The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-09-24

The Boston Herald, independent,
calls Senssor Copkling's late speech in
New You ssths speech Of . partisan
rs1Aer TIN Il 1ios Of an advoesl
f61her thtn q sekteann." g 1t is no sae
apeeph Is we To- accustomed d
ffSh DahIsl Wsbsts hot - the psSpI
nocked to hear ftom Hsufy Clay; 49,
Conkling belongs TO the new school Of
politicians men who boss instead
of lead; who dominsts by tie f6lbk gdf|
their personality and win, rather than by
their inssllecssOr she power Of their idsss.
A forcefhl speech is thissN New York effort,
but, judged by any high standard, Il CAB
not be called an eloquent or great one.
It's logic d the logic OF events-its figures
those Of the arithmetic. This processmayr
make strong speech, but it does net
produce oratory. It's appeals are TO pre
udice. Even its pretense is offensive. =
1t is MARRIED by sneers and sarcasms,
and, while these may please enthusiast 70
admirers, they were never known TO per-
suade men into the speakers way Of
thinking. So great, indeed. is Senator
Conkling's charact, ristic failing in this
direction, that be could apparently hardly
wait to get through with his stilted ex-
ordium before dropping the gall Of his
venom upon President Hayes. We are
surprised that this passage was not Missed.
1t would have been if delivered by any
body but the 'imperious Senator, in the
imperial city of New York"
| The Herald continues: .fe
Coming to the issues Of the campaign,
Senator Conkling really presents but one,
though he gives to it many turns and
twists And this issue is, whether the
Democratic party deserves to be intrusted
with uncontrolled power in the nation
Speaking to this question, nothing is
more natural than that he should consider
its record for the past dozen or twenty
years, and this of course he finds no diff
Guilty in painting very dark, for the Dem
ocrats themselves, by their series of what
we have denominated blunders that are
worse than crimes, and crimes that are
worse than blunders, have furnished him
plenty of dark material When, however,
he accepts the Southern or sectional phase
of this issue, with mock regret, wishing
it were not so, but saying that it is-and
that in twelve states there is no free de-
bate, no equal rights "---he knows that he
is not telling the truth. Before the great
meeting at Blackville, S. c., early in the
summer, the Republican organs were very
sure that no such gatherings would be
permitted, and the impossibility of free
discussions was urged as a reason for
abandoning canvass of the South
When, however, it transpired that the
meeting was not disturbed, they changed
their tune, and said a canvass would not
amount to anything, as there would be
cheating in the count. The canvass oil
the South was deliberately abandoned, in
order that that the managers might treat
"the solid South as so much funded
capital for use at the North, and not, as
Senator Conkling declares, because free
debate was impossible. The power Of
the South in the Democratic party and
the danger TO the settlements of the wa'
constitute the burden of his speech. But
has not the South the right to vote as il
pleases provided, always, that it does &C
freely and fairlyY Or does the Senator
propose that "the Southern question
shall be kept alive until the South joins g
party which has abandoned its organiza
ton in most of their States, or until the
Democratic party will agree TO die and b
buried? When is this indictment, BAG
as we concede it to be, to run out? Viii
the North and West probably pay any
less proportion of the taxes for the mex
dozen years? Under what condition.
will he agree that the Republican party il
no longer essential to the preservation o
the government, and is the heaven-or
dained ruler of the country? The whole
argument of his speech would make tb'
dynasty perpetual.