New-York tribune., 1880-09-30
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! answer was " SO yOu thought when yOu took nj
| arms IN 1860. and then showed You that VIZ
were not fond OF change. We loved oar country o.
| it was We adored our country as it was I; but you
then proposed to us change, and enforced t by thr
| most telling argument that a Democratic party
ever Is ned powder and shot ana shell. No; VIC vii
keep the Government so long as the Democratic
party holds the front and presents the array and
avows the principles that we have resisted mp td
OF the same captain OF our armies that VIC have
trusted before" lAppIause.l Well. they said
We baye had long peace aud prosp-rity--a long
peace and prosperity Think Of the emphasis that
the Democratic party put on tbat-fnat I'M the year
1876 we had bad . Toni peace and prosperity Why.
90 they suppose that weare nation of red Indians.
that q few years OF peace seem IrksOmc and tire
some and n change is desired And as tor pros
perty. did they suppose that when the laborers Of
the country. under the desperate tange OF our
finances that the rebellion had brought upon ue
waees--did they think that that the
complete prosperity which the iahoring people
No; but we W II elect volunteer soldier lap
plause who never hid behind his charming family.
but went TO the war and served to tie end ara We
will trust him. Well, now they said ave do
not like this. What we do to please these pec-
pef We have offered them change four times
since they trusted Lincoln and they have said that
people of fixed principles! They must be people
who understand their own minds! Aud they nInst DO
people who think that they can take care of heir
own interests /! What an extraordinary thing A
people welded to such a cOntIhuance In weI-doInR,
and to such So agacous and persistent selection OF
the means OF carrying ont their purposes, is tho
very brink of despotism! What eau save them
A people that chooses Republicans for twenty years!
Why, what can save them from the abyss of miii-
tarv despOtisnW ~
We thought when, in 1865, we ended the greatest
war that modern times had seen, and when It was
waged against free and repu ocan institutions by
great military pOwer-we thou ght that was more
clearly threat of military despOism than any body
had dreamed possible, and when we got ont OF the
war we thought that We were delivered forever
from, any fear of such despotism. And we were.
Applause
- But it is not now by the ranks
of war and its armament that we at
tempo to OverpOwer you." they said - it Is
by appealing to your open, generous, coniidng ma
ture. Well" they said, look at the alterDa ives
we offered! We offered you, IN 1854 a great Union
Gencrai-General McClellaI-ha was great UlIOn
General-and united South In arms" And this
desccated Democracy stood upon Its dignity az the
North. and said What, not take great Union
under a that that great Union General, &ccIeaa.
The e Sont@ " will lay down ,d ITS arms because
will end it," Dld the people respond to that I The
answer was This candidate is better than his
parry. He was only unreadv; but his party was
untrue lApplause. But yet the great statesman
that the affections Of the people had climbed about;
that had written more glorious page in our history
than any one since Washington lapplauseI that
shadows OF color and the lines OF race, is tue Presi
dent for US rather than the great General
Oh UNION ATinN Il nldl VINO ndu not Detu fOunu
unIeady or untrue during the trials through which
ths country bad passed. Applause.l 50 the peo-
pie a,a not accept the great u@ion General,
date row from the North ALWAYS from the North
Governor Seymour, q candidate better than his
party" Well. that wa $ true. How under heaven
these people should think that when ours Is a gov
ernment. not OF men, not OF kings, not of mobiles.
but of the mass OF popular feeling and of pub
lie principles that is represented ia tho
PresIdency-lOw they can think that party can
commend itself to the suifrages of people by say
ing It's candidate is better than his party is an
enigma. Good heavens! what could be the reason
didate! Laughter. ! do not know. Does is
show that they have become Insane-havc lost their
wits l do not know. do not think any answer
they have made TO that proposition III the past
shows that they have any wits at all. IApplause.i
The fact is that he has gone on increasing IN inno-
cence; he is better than any party; or. IN fact do
That may be; know he showed very extreme in
stance OF thaC forgiving spirit and that humbleness
of soul which ar said TO mark a Christian. when
coth he'd with The sword of power and speaking IN tho
lame of authority, when your streets were red with
TIE bloOdof the innocent he spoke to the rioters his
friends. Now, that suits man for souc dcrartments
Of lite laugLtcll. but not for the command VI
the Army and Navy Of tho United States. Ap-
plause.
rIIE CANDIDATES IN 1872 AND 1876.
Wcr III 1872 they said These people are very
hard to please we have offered then candidates
that were better than our party now we will offer
them another candidate. man who doesn't belong
to our party at all. Laughter These Northern
men" they said, are rather OF a melodramstio
they like show, and what could be
liner show tlan for great party To take q candidate
Tor the Presidency right of fro the top of the other
party :" Laughter Well, tiey said: " iou mast
ldmlt that that candidate is better than orr party
Iaughterl They said " We only presented you
before loyal patch upon the mOth-eaten garment
Of rebellion" lLaughterI But now," We said,
we admit that You do not present patch. but you
1lK nla lai fhar ,apfs
garment" And said Well. our Gction is that
hc party that Is in power ought 10 be IN power and
We will vote for.. General Gr4nt, and not Tor the
,ther candidate" (ireat applause.
-Four years later they said: " Now we have q man
lfter our own hearts man that doesn't come from
he Republican, party man nan that is not better than
ur party. lLaughter.l Who can tell about these
lcklc, melodranatic Northerncrs. thar are always
INNING INTO scrapes for want OF pfndent
von arft adnnot ana Keen S"t Of the fire pSDs
~ OF the ~ And so they presented our dis
lnguisled iellowcitZcn and my c,assnlate. Samuel
I: Tilden. lI.aughter.l Well, that was very tirc.
i.augher.l Now. they said Look n. hl6l see
0w we have come back TO our true colors cid YOU
yer see," said they. "a pattern that was better
lalched by patch on lt than the Democratic party
matched by Samuel J. Tillcn''
sWell, the people said: Let us look at that.
)Iin't You have an Old ticket and II popular suf-
rage on 1t twenty years ago. in 1857 tlor this
; that. Somehow other il strikes us
hat history is, repeating, itself. and that tho
lnlc voters ln3J NOlCu IOr BUCHANAN
vote for Tilden, and we will agree thas
far as we can see in record and IN temper iilden
nd Buchanan ar. as alike rs two peas. Now,
% have had that pattern before, and VIII choose
'ayes." Applause.
THE CANDIDATES IN THIS CAMPAIGN.
Well now. gentlemen, We have come down TO this
lection. AZ every election the Democratic party has
cen made up OF the same constituents the Solid
outh and the desiccated Democracy o. the
orth, and the people have passed upon them as
lcb. And now they come the same combination,
ie Solid South and the desIccated Democracy Of
10 North-neiher more nor lc3s-anl they have
losen a candidat ., and they say Having tired
lIselvcs by pleasing Won with every pattern anu
lshion, will give you an0t.eg candidate
nat is better than our party" Indeed a very
ninent public thinker and writes and very power
ii one, who seldom speaks within bounds, has
'ghtened the people of the country that espouss
40 Republican candidacy. by saving that our
bless him-Generii Garfield