The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-11-02

this people that their energies were not crush |
ed, that they were not Impoverished, and that |
the defection,of the South had not ofar reduced
our wealth but that we conld honestly pay our
debt, and that it was not millstones about our |
neck (Cbeers) There was statemanship |
and when $3.50 100000 of the debt were paid
they could face Europe and face another rebel
lion Wise people will elect the party that has
diminished their taxes and paid so much of
their debt. l never heard of a farmer discharg-
Ing laborer because he dug too many pota-
toes week, or merchant his clerk for selling
too many boxes week to his customers.
On the specie payment question, why IS 1t
important that the people should have specie as
the basis of payment for their labor? When
gold and silver are the measure of a mans Ia
Dor they measure it not by the imprint on the
medal or government cert'fcate winch does not
give its value, for to the last moment in the
mint it is the exact value OF somebody's labor
and men want good measure return. That
is the reason that the Democratic party was
popular befoIe it had to modify its programme
to get votes. Nothing has amazed me more
than to see that party which has identified it
self with the laboring party and passed wise
currency enactments now scouting gold and sill
yer as an illusion and a snare, and hoping that
the printing press shall make the volume of
money that is to pay the poor man and saying
that gold and silver payment is the oppression
OF the poor
But the American people are not stupid, and
every man knows that gold dollar is a gold
dollar and paper dollar or promise to pay is
only of value because gold dollar IS expected
to come. (Applause) Does any one doubt
that the Republican party and Hayes are in
favor of specie payments? II then you want
them it is plain that you will get them from
Gov. Hayes If you don't want them you
have your choice betweenlGov Hayes, and our
esteemed fellow citizen, Peter Cooper (cheers
and laughter) and Peter Cooper, honest man as
he is and always has beeu (cheers) processes
not to want it all the time. CHEERS and laugh
ter.)
The Republican party passed law,to resume
specie payment in January, 1879. Now Gov.
Tlden before entering the currents of Pres
dental aspirations thought that was good
law, but now he has discovered that naming
the day for mpt'on is an insurmountable
obstacle, aid that resuming without preparing
is nugatory, and l suppose that starting on
journey 1t is great obstacle to know when you
will arrive. 1 should as soon think of ascribing
Tildens long unmarried life to the frequency
with which he named the day Qaughter) as to
think naming day for an object is an obstacle
to the fnlfilment.
think bankers on Wall street did not need
any instruction as to whether the Republicans
would manage the finances well or whether
the Democrats would bring about specie pay
ment, aud L confess their application to me on
this latter point is complete failure. Laugh
ter) Though read Gov. Tilden's letter of &C.
ceptance, backwards and forwards, have been
unable to understand it, and, therefore, my
counsel to the bankers is that the Republicans
will take good care Of the finances, and that
the Democrats will do what they shall be ad-
vised after the next election. (Cheers.) Now,
under those circumstances, as you can't advise
them after the election you had better exercise
your function before (Cheers) With regard
to the civil service, the Republicans have been
to some extent wanting but the Democrats had
budget of $50 100000 before the war and the
Republicans of $500, 000, 900, a year. 1 should
like to see the Democratic management under
these circumstances, or rather L would rather
concede the point than bear the burden. laugh
ter.) Search for Tilden with candles and you
will not lind any declaration that he mesns to
make war on Democratic placemeD making
Democratic congressman or Democratic Con-
gressmen making Democratic placemcn. The
Republican party has the right to demand OF
Hayes if elected, because nominated in favor
of civil service reform to weed out unworthy
Republicans and fill their places with
worthy Republicans, and if they fail
with worthy Democrats, and that is all we are
in for (Laughter.) Public credit has been
sorely tried for forty years by dangerous post
ponement of public interests to those of what is
called machinery, but still it is not the blame
OF either party, and putting an end to it may
be safely trusted to the party that did not in
ventit. We must conclude they are all hon.
estly in favor of civil service reform. We will
lind in Gov. Hayes firm supporter of those
principles.
am brought to what would be the third
duty of the administration. mean the pacifi-
cation of the South and Of the country. and
the discharge of the obligations of good faith
the Republican party has assumed as one of
the results of the war, but it cannot make a
comparison for the Democratic party in organ
ization, and as the party has never done any
thing except produce prolonged and embar-
RAISING war (cheers), do not know what the
Democrats would do as to protecting the right
OF suffrage, duty to which white men of this
country can never be recreant unless they ad-
init that the freedmen are better able to govern
them than they the freedman. But there is
one thing which will deserve the curse of God
and men, and that is leaving them to the prey
of rebels. (Here the audience cheered enthus-
iastically for minutes.) 1 for one propose to
leave that duty to the HAMS that have under
taken it and hearts that feel the obligation.
(Chers.) Once for all, is it safe for the people
OF the United States to leave to the Demo-
cratic party, organized as it is, with the candi.
dates they have, and with the record of those
candidates before, during and after the war, is
it wise to trust to them at all? "a shout of
''No')
What has been gained by so much blood and
treasure? If you lose that when will you ever
have blood and treasure to save your country
again? (Cries of neyer.) There might be
wise and honest Democratic party headed by
one who sided with the loyal people to suppress.
the rebellion, and there might be one wise on
questions of finance and that the people would
trust.
am not speaking now to thousands and
thousands of Democratic soldiers who fought
and voted on our side. (Cheers) l am talk
ing of the party made up of soldiers, as far as
there are soldiers in it, who fought against the
country, and of voters as mass who voted
against the country, and that party is in my
Judgment wholly indstinguishable from the
party we expelled from power. But now the
democrats make case ana state it as propo-
sItion that we will not vote as we fought. To
say that the Republicans have shown short
comingss or faults is too narrow an inspection.
But is the Democratic party the same as when
james Buchanan led? 1 don't think you
could search the records of the Democratic
statesman and find closer analogy between his
opinions and the views which led the Southern
people to the folly of rebellion than with those
of Mr.. Tilden.
This is all received up to o'clock a. NJ