New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1878-11-03

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the smooth working Of the administza-
ton over and in the authority committed
to Il, il IL the constant inteFjection of
this disturbing matter of patronage.
FApplause1 l do not believe that there
are any men In the country that are 30
much interested in the reduction Of this
matter within manageable limits as the
public men of the country who are i'm
peded and clogRed and harassed-I don't
mean members of the executive govern
ment alone, but members of the Senate
and members of the House of Represen-
tatives-by the constant and inevitable
pressure of these harassing influences.
would say to every public man that If,
indeed, we should ever succeed in staving
the dominion and control of what il
called caucus and caucus machinery, the
public who have thought their interests
most connected with 1t, have thought
that they could least spare its support,
will be within the phrase Of Brutus when
the tyrant Cesar was slain. Here
comes his body, borne by Mark Antony,
who, though he had no hand 10 his death,
will receive tho benefit of his dying-a
place in the commonwealth, as which Of
you would not" Laughter and APP
plause.l And such q plsce-a place
where authority, support, continuance in
places of trust and honor depend upon
the spontaneous Judgment and concur
ring voice of the Independent, the
watchful, the intelligent the patriotic
citizens of the country. [Applause.l l
believe nobody has anything to fear from
this Improvement but those who, occupy
ing positions to which the private judg-.
ment and spontaneous action of their
fellow citizens would not assign
them, fear that the ladder on which they
rose will be stricken from them and leave
them to tumble back into the mass Of the
| citizens And now, gentlemen, you all
can see, as Republicans think the citi-
zens of New York, without much distinc-
ton of party-cau see how tyranical such
| q scheme may become-I do not say that
| it ever has become in the Republican
party-such scheme may become, in q
party like the Democrat party. You all
| know how the voice of Tweed was more
potential than the wishes Of all the
worthy men of this city; and if can
| Judge from what seems to be q very con-
siderable revolt against the renewal OF
this one man tyranny preparing for the
next election, there is the same distaste
for it now that there was then. APP
plause.1 There is no doubt that the
people of this city, the people Of this
State, the people of this country, have
the power, whenever the pressure of this
incubus shall become insupportable, to
throw it off by the effort of giant; but
it is in the minds of all good citizens, Of
every party, that we must see to it that
the regular and every day working Of our
political machinery forbids the accumula-
ton of such tyrannical authority. lap
plause.
THE FINANCES OF THE COUNTRY.
Now, gentlemen, the third subject
| which, so far as the executive authority Of
the Republican party in possession of the
government has had to deal with it, is
interesting to them and interesting to you,
and so far as your present impending
elections are to touch upon it, constituteI
the main excitement of that election.
mean the finances of this country. Ap
piause. Now, there is great danger, as j
seems to me, that because we have beer
in an irregular condition of our finances
made necessary during the war, and have
gradually advanced upon the evils, anC
one by one have overcome them, there
danger, it seems to me, that we should b.
too easily misled into dissatisfaction will
a condition of things which really, whel
we remember what in former times o
peace we were accustomed to, must b.
considered satisfactory condition of tn
circulating medium of this country.
never knew a time before the war whel
every man in the country was entirely in
different to the actual security Of the bill
that he carried in his pocket as he is now
Applause. 1 never knew time whe
businessAhad less occasion to feel any con
Germ in regard to paper money of IN
country, provided only it was measure
by that measure of strength and hor
esty-convertibility into gold and silver
Iprolonged cheering and applause -tha
they would feel and that they do feel now
Nor do l believe that in the Republica
party there is any disposition either
( deride or to decry that paper none
! which is associated in our minds with tn
struggles and the throes Of O great natio
, contributing the strength OF its youth
the battle field and the resources of il
wealth to the Treasury Of the country
Applause. What was the legal tende
as provided by this government under tn
stress of war? Why, people talk about
as If some other financial scheme migl
: have been resorted to, as If having pow
i | er Of taxation able to lay taxes Of on
? hundred per cent. if necessary, the go
eminent might have maintained adhesio
. to its specie standard and filed the TreaI
: ury by taxation. By taxation to banl
. rupt people What could the govern
? ment do with all the property of I'll
: country turned into the hands Of tai
! gatherers, and all the people Of the countr
) turned out of their property? Did an.
body ever hear of o financial system
that kind; that government, becomin
the owner of all the property and Il
4 people homeless and penniless, was in
q condition to carry on war? No. Just
4 by the consumption, when it BEGAN
q necessary, all the youth Of the COUNT
t were summoned to arms, so by the pro
It lamation of legal tender, all the wealth
Q the country was marshaled to the aid
IS the government, and told to settle the
Q accounts in specie payments after the W
u was over. Immense spplause.l Wh'
!, the battles were finished, the soldie
a went home to till the soil and work at Il
d bench and fill the professions, and i
n crease the wealth of the country. Whe
8 the war was over, the good faith OF II
If people, with their affairs in the hands
a the Republican party, undertook so
n manage and adjust the progress of
d wealth that, as speedily as possible, Z
it promises, on the faith of which Il
,e agency of finance and legal tender work
il out the safety of the country should
II brought no to the performance of t