The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-08-30
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KEYS SPEECHES.

KEYS SPEECHES.
The Hsra1d, too, assumes that Mr..
Key is an egregious fool. 1t is surely
natural enough, and very possibly
the Presidents speeches were made
with a we'll defined purpose to iDfiu-
ence the action of the South and Of
Southern members Of Congress. It
may have been the Presidents purpose
70 exhibit Judge Key in illustration Of
his magnanimitY in placing rebel and
Democrat, who voted against him, in
his Cabinet. But nobody who does
not pronounce Judge Key an intolera-
BILE fool suppeses that he could not
appreciate the purposes of the Pres
ident. In fact, as a matter Of neces-
sity, the President and his associates
had discussed the purpose Of the
journey through New England, and
had a well defined plan for its attain
ment, and it is wholly incredible that
Key is such an arrant idiot that he did
not comprehend the scheme. 1t was
so ',fne a game" qu0th the Herald,
that the bind Mr.. Fey could not
see It, end, accordingly, ''POor
Key exhibited himself on the stool
OF repentance" This is sheer noa-
sease. When at Bennington Key
described himself as one Of the 'erring
brethren" and was greeted with great
laughter. So successful was the joke
and so good humoredly did the down
casters accept 1t, that at WinLipiseogee
Lake, Key, with mock-heroic solemnity,
pronounced the lines of DR.. Watts's
hymn:
"And while the lamp holds out to burn
The Yilost sinner may return"
The quotation and the excessively
solemn assertion of jocular purposes of
repentance excited infinite merriment
and though this fact is stated, so eager
. are "Radical" papers of all sorts to find
= fault with Democrat in Hayes's Cabi-
: net that they pronounce Keys utter
d Iuces those OF abject cowardice. On
I, ne contrary, Key proposed to make
~ IN assertions ridiculous, even as they
akAssffe, when seriously made, and unworthy
OF truth-telling gentleman.
Whatever criticism may be pro-
nounced upon the speeches made by
the presidential travelling party, no
BODY has denied the excellence and
good taste of the utterances of the
President and of Mr.. Evarts, and yet
neither Of these has been more ap-
plauded than Mr.. Key when he said, at
Concord, New Hampshire, last Thurs
day:
appear before you to-day with some
embarrassment, l confess. | remem-
her that twenty. five years ago, away
down in Tennessee, ut the town where
1 lived, Chattanooga, heard dis
cussion in regard to this State, and l
came up to see how much truth there
waS in that discussion. One of our
distinguished citizens, Gen. Pierce,
was then candidate for President,
and. among Others, was Democrat
then and supported him. There met
at our town an immense mass meeting
OF both parties. One of the speakers
advocated the election of Gen. Scott
and one Gen. Pierce. Tho Wing
speaker insisted that New Hampshire
was q very bad State, and that Gen.
Pierce was responsible for that state of
affaifs. He said they were religious
intoleraDts, and that by the constitu-
ton of New Hampshire Roman Catho-
lies were not allowed to hold office.
He went on TO say that this was one OF
the thirteen colohies, one of the org
inal States Of the Upion. The reply of
she Democratic orator was that the
,wMg speaker was entirely mistaken ;
that New Hampshire's name was New
Hampshire; that she was not one OF
= old colonies or one of the old
Laughter. The postmaster
v, beng accounted the most
IAN 10 the place, was appealed
e proved that the Democratic
as right, Iapplause1 and that
npshire was new State
& satisfied the Democrats
e generally. They thought
as the Wing speaker
tkeu in one thing, he was mis-
all. Now, my friends, | came
Expecting TO see an old State ;
where have seen evidence of
and prosperity, and l am
but the Democratic speaker
You move like young mer,
men, like men who are de-
q TO work out destiny and q
g estiny at that. 1t is true, as
dent has kindly said, that
in my own State, supporting
Jest OF my humble abilities the
N OF another to the presidency Of
United States, and ] suppose that
man was more surprised than !
en- his Excollency asked me to take
seat in his Cabinet. l supposed, my
hends. and this ought to say, that
such step might not hurt me great
deal, but Il might be ruin to him.
lLaughter.l / supposed the Republic
rGa party of the North would say
asWhntl has the President whom we
have done so much to elect gone and
taken that old fellow, who has been
from his earliest infancy Democrat,
aud who in his later years was rebel,
and taken him into his Cabinetg" For
supposed. my friends, and am Sc
rious when / say it, that all through
=, the North there would be burst Of in
silcnant disapproval, for it was GER
tainl, unusual. have been gratiied
20 90 that the greater part OF the North
kzs accepted that appointment in far
different spirit, and snd have felt salts
fed from the beginning that it was an
expression Of the sentiment OF people
North that they were tired OF this sec
eional feeling and wished it to be for
ever brried. [CEies Of s.Good, that's
som Now, my friends, these men
from these States assisted in establish
ing our government and our Cons,i,u
hon, but so.n after we entered upon
a career Of national greatness they
fell into controversy on the subject Of
elasery. do not propose to enter
into the reasons OF the controversy,
but to state 70 you that il is unfortu.
nate that It ever existed, and fortunate
fhat Il is ended. There are men st
the So'sth, regret 70 say. who have