The New York herald., 1876-10-04
CONKLING.
Senator Conkling's First Speech
in the Campaign.
An ARRAICNMENT OF THE DEMOCRACY.
The Charge Of Corruption Answered by
Official Figures.
A Forty Years Record
Reviewed.
A TRIBUTE TO PRESIDENT GRANT.
A TRIBUTE TO PRESIDENT GRANT

mense attendance and the greatest enthusiasm was
manifested Senator Conklng was received with loud
cheers
SPEECH OF SENATOR cosKLISG
Mr.. CoxKIING, In Tho course Of his speech, said
In so far this greeting may bc personal to me,
appreciate IL very deeply and beg you all TO receive
my most grateful acknoa ledgments lcan never
think OF the confidence and trust .or which, in the
past and always, am so much indebted TO you, with
unfgncd regret that have been able TO render no
better worthisr service TO the county Of Oneida
and to the great State honor
dear speak not of county State, because thor
interests are ought to be- separate from the inter-
ests Of the countrythey are not and cannot DO sepa
rate We citizens OF one country, and that coun
try not league OF counties or States, but nation
= nation gifted with greater opportunities and bless
ings than any other nation In the world. It's
peculiar attribute is manifest In your presence
hero tonight. We're we subjects oil any OF
the older eovernments--dld not the governing
power rest wholly with the people; were not
all citizens equals IN potica rights-such an assem-
blage as this would never convene: You come here
because general election approaches, because the
Will oil the majority is the supreme human power, and
because each indv dual has just his proportionate
share OF duty and control governing the whole THIS
is very high duty, deserving grave attention, and
dccm II privilege to discuss II before you, provided
you will accept as apology IN advance for my not feel
Ing able speak you this evening satisfactorily
would The city, the county. tho State, tho nation,
Is not prosperous now, or more truly speaking, s not
prosperous IN other times This Is true OF all the
nations, nearly all We carry heavy burdens. The
waste nd destruction OF four years continental war
has much diminished the wealth OF the whole people
A large national debt presses on certain classes
u consumers and producers BY exactng taxes
pay constantly accruing interest State
md municipal indictments mako still moro
general exactiona During and slnce tho war
Inflated currency, marking high and deceptive
prices ncited extravagant living, extravagant enter
prise and extravagant speculation throughout all
BORDERS When the day OF reckoning ana reaction
came ruin fell on many, loss is on a,L NOW indus
employ ment trade Is sugRsh money In millions piled
millions lies idle and timfd IN the banks, and cap
talists afraid to invest embark in enterprises
because OF the unsettled present and the uncer-
future. Crops and productions ind insufficient
markets In the South, which should be an inviting
Saie and teemng neld both labor and capital idle
is tho mother OF mischief and deeds OF violence
and blood attest state Of thngs iatai 70 social or
material prosperity. Instead OF rebuilding and bccom
Ing OF wealth TO the nation raising its credit
to tighten the rate OF interest 1t pays-nstead
OF yielding there share OF needed revenue.
instead OF swelling the tide of supply and. de-
mand by which markets made products and COM
modites exchanged. labor and capital rewarded and
fountains the Gulf States in some RESPECTS drains
they suffer themselves and their condition causes sui
tering anxiety and humiliation to the people OF every
State. Such, in outline, are the public evils
which confront us That they VIII ali DO
cured by pattng power either OF the two parties
STRIVING tor the mastery, OF course, I do not
believe. The age OF miracles has passed away There
are no effects now without adequate causes All these
their will have It's causes too TO discern and
deal with these causes is the oce Of intelligence and
wisdom
WHAT LEGISLATION CANNOT no.
