The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-07-02
TILDEN ND HENDRICKS.
GOVERNOR TLDEN sERENADED ANI
MAKES A SPEECH.
Hendricks iiso Serrnaded ana Makes
Little Tank.
Iilden Talks.
A SERENADE.

| ALBANY, June 20 The sercnadc Il
Gov. Tii,ien Tonight of the Jacksuniau
iIlaili:'ild1, Gec6Aatetf WITH 2}f4Y 9%:
ana Chinese lanterns. The drg4s build
| ing was illuminated and decorated win
| flags, presented and effective appearance
| Long before the band which proceeded
| the .jacksOnlais ana tho lnn. PROCESSION
following them reached the mansion
people gathered about the grounds, and
when the procession reached the scene
nearly every available spot was occupied
Large numbers entered the mansion {,
congratulate the governor. As soon a,
he could release himself from these, h,
stepped on the porch and addre .sed the
concOurse as follows:
GENTLEMEN or JACKSON CORPS:
cordially thank You for this manifestation
OF your kindness. ! do not forget that
last year you enrolled me among You rs
an honorary membcr. regard with sat
isfaction and pride your excellent disci-
pine and training as military body.
recognize in you many representatives OF
the working men of Albany. aud when
| say working men, do not forget that
in our country the number who live upon
the Income OF what they have accumula-
tel or inherited is extremely small, and
that nearly every citizen OF our vast re-
pubic lives on the product OF his daily
toll. In America we are most all work
lnR-inen. Therefore, the interest and
prosperity OF that class may almost be
said 10 be The interest and prosperity of
the country. Applause. No country
which the sun ever shonc on has had
so many blessings As our own. Stretch
ing from the Atlantic and Pacific, and
from The lakes OF the north TO the
Cult of Mexico, with genial eli
mate with fertile soil, with every natural
and artificial facility for travel and trans
portation, with all the arts and indus
tries OF the old civilization planted and
nourlshing amid the boundiess natural
wealth OF a virgin continent, we ought to
DE Today the most prosperous, the most
happy and contented people in the world.
But what is your actual condition! All
business depressed, every industry lam
gushing, labor without employment and
THE WOLF AT THE DOOR
oil nearly every home in the land, qaunt
and hungry. Applause What is The
matter! We know that for the last
eleven years, since the peace, the earnings
OF labor and income of capital have been
consumed or wasted IN government ey-
penditures the taxes drawn from the
people OF the United States have been
larger than the entire net savings of the
whole ii.oOO,OOO. These taxes have in
creased, within short period, tour-iold.
ana III every home throughout the broad
land. What next do we find In
the pubic administration everywhere.
ABUSES, populations, frauds and corrup.
uon, until we are almost becoming
ashamed OF the institutions of our conn,
try, and instead OF holding them nm as
examples for the oppressed people of
other countries, We are confessing them
as "A
SCANDAL IN THE EYES or MANKIND.
what else did we find? We find the Of.
nce-holding class have become SO mum.
erous, powerful, and INSCRIPTIONS that
they assume to control elections, and if
people are indifferent, or at all equally
divided, are able to exert a corrupt in
nuence sufficient TO perpetuate their own
power, al last we are reaching the worst
cohuition oil the countries OF the old
WORTH. Inc government no longer exists
ior Inc people the people exist only TOR
duet is P'o'
THIEVES, LICENSE, AND WRONGS.
70 escape which our ancestors abandoned
.her hoihes IN the old world aud planted
themselves in wilderness. Now. LAST
what is the remedy for these public evils
ior TINS private distress, Tor this disorder
ia business, which carries suffering into
every household! A voice in the crowd i |
Inc election OF Iilden." Applause. Ii |
Is comprised In one word-ReiormEre
I iG OF the public administration
lSneers.l Upon this subject there is a
ainerence OF opinion. One class saw