River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-10-31
SOUNDING THE KEY NOTE.
An Earnest Exposition OF True FEepuDlfc-
anism by Secretary Eyarts, at cooper
Institute, OcE. 24tn.

evening. The vast hall was insufficient
! to contain the multitude who tried to
crowd inside. In twenty minutes the
hall was crowded to OVERLOOKING. Elliott
G. Cowden presided, and among abe vice.
| presidents were Moses Taylor, Marshal,
o. Roberts, jackson Schultz, Jadge Noah
Davis. Levi P. Morton, FL. B. Clafilin,
joseph M. Fisk, John, Wan. A. Guoin,
H. A. Hurlburi, John Jacob As:or, 10
seph II Choat, S. II. Wales. Sinclare
Towsey. Charles A. Peabody, B. G. Ar
mold, HI. X. Thurber, E. L. Fancher, II.
G. Stephens, Lloyd Aspinwall, D. B.
| Eaton, Gen. McCook, j, ID. Vermilyen.
| Mr.. Evarts was received with prolonged
applause He said: l cannot suffi-
GENTLY express my acknowledgements
for this magnificent attendance. and
this cordial greeting AS no man can be
| worthy for his own sake such an attend
anee and greeting, no man can repay
them by his speech, but it is when great
interests are at stake that the masses
themselves make the speech and set to
work influences to be distributed through
this wide land. At no time the past
twenty-five years has it seemed to me
that the unity and welfare of the Pepub
lican party were not of paramount i'm
portance to the State. Who is there who
dares point to me one instance of posses.
sion of power when the safety of the
| country did not depend on it. The result
| of the last election placed the executive
power again in the hands of the Repub
| lican party and made again in the popular
house, but left.us a in minority of the house,
and impaired elements of difficulty and
doubt foreign to our institutions. BY the
suppression of the right of suffrage IN
many States the party was absolutely
deprived of twenty votes that belonged to
it,and twenty more were brought in ques-
ton. Saw-abiding and making and fear
ing no threats, it was ready to receive
that count, and did not invite the attend
ance of
HUNDRED THOUSAND or ARMED MEN,
for it knew there were millions disarmed
citizens watching it that were capable of
bearing arms if necessary. We did not
take up arms before until it was necess-
airy, and did not lay them down till it
was finished. If any one wanted to
break down the constitution forcibly on
account of a disputed election we were
ready to have the constitution defended.
Both parties resorted to settlement of
reason, and the applause of nations went
up that the sound sense Of the American
PEG e had carried them safely through
the nal trial, and that in peace or war
henceiorth there was no problem too
great for them to solve, [applause.l And
now the executive looks with indifference
If not contempt, at every method of con-
tumely and SANDER by which that title
was sought to be impugned Applause.
The speaker next referred to the efforts
made to provide for resumption of specie
payments, and the freedom of elections,
and the improvement of the civil service,
all of which were properly left 10 the ex-
! ecutive. 1t was necessary for him to de-
| fend the action of orr president. He has
placed none of his family IN Office. There
is no question of the wisdom of this or
that act of his. Republicans are arrayed
against each other in the party, and
these dissensions serve no good end. 1t
| is the duty of Republicans to see to 1t
! that the power of the party IN the
! councils of the nations shall be in
creased. 1t is their duty in the choice of
congressman primarily. He had no doubt
| that the State of New York, which con-
( fided in the Republican party twenty
| years, was ready to confde in it again.
! We cannot afford to lose senators Al
though we may not be sure we are able 70
maintain a majority in the senate there
was no reason why there should not be an
! accession of strength from the independ-
ents. The speaker alluded to the fact
that by the action OF the Republican
party, armed intervention Of the federal
! government in the Statoa longer
necessary, and the politics of administra-
ton and party is that there shall be no
doubt but that the whole constitutional
weight and power of the executive shall
be devoted everywhere to the enforcement
of law and security of the privileges of
the weakest. Applause That is the
policy of the party in Massachusetts, and
in South Carolina in the great State of
New York or i'll the feeble State of
Louisiana. [Applause.] BY our consti-
tuition the nations executive cannot in
terfere in State disturbances without an
invitation of the States be submitted.
That the privilege of suffrage is by law
accorded to all residents ofall States,
act in some States large proportion OF
the people do rot exercise that right.
That is an intolerable condition of things,
but it must be
MET BY PEACEFUL ANTICIPATION,
and correction of the abuse but he would
fain hope that without the obstruction of
the State the people will always consider
it intolerable that great community re-
stored to the privileges of the constitution,
would insist on retaining the voting pow
er to themselves. Against that, all the
forces of free society and of the Repubh-
can party will always be used AS long
as discord remains the Republican party
will have its duty to do and will not hes
itate to perform it. Mr.. Evarts spoke of
the economy with which the public SER
vice was managed, then alluded to the
caucus as follows: "lfcaucus machinery
could ever be controlled, public men who
have thought they could least spare its
support would praise the change. He
believed that no one had anything to fear
from such a change except those occupy
ing position to which the private and
spontaneous judgement Of their fellow
citizens would not have assigned them. |
There is the same distaste now for the one |
man power as before. The people have the
power to throw off such an incubus when
ever it becomes insupportable. Cheers.
AAIG AIAb SubJCCt lOuCHSd UPON was lliO
finances of the country, and upon this |
point Mr.. Evarts said we have now made |
up the finances so that the legal tender is |
worth what on its face it purports to be.
We know that if there is anything the
people insist on it is paper money, and it |
must be good and convertible in to geld |
and silver, and it they must have TIE |
faith of government that paper money is
always and everywhere good, they will |
be driven back to the actual carriage, OF |
gold and silver on their person. No peo-
pie will ever intrust their government to
turning what is valueless into valuable
Fiat money involves the necessity that
with the fat is money everything is to
be done on a fiat oasis. Laughter The
astonishing thing is that there should be
public men who go up and down the
country using arguments that
INSULT PEoPLE's INTELLIGENCE.
Commonly honesty, the basis of our in
stitutions, is never to be turned adrift
under such Arguments as these. We
need not fear that the people, when they
know what they mean will put much
faith in there wisdom or instructions,
but their is a notion which beglles some
that an unlimited amount or money may
be put odt and be saving to the people
in in+arect. l-vt +hpSa resources do not