The daily gazette., 1880-09-04

"ich hon bhe DCtnOCId'lc House saw
eds4O,O0),oO0l year Of he appropria ions.
When was it our bonds were at par and
the greenback began to assume the value
OF gold dollar? II was when the Dem
ocratic House said TO the Republican
party, 'you bave gone far enough, and
you shall not rob the people any longer.
Wen make the estimates for the gov
ernment and you'll have to live within
them" 1t was This that restored conf
dence TO business men, and started the
wheels of industry afresh.
III this much can be accomplished
with small Democratic majority in
one House of Congress, and an adverse
Executive, what cannot We do when
we have charge of the administration
II all it d partment ? WY we could
reduce taxes fully one-half, and the pub
lie credit would be as good as ever. Ap
plause.]
And yet Mr.. Sherman tries to make
the people believe That he brought about
the bJunLiful rains and muniiicent lar
vests, and sent the blights and de7astat-
ing floods to destroy the crops of Europe
and create such good market there for
our products. He would make the peo-
pie believe, if he could, that he blotted
out the hand of Providence in this state
Of afiiirs, and that the Republican par
ty is the author of all their public bless
mgs, thus endeavoring tn make The Al
mighty to play second fiddle 10 The Re-
publican party. [Great applause.
THE SOLID SOUTH FRAUD.
Again, they say the Democratic
party, through the solid South, is
ready to destroy this government
They don't believe it when they say it,
and the record of the Democratic par
y in the past gives the lie to their as
surtion.
1t nominated, in 1864, for President,
General Mcclellan, a Union General.
In 1868, Horatio Seymour, a states
man who had ever given the. govern
ment loyal support. In 1872, it NOM
mated Greeley, its lifelong opponent,
and in 1876 it presented Samuel j.
rilden, the champion of honest govern
ment and reform. And now it pre-
,ents to the people the most distin-
| !uished and successful officer of the
Union army in the late war. 1t does
not lay in the mouth of any man to
say that a party with such record
wants to destroy this government.
| The Democratic party represent a
majority of a quarter of million of
the people of this country, and ola full
| million of the white voters. 1t is fol-
| ly to say such party wants to destroy
the government. The Republicans de-
4 al tln alnottnp Of 70
President means the payment of fSouth-
ern claims for war damages and for
for slaves. They know that this is a
lie out of the whole cloth. They en-
forced, as the conditions of the admis-
sion of the Southern States after the
war, the fourteenth and fifteenth
amendments to the Constitution the
former of which expressly prohibits
the payment of such claims. Don't
they know it it impossible to repeal
these amendments, except by the
votes of two thirds of the members oi
Congress and the ratification of the
Legislatures of three-fourths Of the
States Do you suppose there is any
chance for their repeal?
ECONOMICAL BRIGADIERs.
My experience during the past ses
sion of Congress has proved to me that
the men VINO maintain the closest
guard over the treasury are these very
Rebel brigadiers that the Republican
party makes such fight against. Less
money has been paid out by the pres
ent Congress than by any Congress
since the close of the war, and the ma
jority in this Congress are Democrats.
This Congress actually froze out the
lobby. A few years ago, when the ap'
propri ltion bills were under cOnsidera-
ton in Congress, it was almost impos-
sible for member to regain his seal
after once leaving it for few minutes
so thick and importuDate were the
representatives of the lobby. Wher
the Democratic party came into power
it adopted rule TO allow none but
members, ex-members and Governors
of States the privileges of the floor o.
the House. To-day the lobby curses
and damns the Democratic party be-
cause it took care of the peoples
money. There have been no Credit
Mobilier rings, or whiskey rings or In
dian rings since the Democrats have
been in power in Congress. There il
no ring now save little Star Service
ring, mainly supported by Republicans
and we intend to freeze this out at the
next session.
The record of the Democratic party
| has ever been IN favor of economy, ant
# YOU believe in low taxes and gooC
| government, you are in duty bound t.
return Democrats 10 office when you
have an opportunity of so doing.
KIND WORDS FOR JUDGE HOUSTON.
In regard to the gentleman who was
yesterday. nominated at Dover by q
| Harmonious Republican party, In oppo
| Sition TO me, | wish to say l have known
him from my boyhood. He was a friend
Of my father, anu | was taught both by
mother to honor him. / honor him TO
lay. ] regret that he shauld have per
miited himself 10 be used as sacrifice
by factions or the Republican party to
patch UP sham truce between them.
have no words of reproach to say agalns'
Judge Houston. honor him as a man
ard as Judge. II is years are venerable
his experience on the bench has bee1
great, and 1 regret, after Delaware and
John NJ Clayton, the man who was hit
| preceptor, had so framed our Constitu
lion as to think that il had been placed
beyond the power of any party 10 bring
the judiciary into pol Tics, that Judge
Houston should allow himself TO b.
dragged out of the bench In order tC
patch up temporary truce between the
two factions Of The Republican party.
AuoItp ruE NOMINEE