The Hartford herald., 1880-09-29
"THE WORK Is DONE.n -

ami the forgery is committed. The peo-
pie Of the United States have been
beaten in their might and majesty and
IN their glorious sovereignty at the bal
lot-box. They have been beaten like
the old lion that had his paws entan-
gled IN the meshes of the net. The
great people Of the United States are
Beaten, and part of the work was
done IN that room, and forever from
this time Infamous room, i'm the CUSTOM
house, and this is the evidence, gentle
men John G. New, you that stand
high as citizen Of indianapolis, this il
the evidence that quoted i'm my speech
at Marion. And L gave page and doe
uinent 80 fuii that IL you wanted the
truth You cannot fall into error. and
here Il what | said in that original
speech: "Giarfield's testimony conn
menees on page 7S9;" and here il il:
you can come and look for yourselves
referring to the book: sDocument n.
accompanying report No. 40, House of
Representatives; third session, Forty
fifth Congress" III that is not i'm de-
tail, why il Is more specific than the
eonveyancer describes n piece Of land
ln deed or WILL Now, tomorrow
morning, let him who wrote the article
this morning come down upon his
knees and pray Gods pardon, and go to
the Journal Office and do Justice to his
neighbor; aye, more than that-,lo JUS
tlce To himself; aye, more than that
do justice to the intelligence, sentiment
and judgment of the people. IAp-
plause. He knows now where the
evidence is, and will he now repeat
what be said this morning. A little
further looks at "a book; i can't find it
here II l.; il you are onto "a thing YOU
will always find it if it is there, and we
Democrats are going to stick tO this
man until he is sorry he was ever nOm-
mated. lApplause.1 He may UNDER
stand that there is now encircling him
a popular judgment and public con-
science that is more terrible than the
Fate that awaits the wicked. Here is
what the Journal says: "If this can b.
substantiated, then Garfield would he
disgraced." How stands he now. How
Is lt between you and me-between
your intelligence and your conscience
and minds Aye, more than that.
How Is Il between you and yourselves
Is he disgraeed? Unless MIR. Hen
drieks can suhstantiate the charge he is
disgraeed."
1 HAVE ACCEPTED THE ISSUE
without fear; and | stand here i'm the
presence of my neighbors-[uproarol
applause, which lasted several minutesI
i thank God and your intelligence /
am not disgraeed- lApplause. "Mr.
Hendricks offered no proof Of the
charges in the Mai0n speech, and has
none, since he cannot produce any.
The charge IL unsupported by any evil
dence worthy of belief" and the evil
IL (.ar fisslsN LII
This Is harder On Garfield than any
thing | ever said. \ voiee-'sThat's
il; give il To him, TOm."l Now, gen.
tlemen, this man, that thus came and
conducted himself at the city of New
Orleans, and helped to prepare the ease.
and helped tO get false return from "a
tilse and perjuretl returning board; and
he c;tIle on his way north as far as Bel
aire, and was Overtaken BY the light
ming telling him and his eOnspir:Itors,
as he sat ia tue palace ear, Of the decis-
ion they had procured in the city Of New
Orleans ! know how a LAWYER feels
when his ease has been submitted 4
know the anxiety which drives sleep
ami quiet away when life and property
may depend upon the result made bv
the jury. But surely 1 never expressed
myself in regard To that anxiety. as
Garfield did when he said they left New
Orleans very anxious about the result.
and when the result came all anxiety
disappeared. His work was completed
and an honest return was defeated. He
came on to Washington, and then what
do you think he did when there was "A
bill proposed in Congress bill that
did finally pass-tO appoint eOmmis-
sion composed of five members Of the
House and five members Of the Senate
and five members of the Supreme
Court To hold q conference upon the
great issue. When that bill was pending
GARFIELD GOT Up
And said no, il must not be; and here
are the reasons that he gave. Let me
give You, i'm his own words il / can: il
Is in very fine print and difficult To
read Speaking of the bill then pend
ing in Congress, he says this was ON the
18th of January, he got back to WASH
ingtOn by the I'll of December, and the
bill came up for consideration i'm the
House. Whether this commission
should be appointed to pass upon the
right of President or Vice-President OF
the United States, and Garfield, oppos-
ing this bill, uses this language: at
assumes the right of Congress to 90
down into the colleges and inquire into
all the acts and facts contained with
their work Ii assumes the right OF
Congress to go down into the States to
review the act of every officer, to open
every ballOt-bOx, and To examine every
ballot east by 1,UO,OOO Americans"
That was Garfield's objection to the
bill-that if it did pass and these fifteen
men appointed under the law, il would
hair lnafx~ to Is... -.
calities and returns, and to pass upon
the real fact of the ease; to go into the
ballot-box and see how the votes We're,
and to decide the ease upon the real
truth. And after that, when the bill
passed and he became one Of the fifteen,
he voted every time that they should
not open the door To investigate, but
that the law closed the door, and said
that KellOgg's certificate, accompanied
by the certificate of the Returning Board.
was stronger than law and the Consti-
tuition AMI the judgment of Congress.
And his vote was the eighth vote
against seven that decided that they
should not go behind the Returning
Board. Applause. What would you
think of me rs a lawyer if YOU should
hear me express my opinion upon a
question of law: 1 have no doubt about
il, and address the hOnOred court and
say il WAS the law, wellfixed and de-
citled, and the next day came To be a
member of the tribunal to pass upon
and public right according to
law, and that next day | say what 4
said before is not law, and 4 decide
against you upon the statement of law
different from that 1 had made the day
before? AS Mr.. Julian said, when he
stood in the House it WAS Garfield speak
ing, but when he was upon the COM
mission it was the party,
POWER, MONEY AND Of
FICE.