Ellsworth American., 1876-11-02
Ex-President WOoisey's Three lmportant
p0inta

You agree with the that there are three
points which hardly need but glance at,
| because they are familiar to you. and be-
| cause other gentlemen who are to succeed
| me will expound them better than l can.
| First what just referred to-the resump-
ton of specie payments. Now l believe
with all the light I can get from
| science which have taught for five and
twenty years-political economy-trmly
believe, that this is all important. both tor
| the moral interests and the financial IN.
| teresis Of the country. And now We are
going through slow fever. The coun-
try i passing through this and il We 90
| backward In the attempt "a cure ourselves
Of imitation, there would be another misery
| - be passed through. Upon this point
| AL men almost. al least la the Eastern
part OF the country. of all parties. agree
| But What ask now ia can the Democratic
party he trusted absolutely 20 carry
| through measures which will issue speedily
| In specie payments aud good. sound eur
rencyI Can they hr trusted? What is
| the motive OF the present House OF Repre-
sentativcs IN passing the act endeavor-
| ing To repeal the date clause of the Re
sumption Acts Did they do il because
they thought IL wI> sham, a sham i'm
posing upon Il community, upon the
they want 10 have Iull scope given for In
| flaiion? Which was their desire? Let
| those gentlemen IN The Democratic party
who voted against the reply. think they
may tell you that their colleagues wete
against specie payments.
And now | come to n delicate poinr Que
which was not thought Of at the beginning
of the canvass-that il, the condition Of
the South. The question forces itself up
| on my mind-a> il does, | think. upon
many OF you-in The present attitude or
! feeling OF the South is IL wise or sautary
or safe. To commit the interests of the
country to party In which they largely
predOmnaie! Is j. wise. salutary. or SAFE
have no malignity against the Southern
/ Stste-. | am sorry to say thar our Gov
erment has managed the affairs of these
States with lamentsblc folly; but when We
are in movement. amounting in some
places almost to frenzy, aud ineu collide
Ia divide the races, aud manipulate with
Keen calculation to bring the sccptre back
/ To that territory, il IL safe? | have no OBJ
jec tinn 10 their having offices aud power,
but | ssk ii now before the war has done
Z lis work. and when we have immense nb
legations still unfinished resting ou u, a,
io "A race redeemed from boudsgr i it
safe To give the Government into their
hands
Th- third point-What !, meant by re-
form What 10 YOU mean by IL: What
de- the Democratic party mrau by II. |
say the Democratic party mean by it. that
there shall be general sweeping out of
all officers Of the other party. 1t thsy are
unworthy. say let them be swept out. |
don't want To see any man retained Is ho
] IN unfit. or any II AN excluded for party
sake it 1T for office. At this stage shall
make remark which may not be accepta-
/ BILE 70 all OF YOU. Of this character. IL l.
/ one that cummend> itselfto me a. express
ing this important matter. as a true ex-
precision Of It. It Is that In the Southern
States Offices are iillrd. not BY native
born citizens, but hy others. Now. |
/ do hope that II the Republican party
I shall prevail, that the moderate measures
( will prevail. and that everywhere. In all
offices hat are not strictly political, there
/ " til be a distribution oi the ittest men.
1 whether Democrats or Republicans
! (cheer> ito every one thar can and will
do the best they can In the civil service oi
! the country. | believe if this was done it
would tend more to promote peace and
good feeling than anything else perhaps
/ that could be devised. believe that II
Gov. Hayes i put into office he will do
this.