New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-10-21
NEwyOKK DAILY TKIBUNE THURSDAY, OCTOBER q. 1851

that we are going TO Recommendations You are
TOO sound an Amerlc1n-what we Wanied was 70
Luoyy whether Won were "a Garfield Is, tor sYs-
fem Of duties that viii protect the dignity 81 Amer
ican Labor. more Intelligent noay; nha Deat JII
paid thin foreign ab1fr lADPausa, a c GDu
'fben We viii know whether 10 wore Iot w"
or nOtr Well. bayng the war claims az IlEn'' Nv
ettertalns tue view that nothing can D. dohe 10
hurt the North that the suffrage - 70 be pr9fecen
tn the extent of free ballot full vote ana Ia',
count all over the country. Ana now, hhVlh. sdI"
that he Is 100 sonnl an American ~ ~ .no'V 1
left 10 undervane American labor VIA
- there let for HIM but 10 Wiz ,S
one more letter laughter and appla1Is.eh su.
address it to Mr. English. OF Indiana. liaughtII
conceived somewhat IN this way
Ny DEAR SIR: There seems 10 be an impression pre-,
val Ing in tne mnds Of some Of our s"nniry ~ ]
aud appinsc am aston shed ina anyn33,y s ,n,
give credit TO sucn Dugpea'' ,s W. he an
Impression that / am running on Tie D, ,l,
platform. an too s1nni an Amercnn 10 q" 'a
and luS T. the last eCleri thH shall wrlte auHhcl
and MOI Ouly rs tine last letter that sha wTlte ul
the asst tlat ever expected 10 write lUproailous
The ruth is that when a IN the pubIic enc
OF the whole country stands upon . VA.
form and plank after plank OF n breaks
down 50 that there ~ not a wide enough spoil ~ 10
TO stand upon except on one leg II gels 10 De very
rk,ome aud verr awkward 1t Is true you can shIIt
from one leg to the other aughterI on SUI u Is
NOT graceful and II very trcsOme. l1feat l1u2H-
teri Then come down from The platform! 'pne
down from the candidacy and let us nave 'uo
return Of The votes all for General Car
field and the Republican ticket Henry arp.ause.l
MANHOOD OF The AMERICAN LAEohER
Now, gentlemen, there great many things ~
tins COUNTRY that are of interest to the people OF H.
and among other things OF great interest % he peo-
pie OF Inns country is the question OF the labor OF
the county The labor of the country holds IN IT,
hand. by tie git of tie suffrage, the
politlcal power of the country-tnat is 10
saw ~ fha part of the country where tue laboTers
arr allowed 10 vote. starting as we dId' u Door
sparse peopl.. without great IneqHaliie, Oh r"nA,
we put suffrage upon mdnh00d ala 7aIH thit me
man Is crater tnan BIS cucums&ICt5 OF
BIS prope t.. PercIes had SORE shch
hea aoOut man, When lie ADVISED tue y1""s
women OF Athens 10 marry man without
an estate rather than an estate without man
lLaugntrr add applause think IN" ladies' 81 igls
country have generally followed that adv"e-p'ft'y,
perhaps because there ar more men tlah lItIe arr
estates. lLaugLter.I But. nevertheless, that Is
our propositions; aud the laws Of th'' conn
try are intended 10 preserve tle d1gnity
of labor. Inc South never desired the Dig
nltY of labor TO be preserved under the ola
system-l do not sec that tney have mucn care 10
preserve Its dignity under the new. But III thls
country CT OURS, where intelligence and turtt aud
domestic virtue aud peTso IA! PRIDE de Just as gen
orally ana just as clearly Tue possession oI the
laboriug as they are OF tne earned ana ne
powerful aud the ncn, no peace, no prosperity
can exist II we undertake. u pat
our labor IN the system of the world
npon the level of the labor OF countries where IS
dignity aud Is political power are not Accorded lap
piausr.l ANY party. any prOpe, IN TINS county
question of whether bcOadcoth coat ior gen IL
Il all. or a Worth dress for lady, can be bought
cheaper dearer Is toe great proDlem u A"er-
can craftsmanship Will ma thar the hoorers
OF tins country do not agree with MN. lAppidusc.i
hey mean to have Il unders OOd-and they arc
rIspt-that having education open To tDeI0 that
having equality u pOlItlcs their right ami tnelr
heritage tuat having the hopes OF the iuture ana All
the delights OF nome, lis purity, IT, dlgnty, JHer
DO sess on, which they will VOTE anu fJr when
they viii ight. they Will tolerate 40 party thlt sub
jects tins manhood OF the American labortr u the
necessities COuyenlenceS OF wealth and luxury.
IL Is not question OF the manufac urer or OF the
merchant IL Is not q question al The foreman OF Oi
the master-workman mere Y. 1t Is Il question oi az
the co ninon people who take part IN the magnh- |
ceuce OF your commerce aud OF your mdnutac. uIes
and VINO bear their share OIL the taxation ana tue
burdens IN peace and IN war; tina. uphold TINS
cunnTy. And now, when IL - iodnd OUT th1l
wAether the ScrIDes and the PAarIsees 10 or do
ierstaud tins problem 0i the taIIh 20 PIo'ec
labor the idUOrers understand 1t. III may De sure
that tn votes of those aOOrers Will ,ettle tDe q-s
ron Ia tine great strenuous in lustes of those great
States OF Connecticut, New-1oIk aud Ne"-Jeis-y
IN favor OF lie dignity and the security 81 Amer-
can labor. loud applause. And II General Han
co K don't fuy understand the subject now on the
81 day o. November he VIII see through 1t clearly
Viii. gentlemen. we are to come TO the great
Judgment. Parties TO be Judged people are 10
be Judged. We lawyers have maxim tnit III our
,rias the iudse Is condemned If he guilty
ana by the same rule the Judge Is condemned - the
mu0c mt are condemned. And this people, LOOKING
at these two parties, are quite A. much ~ judgment
drives from power party witn tine record
OF the Republican party, aud with the fruits
OF the strenuous dbors aud courage IN tie neld oil
It's sodefs IrOm Grant lwn 10 tie private soiuler
Iipplau>el and IN civil life from GaTh Id down TO
the common artisan lapp,ausel; II they put ~
power the opposite party, with such record as
tnat oil the DcuOcr3tc party IN tue ueid, from JET
iersoD Davis down to the common soldier, AID 10
craftsmanship. from the men tnat betrayed their
trnst TO the common people thft they
,leluded 10 their ruin, II is not the Republican
parry that is guilty, but the people are guilty. 81 a
descrtIOn of taeir rust lAppause.I Let rs uuder-
stand tnis matter Let ~ hasten Oh The judgment Oi
tui, people thar follows close living Zoe. Let Us
he. already the glad shouts Of the American people
renewing power IN Che name and IN the persons "a
the Republican party aud their candidates. lap
p!ausej Let Us near, deserved BY us,
Omulum consensu capax mpern quIa imperavt
tina in the Judgment OF foreign nations IN the
lad 1nent Of al this people IN The judgment OF he
learned AID the Wise, IN the Ju -nentOf the feeble
and the poor this party capable OF the irusi oi
government because II has discharged II. Jap
plause.l