New-York tribune., 1879-10-28

the United states notes and ~ one O the bases IN '".
ne-stOnra which pTeyent uriher depreciation oi lhe
aud from that time they began 10 rise III Nh .. M
The law restricting the issue OF those notS ma
date Supreme Court would arrest any attchlht ~
issue NE" notes IN te oi p"I With the best cur
rency it has ever had OF viii have. IChoers.l
THE SILVER QUESTION.
Now gentlemen there Is great deal raid nDout ine
silver dollar and II wasa supect of some ,mbarrHs'-
ment VITA Congress during the preparation Tor res1-
ton believe with Hamilton aud Jefferson thaf th'
free coinage both gold aud 81 yer II the true PocS
the Governments but the essential prerequisite Oh 'o
coinage IL that coin ratio shal pe d" hc" "S po
cable equal TO the market vaue OF the TWO
metals at the time OF coinage Ihis was
the rule sdopied at the beginning of the
Goverument when the coinage hxed IN exact con-
iormy with the market thlio 'naa @ -, 60. OF ,old
ounces OF silver equal TO one 9nnce Oh p'i h,
Su,sroucnlv when tue pice of silver han soilc"n1
IA len. ami wnen gold nad peGo, % ii ytrn o%ees of silver
,o one ounc of gold And now # the market value o,
sixteen ounces siiv wrr" cdua 10 une % 70 ~
n,I ,br would be little, n any, Objection To tue irF
coinage OF silver; bv series OF events not nrcrsao
tosiate 412i9 grains OF STANDARD silver are 1nS @ %
ccbU-sight c.nis gold, and. therefore, Ieo cOi'Ev
of silver would necessarily denousazeg EN- r hs I
thus reduce Us TO the single , silver r'1"u"iu' ~ ~
am utterly oppos d. Loud applause ,or,v recn,rc,
Hf nat upon the present ratio the coinage shall be
limited Ia AN amount of silver coin that can De main
taned by necessary at par Win soi' "liHou IT.
sprci To It's market value Or ,,, a.,.ro
,a,ons milo between the two metals may ne hxeu u,
when all nations VIII receive ana coin Do'n so'u anu
Sb,rJ r, put IN the SILVER dollar enough silver 10
r''s nn hren fe standard coin OF fhis country for
iorty years. and would be au act OF insane ioI 80
me bomr France ugh II has suspended The coming
of SILVER. is greatly embarrassed Dy having ~ Tue
van of tnt Bank or France than half IL COIN re-
serve IN siVer COIN aud should not foolIshb nI0Nc
ourselves in the embirAs-ment We should Issue
no dollar that Is equal To the E0'd
sindar or II We do. should he redeemed in The god
d,'nr ,., demanded Toe interest OF boring men.
nltf AL tl
tn rich the 9Ior for III bOnduolicr ana tc note
holder; To- have money in circulation except that
wnich j. good coin; 10 make no distinction between
moneys. out 10 maintain all al the same inrclasinG
power. W. now, under The Law. are coinng 2"oooVo
-llver dollars a Of these $1l.761OOO are IN CIR
cuiaton, "nd s:2Oo%,I1O are In the l,easi{. { ~ - ~
manifest that We nave already reached Ihc liWt lo
which ihis coinage should be carried Inc p"pumr
ol ion IS 50 onightcaed on this subject hai trust tns
danger that threatened year ago has passed away
with TIE triumphant success of resumption
IMPORTANCE or A FREE BALLOT.
