flaiion. but we take the count, as II
stands. Applause We are called
upon to apply the remedy, anu one rem
cdv which cOmmends iiSeli 10 every nom
est man and to every reasonable Demo
crat. is TO demand The repeal OF the
resumption act. Applause Repeal
that ac, put the government in the
mower of the Democratic party, and let
pursue. OF an economical administration
of that government, and / assure you
that the time is not far distant when specie
will be resumed, the prosper
ity of the country viii be restored, and
the whole American people bc happy
once more. Applause
Gentlemen, the tide is suspicious and the
occasion is suggestive. one hundred years
ago the first demo- ratio assemba-c met IN
Philadelphia, prescntativC- OF colonies on
the Atlantic shore OF this country. Ap
plalise.1 They thCre, under the guide OF
that sage; that patriot, that man ever 20 be
reyered, Thomas Jefferson. Applause laid
the foundation of that civil ana religious
liberty which our fathers built and which
we now enjoy. ON this occasion, thus cen
tenuidi year, the dsnocra ic party has as
semblcd in convention OJcC more to do that
which our fathers did that j.. to say, pro-
claim the course, adopt the means which
shall lie necessary 70 restore us to our an
cient prosperity. [Applau.e.I During all
the time that the power OF the government
has been III the hands OF the democratic
party. during all that time prosperity has
governed our country; but whe never that
flag has been dropped by the advance OF
republican power. sorrow and shame have
been our condition. Applause. May we
not hope now, after sixteen years of rcplIb-
lies power, that the democratic party may
assume Its Gi1htful position before The
lApplause.1 ] shall not attempt
10 forecast the action oi this convention in
the performance OF the duties which il il
called upon To perform, either i'll the nomi-
nation of a president ar ,ice-prcsident OF
the nited states, or in the adoption OF ITS
platform. The rules by which this cOnVeu-
ton is gOYcrnt are such a. TO insure the
nomination OF some gentle man whose char.
&C ter and position rs Statesman and "a an
individual, Is ripe in the experience of one
and pure and stainless in his character in
he other, who will Zee that Rome other is
for either of those offices. As
10 the platform, this invention Will act
wisely and in accordance with the principle
that those are best governed who are least
Applause | doubt not that
much wi be lett to the energy, the man
agement and the economy Of our people
and less to federal legislation for the future
government of our country.
! have now the honor, III the n.me Of the
national committee, TO propose for your
temporary chairman Mr.. Henry NJ Waiter
son, OF Kentucky. Cheers.
Mr.. W atterson was unanimously elected
chairman. and Senator Barnum
of Connecticut, and Senator Ransom Of
North Carolina, were appointed commit
tee to conduct him to the chair.
Mr.. Watterson assumed the chair and
was received with cheers. Upon the sub
sidence of the applause, Mr.. Watterson al.
dressed the convention, n follows:
SPEECH OF HENRY N. wATTERsoN.
GENTLEMEN OF THE CONVENTION: We
are called together 10 determine by our
wisdom whether honest government. ad-
ministered by honest men, shall be restored
to the American people, or TO decide by our
folly that II is the destiny Of this country to
pursue an endless, eyer-revolying circle OF
partisan passion and corruption, until with
the loss Of our material weil-Deing, we shall
lose the poor mans last best hope-ciyil
liberty itself. Every citizen OF the republic,
be he OF the one party or the other, feels,
ana mas ielt Tor many year, the depressing
influence Of what are called hard times.
We lock about Us and we see neglected
fields and vacant houses. The factory is
closed, the iurnace-door is shut, There are
myriads OF Idle hands. The happy activity
Of prosperous life is now nowhere 10 No
found.
"Loyalists fatten whilst honest men sta,ve
Empty the mart and shipless the bay"
What is il: What has brought SO great a
change in land that, ruled BY an intelli.
gent, progressive, constitutional party, adj
yanced within half a century from the con-
dition OF hu1dle of petty and saualid,
provincial Sovereigntics TO a foremost place
among the nations OF the euth;
THE TWIN AGENTS OF NATIONAL MIS-.
CHANCE.
Inc reason OF men must answer--parti-
san misrulc and sectional mlsdire ction.
The republicans, my friends, are not alone
responsible. With them rests the disgraces;
WIN US the iollies. These twin agents Of
national mi chance, working under the mis-
erable rule OF contraIies, have kept the peo-
PIE OF the North and South aslinder, and
naNe supposed susienance to corruption.
ihel pave disNArhed values. They have
unsettled prices. lhcv have made our
Whole financial system cheat and !, snsre.