The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1876-08-25
Speech from Senator Wallace.

The following is full synopsis of the
great speech of U. s. Senator Wallace, Of
this state, on the motion of Senator Morton
to print extra copies of the Presidents re-
cent message on the Hamburg (South Car
olna) riot. The speech is well spoken Of
by all the leading journals of the country
and will be read with pride by his Pennsyl-
vania constituents.
He said he would not attempt to palliate
or defend the Hamburg outrage. He would
rejoice to have it judicially investigated and
the perpetrators Of the outrage punished.
He spoke Of the troubles in the South, and
said one cause of them was that the Federal
power constantly interfered there and would
not allow the people to control their own af-
fairs. Home rule was the best rule, and If
Federal bayonets we're taken away from the
South there would be peace and order. He
then alluded to the statement ofhis col
league (Mr. Cameron) made few days ago,
in regard to Mollie Maguires in Pennsyl-
vania being Democrats, and say they were
men of both political parties, and some of
them were unnaturalized citizens. He was
humiliated to admit that these men had
honeycombed many counties with crime.
He said in his State, prosecutions against
the Mollie Maguires were being pressed, and
law and order was being restored in that old
Commonwealth by Democratic officials He
then referred to the statement recently sent
to the Senate by the Secretary of the Treas
ury, showing list of defaulting public off
icers since 1924 and 'argued that it was un-
truthful and unreliable. He quoted from
the remarks of Messrs. Morton and Anth-
ony, to show that they themselves did not
put any confidence in this statement, yet
campaign speeches were made based upon
it. Could that be called fairness? He read
from a statement sent to Congress in 1889
by Levi Woodbury., then Secretary of the
Treasury, to show that the losses of the gov
ernment from 1884 to 1888 were $444, 1884,
and not S2,547 900, as stated in the recent
report of the Secretary of the Treasury. He
quoted at great length from tables in regard
| to receipts and expenditures of the govern
ment, and said the loss by defalcations from
| 1862 to 1875 amounted to $3,43 on each ST.
900 expended. TIE questions of the present
and recent past were here and to be an
swered. 1t was not for the Republican par
ty to arraign the past but to answer for it.
Why were the people out of employment
Why were manufactures destroyed and bus
mess men bankrupt? Why was it that the
people could not trust those who ruled themY
Why was the Republican administration
wise or cheap ones Was its financial poll
icy a wise one; These questions were before
the people-They we're suffering and would
stop to think. Why had the expenses OF
the government increased since 1872? Re-
ferring to the financial policy of the adminis-
tration, he said it was the part'of prudence
to postpone specie resumption until the peo-
pie recovered from the burdens of the last
ten years, ard until by steady growth it
would come with ease and safety. This re-
sumption act was standing menace to bus
mess men of the country; legislation in
the interest of aggregated wealth against the
business men produced distress and
bankruptcy. Pennsylvania, recognizing her
obligation to pay her debts to her last far
thing in gold, by him asked for more time,
and he knew whereof he spoke. In conclu-
sion he referred to the charges against Bel
KNAPP, Schenck, Robson and Others, the oper-
ations of the whisky ring, etc., and said the
people asked if the standard of officials lite
had not been fearfully lowered If these
charges were not true, let the people have
the proof and they would acquit the republi-
can party. a'e. sa.p