New-York tribune., 1880-09-30

pleasure than to collect that little debt. And so
| when the process had brought in tho money, word
was sent to the young man that the debt had oeen
collected, and that the lawyer desired to pay 1T to
| him after deductng his costs. And so the lawyer
handed out to the young man lwho was full %. OF
all right Are not the $15 there y Oh yes" said
| the young man there are SIS. Twas only think
| how lucky il was for that you did not know nv
| grandfather" tlaughter.l And so ! could not
| help thinking how lucky 1T was for these toiing
millions of our countrymen that only few thou
sand of them were within the immediate friendship
! of Mr.. English. lLaughterI
| And now General Arthur lapplausel, our towns
man and our friend; i proposed TO make one more
in the long roll of Nice-PresGents that Newly ork
has given 10 the Nation Appause.l Everybody
knows of General Arthur that he never sought AN
honor, but took only such as came to him
by The free will of his fcow-ciizens.
he people OF the United States, accepting his can
didacy from this our great state and CITY, and
knowing his character aud position. intend 10 onake
his term the ninth Presidential term that mas been
filled by Nice-President from the State OF New
York. lApplau>e1
THE GREAT QUESTIONS AT ISSUE.
And now, gentlemen let us what arc the great
questions before the people. In the first place. let
me submit to your intelligence that the people of
the United States do not need to be asked TO recon-
slider any of the decisions that they made in 1864.
or in 1868, or in 1874 or in 1876. Those have
passed into the judgment of their cOuntrymen ::
and the people have sad that the Republican party
shonld keeo the powsr. Notwithstanding ANYTHING
that could be urged with reason or without reason,
by hypcrcrticism Dy honest dlscontent tnat the
party. the great party, and its great and honest
leaders should be kept In power through all tho'e
terins.
Now, if / am right in this. what ought always to
he the great question for people practical IL
their tastes and interested in their prosperity I
1t is, What shall we say OF the party as
1t has administered the Government for the
last four years' What shall we, say of the
,t,o has, 4 tied
last four yeaIsY Is 1t WISE is 1t prudent. IS II Tor
our advantage that the Government should run on
for four years more in the conduct OF that party
which ,rrs guided il for the last foar years. and
guided it in the way in which il has been guided in
the last four years' Has the Democratic party, that
we condemned during all these previous s'ages at
which our Judgment has been called for-has II Ill
the past four years helped our credit. helped our
peace. helped our public faith, helped our pros
We do not need to be tod that we live
under the government OF good God mat
| we knew even when Democratic policies were rack
ing hearts with sOrrows, and rllling our cO1eis
| of wealth. Ii was not the good God that we turned
| upon and cursed. 1t tie Democratic party that
| we turned upon and cured and defeated. Ana
| while this general and universal Providence Pr
tected us I'll; the Republican party has. III what be
longs TO good government, Ill what belongs 10
prudence, i'll what belongs TO honesty. ana III Wh;t
| belongs human wisdom. spread INC goIden mantle
of peace the whole country, filled our gamers
and our warehouses; lit Zip orr forges, set Whifi'ng
! all our spindles, and asked ever for more
| and more means 10 employ the lndustly
of the people The peOplc not 10 he turned aside
by saying that 1t Is all good Providence that did
| that. - .:, :;
this Democratic devOutncsS. II seems that we nave
been living under financial theocracy for the last
eight yeais, aud that John Sherman was favored
by Providence the best mau 10 carry out the pur-
| noses of the Divine wisdom. Mr.. Bayard thnks
| that that. at least, was a mistake on the part OF
| Providence, and that he onglt TO nave pee1 the
prophet undc: this theocracy. Well, gentleInenif the
| Republican party Las carried on the G0Verhlneht
inns psperousiy and 10 these results, by tho special
| favor of Providence, did You ever hear OF more
logical reason Tor people ma, iaI 1iey sITuln
sideY Applause And can the Democrats expect
to get along against Providence, or without Proyi-
delIcey No doubt Providence causes Ills sun to
shine upon the evil and upon the good ana HIS ram
to fall upon the just and npon the UNJUST; bu'
nevertheless, the farms OF the dru9k2Id ara tne
suggard do not show sucl smile OF IfoVluFhce Us
the farms Of the thrifty. the aborous and the tenn
perate. Appause.I This sunshine and ram
fell upon the wide areas OF agilc"iluro
for fuel because confidence was so des ioyed in the
county that it could not be moved to tie hungry;
But now view the crops. VISIT the railroads and
the steamships. The IRON tracks ana tno tracKiess
pa hs of the were a, open at those times as
at these. Was it because there was no capital
that there was no enterprise There was Ga1ial
and there was enterprise then, as now. Bat the an
extrIcated snarl Of finances, brought ABOUT ny
tive war and perpetuated by De nocratic Obstruc-
tons IN peace, had frightened capital ard it
had hid itself the per cent bonds
OF the United States. And then when, following
/
of the Treasury applause set our races toward;
| John Sherman favored by his countrymen and
| favored by Providence as well ID douOtTwhch le
rrcd through that magniilceut hnahclal Malch 10
| The broad sea of prosperity, which rivals III the
| fame and Ill the gratitui ie oi ms couH-
Iymen that mty rG m %'Fih & sat fne grSa
| he unburiod capital and enterprise; then he dls-
lodged II lis safe she eter under the per cent
! bonds and reduced IT TO the scanty pttdnc" o1 =
per nj and drove IL out into the activities OF com
mercc and the risks OF manufactures, lApplanse.l
| And there YOU lave circle coihprlco o. 'nls h"'s
touch of prudence, sagacty hdelity ana courase OF
the Republican party, as distinctly as the Bdturai
philosopher completes the circle Tor tie eIecirc cur
| REM that surrounds the world. Applause.
| Now | would like to know how much tne Dem
ocratlc party did TO help Providence out OF ITS MS
take. ILaughterl am ast0undeh at TINS new ele-
! ,ueut in party p)ittIcs While every bOuy knows
| that the conicis III England and this country are
! based upon this tropostloD, that the party IL
power be blamed for It's fau'tS us errors an"
! even its nitfortunes, ana that IL Is 20 re-
| ce,yc the homo" of ITS noentN, OF lls
wisdom and OF lis prosperity la"plaIsch thl'
Is the first time that statesmen wno value thell
mnhiic character have gone throush the Ialo
preaching AGAINST the partys rRht L" 'ie honor ol
the things rhat II has done, AppiauSe.l LET tncii
! will do better against Providence han we have
done with IT Ilane1tcIl and let their countryinel
| trust them II they VIII.
GENERAL HANCOCK'5 LETTERS AND RECORD
Rut thev say that Geueral Hancock (who is bettel
than bis party has always been an excellent fHen'
| of tl,at which has led to prosperity. Now, when
| man is \ candidate for President and writes let
| tcrs. everybody knows that thy GENE spontane
ouSy from the bottom Of his heart llaughierj; tia
i tLeie is ANYTHING TIC country can rely upon
true in purpose aud IN TACT, 1t is cand'
dates letters But nevertheless letters ar
not exactly transactions or acis
copcress. When Admiral Coffin. who lived a
One God as a child had by hIS adherence to tn
HriitIsh Crown, risen to the great rank OF Admirl
m the Navy, lie came over to VISIT thlS couhtiy
anout fifty wears ago and TO renew his associatiOu
with his people and the famil.a scenes II BIS boy
hood and he told his officers during the NoyaI
that when they got TO Cape Cod they would see lou
stnrs rhat would make them open tier ewes tia
they would see HOLSTERS that weished t"cnty-nH
DECK do not permit you TO contradict an odmra