The Morning herald., 1878-10-26
SOUNDING THE KEY NOTE.

LAST NIGHT.-A LARGE AND 1NTHUeIA9~
ITO D1AoCRATIC Observation-Disclosures
NJ s.oRHTARY OF STATE aRUBB, GEORGE
GRAY nso AND SAMUEL TOWNSEND.
The Democratic meeting in the City Hall
last evening, previously announced, was
the nrst demonstration Of the State canvass,
and may be considered . success in every
particular. The meeting was Of . good
natured and enthusiastic spirit throughout,
and tho audience was such as to occupy
even all tho standing room.
At 7.45 O'Clock, Mr.. Thomas M. Ogls
csme to the edge Of the platform, on which
sat Col. E. Martin, I. G. Grubb, Esq, Sam
uel Townsend and George Gray, Esq, and
organized the meeting.
On bis motion, 1gnatlus G. Grubb was
made Chairman, and tho following Vice
Presidents: First Ward, Jacob Butz; Sec-
oud Ward, James Christy; Third Ward,
George O'Neill, Esq; Fourth Ward, John
Aiken; Fifth Ward, Archibald Given; Sixth
Ward, John N, Ogle; Seventh Ward, D. L.
Springer; Eighth Ward Charles MeCloskty; /;
Ninth Ward, John McSorley: Tenth Ward,
William Hanna. The Secretaries were W.
q. Brady, Esq, Merris Taylor, and Levi
A. Bertoletts, Esq. r
Mr.. Grubb upon assumirg the duties Of
chairman, said that the duty derolved upon
him to say that the Democratic Association
had decided to give series of meetings to
commence with the present one, and dur
{v,u hAu ho ffsno hpnorod noup az In dna
trine, and the methods of government,
shown clearly and conclusively.
George Gray, Esq, was then introduced,
and said: -... ........
Ny FELLOW CITIZENS OF wILMTNaTON:-
I hardly felt it necessary to be introduced
to Wilmington audience, as am so well
known, and have so often addressed you,
feel now, Gas always feel when speak
to you on political issues), a sense of re.
spectsbility, because, when any enc makes
address on issues, like thosp Of the pres
ent, he has to be careful and not make mis-
statements. II 10 speaking to you, I am
over jealous In the cause, and beg you to
excuse me.
THE ISSUES AT STAKE.
The issues drawn into this campaign
have more importance than those of any
preceding one.
The first fact that is patent and plain is
THIS: 1t is necessary that men of q coun-
ty divide into parties. We find arrayed
against us, party called the Republican
party, who have had rule over national
affairs for IA years, and it Is the duty Of
tbe.neople to arraign them for all bad msn-
agement. They are entitled to the credit
of anything good that they have done, and
they are likewise responsible for all errors
/ in their administrations. We propose to
take them to task for such error They
came into power before the war, and since
the time come when the war closed, they
have been in power, which 10 13 years. We
could not expect any party to change
things at once They however should have
established 8 brotherhood of peace, as it
were which they fatty failed to do. For
fourteen years they waved the bloody ban
ners of the war IN the faces of the con-
quersd south, and the statement cannot be
gainsaid.
They disfranchised the southern people,
and the plan by which the President was
placed In the White House is now acknow.
legged to be fraud. do not think that even
Mr.. Evarts will plume himself on this &C
tion.
THE FINANoEs.
Now plain common sense teaches that
money cannot be spent until It is earned.
I asked the question concerning the man.
agement of finances. What can they point
with pride to In order to raise money
with which to carry on the war, the Re-
publican party established banks, what
might have been we'll enough, for It has
given US stable money In comparison TO
what we had 10 days OF State Banks, but 1t
really conceals the real fraud beneath 1t
1t would have been better to have taken
the money in taxes at once. Only one
half of this went to pay the expenses of the
war. The rest went into the pockets of
contractors and shoddy gold gamblers.
After this In order to conceal this, they is-
sued promises t. pay, and ut the close OF
the war, by the cause of this, we had times
like those which other lands had previous
| " seen Just before they suffered from such
an error. This 10 due to the statesman
ship of the party In Q power. WithouI
charging the party with more than bad
ststesm aDship, we cannot fnd anything
they did to prevent such an action. Now
We do not propose to bear the misdeeds of
the Republican party.
The Democratic party 10 q party of his
tory, and . party with . record, and from
the days Of Jackson, It has been party ad-
vocating stable currency. This brings
me to the pregnant question now before the
people that Of money. Now the grsenback
note 10 promise to pay, and paper cur
currency Is something convenient when 1t
has something behind It as security, but
just as soon as government issues more
promises to pay" than she can pay, then
will those promises to pay" 60 down and
gold 60 up - was tho case before.
THE aREENBACK IDEA.
The greenback question is being thrust
upon us, and will dwell upon 1t for mo-
mept. There 10 nothing to be gained by the
issue of greenbacke, for when the Govern
ment issues more promissory notes than it
can pay, the whole thing must collapse.
The agitstors OF this idea say that money
shouId be made out of the cheapest mate