The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-20

and brazen display Of hypocrisy ? If you
do, the ides OF November wi ! convince you
of your error Your political history is
known and read of Ill men.
You are now attempting TO stea the
livery Of heaven TO serve the devil In but
you are already detected and your dissem-
bling has been exposed, snd millions of
honest aud intelligent men, wh) were last
year cheated by your promises, now hold
you in derision and lock upon you "a
political organization beyond the pale OF
hope snd M being "banded together by de-
SPAR of forgiveness and the universal de-
testaton of mankind"
AZ party you are not 60 be trusted, for
while you arc boiling up one hand In holy
horror at republican corruption, with the
other you are robbi1g the national treasury
Of the last dollar in lis till.
You are crying retrenchment and reform
and at the same time you arc wasting and
squandering the public money with recl,-
less dissipation unparalleled in the history Of
this or any other country
With unholy design you are now seeking
to get control of the government In order
that you may undo, vacate and annul all
that has been done and suffered during the
past fifteen years, and then turn 1t over to
men who for five years sought to destroy 1t,
who nov submit because they Dare not
rebel and who to-day invardly hate the
people OF the north, the Union and liberty
as bitterly and intensely as they did at An
tietam and Malvern Hill.
Your history during the present congress
is enough to make the cheek OF every Am
erican Jingle with shame, and presents one
grand series of unmitigated blunders, and
the more you investigate and probe the
body polite the more your own meanness
and dishonesty ore exposed and made man
ifest.
Now, sir, le. me ask the gentlemen COM
| posing the majority of this Committee, when
and by whom they have been called upon
TO stain the honor of the government by
robbing the honest, industrious laborer Of
his hire Have the people required this
at your hands 4? Have they demanded that
you should do this great wrong?
Do you desire to celebrate the great cen
tennial year of your independence amid
the cries OF your own citizens, whom you
have defraudcd and oppressed, and whose
hard earned wages you wrongfuly with
hold ?
Sir, the people of this country are brave
and generous they like honesty and ain
certify, and despise bumcombe and dema-
gogism while they are prudent and econ
omical, they are liberal aad just. They are
opposed to jcbbery, TO subsidies, 10 salary
grabs. to Credit Mobilers, and corruption
Of all kinda but they are in favor OF an
fair and honest days work, and Of paying
every public servant and employee q just
and reasonable compensation for then
labor.
Now, sir, am well aware that any mar
| M haa Ia. hciJ,n 10 lifInr ,x.i, . T.,
committee upon these points is ct ono,
branded as an opponent of all reirenchmen
and reform, and that this side of the house i.
helpless to prevent the consumation of tbi!
great wrong, unless honest democrats who
care more for right and justice than they
do for party, shall join with u9 in amend
ing this bill.
i am told that if any democrat dares tt
vince at this nauseatlng draught, he is a
once informed by the chairman of th'
committee, or his trus,y lieutenant, that thu
party demands the sacrifice that Isaac
though favorte son, must be offered; tina
in this case there is no ram in the thlcke
or angel TO call upon these modern Abra
hams to hold ; and SO they must harder
their hearts, siifle their consciences and per
form the oblation.
Believing and knowing as do, that tn
provisions of this bill will discharge many
persons from the government emplol
whose services andlaboIa Gre absolutely nee
cessary to carry on the business OF the sew
cral departments. which must be done, aut
that the salaries and wages Of those VIII,
are left are uujus,ly and cruelty reduced
appeal % the candid and sensible men o
this house to forget for moment partiss'
politics, and the presidential campaign
ard join with me in SO amending this bill
thai 10 waste or extravaganza shall b
committed on the one side, or injustice o
cruelty suffered on the other.
During the remarks of Mr.. Joyce til
hammer fell. Mr.. Foster rose and said
81 rise 20 oppose the amendment, and vii
yield my time to the gentleman from VeI
mont" hir. Joyce resumed and conclude
his speech, al Of which is given above.