Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1878-08-31
MR.. GLOVER AT SPRINGFIELD.
The Republican Party Exposed
Review OF the FinaAcial and
other Questions.
NE. GIOyIES SPEECH

their power. are beginning To move IN
the matter of considering their ircandidate,
and OF course their chronic fears of south
crn InSurrcctlOn are very affecting. AT
this time MIR. Hayes seems To claim no
consideration. 1t appears to be accepted
that his declaration not u be acandl,iatc
is binding on him. | assume that Mr..
Blaine and Mr.. Conkling would accept |
the nomination OF the radical party. |
Gen. Grants name is in the ascendant
now. 1t is possible there are other
members OF the party who would consent |
to be candidates. each and every one |
prepared to stand upon bis record. and |
| vindicate his title to this distinction by !
showing how much he has done for the |
support of his party. The coming can
vass is not without interest to the demo- |
cratic party To the country it presents
= momcntouS issue; to the people of the
whole nation it is an occasion for the |
greatest thought and scrutiny. They |
must >crutiuZc men and things for all
the last - Years OF solemn history. The
people must look back rs well as for
ward They must ponder well the pres
ent condition of thrir country. Some
things are not in dispute. The country
| is in 4 sad condition. Our commerce IS
dcterioratcd. and industry paralyzcd.
| The currency is dis0rdercd. We have
no financial system. The precious met
ais, which ought to be abundant, are
| scarce. After SO LONG a use OF legal
tender paper, issued rs war measure.
specie payments are still impossible, and
the country is compelled to 20 along up
on the paper system. These facts no
reasonable man will deny. Before the
radical politicians can vindicate their
claim to 4
CONTINUANCE OF PUBLIC AUTHORITY,
1t must be settled how all this has hap
peneh and who did IT. For thirteen Years
the radicals have been in absolute con-
troll OF the president, the congress. the
army, the navy, the treasury. The max
ing of the laws and their administration
has been in their hands, and they ought
TO be held responsible for all that has
happened. hold, my friends, that they
are responsible. The facts are neither
few nor tar between which bring home
to their doors all the ruin that has over
taken the country. At the end of the
greatest and most cNhauStiug civil war
which has occurred in the world, the
conquered rebels We're nearly annihila-
: ted. They gave up their arms. forts ar
scnaiS, material OF war. and all public
property and records. and surrendered
themselves prisoners OF war. The con-
iedcratc states Were crtingulshCd. a.
tor the people of the confederate states,
they were i'll destitutOn. without clothes
To wear or bread TO eat. On the part OF
the union people the nation was over
whelmed with debt; consumed more than
it produced, and the balance of foreign
Iarre, The need of the people. all OF
them, north and south. and tor the coun-
try. was production. But without abso.
Lutte peace. and the confidence it brings,
there could he no more than s,intcd
or limited production. charge the rad
ical politicians with rcpelling peace and
DESTROYING confidence. In place of with
drawing, the army from the south. they
pretended to believe the southern people
were roinr to levy war again. They
laid off the whole late rebel TERRITORY III
to military districts. precisely as if war
was raging, appointed commanders and
established rairisons. SUPPRESSED the
civil code. set ND martial law. taxed the
ucorlc tn maintain the army. wasted the
II Substance ct the country. s,itled indus
try and production. and ran up fearful
! balances of FOREIGN trade ar;.inst us. to
. be paid in coin. WHY was this ? Were
they really afraid of iusurrcrtjun? No,
nv friends. # WAS ,mnnsSIbIe They
II knew if was impossihlr The whole
j. programme was a
"iiANP fAhif Mon ENENi,
: The purpose beng to control the eIec
, ,ions and keep themselves in power
They were not looking To the builiinu
y M of o1lr finances. Their case was tc
Law deep and broad foundations for the
= pcrmauencc of the radical party, This
e rame they played assiduouslv for tv,
wears. March ). 1860 the Frecdmcn's brl
rcau was established. 1t was the lera
" guardian OF the blacks; took possession
o OF them, fed and clothed them. provided
homes tor them. made contracts tor then
and collected their money. II was {
II Grand political machine. 1t was baseC
on the idea Of n hostility on the part o.
the southern whites against the blacks
I and this lilo, tho fr,odm,n.s hure,u ios
- tered tn the GREAT uoljt,cal ADVANTAGE q
tho radicals and 10 the jniurv Of III,
II blacks From 1850 to lS6o'ls7O. near.
" tho wlnie rebcI arc, yv,s t,l,cn fran
tho mass ot whites md cnnfnrr.I ,,nor
y the blacks. Ten millions of dollars was al
/ nron,iotrd hy CONGRESS +, RIM tn, freed
mans hureo, E2rn This w,s not Deem
! eJ sufficient to srcurr the colorcd vote +,
AS the radical. The bIarls we're told tocl,in
- social as Well IS poJitjcal equality, th,
until they had social equality they wcr
not lreemen. Bills were accordingly
y introduced into congress compelling un
der pains and penalties social equallt.
OF whites and blacks. In 1870. nj
l" doubt with reference TO the presidentia
! c''ctioh oi io'='"eh' "faht supplement-
ed the race question ny cIandestln
|" movement. intended to put HIM Ia
n ahead OF all competitors tor the favor
the blacks lie sent the notorious Gen
" babcock secretly to the negro republi
i'll cans OF San Domingo to negotiate
lk treaty a4neAinS tne 'sia'lT ,t is Il 'eiritor.
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