, 1876-02-11
Madness or tlic In1ati0nlsts-.~Rcpre-
hcnsibio Course OF The Demo-
cratic Party.
Speech Of the Hon. James q,
Blaine, Of Maine,
In the House Of Representatives, at
Washington, Feb. 10, 1873.
srsrtai Df,potch u 7hs chtca7o 7Ttb,re.

Tho galleries wcro packed from nn carly hour,
ahd t'.a loor dut,ng The delivery Of the speech
WAS occuDiod by moss Of tho persons Of promi-
nooco Ia Washington. Secretary Dslasow was
1T hticrtivc listener. Tho spoech Was concise
Ind graphic crtonlo OF tho financial l,i.tory OF
this county, atitl ssrer0 arrAignmcnt Of tho
hyrocfisy Of tho Democratic party. II nt.racsed
.lis moro atIcalion from tho fact that
Il wus n formht declaration Of tho lnau-
r,nl rolicy Of our Of tho leading Presidential
candidates. Tarbox. OF Massachusetts,, Ind tho
courage or andacity 10 htton.pt TO reply to
Diainb's carnfui Hucec!l in what at first appeared
mn improu,ptu clrurs, int II soon bocamo mani
fest from tho 'aborcl effort that Tnrtox had o.,.
talne1 In advance Que OF the printed slica OF
1laino'e anrech. Tar!,ox's sc1olndcr WAS entirely
ratsisan, snI hf3 oratory WAS as strained AZ ills
facss \ Now England member prupusos 10 ask
Tnrhox how he cam, into Foescsson Of Nlninos
Are"sh. It WIS put il, ttypo mt AuGnpsa. No..
Rod ono copy Mus missed from the oiiice.
THE SPEECH. .,
Mr.. CHAIRMAN: The honor OF tho National
NnserI'ni"!lt Ad tho prosperity nt tnu American
leoplo uro a.ikc lncuaced by thnAo who demand
the scrrntnntion Of MI irrcdcemaao paper cnr-
1nncy. Fer mnre tt.nn two seara tho country
las Keen suffering !rs,M 1rcsrntf'a il business;
c0nildtNco loturnb bslt SLOWLY trndn rovivcs only
partlali't and to-day, with capital nnnrodnctlvc
uuu lnHOi uHcuplOytu, NC ll3il QuTholVC4 Ill tnp
nlidtt of MI aEitRtlon rosp.cting the medium
With which hutilOsHt trapa7ctlab nslRll be carried
bu Until tAH question. IN do4initoly adjusted, it
IL idle 70 expect that inil measure Of prosperity
10 which thu cncIges VI our pcoIo aud thu re.
snusces Of Tho lnuu cn,ltlo ,,s, In tho way Of
TINT adjuhtnchf, ono gsoat Hcction Of tho Deinn.
cratic rarty-jnaAhly Its controlling rower-
etnbhorrly bthIds tn-tlay., The 1scnnhltcanR. al
ways true To- tho rrIn,ui duty Of enprortin3 tho
nasiou's o'ctlsl, have now cnst bohIud then, ali
minor differences mud tliseehtlnns On tho tnals-
clal question. and Aaye gradually
CONSOLIDATED THEIR RrNhsuln AuAlSsT ISyLA~
Tho currency, thofeiorp bnconaea Of ucces-
sty n PROMINENT political itsio; and theBa
DcnorrnsH who aro ID favor Of hunchi Hsnirg ty
Ito Eovernnent md hunrAt uluneY for tho
rcorlc, .uauy 10 compelled to oct tn they lid i'll
that still Graver cxigency WAen tho osteteuco cf
the Government ltsclf was ut stake.
Who this qncHti0n Ploulu ho approached In
no spirit bf partisan fMtterpcsP. IL has yet be-
come no ensnngled With parts.relasionh .Lat To
Intelligent discussion OF It cau be hnA without
giving its political history, at,d, II tint hstn1y
Dtara Severely On The Democratic party, its dG.
fenderH muat nnBWsr tho iauts, and not quarrel
with their presentation. Firmly attncheA 10 QUO
political party myaef, Asmly bulioyinK that par
ties in free Government aro aB henlthful ss
they a1e inevitable, l shhh thcsn are aues-
tlons about which PARTIES should ngreo
noves 10 diansFoo; and q t1cso is
circulating medium. Auu IL Is laes OF cspociai
weight aud aignltlcance that, up to tho pRpAr-
mouoy oIh, which wnr procptatea upon III du-
ring tho lsobollion as QUO of wars inoSornblo ne-
coszit,cs thoro neyor was political party in
Tits country that boiovol III n,iy other than tho
ephcie.stauda1l for our Cllrrcnoy. 1r thelp YnH
my ono principle TINT wnh rooted and grounded
In tho nInds Of our earlier statesmen, Il WIS the
oil Of parer-mouoy; End 10 caudid mnn of any
Statos and not be convinced that itH trainers n-
tohdod 70 protect and dafeud OH. peoplo frum
tho mnnitold rorilB of III i'redeomubla currency.
