New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-24

Of graughrexl Thsys been unduy praised ane haso
been unfsuiy blanped goneHmos have been siven
more credit for rtshits Of recent events taAn
deserve; because many events conszinafee - pse'
dGce thOse results. 6omstlmes am blamed ses
things OF which hare not heen guilty, and fnmk on
ths whoe the balance IL about even have been lenE
honored BY my fei0v-oitzsns Of fhe Uniteo
By my district, next By nay etase. and then ny tnc
Nation. II I have been able 20 render 70 them even
small part OF what Is their cue, nm hsppy y tne'
content The lfe Of the public nan who does bis da1y
e full Of labor and care aud sasponmbilty ts not e.
ways understood At tho te and soEactmes be mar die
before even hs works are kindly rcmeubsFed thereisrs
he has 10 DO what he thinks "a right and Eeceva the -
ward Of his own conseence his eonsoience tells INN
he done the best he ne mas bic highest reward
[ApDlause.l
Now, gentlemen, perhaps I have said as much ~
ought to have said having returned my thsnks put
allow me to say q few words more 10 regard
70 what has been accomplished In regard 20 fe-
funding and resumption. When i entered apvn
my present Ofoe there was general oellcf snhs ny
Resumption Act was NOS sufficient TO enable .ne
Executive officers Of the Government 70 DflnK
about the resumption OF apecie paymsnte That
was made party CRY by party end it was matser
Of doubt aud fear on the part Of the ether bue
myself tnat the chief dihiculty In the way
Of resumption was the unfounded fesr OF ~
ana that the only way 70 overcome ina. 'eas
was to 20 boldly forward and do whas we
thought would best advance the interests
OF the country. Three years ago came 70 NewXork
and proposed to some gentlemen who composed WHALE
commonly called syndicate-uot very popular sern
that I desired TO cen them per cent bonds
at par for coin. They said it could NOT De
done They said they would rather have a.
nor cent They all agreed upon that Then said
further that wanted to sell those bonds for con ana
to lock up the coin in the Treasury you LOCK 'Dat
up IN the Treasury they said, gold Will 20 up, ana
you cannot have resumption unIeas gold viii 60 down.
And there was the difficulty. But it was began, ana
nnally 1t was found that the more gold we
| Purchased the more gold went down, while,
according to renson--especially the reasOn~of Q
certain class Of GreenbackersIt ought 10 have gone up
Laughter Andten. with we appealed g tne
and the people took tbeunOt che bankers mind yon,
SP the res 20 ssco9ns certain
school OF logic, resumption was secOmpnsneu Wy 1o
tRons SeS ea been
the reduction of the public debt interest onethrd but
Of hnS FSo tnG ssdiSS ReSressntstives Of The State
NewYcrk delivered in .or,1 the tSs HSuse nn,tss q
States a great wrons by selling them bonds &C
per cent ought 70 have sCld Ct pg psgs cent; SsTs
soid st per cent ought 70 have done it But thanks
tho SSnSsRSs f S the asSSs
ana ,s hanTs w euaes s
thSt seas s p oSE hopes nave been realized and
resumption was at tho time Axed by law complete
Hsy5e asegsSompIished this difficult tashsvne
uced the interest. aud secured paper money %hen y
no% noSyS San RafS Be 20 eHc6SSsea Or gold Pe6us
Vienna OF Berlin Paris or LonGen' or oon pro
ses aud now be exchanged for the best gold cola
Sere S nothing to DO but to develop resources
open our Mines spread our commerce, build up Set
and show 70 the people OF the wora Wna
40 not care to look back the past do not care
70 Ssrd dOf TO the future; and that tulure-wDlcn
nepo win brt2S among & &c O'essIngs sOen,,,v ana
sss u sne ehfs q sTsTS cnen entisea
% S'ss sses ssssEs 4 w ss Rss @ Sso .
iSe est8hllsnmsBe p oar pesfle erseit ses
sTss SsysSpSsb psSS s: s sss s ss &c 5s sss
our whole land = e osaess q sx se:
spent according % the ordisary esCrse H5,
can do anything 70 further the wesass sns S
| and onthnslastIe ehseringl
MATHEW HALEs SPEECH.
Matthew Hale, of Albany. In response to an In
yitation to address the gathering. said in part
Iwould Gather be excused for did not come here 70
sneak but inaamuch have been called upon, and -
time when every man should take some interest,"
In the notoa social and material welfare or the coun
tTv. I win say few words. Now I belong
to q small band Of Republicans IN the middle fs
Si .Sa G' etUIsss ss s vsWs upon the
the time and they beeys t9Ss 80 q, ia Ma. ss
the S2k KSpuOSCn OoGcerne9 Z shall not Be owned Sy
any man lsppausel that i shal b free M to express
hot NAV Sleess those who assume DO leaders
| of the party or not. daughter ana appiansel
OTHER ADDRESSES.
w. l.. Strong, 10 speech very eulog stfo o.
the Secretary, said he hoped that gentleman would
bo nominated at Chicago for President Of the
limited States Loud applause.l The Sherman
Club of New-York was going to DO repre-
sented In Chicago for the express purpose
} Of influencing public opinion to assure that
nomination il possible. Laughter and applause.l
Freeman ]. Fithian said that in ali the grea
amergencies the country had known Godhad always
sent proper man to pull 1t through. He sent Wash
inoton and He sent Lincoln, and when there was on
} emergency here few years ago in reference v
J the finances, Sherman came forward ane
hnilt up the stability OF the Nationa
credit. TApulausel They had present the gentle
man who was enabled by Providence to carry then
them through that crisis and the had more crlse
before them. too He concluded with an earnes
nrotest against third-terms, and said tina
. for n hundred years there had never Deei
. onvona with "cheek" enough to ask TO
it aimee the day when George Washington
= = bimself discontinued such course. He asked; I"
there only one man in this country fitted for sucn
: nosition We have hundreds of gentlemen that vii
! An the bill. We have one here tonight" lap
D plause.l ,.h,.h \
I ]. Seaver Page made short Speech wnicn y y
followed with a recitation, and the prooeedlns
were then brought to Close and the Secretary 70
turned to tho Fifth Avenue Hotel
ANOTHER FOREST FIRE.