Now my fellow-cuzs these the only topics OF "A
financial character which desire 10 call your at'cn-
tion. But there is something more important and Of
moro value than god silver greenbacks. or prop
eriy and that Is rights of the American citzeus
rChecrsl All those rights depend upon free aud I'M
partial ballot Honest elections the cornerstone of
our whole superstructure. Poison that fountain from
which spring a gories of our land. and you have
corrupted the whole system, ard this system of
free government ~ ours, founded upon the
consent people, ia stricken 10 the earth and We
Will he ivru again anarchy or despoisn Now the
Republican party has decided upon deliberate res0-
late course which il that VIII have honest AID far
clet tiuns. fnuI Gpplau.el In order 10 secure lat
rcsnr We viii use al the legitimate executive and iudl-
cai power of tue Uuiied states, by c0ust utonal "W
and constitutional me'.oa "n" '"' nd E"' cr@, ,n%,
city, aud give 10 the Democrats North ana
free md air ions and lei them feel thut
what Won say, and the question: Il ended lApplin.t.I
Nafiona officer. are moi chosen. must depend
upou your state authorizes; the GOycrhnel ol the
United mas no CoustiuiOual power 10 lb'oil'tT
IN 'cct ohs nay - ,s' i,,.t 80 SI'te r,cnts
other hard. where National elections are being
conducted, where members Of Congrrss VINO exercise
The legislative power a. tire Government, ere 'rcc',
@ ane The feruInron. OF tne siatrs Ii
becan necessary 1866 exercise tA, power 10 reg
ulte election O Senator'S ia order io rrm'dS the
failure o eral States 81 ct senator's Gu season.
and under TINS law the c0usti.utiOaa.ity OF w'ich
has never been disputed, every senator now
nolds bis office. In every such election the law
orders 10 ana To- be done aud has always been
obeyed; bec'use when you come within me powers
OF tie Government, tuen The law oi Congress superior
oi the state Nooody que-tlons IN 10. nobody
United states have been elected under law OF '"i- %
eress wne9 eom%anGs IN, 81 s,a'9 va f. s G,e s n 90 m M
FRAUDS IN NEw-YoEK AND THE SOUTH.
We'll nv friends there occasion for such law
ne regards members OF Congress until the year 1868 In
that year Won had this great city an election 81
shameless IL doepcned the guilt aud nany OF the
most infamous name In your hisiory-W4n. A Tweed.
uoratio Seymour were candidates. more than 10000
fraudulent votes were stuffed into the ballotb0Xcs.
and under the man pulation of the party ma
chinery, then controlled by Samuel ]. Tlden, this
wholesale fraud successfully counted ana an
nounted and by this the vote OF this great State
was cast for MI Seymour instead or for General Grant
This mas been proved 30 concluslvely that H Is now
matter Of conceded helorg II the result had aerended
States would have been compelled To choose between
submission To proven crime or open res-tanee-weiher
thew would submit TO election bv frand by the
meanest raud. or whether they "ouu cuange the re-
sult-and u must have brought ciNii war. III was
gress apDontcd a committee TO examine the facts.
find ont they were and they found ont that the
o., ON law bv winch one supervisor from ca party
should be at every ballot in every city OF 10000 or
nar.has 10 aid these sureryisOrs II was wise law.
acquesced la by ali parties and aided TO secure i1r
what ncxtf In The sumucr Of 1875 was invented
that bclIborn plan called " the Mississippi tlhn-
Elections had occurred IN the mfl.ntme IN southern
states which did fail within the provisions OF mo
Election law-havng occurred IN towns - less lnan
20 600 inhnbifas-whercc crime and fraud o t@e most
glaDg character committed 10 cheat aud nttli-
date the Repub leans OF the south both whhe
aud black, fOm exercising the elective fran
chise in the election OF members Of Congress
1915 by which white Democrats. organized In military
force, armed ami equipped, Paraded by day aud by
groes ~ swainps. killing some, woundlng OiheIs aud
thus converting "a majority, which had for years been
Repu olcan into minority This crime has never been
punished eKpiated aud the authors OF It hold
authority IN both houses OF Congress- Tho pol
lev was extended from time 10 tine TO
other States South Carolina and louisiana, aud
the more sober States of North Caroiln and Ten
nes see adopted greater less extent the "snOt-
gun policy by which "a whole has been disiIaD-
chised and the Republican party-the party OF liberty
and progress under whose policy slavery abolished
and the Rebellion subdued-s practically driven away
from polls OF the Southern States IN
nearly all OF which, fair election, tLerc "a decided
Republican majority. Al least tweniy-s'ven members
Congress mold tneir seats at this moment bv tbs
fraud ana violence. some OF them are contested. bui
the contests not takeu up and determined.
several senators In that iml lOrtant delprUtve body
the Senate OF th United States elect ms The di
result OF the Mississippi plan OF violence. II was
I.f.r In. nI.lL.i