National Republican., 1880-10-21
HON. VIM. NJ. EVARTS TALKS.
An Address Last Night to the Republicans
OF Brooklyn.
Parties and Sections Reviewed "A Solid
South by Force-sIodei Letter for
General Hancock.
Sc rotary Eyarts. snercr in nrooLlyn.

NEW IoRK, Oct. 20.-Secretary Evarts addressed
large republican meeting at the academy of
music In Brooklyn this evening. In the course Of
his speech he remarked that upon the eve Of this
election this extraordinary condition of things ex
listed. That Nll over the country where loyalty,
honor aud duty to the government have been pre-
served there is animation activity OF discussion,
spirit and psidc everywhere communicated and
communicable, vital tn every heart. Such com
munity cannot but by annlhation die But in
one part Of the country there Is 10 animation life,
love- spirit-nono Of that movement OF the popular
heart, that cxalaton Of the popular mind which
belong to free people. All suffrage here is para.
lyzcd aud sublugated What Is suffrage, and what
does its paralysis or subJugation mean7 Free suf.
fr0ge Is not nero formality of dcpositng u vote.
1t is reflex Of the moral and intellectual forces OF
| the community brought to a focus in the seec-
| ton of tho candidates Of their choice. 1t Is q
| great action of nn intelligent loyal government
| loving people, and If II misses these attrib-
| ucs II is no suffrage at nl If in any
large part Of this community these traits arc not
observed or potential whether that portion be re-
duced TO obedience of lnw by force or not It Is for
| tho time struck out OF American life, liberty and
government. How long can that community which
has exhausted the vitality of our institutions exist
violence, the in0cion of industry, oppression and
| cruelty hold sway without causing reign Of
terror? and how long can the rest Of the country
| tolerate ths2 How long can 1t be maintained that
1888 electoral votes are taken out Of politics aud are
| welded not by liberty and Justice. but by power
| and oppression? How can the country rest satisfied
with peaceful diCusson IL there Is TO be erected
| solid vote uninlluenccd by argument, by reason.
by interest distributed in the community. II it is
openly proclaimed through tho rest of the country
Whoever sides with this majestic mass needs to
| get but AZ votes; whoever dares TO oppose II
| must get ls5; our friends shall save the govern.
| ment with n votes; our opponents cannot get the
| government without 1857 How long can peaceful
| suffrage be maintained as the source Of power If
only one,hih Of The freemens voices are necessary
IN he ara
| necessary TO carry 1t another
| 1.-THE car or the emperor OF Germany welded
Would soon S be declared % that not only no % ireedom
existed in the l3S votes but there could not long
| any freedom in the ls5. some advise quiet
| submission to the present state of affairs for the
sake OF peace and good neigh6orhood II the
| car welded those votes we would answer that by
| saying "Ifyou want our liberties come and take
| them If you can. Come aud get your fOrty-seven
| votes if you can. and we will submit" The solid
south would be met by solid north. Not In the
| same sense. but In \ deliberate, manly and cour-
| ageous effort to bring every vote to the main
| ten0nce of free suffrage oil over the land. There
was no objection to solid, vote except
thing else took It's place where nil the
votes cast were spoken ofas majority" for one
Of free suffrage we would destroy tue solidarity OF
the south forever as an agent In American politics.
Mr. Eyarts referred TO the pros periy Of the coun-
whether the rulers under whom prosperity had
come should be chosen again or rejected. An emit
nent statstician, Mr., Atkinson, had spoken of the
large cotton crop Of the south as an evidence that
| labor was rewarded there. Who made this cotton?
| The black republicans did the work. The republi-
| can blacks pick the cotton. and tho democratic
whites pick nl the votes of the republican blacks.
To take the additional political strength given by the
negro population, and thea ~ deprive the negro of
his VOTE could not be respectable In the contempa-
| ton OF God or man. Governor Seymour had used n
| phrase that had been adopted by the democrats
TO take the credit OF our prosperity from the repub-
| licGn party. lie attributed 1T to the Statesman.
| ship Of the plow." Mr.. Evarts remarked that the
plow had existed before prosperity came but there
was no statesmanship Ia ii then. IL was the states
| mnnship of the republican party, which pacined
the south. restored public credit reduced the pub.
lie burdens aud made the peoples money the
| plow effective. He had heard no other ar
| gument for change except that providence,
omg o9 Is P Sc. nSa nap Ss ~
| stick to u party that providence was known 10
favor rather than take the chances of Its fayoring
| another. The democratic party had been up for
| examination several times before and nilcd to pass
| No wonder II would not bo admitted this time, for
It made the same answers before to all questions
| asked IL. There was a story of student who told
| his friends he had answered every question asked
| him correctly but was rejected. How could that
| be-" they asked. "fo every question | replied, 4
don't know said the student. General Hancock
had replied to questions regarding war claims,
southern suffrage and tarlf in a way which, might
| be chRrably construed to mean, II don't know"
After referring to what he considered dis
| crepancies between General IIancorks tariff
views In his letter of acceptance aud in his
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marked that there was left to the general but ono
| more letter to write. namely, as follows:
40 HUiiGm II. English:
| my DEAR SIR: There seems to be an impression
| prevailing In the minds of some OF my country
| men that am running on the same ticket with
| YOU. | am nstonished that anybody should credit
| such q bugbear. For myself, denounce IL. There
| also seems TO be an impression that am running
| on the democratic platform. am too sound an
| American TO ever do that. This is the last letter
that shall write and the last that was ever ex-
! pCgtCd to Writp.' Laughter
General Hancock stood on a platform that was
| plank by plank giving way until hardly enough
| was left 10 support him.
lie had found that the people were In earnest
about protecting American labor BY suffrage
| labor holds the political power OF the country.
The laws Of this country arc Intended to preserve
| the dignity Of LABOR. The south never cared to
! preserve lis dignity under the old system. Mr.,
| Eyarts did not sec that they cared TO under the
| new. No peace, no prosperity could exit II we
| undertook to put our labor IN tho system OF the
| world upon level with the labor Of countries
| where its dignity and lis political power are not
| accorded II; and any party that undertakes Ia say
| tnat the question whether broGdclOh coat for II
| gentleman or a Worth dress for lady can be
bought cheaper or dcUrGr Is the great problem OF
| American sGteSmanship VIII find that the lRbOrcr
| of this country do not agree with him. They
meant to nave II understood that they will tolerate
| no party that subjects the manhood Of the Amcri-
can laborer TO tile necessities or conyenlencies OF
| wealth and luxury.