Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-10-01
CONKLING,s GREAT SPEECH.

Inc 1OltOWlng is q summary OF the address
recently delivered by Senator Conkllng al
the New York Academy OF Music, TO an au-
dlence comprising most OF the leading peo-
pie OF the metropolis. The great building
was packed with eager listeners, and thou
sands Of people were turned away unable To
gain entrance.
After few words Of general introduction,
Mr.. Conkling said:
Two parties exist; parties should always
exist in government of majorities, and 10
support and strengthen the party which most
nearly holds his views Is among the most
lauduDle, meritortOus nets of an American
citizen, and this whether he he in official OF
in private station. Two parties contend for
the management of National affairs. One or
the other of these two contestants Is sure TO
manage the Nations concerns for some time
to come. The question is, Which of the two
IS safer and wiser to trust7 Itis not ques-
tion OF candidates. A candidate II he be an
honest, genuine man, will not seek and ac-
cept party nomination TO the Presidency,
vice Presidency, or Congress, and after he is
elected become law unto himself Few
things are more despicable than first to secure
elevation Mt the hands of party, and then, I'm
the hope of winning pretentious, non. partisan
neanly TO imply that those whose support
ana confidence were eagerly and deferentially
sought are wanting in purity, patriotism or
some other title to respect. The higher obli-
cations among men are not set down in writ.
ing and signed and sealed-they reside in
honor and good faith. The fidelity of nom
inee belongs TO this exalted class, and there
fore q candidate of partyis but the exponent
OF party. The object of political discussion
and action is to settle principles, policies and
issues. IL Is paltry incident of an election
affecting nifty million people that it decides
for an occasion the aspirations of individual
men. The Democratic party is the Demo.
cratic candidate, and am against the ticket
and all its works.
THE ISSUES.
In twelve States of the Union the approach.
ing election is to be no more than farce, un-
less, as has sometimes happened II be turned
into tragedy. There is to be no free debate,
no equal rights, no true expression in these
States and in several States the clear majority
is to have no deciding power-not even a
were cast and the booty divided the other day
between Tammany Hall and the Upper Air
and Solar Walk Reform Democracy Senator
Hampton largely promises 10000 Democratic
majority in South Carolina, where the actual
majority is 10000 the other way. In several
southern states there is n large, well known,
often ascertained Republican majority, but
all southern states alike, without exception
or doubt, are relied upon to count on the Dem
ocratic side and to score l3S electoral votes
lacking but AZ OF II majority of ALL
GENERAL GRANTS LETTER.
You have listened to Il letter from one to
whom at least as much as to any other man
the Nation owes its preservation, prosperity
and primacy, This letter, instinct with com
mon sense, hits the nail on the head. Its writ
er generally does hit nails, rebellions and
pretenders on the head. He says:
This meeting should awaken the people to
the importance of'keeping control of the Gov
eminent in the hands of the Republican party
until we can have two National parties, every
member OF which can cast his ballot as judg-
ment dictates, without fear or molestation or
ostracism, and have it honestly counted par
ties not differing in opinion as to whether we
are Nation, but as to the policy to secure the
greatest good to the greatest number of its
citizens. Sincerely believing that the Demo-
cratic party, as now constituted and cOntroll-
cd is not a fit party to trust with the control
the best interest of all sectious, South as well
As North, that the Republican party should
succeed in November.
" Yours very truly, U. s. GRANT"
Lord Chesterfield said that a letter shows
the man it is written to AS well as the man it
Is written by" The letter bears Lord Ches-
tertield out. 1t Is written to General Arthur,
and it reveals the confidence and esteem in
which the writer holds him. Informed by
many years of intimate acquaintance, Gener-
nl Grant knew and felt, as we know and feel,
that he was writing not only to a friend, but
to one of the most genuine, patriotic and hon
orable of men. Loud applause. The letter
furnishes text for many sermons.
y THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AS NOW CoNsTI-
TUTED AND CONTROLLED"
How is it constituted; how controlled?
There is n vast number of upright, patriotic
men in it; vast number of men who gave all
and did all they should have given and done
TO uphold their Government and their flag in
the supreme and dire hour of trial-a vast
number who imperiled their lives as other
Democrats laid down their lives for their
Many Northern Democrats who cast
all the1r weight ana sympathy on the Nations
side, after the war was over returned to their
FORMER party association. Many others never
did so return. Were such Democrats to guide
ana influence Democratic Congress and u
Demucrauc administration, their party would
not DC constituted ana controlled" as 1t is.
Because such men and their views and inter-
ests u VIII not anu can not control In the event
OF Democratic success, much grave peril
arises, AS the Democratic party is constitut-
ed, not the men OF the North, not the men
VINO We're Lor the Union and the Constitution,
put tne men OF the south who were against
the Union ana the Constitution, men whose
pOlcy ana purposes are stu hurttul to the
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ncrotic CnnIesa NmnIa1a L. "ti, ~ S,et
and i'm the House '-' '-'''0
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! iE Soo IA mas AN oNEhM hELhlNG MAJORITY
OF the Democratlc members, ana most of
them are men VINO LED in the Rebellion. Ey-
cry purity measure IN congress Is settled in
party caucus by party majority; thus the
southern members hold absolute sway. In
possession OF the law making power, of the
purse, ana OF the power to confirm or reject
treaties and appointments, the South is also
10 furnish All the votes to elect the Demo-
cratic candidate save only forty. seven votes
winch must be rafl1ed, OF counted, or certified,
or produced from the Northern States, par
tlcularly, not excepting Oregon. Should the
electlon be close, there is no knowing but the
two Democratic Houses may find ground on
ELECTORS. with much unemployed leisure on
their hands, with the danger which the Elec-
torai commission OF 1877 alone overpassed for
that time staring the country in the face,
these Democratic Houses have adopted no
measure TO insure order and right in ascer-
tanning the result OF the Presidential election.
should controversy arise and the election be
thrown into the House, there, the vote being
taken by States the south would cast nearly
All the Denoeratic votes, and in the Senate
me vote Tor N1ce-President would come from
the same source. In every event of Demo-
cratic success, the southern end of the Demo
cratic party must be to the Northern end as
the locomotive Is to the tender, as the horse
Is to the cart. This is as plain as any truth in
Bravitation or arithmetic.
SWELLING THE SOUTHERN VOTE.
per,ans thia noint ,,in sao,,, a., ,,o1, A., ,,,o,
lenge some attention. For the population of
the Southern States we must go back TO the
census of 1870 That count of the people was
made by enumerators not selected by South-
ern Senators and members OF the House as
- non paTtisans" and professional reformers
IL was made by the regular Marshnls and
their deputies, and the compensation wns 40
adjusted as TO induce Thorough Visitation.
and at the same time TO guard against exag'
geration of numbers. Noimputation of fraud
was ever cast upon the work Such n thing
as plot TO fabricate a monstrous increase N
population in one section i'm order TO battle
the course Of nature and the loaic of events In
another-a plot to change the balance Of now
er and population i'm order 10 aggrandize one