The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-10-21

Greeley, Trumbull and others, showing th
unalterable depravity of the Republica
party. That depravity was shown by des
potism, abuse of power, shocking frauds
disgraceful corruptions all known foul
years ago. But, said the speaker, the Re
publican party four years ago was an angel O
1t is since light compared to what il has be
come since. then that the moiety contrae
iarmed out our revenues to a pack Of sleutl
hounds who worried the merchants of Ney
York as they used to worry the slaves of tn
Southern swamps; it is since then that
the army of the United States has beer
sent into organized States to uphold tn,
frauds of adventures to overturn govern
ments erected by clear vote of the peo,
pie; it is since then that such men as Mr.
William Nj. Eyarts, William G. BRYANT
William Il. Dodge, Peter Cooper and hun
dreds of others in public meetings have
condemned their acts as acts of usurpa
tlon and violence, and as teaching to oul
new-made citizens of the South that part,
ends were to be carried by force it i
since then that were made the disgracefu
revelations Of the whiskey conspiracy
which defrauded the Government Of hun.
dreds of millions of dollars, which had its
representatives in both houses of Congress
and which has been traced in its rotten
ness to the very household Of the Presi-
dent; it is since then that an old ally has
been insulted by the presence of an am-
bassador who lent his name and credit to
a mining speculation that has taken its
name in history as among the most pro-
digious swindles of the age; it is since
then that cabinet officer has been i'm
peached for his completely with traitors
who robbed the poor soldiers of the from
tier, and on his trial he instructed or al
lowed his counsel to defend him on the
ground that the taking of presents by high
public officers was SO common an affair
that it did not constitute criminal offense.
The Speaker of the House showed that he
was the friend and correspondent of job
bers whose stocks he peddled and from
whom he claimed consideration because of
his rulings as Speaker.
Pension frauds, post-ofIice frauds, con-
tract frauds, building frauds, grave-stone
frauds and Freedman's Burea frauds were
next described as fruits of Republican
rule. To prove the widespread corruption
the speaker appealed only to Republican
authorities, Mr.. Woolsey, Carl Schurz,
clcrgymen, editors, merchants, called to.
gether to try and stop this widespread and
almost universal political decay, originated
and developed during the past ten years.
Said Mr.. Goodwin: "Some say this is not
but Grantism. This is like
the bishop who cursed and said he cursed
as man and not as bishop, and some
one asked what would become Of the
bishop when the man was damned If
Grantism is damned, what becomes of Re-
publicanism2 When have the Republi-
cans denounced Grant or Grantism? When
one newspaper or one leader spoke truth
Of him he was excommunicated like Sum-
ncr." The speaker then read the opinions
expressed in Republican conventions of
Grant and his administration, which were
saluted with peals of laughter.
"Was Gantism discarded at Cincin-
natl? MOTOR all that was said there
Babcock might have been an innocent
babe unborn, and Belknap's ghost, which
must have stalked among them, stalked
4? Grantism discarded Conk-
ling and Morton, Blaine, Chandler, Cam
erOn and Logan are the very Ajaxes of the
"Thc Republicans campaign talk, said
the speaker, " is but one long war-whoop.
They dig up issues from the rottenness of
the grave, and in regard of personal abuse
they are beyond compare-for they have
all the resources of billingsgatc at their
command" Mr.. Goodwin next spoke Of
Mr.. Hayes, the Republican makeshift,
and said there was but very meagre pros
pect that he would turn out Hercules to
clean the Augean stable of the dominant
party, notwithstanding that he was the
candidate of that reformer, cameron,
who represents the dirtiest politics of the
dirtiest political State in the Union" of
Mr.. Hayes Mr.. Goodwin would say moth
ing for the same reason that some one
gave for fighting duel with John Ran
there was not enough Of him
to shoot. He was an excellent specimen
of mediocrity, and in reading his biogra-
ply, the speaker, between fits of seepiness,
could not help thinking that biography a
lame attempt to canonize a nobody.
Mr.. Goodwin next addressed himself to |
the question of whether the Democratic |
party would do better than the Republi-
cans had done. He said that, failing |
third party, there was only one organized
force which could be relied on for reform,
unless it was proposed to give the Repub-
licans an eternal lease and unlimited
mower, and that was the Democratic party. |
Mr.. Greeley and the Tribune and all the
Liberals advocated the Democratic cause
four wears ago and were willing to trust it
with power. The Democratic party has
not deteriorated since, it has improved; it
redeemed itself absolutely ut St. Louis.
The Democratic party has recruited
Adamses and Curtius and Bartletts and
hundreds of Others of the best heads and
hearts of the other camp, and will recover
its pristine vigor and eclipse its pristine
brilliancy. :,
OF Governor TiIdeu, the speaker said
that he knew no man now living better
fitted for the position for which he is
a candidate. Immense applause.) He
had known him from boyhoOd and knew
him 70 be as pure, as upright as any man
living. loud cheers.) He was known
for forty years as a lawyer, citizen Of
unsnllied repute who has gone in and out
before MS for a lifetime without spot up
IN his name. (Applause.) After sum
marizing all the charges against Governor
T;Iden published by papers combining the
aharacteristics of the bravo and the fish
wife" the speaker continued "Tho dirty
DOCS l-Yelis of laughter and applause
If IT, sll the things they yell after him were
tr,,e 4 . he would still be better by far than
many man they want to keep in Office.
% Pn, 7 ao not believe that Governor Til
don the pupil of Wright, Hoffman and