The New York herald., 1876-11-14

their own sails destroyed their leadership and broke
the cohesive elements oi tho farty
The speaker then reviewed The opposition OF Bout
well 10 Bayard on the noor OF the and hOS
Journal Ia Boston, republican or otherwise, gave him
one ilne OF recognition, one cordial word OF thanks
Nay. the majority OF the journals in Eastern Aasss-
chuseus deridcd him boy and told HIM to come
home that be misrepresented Massachusetts About
publican Journals found the danger which has now
burst upon them in all ms magnitude staring them ~
stole the thunder OF the hassachuss It's senator.
THE SOUTHERN QUESTION
Speaking further OF the Southern question, which
senator boutwell, signalized himself IN discussing Ar
Philips argued that II would have been possible to
rally The North for Hayes but this vital issue, the
party had itself in interest us, but this
question touched chords in the hearts Of the peo
pie OF the North Abiding TO the various political
mistakes the republican party tolerated. he ssid one
was The universal right OF boiling when any man had
IN attack OF Indigestion. Butor the single issue that
held tho party t would have been in this
test little better Than mob undertaking TO meet resu
lar roops-on the one hand, the dsorsanzed, ds'a
tegraied, demorazed element OF the republican trai
ing school. on the other, the determined well drilled,
well ted and well oihcercd troops that signify the dem
ocratic party The republican party just touches sue
cess and nothing more Tho leaders deserve none;
they never laid down method or corner stone that
had In IL any power TO carry the country. Among
these leaders he excepted Blame Butter, Boutwell, ana
Morton They, he claimed, were always Ia the iront
rank OF the party.
DANGERS TO TnR REPUBLICAN PARTY.
They the dangers mcnacug H. They knew what
needed TO bolster II up, but they could not accom-
psh everything TO my mind continued Mr. Philips
the point OF departure the republican ranks Is very
evident The going on to-day that went
in 1850 and 1854 in the wing ranks II IS the same
method by which Provdence always replaces one party
with another Describing the fall OF the whig party
and the that lea 10 IT, he proceeded to draw
parallel between It and tho republican party 1t has
put slavery under, he said; has grated tho
South: IL has given you the nation 1t stands to-day
10 a great extent and in large measure its work is
done Representing the uniamabe spirit OF the South,
despite its thrashng and the impossibity OF COM
peing it to change It's ceas he compared It's growth
tn mr. Qyy uQrp mr. mn
rial characteristics. As nation We are firm anu
yielding We PRIDE ourselves upon strength OF will
ana tenacity OF conviction. The South has
nre, developed IN this respect the ideas that
have. DO you suppose, lie asked the
sLooD SOUTH
bad its notions beaten out o 1t by Gettysburg Apo
mattoxy suppose Lee had pressed Grant back to the
lakes and instead OF Appomat,ox the hna defeat had
been At Cleveland, and our boys IN blue had been
parolled in Columbus and the Confederate nag foatcd
Hill Monument Would Massachusetts have acknowl-
edged slavery ana graded civilization NO True
is The spirit OF our emblem
That Tag shall m lark where'erI 1t fonts
An island OF the free
Just they should have been. South Carolina
Is Just rs Determined just aggressive, could
have been.
A vIEw or THE SOUTH
The South has no business; the people have been
bred up to nothing but idienesa They hut
trade, one profession and tnat IS politics. In this they
expert Keen, adroit, we know from dealings
reearve his fortune He win aga.o this question. We Z;
are agitatIng II. Few OF you will live
settled II may net be as prominent hereafter as It
now, but II Will remain us The Cavalier and Round
head issue did IN England, the different
parties did in France; II will remain, with
more or less strength, 10 trouble other TIL
after the present generation is in its grave II is tn.
hrst element that presents itself the republican
party standing where the wing party did 1856, There
have been calculations Tor Mr Tildens success ex
scpt as beginning at "a solid South; that the
OF the constitution always We consider there
no calculation IN favor OF Governo. Hayes
except
DIsISrEGRATISG THE SOUTH
mann hanlf tnIt .lnalf lff,-n ~
staies, such as We are broken into naturally, a
necessary TACT in his election What before the
war? solid South. What did the war break upY A
kod South What did democratic success bring up
from the chasm OF the war? solid South. What
viii preserve US the victories OF the war; The repub-
can party One OF the gravest mistakes Mr. Philips
claimed, that the journals OF the Norn making
uay Is IN Ignoring this question OF the South Reading
m extract IRON republican paper charging the OF
he government upon certain OF ITS statesmen he asked
Does the party that throws mud at its candidates
pcct successr
The republican party in any other sense tina OF its
value IN the southern issue dead and the living
timber which contains are to rely Tor the future.
Discussing the criminal aptitude Of all public officers,
he said:-fou charge public man with any crime
whatever the .eebest possible evidence, and two
thirds Of the people, looking into their own hearts
beheve the charge For forty years the press the pull
PIT aud the potcians OF the country have been
deavorIng make oplc believe they
do what wroDg Rcapsing into discussion OF
the chief subject OF his story AGAIN he said:--We nre
just the people which this long debate has made
The South bears the scars OF four generations that
have held their feet upon the necks OF fallen race,
INDICATIONS
OF its long period oi ssn SYMPATHY when II went hand
IN hand with IT. Botn parties bear the The
unGisproved sin to-day In the face OF this fact
useless TO discuss minor issues : would be Tor n
man to Try TO lit himself up by mis- boot straps.
Speaking OF the arstoctatc colony OF CS people
hold Office Tor ite he said corruption
In civi service was an abnormal growth of American
politics The only true way OF getting at popular
service reform, he stated, is by bringing the Offices
within reach oi the people and elcciing
women TO MI them He styled the kind OF policy that
believed centennial celebrations reminded people the
two debatabc sections OF the country pocket
statesmanship and expressed admiration at the man
IN which the South clngs 20 its mistaken ideas.
One read PARADISE Lost he said without aa
mrng Satan Had Wade Hampton rcpudatcd his
wei-known sentiments he would have drspised him.
Thc speaker concluded thus:--
lrthcre when It the scrious duty
81 every citzen 10 make himself active politician
II there was ever NATIONAL issue that called for
devotion cltizenshp II there ever a time that
warned US to call into every element OF moral
torcc In our bcng-ths is it, welcome the dlscussi
OF the question OF
WOMAN SUFFRAGE
In this Commonwealth. believe that women should
vote, because In this new struggle a opera
lion of effort between the TO avert the danger
that threatens US and restore commercial peace. We
arc In danger oil being bribed, tempted overmuch
let the issue settle itself, and letting ourcelves
the humble level OF merely attending our own busi
ness and comfort II is not certain by any that
THIS country VIII always remain united Republic. /
bavc profound tears as to whether that flag will, 100
gears from now, mean an indvisible Republic In the
utter devotion TO their mistaken IDEAS which Is part
Of the American character the division OF opinion
In the lack oil all organization the North
toward hem IL is by no means certain that We shall
keep the girdle OF these forty States unbroken.
Whether we will remain be divided is a
question the next four or six will have large
lion OF the North. Everything IN measure depends
an education. do not mean book learning, college
whcn imparts the education TO which refer We
will wait tor the result.
THE POPULAR SENTIMENT.