Legislation and administration will never bring
back the the property DESTROYED by
war nor change the hearts OF men. Legisa-
ton and administration will never create
wealth or pay debts or taxes Sta;esmanship
may do much but all II do Is to clear the way OF
Impediments and dangers and leave every class and
every Individual free and safe in The excrtions and
pursuits OF lite. Wealth never be conjurod out OF
the crucibe OF politics Wealth must be hewed out OF
the Forest dug out OF tho earth, blasted out OF tho
machine shop and tho loom. But peace, order and
liberty may DO guarded. pubhc burdcns may be light
encd, ruinous issues OF paper money, with tho
spoiations and evils IN their train, may be curbed,
rugalty may 10 enforced, the treasury and the public
credit may be defended and preserved. These things
depend largely the election next month. The pco-
pie will put power tho purposes, the theories
aud the mon OF one Of two partes; and every one
should inaurc earnestly which of the two is more
likely TO deal wisely with the serious problems Of the
next four years This question may be examined with
bitterness malice On the 25,h OF last june the
Governor OF Ohio speaking to his assembled noighbors
ls reported TO have uttered these words
There had much bitterness such occasions in
% % s % SEE 20 i na abuse q e. na
reed from lips Let this Centennial occasou this
free and s" nation d s as ali
and y;. how the American % .n people s.a
he in the spirit in which have met here tonight IL IL
cushions it viii free institutions the world in
way in which they have never been commended before
cALuNSy AND RAScoR CONDEMNED.
The author OF these words had just been nominated
for the Presidential Office, and win him Tor the second
place had been nominated an honored citizen Of our
own State. Since then our opponents have named
their candidates. Is the Governor oil New York. the
other the Governor OF Indiana. The Chief Magistrates
America thus presented the suilragcs OF their
rountrymen Tor the most exalted stations Such an
IS % ana % Is maae ny
Centennial, ana at Philadelphia pours out before the
world It's trophies OF civilization and progress. Not
alone at Philadelphia but throughout its domain, tho
nation poses before chrstendom The country is
exhibition, with It's methods, It's Manners its IDEAS its
Duli0rc its standards OF thought ents Dig
nifty and reason Caiumny and rancor in public els
cussons out Of place and out OF time and they
prevail perhaps. the only consolation is that they fall
hpnv m ihOga " lpr I'm pni mn
too violent vulgar or too unjust to be said OF
In public station, Of canddates however bameless
Ihey might be.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY NOT CORRUPT.
Democratic triumph now means that majority OF
merely opposed the government in the war, but men
who actually and openly fought Tor the rebellion O
.ourss the majorines must come chiefly from the
South, and thus the House OF and tho
policy OF the country TO be given up TO those who
recently stood on the battlefield arraycd against us
Why should this bcs What is tho prctext?
Why, that the public service is fostering
with wrong and corruption that the nation needs
Saviour scourge the thevcs from the temple Did
believe this | would admit that cure could Se
much worse than the disease. don't believe ~; I
know y TO be alsc is not truc that tho republican
iimcs; having saved republic which Is the
asylum OF the world; having, without taking
life, liberty or ransom, forgiven every conquered
loe having administered finance, diplomacy and
yovernmcnt with remarkable success; having
broken the letters OF 600 900 slaves; having solved
ME problem which baled fathers by imhedd ng IN
he constitution liberty and equaty the birthrght
all; having made hasle to acknowledge every obliga-
don, denying and rcpudiatng none; having proved
trustworthy in lis custody Of money beyond example,
Is not true that the republican party, the doer OF all
hcsc things, with It's greatest captain at us head,
randng among graves OF its martyrs and heroes,
snd amid the grandeur Of It's achievements, has bred
vencral corruption in the very sunlight OF trumphs
ior humanity and civilization. No doubt vcnaty has
xsted during General Grants Presidency. 1t has
stcd under every President not excepting Washing
Tho war with It's great expenditures the In
a,on Of currency and prices incted speculative pas
and multiplied temptations and opportunities
10 make forbidden gain Extravagance and pro-
lusencss became moro less tho fashion and
habit among all classes other causes
work tending TO laxity OF morals and you End them
recorded w every historian who ever wrote inellI-
gently OF the effects war inflated currency in
puy country or age Such a condition OF things
arIy lcd all thoughtful persons expect unusual
prevalence OF uniaithfulness trust public aud pri-
rate The expectation has been more than ful.
Lied IL Is probably true that country and Ia
ZINES have not proven altogether cxcep-
nons to tho rule excmpAed other
,rcs and In other times under like conditions