The New York herald., 1876-11-23
A POLITICAL sERENADE.
THE DEMOCRATS OF THE ELEVENTH DISTRICT
PAY THEIR RESPECTS TO CONGRESSMAN

THE DEMOCRATS OF THE ELEVENTH DISTRICT
PAY THEIR RESPECTS TO CONGRESSMAN
WILLIS
The Hon. Benjamin A. Willis, Congressman elect
from the Eleventh district Of New York, was the re-
cipicnt OF a sercnado last night at the Wixdsor
Hotel, Fifth avenue Among those present werc:-
Hon. J. 5. Thayer, Justice Duffy, Orlando Stewart
Alderman Twomey, Abraham Brown 4. B. Hart, Al
derman McCairery ana many Others.
Tho procession consisted OF the Ninth Ward Red
White ana Blue Association, with torches; the Pat
rick Ganney Association OF the Seventeenth Assembly
district; Tammany Hall Association, from the Elcv-
enth Assembly district. aud clubs from the Seven
tccntn, Eighteenth, Twentieth and Twenty-nrs AS
sombIy districts, the whole being headed by the Sow
cnty-lrst Regiment Band Mr. Thaycr introduced
Colonel Willis to his constituents, and the latter spoke
IN substance as tolows:-
rHE ADDRESS or MR.. WILLIS.
My FRIESDs-Were unmoved by the warmth, tho
sincerity and the grandeur of this dcmonst ration,
would DO q reproach upon hnman nature No service
performed by me in war or peace no service can
render my country can justify the magnificent ovation
you tender me
The banner Of a purified and reformed democracy,
upborno by President te.ect, by chance placed
my hands and thanks to good Providence Is stil
high advanced in tho Eleventh Congressional district
Of New York. This glorious conclusion Is due To
constituency whose irmness cunning could not shake,
whose patriotism and virtue the hopes Of spolis could
not dcbauch, and therefore do my hearts depths
congratulate you Tor the victory which was hard
earned triumph OF honesty and decency over corrup
ton
Ny friends, party is u mere agency through which
certain ends attained. or certain ide Of govern
mcnt aud legislation carried out The moment It
ceases to be Just agency, becomes Instrument
Of wrong gdong, il should be spurned and discarded
When the war was over and It's result well garnered,
universal suffrage sancty OF tho national doDt repu
diatiop OF the rebel DEBT became accomplished iacts
fortified by constitutional amendments; when
been broken ana republic saved tho republican party
had an opportunity before In all history vouch
sailed political organization, 10 enthrone itself
for all time upon the affection and gratitude Of
mighty people. To forgive our brothers their
offences TO abandon all arbitrary cxcesses, to
store constitutional limitations, constitutional
rights, constitutional money, 10 purge and pullfy.
But alas Repubcanism merged into Grantism
leadership and driven humiliacd and heartbroken TO
their graves Under the auspices OF Mortous, Chand
ers Buffers Blaincs selnshness greed and hate be-
came
ELEMENTS RULEEsnIP
rcign OF plumber was inauguratcd, which, while IL
enriched an oligarchy, impoverished people
A forced loan, declared unconstitutional AS
o currency by the highest Court IN the nation and
us in Tie guise OF money Government notes dscred-
tied and at discount OF ten per cent Is the garing
sham which blots all the Otherwise trauscendant
glory OF the Centennial year arih oppressive, in
poses tho merchants 10 the mach nations and extor
tions OF black mailing officials Rascality and corrup
on In Official service, foreign and domestic, go uupun
ishcd when exposed and admitted.
The American people have u right TO expect from
Samuel j. Tildcn peace within borders confidence,
10 be had only by bridging over the deep gulf between
labor and capital economy, which has already been
initiated by the present Congress- repeal OF all laws
pas sed which provide for the payment OF Southern
claims, whether OF rebels or Ioyasts, and repeal OF
the present inquitous tariff