The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-07-27
PENDLEToN's SPEECH.

The Senator in the course of his
speech said: Eighteen months ago this
administration came into power. 1t
came with vaunt and boast, it came
the successor of Hayes administration
in the Republican line. But it told us,
it told you, it told the Republicans that
ii was to be an improvement upon that
administration, it was to do that which
had not been done in the last thirty-five
years of Republican administration in
the country, bOasting itself over and be-
yOnd that which the Republican party
had assumed that they had done. What
is it to-day? What do we see
now? We see sister repul Ii
in this hemisphere, having gone
through with the agOnies of war to-day
being despOiled of its possessions and
wiped out from the list of the nations
of the earth. Our Republican govern
ment to-day beaten out and wiped out
by another republic of South America,
and the United States, powerful, Tepub-
lican, strong, with no troubles at home,
with no troubles abroad, sitting supine-
ly by and seeing one republican govern
ment destroyed upon the face of the
earth by another republican govern
ment under the influences and impulses
of British power, British commerce,
British enterprise, British gold lap
u.
we do not exert any influence, as | said,
we fifty millions of Republicans stand
simply by and do not raise our voice,
don't exert our moral power, don't exert
the influence that belongs to us,withOut
going to the point of war to see that re-
public despOiled of its possessions, de-
spoiled of its influence, despOiled of its
very existence.
To-day 500 of your fellow citizens and
mine are languishing in the prisons of
Great Britain, suspected, but neither
accused nor tried-and when the Ameri-
can citizen is lodged in a dungeon and
neither tried nor furnished with accusa-
tiOn against him, he is permitted to re-
ceive from the head of the foreign de-
paTtment of affairs in England this
declaration: He is there because we
suspect him, and we will give you no
reasOn-nO reason except what you can
see upon the warrant of commitment
and at this hour there are men in prison
in Great Britain suspected, not accused,
not indicted, not tried-and when our
administration asks them why, they say
it is none of your business.
The extravaganza of the Republican
party was severely censured. What has
the domestic policy Of Congress been in
the session of seven months and more ?
What has it done? 1t has passed river
and haTbOr bill OF twenty millions of
dOllars-more than twice as much as has
been passed before. 1t has authorized
the building of more federal offices,
postoffices, custom houses and court
houses all over the country, where there
is not a dollar collected by the custom
house, where there is not dollar col
lected by the pOstOffiee. 1t has never
been done before. 1t has put more men
into Office, established more offices, Civ
en- higher pay than has been done in
any twenty years before, and with all
this famous expenditure, with this ex.
| travagance which surpasses anything
that has been known in the history Oi
the Government before with $400, 100000
collected. Think of it, $400,0OO,OOO col
lected from the people of the United
States and $150,000O00 surplus revenue
beyond all possible expenditure of the
| Government for any honest and legiti-
mate purposes.
Other speeches were made by bon
John F. FOllett, Hon. T. G. Powell, Gen
eral A. j. Warner, Hon. g. l.. COnyerst
and General DuTbin Ward.