The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1878-03-28
THE Flight IN THE REPUBLICAN
CAMP-SENAYOR HOwE's
NPEECII,

Howe Is attracting the attention OF men
cfall parties, and 1t promises to play an
important part in the coming campaign.
The speech from first to last breathes
nothing but bitterness and contempt TOR
the administration, and this tact makes
1t the more interesting as Senator Howe
is one OF most Incorporating OF RAJ
ideals. Below we print few OF the
more salient portions of the speech. Mr..
Howe called up his resolution asking the
president for information in regard to
the alleged defalcation OF Judge Whit>
taker of Louisiana and said
During the past year we haye seen here
and everywhere throughout the country
small but active squads OF political in.
quisitors busy with the work OF assort-
ing the Republican party, gathering into
hallowed graves all those who avow
themselves supporters OF the president S
policy and pouring unquenchqble fire on
all the rest. Poles have been set up at
all cross roads. Flags inscribed with
the presidents policy have been suspend
ed from them, and self appointed in
quisitors have lurked in convenient
jungles to detect who did and who did
not uncover the flag. 1t has happened
to me 10 be advertised quite beyond the
pale OF my own modesty as an opponent
OF the presidents policy. 10 the doc
tors OF the inquisition 1t seems no longer
a question of moment whether one is a
Republican or a Democrat. The absorb
ing question is: Does he support the
presidents policy, or does he not:
| Sir, have no wish to conceal any
opinion of mine which the public was in
| terestcd to know. Nevertheless, | have
not hitherto answered to this accusation.
did not like to plead guilty, for hoped
| was innocent, and did not like to plead
not guilty, for feared might be guilty.
had withheld no honest effort 10 elect
Mr.. Hayes. 1t must OF necessity pain me
TO be found not in accord with his views.
and it must pain me still more TO find
that he was not in accord with mine. MY
uncertainty arose not from the fact that
| was doubtful of my own policy, but be-
/ cause was not sure | understood his.
My own policy is very simple one and
may be briefly stated Toward the
states OF the south my policy has been
identical with the policy have held to.
ward the states OF the north. demand
only that every legally qualified elector
in every state, south or north. Democrat
or Republican, black or white. shall be
permitted, undisturbed by force and I'M
awed by fear, to vote at all elections and
at the place prescribed by law and no.
where else Just once and no more than
once, and that every vote so cast shall be
honestly counted. and that every person
chosen by such votes to offices shall be
freely indicted into ii. That Is my
southern policy and the whole of it. The
very head and front of my offending
against the south hath this extent no
more.
Referring to the civil service policy of
the administration Senator Howe said:
Concerning civil service my policy is
not a bit more complicated. | would
haye that service administered by the
best men attainable and | believe Res
| publican president should, as the Gin
| cinnati convention declared. select Re-
publicans for all the places where har,
mony and vigor OF administration re,
qulre its policy to be represented. !
believe, as the president declared in his
| inaugural address, that once commits
stoned. the officer shonld he secure in his
tenure as long as his personal character
remains untarnished and the perform
ance of duty satisfactory. Some things
have happened since the presidents in>
auguration not at all in harmony with
the policies have indicated. lie had
selected tor his cabinet one man who was
not Republican, but u Democrat.
| Still, the Individual was so well known
to me and believed so implicitly in the
moneration of his opinions, in the just.
ness OF his sentiments and the integrity
of his character, that ii could not have
| advised his selection | could not and
did not complain of it. He had selected
one other, who although not Democrat
was yet not Republican-who was
equally at home with all parties and in
all places. By turns he had been every
where, and has espoused and deserted
every party. He spoke like an oracle,
and his iacile speech could be fitted to
the vicissitu1es OF parties as readily as Il
dOubled-laced satin can be turned to
hide the accidents of society. His critl~
ques upon his political associates always
gave him popularity with his political
opponents, and he resembled the proph-
cts in never being without honor
except where he happened
to reside. Inconstant in everything
else, he has been constant to his trade
that of policies. He entered upon that
before he was OF age and he has pursued
1t since without variableness or shadow
of turning. His first enterprise was to
revolutlonize the government under
which he was born. That tailed and he
fled. He was for short time q lawyer In
Wisconsin, but without clients. He was
minister at Madrid, but did not recon,
struct the diplomacy Of the world. He
was a maior-general, but perverse his
tory refused to record his victories. He
was a newspaper correspondent and was
unsuccessful. lie was tranpanted into
Missouri and the generous Republicans
OF that state bore him into this senate.
That elevation did not prove fatal to
him, but his party died--dled not in
spite of him, but because of him and
under blows which he inflicted.
IIaYing outraged one party, and
not yet received dissolution from the
other, he denounced both MS machines.
Having failed as dealer In legitimate
policies, he turned his attention to the
contraband article. In 1872 he helped to
lead Horace Greeley and b. Gratz Brown
to the Baltimore market, and taught the
Democracy OF that year that they should
call no ticket common or unclean If II
promised to beat Grant. For six years
he traduced the Republican party, proba,
r. bly, throughout more states, with more
rhetoric and In more Languages than any
] man living. Upon that illustrious cap.
, tain who from the 4th OF July, 1868, To
the 4th OF March, 1877, led the Republi.
can party, who always led his party to
| victory and alwavs littad l,io oo,ntr,, t<