The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-06-20
SAMUEL j. TILDEN SPEAKS.
Gov. Hendricks Speaks.
CALM UTTERANUES THAT WILL FIND
AN ECHO IN ALL TRUE HEARTS.
No Prosperous Immunity for Suc-
ce<sfmI CrIme-rhe Stealing Of
tia Presidency Not Per
sORaI Wrong, but "a Wrong
aOIhe People.


40 the People
n. SUM-
About a quarter before TO- Mr.. A. J. Van
derpoel came forward. followed by group
in which Mr.. TiIden and Mr.. Hendricks
were the central figures. He said:
GENTLEMEN OF THE MANHATTAN CLUB
AND FRIENDS 1t ismy agreeable duty on the
part OF the Manhattan Club, representing
not only the Democracy of the Em pire City !.
| but the Empire State and our regeneTated
nation, to tender on behalf of the club, and
! on behalf OF the many friends who have
met with us, cordial welcome TO those
| candidates of our great party who received
! majority of the constitutional electoral
votes of this nation Applausel for the oth-
ces OF President and Nice-Prceident of the
| United States, and to those who are not on
| OF our great State. Applause. We had
| intended originally that this should be
| ~ a social gathering, that we might extend
the right hand of fellowship to those who
had SO nobly borne our standard in the late
political contest. But l am sure that you
| all feel that the occasion should be made by
| US an expression of the sentiments so deep
ly rooted in the Democratic heart at the
| great wrong which the nation mas suffered,
| in which the will of the people, as express
ed at the ballot-boX, has been outraged and
| trampled on, and the Government handed
over TO the control of a party whose policy
4
plause.l Yielding to the desire thus eX
| pressed, our standard bearers have consent
| ed TO address Us, and now have the honor
| TO introduce to you Samuel >, TIlden.
] Mr.. TIlden was received with cheering,
which lasted several minutes. lie said
MR.. TILDEN's SPEECH.
Mr.. President AND GENTLEMEN OF TUE
| MANHATTAN CLUE: accepted your invita-
| ton under the idea that this was to be a
| aial n
| sion of which was the presence in this city
/ of Mr.. Hendricks and of Gov. Robinson and
| Lieut.. Gov. DorShemer.
You are aware, suppose. that one of your
guests, Mr.. Hendricks, embarks tomorrow
| on an excursion to foTign lands, for rest aud
| recreation He will carry with him, L am
sure, our best wishes for a prosperous voy-
| age for pleasant visit, and safe return,
and for the health and happiness of himself
and family. APPLAUSE L have been avail
| ing myself, for similar purposes of brief
| interval, aud find myself now, with some
| reluctance, drawn away from this privacy
| TO attend this occasion. But the occasion
| itself, and the apparent general expectation,
seem to require that | should say Il word III
| respect To public affairs, and especially that
| should allude to the transaction which, IN
my Judgement, is the most portentous
| event in American history A huShed eX-
| pectancy here restrained the tendency to
applause, which was just breaking out when
| Mr.. Tiden proceeded
Everybody knows that, after the recent
election the men who were elected by the
| people as President and Vice-President OF
| the United Stdtes were "cOunted ont, =
''Hear, heart" and applausel AND men who
were not elected where counted in and
seated. ['-Hear, hearH' = es! \ es!' APP
plause | 1 disclaim any thought of the per-
sonal wrong done TO myself in this TRANSACT
ton. Hear. hear (energetically)
"Good Goodt' Applause Not Ivy any
act or word Ofmine shall that be dwarfed or
degraded into personal grievance, which
is in truth, the greatest wrong that has
stained our national annals Not one of
the four millions and quarter of Ameri-
can citizens who gave us their votes but eX-
perienced wrong as great and as deep as |.
I"More" Applause. Not one of that min
ority who did not give us their votes. bur,
in the resulting consequences of this act,
will share in the mischiefS, If it is not re-
dressed and punished. [Applause.I To every
man of the four and aquarter millions who
were defrauded of the fruits of theirelective
franchise it as great wrong as it is to me.
And no less to every man of the minority
will the ultimate consequences extend.
Evils in government grow by success and
by mpunity. They do not restrain them
selves voluntarily. They can never be linn
tied except by external forces. 1t the men
in possession of the Government cln in one
instance, maintain themselves in power
against an adverse decision at the elections,
such an example will be initiated. Temp
tatiOn exists always Devices to give the
color of law, and false pretenceS on which
to found fraudulent decisions, will not be
wanting. The wrong will grow iutO into a
practice, if eoDdoned-if once coudoned. In
other countries. in the Old World, changes
in the succession of Governments have usu-
allv been the result of fraud or force. We
felicitated ourselves that here, through the
skill and patriotism and philanthropy of
our fOrefatherS, we had established a system
of peaceful change through the agency Of
III h is in
American history that this right of the peO-
pie has been impaired. 1t is the first time
in American history that any body has ever
pretended that the Government of this great
country was handed over to any set of men |
through fraud. (Applause.)
The question now is whether our elective |
system, IN Its substance as well as its form, |
is to be maintained. This is the question of |
questions. Until it is finally settled there |
can be no politics founded on inferior cues
lions of administrative policy. 1t involves |
the fundamental right of the people. IL in
wolves the elective principle. 1t involves |!
the whole system of popular Gogernmens.
Tbe people must sfgtalfg Gondehqn the great |
tcronq tehch has been. ao2De 10 them. They must
strip che Example OF everything that can attract
iapitators. They must refuse prosperous tH
munty to crime.
This is not all. The people will not be |
able to trust the authors or beneficiaries of |
the wrong to devise remedies. But when |
those who condemn the wrong shall have |
the power, they must devise the measure |
which shall render q repetition of tne wrong |
forever Impossible. fApplause.l If my /
voice could reach throughout our country |
and be heard In Its remotest hamlet would |
say: BE of good cheer. The republic will |
live. The institutions of our fathers are
not to expire in shame. The sovereignty of |
the people shall be rescued from this peril
and re-established. TAppla4se.l
Successful Wrong never appears So trium-
plant as on the very eve of its fall. Seven
years ago corrupt dynasty eliminated in
itspower over the million of people who live
in the city of New York. 1t had conquered
or brided, or battered and won almost
every body into acquieScence. 1t appeared
to be invincible. A year or two later its
members were in the penitentiaries or in
exile: History abognds IN similar OK,
in the future. A great and noble nation
will not sever its political from its moral
life
Mr.. Tilden's address was eagerly listened
and at its close was loudly applauded.
4hen Alr. Hendricks was introduced, and
spoke as follows
GOV. HENDRICKS SPEECH.
GENTLEMEN: I thank you for the honor
you do me, | appreciate it IN part as an
expression of personal respect and conf
dence, but more as a declaration and assur-
ance ofyour support of the principles aud
policies Of which, ia honorable association
a representative in the political contest of
last year. 1 beg to assure you that / appre-
ciate the honor you show me the more high
ly because of your devotion to the pollt-
ical principles which experience has
ehcEn 70 be esseEtiSi 70 sAe preservation
al good go1eFnIHent and tie prosperity of
the people. Very earnestly the Democrats
of this great city and State and of Indiana,
as also of the other States, contended for
and demanded restoration of local self
government in all the States where it had
ton throughout the entire "iIi, .c sarvice