Na.'tantos aiacon, ONO of tho .rureet anu best nf
American stntehneu, himself soldier OF tho
ltoyoutlon. nlld lno1nbCr OF CoDErcea cnutiuu-
ctisly during the administrations Ut our tirst slx
Presidents, embracing in oil period Of nea1iy
forty yCaEs, GxrressoA tic whole truth when IIo
declared In tho Benate thHt
rH!5 WAS NANI1-aDNr:y GOVERNMENT.
Founded by hori.money men, who lad Lcnl-
eclvca eoou aud felt tho Cyi! Of Ia:,or.muuey,
nnd ~ 1noant to savo tlelEr, Tosserity tion',t.'
standard, the crirtB OF the lsobell1on forced a,,
exception. lii January. 1SiA with moro than
i39,te1 nen ~ atttis, with daIf5 cxppuditurs
of nearly 81, ,0Co. QUO, tho Government suddenly
but little ,nLGruAl taxes had not yot been levied.
IH,tho ctotlt Was feeble il not paralyxe.!, our
nr1nea had mot With olse signui rcytsHo And uo-
where With marked succcss, and meas 1ni,lu
cue eu,1rome noeA Of tho hour was usonoy, aud
nlouoy the Government did lothavs. What,thpn
.houtd DO dono-tathcs What could ha dous
sa as ssa ssapaIy fyea dessry su yo,s ots sr, had sssn
we're dlsereditcu mud below TIM vuluo Of thu bills
Of couu,ry hankH. The Government il, ti,js
great mud porilouH nocd. promptly called to liz
aid power nescr before exorceed. 1t nnthor-
lied tho 1ssuo OF o,te hundred nnd fifty u,llunn
Of uotos, aud declared them to bn n leGal-,nu,ler
fur All dcbts, public and private, with tYo os-
coptlons.
Tho ahlest Iawycta who uussa1no.l tl,ia measure
III. Il rs1k nxL4 a..
Conatitus.pD, but, like tho lalu Senator 1'eehuu-
den. of my owh State placed il Oil the SrouhA
of
''AHaoIrTx OVERWHELMING SEcEsaiTy;"
aud that illtlntrions Senator DECLARED that, "Ttlo
Necessity nxlstng, hn i,ni no hceltn,on." H.
decd tlr, to hesitate Was to bD lost; for t4o
danger ~a4 that, II ConErens prolonged tue do
ba!n on points Of constitutional construction,
LII deliberations might ho interrupted by tho
sound q ltebel artillery. OH tito opposite
shore Of tbs Potomac. Tho licpubllcan ArI,A,ura
and Representatives. therefore, diminishing Ail
doubts aud caAuiBtry, stood toKstAer iur tho
couutry' anl II tauntcd. ~ tl,sy wero. by thu
democracy and disloyalty NJ thut day. with vo.
latinK the Constltuslon they pointed 10 TINT lus
which IL Older tlAn constitutions. Adopting tho
sentlmont Al they might tAyu iIuotcd tlo lfu-
Hutod language 70 john s!iton, thoy battoyuu
tlas "Ihste IL law of Hef ptensrvatiol,, writ
ten BY God siimsclf on our hta1ts; tl,rru IL the
primal compact aud bond OF aoccty, not Srhvau
Ola stone, nor sealed With wax, nor pnt down pI,
Threlment, nor ses forth IN any express fortn Of
words by men when Ut old thuy catun ,ogetllor,
hut implied iu tho very act That tLey 20 came TO-
gsthtr p.esupposed IN all subsetit,ens law, not
TO DO repealed by Any authority. nor mva!.aatcd
by bofug omitted In any code, tuupuil.ch NJ from
thence ATE all codes aud al suthurity."
Dut Tho rro.nhtings OF patt.otisn, the pres
sure Of necessity, tho "despoitin of duty"
Which thus decided tho cuusBe of tho Nepub-
lictnA
FAILED 10 IsrLuEkck TIE pEs1UcnATs
In Congress. Al4rsl,alGd ANI tad by Mr.. rendlc-
tou, Bl,.co EreoMc the great ntIvosate ot inlla-
tion, t!su Democratic Representatives voted III
wei-nisgh Holid column against tha legal-lentet
bill. bankruptcy TO tho 1'reanuty Was impend-
tngs eighty lnllltoua Of unpaid acquisitions Law
on the s9crasAry's desk! . large part Of tho
army hkd net recoyod dollar for nix months;
supplies rsrs falling; recruiting 4alted; Tho
epltlta ot rho people droonal; wIsIle lilo E1ocu-
tvs Department, cha,Erd With the conduct OF
tho War. urged shas critical csapagus, then In
progress. would necessarily end In disaster unless
relief could be Afforded III this way. but
Uemoctltic condolences were too tender aud