The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1876-10-12
JAMES G. BLAINE.
His Speech in Warren, Ohio.

Mr.. Chairman and EslIo,c- Citizens Of Ohio:
| am opposed to the election Of Samuel
| j. Tilden for the Presidency, ICheers,
and | am in favor Of the election of Ru
therford B. Hayes. Renewed cheering
i am opposed to the election of Mr.
| Samuel J. Tilden, because at a great
crisis in this couptry's state. he proved
undutiful, and when that country lay
/ bleeding with wounds from rebel hands
Mr.. Samuel j. Tilden passed by on the
other side, and gave no word Of aid or
comfort except to her enemies. / am
| opposed to Mr.. Tilden because Inter
\ ruption by the approach of a band-I
will not run in contradiction to a base
I drum. | am opposed to Mr. Tilden,
was about to say, because of his being
openly and ostensibly committed to the
doctrine of resuming specie payments on
the first day of January, 1879 lie broke
his personal faith with the country and
yielded to the clamors of those in the
South who wish a fresh issue of paper
money, for the purpose of paying South
ern war claims. But have more to say
of this before / get through.
OBJECTIONS TO TILDEx.
Mr.. Tilden goes under the name-sham
pretence-of being a reformer, a mere
noB,inis unbrd and name which is to. day
associated with the worst gang that ever
infested or infected the politics of Amer
ica-l mean the Democracy of the city
OF New. York. / am opposed to Mr. Til.
den because he, more than any other
Northern man. is committed to that fatal
heresy, that most fatal of all political
hSTesies that lies concealed under the
"glittering generalities" of State rights.
That was one of the objects of the giant
rebellion, with its bloodshed, sacrifice of
life, destruction of treasure and loss of
property, and which, unless stamped out
by the loyalty of American citizens, will
reappear as a most dangerous element in
the future administration Of the Govern.
ment. And l am opposed to the cleo
tion of Samuel J. Tilden, because he is a
Democrat. Laughter and applause A
party that even in the estimation of those
who are trying to support it has so bad a
record that it is acknowledged that the
Governor of Massachusetts, does not dare
to mention its name in his letter of ac-
ceptance; party, that since the times of
Van Buren, now nearly forty years ago,
has espoused no idea, nor advocated any
measure that was not at war with the
highest genius and best interests OF
American civilization. Great applause.
REBEL RULE IN CONGRESS-.
Mr.. Blaine, after speaking of the opin-
ion expressed by Hendricks in 1862,
when discussing the test oath, that none
of the leading rebels would ever have
occasion to take it, and of the subsequent
appearance of many of them in Congress,
proceeded to show the spirit of domina-
tion possessing these rebels, by stating
that while the seventy Southern Demo
Gratis in Congress had but $4,000, 900 con-
stituents, and the 10 Northern Demo
Gratis had a constituency of $4,000, 900,
the Southern men got control Of twenty
one out of thirty-one committees of Con-
gress.
HOW THEY SET ASIDE An OLD RULE.
He then proceeded:
What next2 After the committees
were appointed they proceeded to legis-
late, and the first thing they found in
their way-those restored rebels acting
under the name of Democrats, or Demo
Gratis acting under the name of rebels
laughter THE animal answers either
-[renewed laughter they found in
their way a body of rules-rules that had
been governing the House for nearly
ninety years; rules whose wisdom has
come down to US from two centuries of
experience in the British House of Com
mons, and by experience in the Ameri-
can House of Representatives; and the
most important rule of the whole,
the one which is most important
to you and to every American citizen,
was this, that upon any general appro-
priation bill for the army or navy, or
post Office, or any other department of
the Government, you shall not put indie
pendent legislation upon it. Understand
me now. for this is a most important
point Here comes my bill to appropri-
ate $33 ,0000 for your Post.office De
partment. In a Committee of the Whole
the "ayes" are called. and they pass on
it, but some concealed Democrat. under
instructions from his party, moves some
business of general legislation as an
amendment not connected with the bill
1t is reported back to the House, and
Gen. Garfield says: 81 don't like that
measure on the Postoffice bill" Then
they say, "are you going to vote that the
people shall not have any money to carry
your mails9 You see, il is a point call
ed the Devils crossroads. Either this
infamous measure, or no money to carry
your mails. When they have put that
on the Appropriation bill, and it can not
be carried on its merits. you have enter
ed the broad road of corruption, whose
end is death. Over one hundred years
that course has been stamped upon with
the entire unanimity of British states
men, and it has passed into the British
Constitution, that no laws of that kind
can be had in British legislation. That
rule has been among the rules of the
House of Representatives for ninety
years, since 1889 Will you believe it,
The very first thing after the appointment
of these Committees, the very first thing
was to change that rule and say that any
business of general legislation whatever
may be put on the appropriation bill,
| provided it was a measure of retrench-
ment. That was the sugar-cOating to
this bitter pill. With the spirit OF the
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