San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1877-11-10

yeu will expect me to allude. The
condemnation by the people OF the
greatest political crime ip our history,
by which the result of the presidential
election Of 1876 was set aside aud re-
versed, is general and overwhelming.
A voice-We know that you got
robbed. +. 7ssr9 'E
Mr.. Tilden (excitedly)-I did not
get robbed. The people got robbed.
[Cheers]. l had before me on one
side course OF labcrious services on
which health and even life might b.
perilled, aud on the other period Of
relaxation aud ease. But TO the peo
pie it was a robbery Of the dearest
rights Of American citizens. lap
pIause aud cries OF That's so!' That's
so l. from the crowd
Her sister States, continued MIR.
Tilden, might afford to have the voice
of New York irittered away or its ex =
preston deferred. 1t could not change
history; it could not alter the univer
sal judgment OF the civilized world
it could not avert the moral retribution
that is impending. But New York
herself can not afford I'd have her voice
unheard. The declaration of indepen.
dence, the bills of right and the State
constitutions all contain assertions Of
the right of the people to govern them
selves and TO change their rules at will.
These declarations had ceased to have
anv meaning to the American mind.
Thev seemed to be truisms which there
was nobody to dispute. The contests
known TO us were contests between diff
ierent nortions of our people. To com,
rehena the Significance of these de-
clarat;ons il ia necessary TO carry our
solves hock tn the cxnmples of human
eyner;ence in view of which our auces.
tors acted They hnd eee, the govern.
mental machine and a small govern
mental class sometimes with the aid
nj the navy able to rule arbitrarily
ovar W. ,nill;ons of nnoreanized isolated
atoms of human society In forming
thn gorcrnme~t Of The limited States
tbev endesvorea ia take every precau
t;on against the recurrence OF such
evils IN this country They kept down
tbc standing army to nominal amount.
.Thev intendad to limit the functions
of tie federaj government go as to pre
vent Tho growth to dangerous dimen.
sims - an off;ce holding class and Of
corrunt Influences The pi escrved the
state Governments as counterpoise to
act as centers of opinion and as organ
;yed means of resistance to revolution.
,rv nsurn,tion bv the federal govern
ment .jeiIerson the leader of liberal
oninion in his first inaugural. rccog-
uizcd this theory. Hamilton. the re-
nresentatiye of tho extreme conserva-
tive sentiment in the Federal;st. ex.
nounded il with elaborate arguments.
Msdison tbp tother of the constitution.
onforcnd those conclusions
4 vo;co-Uow ,hont ,he retnrpinp
bo.rdo ''l
Mr T;l)en-Thorc were no return.
inc boards il those d,ys The people
elsctcd their own President and there
were M Iou;.i,n, and Florida re
tnrning boards TO rob Them of their
r;rhts The increase of mower in
,he federal government durinp the
Last twenty wears The creation of vast
nf,;ce .hol,iinp cl,,ss with ,ts numerous
Snnenden,s nnd the growth of the
mems of corrnpt influence have we'll
n;~i, d.s,rnyod tbe balance of our com.
niex svsteo, ~It was INV Judgment in
,S7f that nuhlic oninion demanding
n change of administration needed to
embrace two.thirds of the ueople at
,he heainn;ng nj the canvass in order
in q, - a majority of vores at the cleo
t;on If this tenden:v is not arrested
ire ;nev;tahle resuIt will he the nracti-
al a. destruction of our system Let the
fsderal covernment yrosn mower over
tho great cornorat,ons of our country
and and scnuire tho means of addressing
their interests and their fears. let Il
t,ke ;urisd;ction of riots which IL is
the dntv of The State TO supnress /: let
;t6nJ p.o,avIs tnr ;n,ra,,;n, The army