Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-10-25
w0ODBURN's SPEECH.


1n01oputeoie Focto thot Tell
Against the Democracy.
A lack Of space In the last issue Of
TIE TIxEs prevented the appear.
ance Of synopsis Of Hon. William
Woodburns speech delivered in Day
ton on Saturday night. The speech
was the most convincing that We
have heard in the campaign, and il
ought really to be printed verbatem
~ . matter of information to Re-
publicans and Democrats alike. Mr..
WOODBURY., having been in the Hous.
of Representatives when the ex-Con-
federate members displayed their
old feeling Of hostility to the Union,
is able to speak understandingly Of
what transpired there. No one can
deny what he says on this subject.
In his speech in Dayton Mr..
WUdburn said: The 81. Confederatea
who were my colleagues in the
House last winter aud of whom per.
s"naiiy entertain none but feelings
of kindness, secured their seats there
through the leniency Of the Republi-
can party. In no government under
the sun to-day, or that ever existed
on the earth, except the g"vernmen,
Of the United States, would those
men be allowed vnice in public At
fairs. As to how they reciprocated
the good feeling and brotherhood
shown them by their fellow citizens
Of the North you are aware. shall
attempt to particularize somewha,
and Impress upon you some facts
that now may not b. firmly held in
your minds.
When Congress assembled last
winter the Democratic members OF
the House, marshaled by -Confed-
crate officers. were loud in their
cries for reform and a thorough
cleansing of the Augean stables, n
they said. They were going to re.
ducs public expenditures. and i'm
prove the civil service by all means,
Civil service reform, as generally &C.
cepted, means the retaining OF good
men and competent, regardless oil
politics or religion, and the employ.
ing of the same class of persons when
places are to be filled. The frs,
thing the House did in this line was
to discharge sixty ex-Union soldiers
in the various departments and hire
forty seven ex-Confederate soldiers
in their places. The very first thing
that was done in the House after or.
ganizing was the introduction of 9
resolution by Foote of Illinois, and
companion one by Casson of In.
diana, that, ceteris paribus, x-Unior
soldiers should BIZ preferred in ap
psintments. The resolution wa!
voted down by q strict party vote
not one Democrat supporting it. II
view of the comfy displayed by tn.
North in admitting the ex-rebels e
all the rights of citizenship, this &C
cannot be regarded as other than un
generous and as showing the prevail
ing tendency Of the Southern mind
to-day. These crippled men who
were discharged to make room fol
ex-rebels. and who in every case
were unable to do heavy manua
work, we're sfterward provided with
places by the President. One dis
placement is worthy of more than I
passing notice: Henry Sherwood Of
Michigan, who was in nearly all tht
battles Of the war, and who was 1
member Of the regiment that cap
tured JEFF Davis, was removed from
q position in the Post Office Depart
ment to make room for James
Stuart an ex-sherif Of California anG
an outspoken chivalry Democrat
Edgar Stoughton of Alexandria, Mo.
an ex-rebel and . healthy man, sue
ceeded an ex-Unlon soldier who haG
his under jaw shot away 10 the war
and had q rubber one In its place.
John Fitzhugh, the eccentric door
keeper, who was . bigger man thar
old Grant, was q specimen Of theil
civil service reform. The Speaker
voted to retain Fitzhugh as y warn.
ing to Democrats and An example te
the country. VIM. B. Hamilton o.
Genr ia, y clerk COR the Committee
On Ways and Means, who was patriot
enough to name child after tho ss'
sassin Of Lincoln, was another cx'
ample Of the class Of men the Demo
Gratis intended to purify the civil ser
vice with. Mr.. Hamilton was moi
man enough to own to his gross i'm.