The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-10-13

| derstand their next exonse, II is this, that II
| tbey have been currupt. " the Government h .
been yicioui, extrv cant and profi0ato II only
| r,pres nted an xtiavaaant and prohirate so
c'e,y ana was '9 ON, Of fact ,s no wo'.e man
excuse offered by the Guvernment OF nation
more utterly mean and unten Bile than tnst.
| We intrust men with mower because We believe
them to Dosscss higher ability aud to nave
| reached higher standard o. puulic morality
! than our elves. We expect them to hold the
flag ~ political virtue nigh ABOVE us. We do
MT cxpect hat thev VIII accept the lowest level
wnen We complain of their SHORTCOMINGS.
"On. you. the people. are no better than nut-
selves." lf that h their excuse, II s. poor and
sh 'meful excuse. But, cilizen-, II they are, In
point OF Ct on the level, not with the virtu-
Gus. but with tie corrupt among tue people, and
we KNOW u to be 81, then what madness "
would DO on our part II we again fell into the
terrible mis.ake Of nu,tine men into nigh l,css
Tor whioh they were unnt, aud which by their
vices tbey were sure To d grade.
now TO WORK REFORMS.
The next defence. " may call IL 40, that I
hive been ahle 10 gather from the Republican
! speernes Is this: ~ ell, yes. we have been
/ lutte wrong occ sionallv. We have made NV y
with the peoples money to an inordinatc extent.
| We have Rivtna~av In Jobs to RAILWAYS bout as
much ~ the reople's land as con prlsed he
/ original thirteen Siates ana we admit that there
| object to. but we viii do ettcr Tor the future
! We will mend. Give another chance, and VI
therc is any reforming to he done," as me OF
! their 'r tors Is reported to have said, why We
' VIII reform our own rasra's for ourselves.
I a. lsnicr2 Wei; my fellow citizens, V isare-
! that we do not allow fascas to reform them
! selves. out We reforn, them. tApvlauseJ when,
/ Tor instance we had trustee n defdulter. faith
! less To- hts trust, We efotm HIM nv turning Tim
out ~ ofnce. and II his SIN goes very lar, by
/ cl.pping him into ~. That II the wav W.
. FORM nm: u you employ, plougnman 70
plough your neld. and yod md that
! plon CHING. how 40 you reform him2 " nv YOU
/ reform MN out OF the neid ana get somebody
else In his olsce. II~ush,srl Did you ever get
par OF boots tn hurt YOU, Tn I you did not
reform the pootmakes by going to sonlepouy
else 2 IL u. bter Wen, now nat Is The kind
OF r. fui M that thiuk IL proper TO ne app,ied
to our trends In Warnin- ton We VIII reform
them, but rot =. our Expense. For Instance, we
S" r. In point 'S NJ II fsc. there
mad g be ref1rmed. Now, VINO is to reform ,pe
Am ini-tra!lon g. rty Let me picture 20 YOU
VINO has a sort OF idea that he "a going TO ue
! President OF the United States tlaugbtet1-yuu
KNEW men have queer ideas IN Their minds
| together the leading men OF the ADMINS ratiOn
parry, and among the resi, " there could De q
place rae enough % get them together. the one
hundred and Two thousand once holders OF the
| Administration party-~e viii supUuse them
ov. msSss says some sSs Pc sn
reform IL the great necessity Of the dav re-
trench ent Is demanded nv the united voice of
the whole people. We must economise, gen le-
| men We must econumise." Fancy the feelings
81 ,ns one nunuiea ana Two ,noasa a once Sc,
Gran, Army Of the ItepuUIic. ILaushter.J You
| see eAcn Of these men IA expected to woik hard
fvr President Hayes that u not to be to
work hand not only Nv personal innu.
euce. but ny putting his hand IN his packet
and payinR down IN hard cash what they call
his ponnc i a.ssssment. Fancy tue feelings
OF the l02,V00 ufilsenoders when they nnd that
| they are To wOfK aud lay hard casn IN auutuon
| for tue purpose ~ economy, aud Ihen be tuned
| out of tfiive. l. ugh,tr.l Inc scene tnHt
b We pictured, gentlemen, 10 out II the aues-
now THEY WOULD BcoNoMrzE.
but such obsery tions might be m de by
addition Of appropriate scdon and ne inteliiei-
| ole enough; we must econunizs; half Of You
santS WINS Win the nq eve " su p , @
nngeT quietly along the si1e OF MS nose and
the Ms'vOo, ofiicehoIders do likewise, bee. use
| ne would not oelieve what he e. ID.
| and thew " lulI not believe what ne said either.
