The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-06-22

laws Of their own enacting, and by the
officers Of their own choosing. My
fcsiow-citizens, my home Is ia the west
and my associations have been with The
lpcople Of that section. Among you
am personally almost stranger. yet
am received hy you with open arms and
ccrdlal greetings. Need | say that nm
graiillcd because Of this fact? II has
more Than personal significance. Does
il not proclaim that we entertain no
sectional political sentiment or sectional
Ipolicies! Some may think that we
should have an eastern policy, and 9TH
ers that il should be western: but II
seems 10 me that New Yorker and an
Indianian should understand it better
than that, ard that your legislative and
administrative policy should be a. broad
ana comprehensive as the industries and
trade, and commerce which il may effect.
Does the trade Of ll.e great CITIES Of the
Atlantic stop with the mounfains? {? Does
II not reach beyond the Mississippi aud
Missouri. Every new home that Is
built beyond that receding border. every
new farm that il made tar In tie shadow
Or the Rocky mountains. aud every al
dilional bale Of cotton that is produced
in Louisiana and Texas. adds something
~ the greatness and wealth Of New
York and Boston and PHILADELPHIA and
Baltimore. ls there New Yorker who
a. he walks Up and down lhis arca.
broadway, hears aud feels only Tie
throbbing OF local commerce. Let
such man break over the narrow
bounds and habits OF his life and visit
great cotton and grain growing sections.
nor lct him Stop until he hears The wares
Of the Pacific dashing against the golden
shores Of California, and no will lie bet
ter able 20 understand and appreciate
the magnitude and complicated rela-
tions OF the interests which are affected
by the financial and commercial policy
Of the country. Successful enterprises
and developments ia remote parts of the
country are as certainly and almost III
lrcctlv connected with the prosperity W
this city A. are the permanent and vain
liable improvements upon wear more lis !
ltant streets. 1 have said this under tLe
Influence ,f tie sentiment that in res
pert 70 production aud trade. the cast
and west ami south are one. and that "
wise and just policy will alike ami al-
most equally promote tile prosperity or
each, IA Your judgment should be a.
comprehensive as tho influence OF your
commerce. and as far reaching as tic
distant lines OF your trade.
at the conclusion Of the governer's
address Governor Tildcn, being loudly
called ior, arose and said:
Everybody knows that after the re-
cent election tho mon who were elected
by the people. president and yice-prcsi-
dent Of the United states were counted
out. and the men who were not elected.
were counted in aud seated. disclalm
any thought Of the personal wrong in
volvcd in this transaction. Not by any
act or word ofmine shslI that be dwarfcd
or degraded into personal grievance
which j. ~ truth The greaicsl wrong
which has stained our national annals
To every man Of the four aud a quarter.
millions who are dcfIandcd OF the fruits
Of their elective franchise. il j. as great Al
wrong aS Il il to me, and no less 10 every
man Of the minority will its ultimate
consequences extend. Evils in govern
mcnt grow hy success and by impunitv.
They do not arrest their own progress Y
they can never be limited except Nv ex-
lclnal forces. III the men in possession
Vi tie government can in one inslancel
maintain themselves III power against an
adverse decision M the elections. such
an example will be condoncd. The
temptation exists always 10 devices io
give The color Of law TO false prcienscs
on which ground fraudulent decisions
Will not be wanting. The wrong viii
grow into practice if once condoned.
In the worlds history changes in thel
succession Of governments have usually
been the result OF fraud or force. III
has been our faith and our pride that wel
had established mode Of peaceful
change. 70 be worked out by the agency
Of the .allot-box. The question now j..
whether our elective system. in its SUBJ
stance, as well as in It's form, Is TO be
maintained. This j. the question OF
questions, and until il Is finally settled
there can be 10 politics founded on in-
fcrior questions OF administrative policy.
II involves the fundamental right OF the
people. IL involves the elective priuci-I
pie. IL involves the whole system ofb
popular government. The people musil
signally condemn the great wrong which
has been done TO them. They musi
strip the example Of everything that can
attract imitaiors; they must refuse Al
prosperous immunity 70 crime. This
l. not all the people will not be able toI
trust authors or bcncficiarics Of wrong
TO devise remedies, but when those who
condemn tho wrong shall have power
they must devise measures which render
the repetition Of the wrong forever i'm
possible. Ii my voice could reach
throughout our country, and be heard