Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-10-29
Mr., Tiltsen'S Speech.

n1r ridden vas serenadcd by The Yourg
Mons Democratic Club. On Saturday eVcnIoe'
ot his residence, in Grammercy iatk, ne"
York. Ia response he said :: -
Gentlemen of the Young Mems Democratic
CluJ-I lha1k you for your kindly welcome.
NV summer excursion, now Just coseo, hao lof
its object season Of physical activity 10 the
omen air. 10 moderate climate and amid scenes
iatcrcstios by their associations, With our liter
AZURE. with cur jurisprudence and with the
origin aud growth ofrcpresenatlVe institutions;
Ii has repaired as much as the, months could
The waste Of six years consecFated TO an eHort
Tor governmental reform 10 lhe city, STATE and
nation. 10 uot forget that 10 1871 you Jalned
in the work, and have never since been Wantl0g
to it. am glad here 10 night to mlnglo my
CONGRATULATIONS with yours on what has been
done, 90 the good auRurlcs Tor The iuture, and'
above ALL Oh the resolute purpose OF the young
mcn Of cur country that the republic shall be
comnIeteiv restored and re established according
| to its original IDEALS. ICheers. The contrast
which st.ikes the American eye between the
British Isles aud our Cwn country 10 the supply
Of focd, aud especially cereals, ought to be the
| basis Of profitable exchanges and iuesimable
| r1utual benetac;ions. The wants of our British
cousios--arcaGy cuormous--Wl rapidly ln-
crease. They grow, not only with population,
| but by an incessant diversion Of labor towards
the most profitable employments. Our means
| Of supply arc boundlcss. We have immense
| areas Of fertile sol-cheap peculiarly fitted
| for the use Of agricultural machinery, aud CON
nccted with the centres Of foreign commerce by
great rivers, by vast leland seas, ADD by Is, 900
miles OF railway. We have sYp 10 our heav
cts whisb, in the season of agricultural growth,
pours down daily foods d light and warmth,
making the earth prolific, giving abundance
aud variety of fruits, assuring the wheat crop.
yielding cotton 10 its zone, and lipcniog corn
everywhere, ever to the verge OF the tarthest
| rcrth. ] predict great increase in the con-
sumption OF our corn by Great Britain over the
| 60 900 GEO bushels which it reached last year.
| Ii is the most natural and spontaneous OF Our
! cereal products. Our present crop ought to
be | 800, 900, 600 bushels against 800 600, 600
bushels Of wheat. 1t is but little inferior to
whoa! in nut,itivc power. II clsts less than
oac half on the seaboard. and much less than
rnc. half on the farm. 1t can be cooked, by
those who consent 10 learn how, lpto many deli
c!cus forms Of human food Why should not the
British w0rkmcn have cheaper tooo? Why should
nut Gus tlrmcrS have great market! why
should rot our carriers have the traOsporta'
.iun? LIT u remember that commercial cx.
changes must have some element OF mutu!|lty
| y h21vtr obsructs tho means OF payment o.
struats also the facilities Of sale. We must re-.
lax orr barbarous icVcpue system 50 as not
unnecessarily to rctard the Dalura processes Ct
trade. We must DO longer lcgisate against
he wants 9f humanity aud the bcne6ceDce Of
| God. The election now i'm pending involves
tho choice Of the State officers who compose
he administrative boards Governor Robin
sons administration has been characterized by
incorrup,ibla integrity, by wisdom and ability,
and by answering fidelity to the reforms that
biya reduced the State taxes one bali; that are
rapidly cxtnpuishing the State debt; that have
rairenchcd $2,500,000 year Of the expendi-
lures upon public works; aud have purified our
| great official trusts. lie needs and has right
to have the cordial CO operation Of those officers
Who. in The GcvIrnmcut Of the United States,
anI other systems. form the Cabinet Of the
| Chief Executive. 10 my judgment the gentle
men in nomination will CO operate applause !
| in the reform policy which bad the honor to
inaupuratc, and which Gov. Robinson is con-
summating. | think that their election aud
| the changes that will take place from the con.
stitu!ioual amendments adopted in 1876 will
give him more united support IN the Canal
Board than was able to receive durlog my
administration. | have the moro satisfaction 10
a707ng this conviction because | believe that
any nominations that did not promise such CO..
| operation would be dsayowed by the denocra-
tie masses. The election. although for State
| Cfii,c has relations to uatlona politics TO
which I know YOU will expect me to alIudo.
| The condemnation by the people of the greatest
political crime in our history. by which the re-
suit Of the Presidential election OF 1916 was set
| aside and reversed, is general a1d o7erwhelm.
| iac.
\ Eoioc-Wc know you got robbed.
Mr.. TiIden (exeltedly)-I did not get robbed.
| The people got robbed Cheers. had be-
fore NE on one side course of laboricus scr.
vices on which health and even If, might be
pereil, ard on the other period of relaxation
and case. But to tho people it was robbery
Of the dearest rights of American cltz ms
Applause aod cries Of That's SOL "That's
SOL! from the crowd.
e
Mr.. Titden-Tho Increase Of power 10 the
Federal Government during the last twenty
years, the creation of vast Office holding class,
With liz numerous dependents. and the growth
Of The means Of corrupt iuhaence have we'll
Digh destroyed the balance of our complex sys'
teu. 1t Was my judgment in 1876 that public
opinion, demanding change of administration,
oacded TO embrace two thirds Of the people at
the bcgianiug Of the canvass 10 order to cas-: a
MI )ri.y Of votes at the election. If this ten
dancy is not arrested its inevitable result will be
the practical destruction Of our system. Let
The Fcicra Government grasp power over The
great corporations OF our country aod acquire
the means Of addressing their Interests asd
hcir fear; Il. it take Jurisdiction Of liots which
it is the duty Of The State to suppress; let 1t
find rrctexts fer decreasing the army, and 5000
those 10 possession Of the Government will
have power with which 20 opposition eau
successfully compete. Applause. Tue cz
pericnco Of Fr11cc under the Third Napoleon
shows tha, with elective forms and universal
suffrage, d:s3>ti:m can be established and
maintained. In the canvass of 1876 tho Fed
era! Govcrumc5t embarked 10 the contest with
unscrupulous activity. A mem Der Of the CAB.
iact was the head CT partisan committee.
Agents stood st the doors of the pay Offices to
exact Contributions from official subordoates.
The whole Office. holding class we're made 10 ex.
haus: their power. Even the army for the first