The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-06-21
THE PEOPLES PRESIDENT
ARTF SPEECH ny SAMUEL i. TIL
DEN At THE HENDRICKS RE
tlrllON
WHAT lie THINKS on TNEINNiu
ny WHICH THE klTHrFOI
PRESIDENT WAS COUNT.
Fp OIT


of the Manhattan y.Uh Tonight, Nllrr
alludirr 90 the departure OF Governor
Hendricks tomorrow and Wishing Alm
\ good voyage he asserted that the men
elected hv the people ln the lNto pr,sl.
DENTAL contest were counted cut lie
would not by any word at hia dwarf ur
degrade the greatest wrong that has
stained oar national annals luio peI>
Sapal grievance. The ultimate Causy-
suencss will. hc said, extend 20 every
man Of the four aud u quarter millions
who werv dvimudcd ut the fruits ullhylr
elective franchises. lie said the evils lu
governments grow by sacccs- and hy
IMMUNITY. They donot auy-. lhr.roWn
progress. They can never bv limited
except 10y external forces. IL 'av mtu
m po>sesslOn Of the eoVe'nWyu. can ia
one instance maintain themselves ln
power aga nsl an adverse decision @; The
elections such am example MlA uc uHgta.
ted Temptation exists always. Devices
Ia give the color " law and false pre-
tenccs ON which 90 found IaHau.cn, de-.
sis,ous will not hy Wau,aE. The WRONG
will grow into q practice ID ua.v cauanu-
cd. In thc worlds history changes IN
the succession vt governments have
u>uall. hren the result Of fraud or force.
.Ithas' been our faith and uur oxide that
We had established mode ot peaceful
change a. hc worked ouc hy the agency
otthc ballot box.
The question now is whether Hur ,.,s-
tive system I'm is substance as wei. 81, fts
form - 10 hr maintained This ., The
question OF Questions Until 10 !, finally
settled there can be no politics founded
on inferior questions uf administrative
pnlry. IL involves the fundamental
right Of the people. u involves the
elective principles. II involves The
whole system of popular government
The people must slgua!.y condemn the
GREAT wrong which has been done 90
them. They must strip this example Of
everything that can attract limitations.
They must refuse prosperous lmmuulS
~ 10 crime. This is not all. The rca~
ple will no, he able 10 trust the authors
| or beneiciaries Of the iwrons 90 devise
the remedies. But when those who con-
denim the y-uus shall have the poWe,
they must devise the measures which
shall render repetition ot the wrong
forever impossible.
| Ifmy voice could reach throughout
our country and bc heard in i,s rymu-
/ test hamlet, / would say "Ev ui good
cheer: the republic Will live The in
stilutiOns otbur fathers are not % yN.
pire in shame. The sovereignty OF .ay
/ people shall be rescued uuu THIS peri.
4 and re-establishei Successful. wrong
never appears So triumphant as on Tie
very eve of its fall. Seven years ago i
4 corrupt dynasty eliminated in It's power
over the million Of people who live In
| New York city. Il had conquered, 90
/ bribed, or battered and won almos,
I everything into acQnlestvGcc. lt .l'
\ pvared 20 be iuvincibic. \ year or twa
l later its members we're ia the pcu.tyE.
\ tiarv or in exile.
History abounds in similar examples
We must believe in right and in future
! a great and noble nation viii not sever
its political from It's moral life.
! Mr.. Hendricks having returned
| thanks for the honor done him. alluded
10 the presidential election and said ,ht
result As declared in Louisiana ana
Florida and ~ Washington is not, aul
cannot be made satisfactory 90 the y5un'
try for obvious reasons that 10 was not
| true a great and sincere people wil
rest their final judgement only upon
truth and never upon fraud, successful
through technicaliy. Even should -Et
President and his cabinet alop. Y4s
or tho whole Of the policies and pur
poses for which the democratic party
has been contcpdinEtar many years aua
which became 50 distinctly defined la,
year, even that cannot remove or qU.c
! the public discontcnt The democrats
] l..
will they seek 10 umbaTrass the de acty
administration but will sustain it %
what il right because il is r.gh, and fai
the welfare Of the country and not a'al
because Of any fcalty 70 q party thai
! stands defeated and condemned by th,
people. The people cannot allow the
| selection oftheIr chief magistrate 90 he'
come thing Of chance or Of sharp IGc
ticcs. The fraud first triumphant ir
! American history must be assigned go DO
! proper place among the crimes against
! popular government and made so oi.gG.
! that no party will dare 70 attempt iis
repetition. He who is elected President
must be inaugurltcd. Until that is set
| tied and made sure 10 democrat can be
! seiuced from his devotion and .l,tsi'
ance in any way-not by the allure
/ meuts Of Office. nor oven by the strong
| appeal in the abandonment by tho aI'
/ ministration Of vicious principles ard
| dangerous policies and the adoption oi
/ better doctrines and just measures
| Democrats gill not euirust their most
/ cherished principles - the keeping oi
power which is attained by vicious and
! corrupt means. They viii rather con-
tinue their faith in right Of the majuri-
~ TO rule in accordance with c0nsiltu'
| tional provisions. All democrats rejoice
with unbounded JOY that free republi~
can governments are once more allow
| ed 10 the states Of South Carolina and
/ Louisiana. They rejoice in the good
| fruitgthat must follow. They know tha.
peace and good order will prevail that
capital will be made secure and labor
safe, contcuted and happy; that enter
prise will revive and the cruel burdens
Of the government and public corrup-
| ton will DO lifted from the shoulders Of
labor and that production will increase
and lands advance in price. But they
know in the language, Of Governor
Morton, il had become inevitable. Good
government in the states was not free
offering upon the altars Of the country.
For wears the democrats had contcnded
in congress and before the people for
free republican states throughout the
south and finally il became inevitable
because the right and truth were too
strong 10 be longer suppressed. IN this
democrats find L reason T. stand more
firmly with their party. out Of power
with no patronage to dispense and no
money to distribute but animated by
spirit Of our institutions and inspired by
the sentiment Of the rights Of local self
government as inherent in the people,
the democratic party during the past
ten years has restored one state after
another until now the tread Of soldier is
heard in no legislative hall. but in cvc~
~ state the people are governed 10y laws
oftheir own making and by officers Of
their own choosing. Mr.. Hendricks
concluded with the declaration that this
occasion had more than n personal
significance 1t proclaimed that We had
no sectional sentiment; no eastern or
western policies. The east and west
aud south were one; wise and just
policy would alike promote the pros
perity Of each.
OIL EXCITEMENT.