| IL .urhtei j Now, that 10 the way that the Re-
and retr-Dcn. Fancy, Tor Instance, Mr.. Bla' ~
| the advocate Of rerencnment! tLsusuter.l
| + ncy schuyler Co,fax the apstie of economyI
[Laughterl WIN. citzens, It Is great joke. II
nit. Hayes really uid wi for economy, ne rencn-
| becoming Piesideot every good wisn OF ms
would be cOunteructed bv the men that of
| his au,isers aud overseers. They wouii make
the thing impossible, because their supp orte rs
| the zen standing benind them-wuuid not
! uliuw IT, CiLzens, an, not talking vague point
cal theories To yod. As look down tnia hall !
zee the faces OF manv men VINO earn their bread
| by the sweat OF tneIr brow. ana whose wages
| not We much mure than Ia nee ~ ~ TO sup
| port t. EN- honestly In comfort Remember my
| fellow ciiizen that the WAGES OF these Office
| noluers come cut Of your pockets. All the lake,
come Vut " the pockets Of the work'nKmen
| The Others. the landlords, tue IN snufacturers,
| the nero iants, are only the collectors VI the
! = xes from you; f. IA the working mon pays all
| in the end. mere was N o,d sign over an inn
| la London long time ago, ana It was this {:
| Inrre VS. a King standing upon the shoulders
| Of "A solder: he solder was standing upon I .
| SHOULDERS e y r-Ou; the rson was standing
upon tue snoul lers 81 an Arixan, and this was
govern ail; the solder saJs L drht Tor all the
! parspn saws, prey Tor all : and the work man
says, pay for all lLAush,erl Now. tna'
| se,ves. dou': mean TO saw That. " the eiorm
party elects its Candidates, by any sudden magic
| yOLr wages Will be raised, and the facilities OF
| liie be made eatier. But mean To say int tue
party Of Reform, II II gins power IN toe Al
| uinistrntion u the United states, as matter OF
necessity must econouize, IA u matter OF neces-
si.y must turn out half OF these useless ofics-
| n, lders. len men are employed nowadays IN
| doing one mans work. These nine men viii oe
! sent away to turn their attention To oisRiug or
| carpentry work, or some honest occupa tiOn, and
tue United States Will pay only tue one man
mat does worN, aud your pockets viii 10
pl. sy int tue commercial and n,ancial
dInicuities OF tnis country arise from what Is
Called over productions, IL ls no such tninR
WI 1 hurts us. " hat u,bkes our prospe IL OF tue
future full Of alarm, what dininishes The profits
ui cspitai. what raises rents, wnst reduces the
Commodities II - nis@overnment, Il Is puolIc
pluDier, and IL Is over-tax tton; tAoplauseJ
INT In what does the harm. aud tel you. ciu-
zsns. the Time has come wnen tns over Taxa ion
| mus De stopped somehow. We, men VINO stand
| Tor HeiOfm. snow NOu a pam, DrhHedbie, cOtstl-
| tutiOuai way OF stopping extravaganoe Ia the
Government; uut II T. ls not stopped IN mat way,
| II Will ne stop PED some worse wy; Tor tho DeO-
| pie c n bear no more taxation without oeing
| turned mo p-upers lrom end o. end OF the
| Ianu. Aud 80, fellow citizenr, this ssUnnd ex-
! cuse, wnton these gentlemen III Washington out
| forwdrd IS a re son OF employing tbem Tor tue
| future-that IL, That they viii reform themselves
| amounts TO nothing. Tue only reform that
| an Ue h the form complete and effective tnat
| viii Os Applied 10 them when they are sent BACK
| to tneir own homes 10 consider their past anu
| Learn IA quiet, and 4 their own expense, to %
| better cl,zens Ia the future. Applause
THE TRUE sovEREfOSs.
| Now, citizens, you can effect this thing There
| Il not u single man among YOU that has a vote
| that does not far r. present the sovereignty
! Of the nation. Eacn one OF these meetings wuicn
are being held mere ana everywhere thrUu- h
| the country IL but branch OF the great council
| OF the nation, Is out branch Of ths great SOW.
| ereign assembly before whicl ministers and
| governments and parties are being urea he-
| cause these parties, these ministers qua THIS
| Government are not the masters OF the people ;
| tue, are It's servants, bound 10 carry out swiil
| and the moment " turns out That they are IN
| competent thai, Instead Of giving rs protection
| aud prosperity they have been inhiotln9 EVIL
| ana danger u. on the codn ry, then lac Consttl-
ton gives you the power, anu your duty coInpels
you - exercise That power, OF sKtrica. Ing your
self from a Government when. In SO far ss II