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moysl ofis pcrnetra,or from once and power, /,

And saw him go back to Washington, released
ey the jury. but technically acquitted by Presl-
dent Grant. | saw him psss from the feion's
os Ss 20 .pe c6S Sshao md YSpsa m
friend Of the President, VINO, with Senator
Ferry and other prominent leaders OF the Re-
bands that SO lately had been raised solemnly
before |. st. Le9is court, while their owner
pleaded falsely, Not guilty" (Applause
Such" Mr.. Bayard went on. "had been
the unydryinR rulo under the present Admin
iasus,i9n A. 10 tbs country. onics,s refused to
cost OF being ummarily removed. This" said
the Sens.or, does not intimidate me, nor
should II ntimidate any Of us but tit makes me
anxious to strike at the root Of the iniquity as
hard blow as the Lord has given me power to
deal" tEnthusastic cheering.1
But this Senator Bsyard continued, was not
the only or perhaps the greatest evil with which
the opponents OF a corrupt government had TO
deal. There was an unmistaksble desire on the
part OF the present Administration to invade the
iinvlolsble rlsht OF .e,f-aoyernment, the priv.
TO learn to rule II we are not allowed to become
experts even " necessary by repeated iailures7
We have seen In France the disastrous conse-
quences attendant upon the destruction OF local
self government. A curbstone could hardly be
obtaining pc rInission from the Emperor I'm Paris
Why, YOU, men OF New York, what made your
mS so anS sien aags been s5
laughter.l
1he orator, continuing, ascrIbed the downfall
government by her people. lie bitterly de-
nounced all attempts OF Grants Administration
to interfere With inalienablo right OF each State
to rule ITSELF and scsthlnely rebuked the Attor-
noy-General fer invading these rights. 1.-THE
independent States" he said. . form the sole
safety VI the Union, and the Union exists only
for the safety OF the States. tCheersl In the
approaching election, It Is for YOU to say who
tuition Of the United States, no earth
~ power than yours can come into
force. No law, no amendment to the Con-
stitution hs ever vet or ever N create a voter.
80 the supreme Court has solemnly declared,
holding that thore are no voters of their own
creation In this country. and no votes that the
Federal Government can protect. Every vote
cast Ia placed IN the ballot-box under election
laws controlled only the state OF which the
voter Is citizen. tApplause.l And especially
islt provided that the rlgh, to vote is not to be
by the Government Of any single state on gc-
connt oi race, color, or previous condition"
awnen he read the report o. senator Boutwel's
| Ing. senator Bayard continued, in which Bout
| well strovo TO create and renew distru.t OF the
II WAS wrong Way did not Bou,w ii Is remern Der
| tnat Nirginia-s state that he and Cameron mad
'~sd ISs S1cA y..2 .1 5sS
three times as much tsI for the inter
and States united. Ia storm of chsenue1. ].
why did he not remember that the state Of
kentucky had paid nearly three times as much
cheeringl. Why did he not remember that Mis-
souri, the border rnfnsn,' had paid more tax
than the fve New England statesf tAppiausel,
All, but we couldn't spare the pecuniary els-
ment of the South That WAS one way 10 Iook
at i. tLaushtet.l Gould We arord TO do away
with this source OF Income? Was industry 40
active, was trade so good, was labor so well
smployed' was capital SO glad to lend Itself
nsc,ed with public morals. A man would
not TOO strong. II was not your prosperous
man who committed theft, because he had no
higher than human wisdom that said lead Us
not into temptation. tCheers.1 In order to
have good people we must have cheerful
the aid Of the South, the labor Of its strong
s,s:t, sIms: but y: needed to grasp rs hands in
protnerly footing with its people. That was
somsthins We could no. spare. lCheers.l
New York theatres called " London Assurance"
and tue speaker thought that In the comedy
played in this hall the evening before, there had
been something even more supreme in Mas
saShGse'ts IS a3S n pn,ui, Assuranss;I lLsoshterl
South dangerous to the North Was il the fear
Of a revival Of secessioni No. That was buried
to rice again. lApplausel The South was a
unit for honest government and reform.
ern states was ~ honest mon to govern them as
the people Of New York had had for ;he Last
against Plnchoack and all that gang. IRenewed
cheering'l New York was as much interested
u hayns bs aSnest men GSyern Louisiana as
be promoted. AS for me-" exclaimed Senator
Baysrd, amid tremendous applause, 81 Will
train with no party, will march under no flag,
will step 70 no music that doesn't echo from
one end OF the Union to the other"
In bidding his audience good night, Senator
Bayard said that he had spoken no word that
he did not believe TO be true. Ii had been from
the fullness OF his heart tnat his mouth had
spoken, because lie cared greatly for the audi
ence who had listened TO him. There was one
thing he wanted, TO have the people proud Of
Government something worthy to be proud OF
AZ Mr. Bayard sat down. the whole audience,
Including the hundreds on the platform, sprung
70 their ieet, ard While tue band played "Colun-
tiA, the Gem OF the Ocean," they tire up their
hats and cheered again and again.
The Hon. Henry Watterson OF the Louisville
roHIer-JoufndI was received with loud cheers.
lie aid he brought TO New York a message OF
talk acont Tout the % solid south" We ] tSouSht. .S
he said 81 that when, In 1872 we came up and
gfasped the hand Of that kind old man [cheers1
who had been our bitter enemy, that we gave.
In thst act, all tno assurance that men could
give that there was no rancor left among US
but no, not So" And now lie said the Republi-
cans, after four more years OF oppTessing the
South as last resort had nothing TO do to save
Iancor against that poor, overburdened. and
broken down section and It's oppressed people.
he nni.hed his speech. There Lad been loud
calls FOR A. 8: Hewitt, bur MI; Peckham had ex-
planned that Mr. Hewitt could not speak on ac-
Now, however, the audience caught sight of
their fayorite Coneressman on the pln!form, and
newed. Mr.. Hewitt then came forward, and.
showing great bosrseDess Of voice at frst, said
that he had prepared speech which his
cold would not permit him TO deliver Then
speaking humorousy Of caricaturs " him.
self m which he was represented ss the "Arith-
metic Man" holding slate with the figures 2
and make upon H. he said that when ne read
the speech OF Boutwelrs. delivered In that hall
the previous night 1t appeared to him that he
lBoutwelD. who from the positions he
had held ought 10 know that aud
make 4, had made 2 and 2 mean 4, B o or
any other number necessary to save the hepub-
hcan party. Loud cheers and laughter.1 Bout
wen had dared to come before New York au-
dience because, as In his speech he intimated,
thers were thousands OF young men In the
country who never knew the financial history
OF the country and TO them Boutwell, thought
ne could safely say that everything
"rs.rI5 was l%5yey'" AIT a; tne Kepg0csn party had
merchants Of New York. do you mud that
eyerything Is lovelyr" daughter and cries Of
+" No, noVl "Tradesmen Of New York. do YOU
fs ma it.9 and you mechanics. into whose soul
well had the face to stand here ana saw rise
up, laoorers OF New York, and call the Republi-
can party blessed" lGreat spplAuse.1
Driven TO Suicide By Scandaimonaers,