New-York tribune., 1876-09-28
DE nRATORE-

There was the Hon. JOhn Kelly, anu ne naue
n speech. There was the Hon. ex-GOv. Lowe,
and he made speech. And there was the
Hon. Spotted Tail, and he made speech.
And 10! the speech of Spot led all the rest !!
The speech of Mr.. John Kelly on Tuesday
night last (at the corner of Onc-hundred- and
thirtieth-st and Third-ave.) was like unto the
speech of Mr. John Cade at Blackheath, In
which he said: "There shall be in England
"seven half-penny loaves sold for penny !;
" the tbree-hOoped pot shall have ten hoops;
"and 1 will make it felony to drink small
"beern Mr.. John Kelly did not put the mat
ter 80 graphically, but he said: Elect Mr..
"Tildeu and your industries will thrive, and
"the depression and difficulties under which
"you now labor will be removed" In word,
Mr. Kelly predicted, Gov. Tildcn President,
mercantile and mechanical and material mil
lennum, with everybody almost as well of as
the Governor is already. This would have
been beautiful speaking, only there was this
flaw in IT, that Mr.. Kelly did not show how
the devoutly to be wished for consummation
was to be reached. Gov. Tilden will have
bread and butter and beef and beer enough
under any circumstances, but of what benefit
will his election be to the "mechanics and la
"bO1ing men who are starving in our streetsT
"There is q want of confidence" said Mr..
Kelly, everywhere" Possibly there waSsome
want Of confidence, that very night, in hB own
loose generalities
The speech of ex-Gov. Lowe on Tuesday
night last at No. $50 Atlantc-st, Brooklyn,
dwelt good deal upon the speakers personal
feelings. He SAID that he was tired and
"a IL ,-;th ord foil Of n N
"labor,r and he seemed to intimate that he
yonld not be so tired" nor so " "fatigued"
(and possibly that he would not have to work
so hard) il only Gov. Tilden were President.
Here was q reason given for voting the Demo
cratic ticket novel, at least, If not conclusive;
but voters can scarcely be expected to abandon
the deep convictions of their souls and go over
10 the other side because ex-Gov. Lowe is
tired and fatigucdn and has been cruelty
forced TO "quit his comfortable home" Gas he
said) "to address public assembly" 1t
would perhaps have been little more con-
siderate if the Ex-Governor had also spoken
few pitiful words of and to those who had
felt compelled to "quit their comfortable
"homes" to listen to his speech--a speech
which he said that she had no inclination to
"deliver,n which does not in tde least aston
ish us. Still we hold that the Ex-Governor
took little higher moral ground than the
Hon. Mr.. Kelly. at is a mistake said the
Ex-Governor, Ito suppose that If n man is
successful in supplying the necessities of a
"family-if he has meat, fire, and clothes for
"his wife and children-all his obligations are
compiled with" But the meat, fire, and clothes
which are to come TO everybody as the result
of Mr.. Tildcn's election were precisely the
inducements set forth by the Hon. John Kelly
to vote the Democratic ticket. The ex-Goy-
crnor says that they are not enough. Perhaps
he meant that meat, fire, clothes, aud the
pleasure of listening TO his speeches after " the
"arduous tolls Of day Of labor" should alone
satisfy rational being.
The speech of the Hon. Spotted Tail on the
22d of September at the Spotted Tail Agency,
Nebraska, was mighty good speech for
savage and was bossed all over with knobs
which the orations of the Pale Faces already
discussed wanted. There was no beating
about the bush, for Spotted Tail wagged
himself directly to the point. You told us
"that you would give us horses, and COWS,
"and oxen, and wagons, and $50 to each for
"an annuity and we have only got some
every small cows and some old wagons that
"were worn out" SO the Great Father was
requested to hurry along the larger cows and
the new wagons, if he did MT want trouble.
This little passage in S. T.'s Grafton furnishes
us with q timely suggestion. Suppose Gov.
Tilden elected, and Mr.. Kclys starving and
unemployed" auditors waiting for the fruits
of victory What would they say if, meta
phorically speaking, they should only receive
=" some very small cows and some old wagons
i" that were worn out n