New-York tribune., 1876-10-12
APPEAL TO BUSINESS MEN.
ADDRESS BY PARKE GOODWIN UPON REPUBLICAN
METHODS SINCE THE CLOSE OF THE WAR.
III LII - Ir,ctitutn Unll

ADDRESS BY PARKE GOODWIN UPON REPUBLICAN
METHODS SINCE THE CLOSE OF THE WAR.
The large hall at Cooper Institute was well
filed evening tine occasion of an address by Parhe
Goodwin 10 the business meu OF NewYOrk the pOllti-
cal issues Of day The meeting was presided over by
Franklin Edson and among the VcePresidents appeared
the names of Howard Potter William L. Dodge, jr.'
August Belmont Gen Franz sige, W. ID. snipman, II. X
Thurber and many others. Mr. Goodwin was frequently
interrupted by applause. He spoke substantially as fol-
lows:
The civil war and the Constitutional Amendments
which rendered necessary closed one ffedt el Ol o
politics that which crushed out or existence slavery;
The distinctions q that era will be that II perpetnatsd
the Union, that it emancWied ana enrAHenend tnT f
these objects should he forever sacred wDllc le I'LL M
incurred and the losses sustained against mem so We
forever invalid war qlestlOhs h,fc p.oi a ,t 80 th'
nv other questions which may have olsnae1 guy o % 1
war; but which 10 longer pertain 10 .h9 war %a, nar @
eommotion subsided ii years ago anu o % i ny i,
Is not with its causes or us hahasthcn I., as
U9pfv was one whch required statcsmanship, and
to the successful execution oi Nhicn ,ani,o trJto
Tolcv NV first rCnark is, that the dominant
parry from the beginning has had no policy. rms wa
war arty and ar parties from their very nature
heterogeneous in their composition ana m'ohsls'en III
Revolutions that he struck the rock national resources
abundant revenues rushed or but at inc Ilosf ol
nam CAPABLE of Inusng spirit into the mass oi
men, ana so create great nation Al party aud PERHAPS
an cppch Instead U that this paI chose Tor IT. edu'f
who, Ia say no Inore was utterly meNp'rthce ln
civic methods, and quite isnol4lt or no cEc cnn,
peient held tuiS party mas been party
rather promises than oi prfornfinees We emglgfd
from the war with great doUt. The hlst duty should
have been to consolidate the smaller debts INTO one or
two great deb,s, with low rao OF Interest. ana .Arn
managers thought the best tAlus 10 10 was TO pay "i
debt that was not due Tor 20 years 10 ne MI II SS'.H
law OF 1860 made II improper 10 pay any tertSi.ta,
Ing bonds uu;i tue uou-uteresibedriuE bonds had risen
IN
of debts when your capital is used mp ald your
has pon. on mcurrins more expense. Oar tariff, 800,
which should be simple, Is great catalogue OF cA Or
tI'1s some 600 or 1000 in kind, not lad for the
revenue, bat 10 the deirmcnt "a the revenue. Where
oi the Wordi Nhrle /. TIC Tonnage of thc country,
once second largest and rapidly becoming the largest
Whore are your stately steamships SAILING u-d'f 'he
American hic} Gone! Taxed 0ui Of existence.
Four years ago Stanley Matthews s.ld Our party Is
rotten from the lind To tht core -Four lcts ago MI
sumner denounced tlc negotiations Tor canio Domi1so
as pcrliOus JOB under tie sacred name oi "a uctl.
And fCur Yeas ago Carl Schut1 sad, nc sal. o di'"
10 France dirty trick which dshonoied Us ln th, ~ es
u CIVILIZED nations" -Four a1J IN fact, the abuses
of the Administration had become 80 Ha-riit that hon
Ordblc ana sensible men 'tlAttd from IT, di s, nc
as Adams ANA sumner aud hundreds OF others ired 40
form an alliance, and did form au 4anct' "'a u,
opposition III order to OroI TIE hepuhltah parry
from its ill-Us,d power 1ct tHe Republican Plt
m 1872 was a. eel Oi lgAt compared wan tdc d
aud sinister forms II mas since assumed bu' ~ my
said thai that is not the Republican pI'l-t'Ht Is
Giautisu. II would ne very nice to hhhc S.'it-ud,
OF Grant, hut Grant has cnJ been an emD'dlmrI' %,
his party. IL has never rcnouucci hIh No" l"rti'S
stick through their NatonU Conventions ~ Wrat lhc
S,ate Conventions sal. Ad-S'chi'c''7 ,lu ''"' W. W.
President WAS cnuued To cc-l ioF ho il'!,-
pend-nce, Ills cOnl"St, ana L'S goo" s'ilfo 'y ~"
lucky said hc deserved tItlJ ~ ms U'',-
ton 10 republican principles Connecticut reiS'e"
~, u diminished cjn.thco lh L7 ih,crii! 'i'H i'
SlNahld proclaimed ''' ''"'N ''i,''a u '
tOu 10 he the most brilliant n ,d annals. 4He! "t'
brilliant bat it waaa KIND c ,ri'l'ahey "hcH c..h''
from decay ct wood ara l"-ica@'i. "'l' ~ ,"'iv - ~
any reform the - nue.lc pari, Is tie only iib 'G&l
can accomlishr. \ tHHi party is mliJc' eabI. a.G
tActc i' 10 Dc Ic.gIn " "us' '""iv 'i' "-' ,' 49, #, .
maiuinS organized Iote' ana tt@I J.. tc b'ii''+''