Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-11-03
SPEECH BY HENRY wATTERSON,

Toledo. from which the following ex-
tracts are taken:
FrtIOw-CIrtzENs: The present situation OF
public afflirs IN the United states - someth ng
NOR dian anomalous. IL Is in the highest de-
gree whimsical and picturesque. i should in
suit your Intelligence ana discredlt my own III
should pprpCirttc the cOncett OF attempting
Ia oVcrrp,ch your crcdulity with the pretense
that there Is a crisis. There Il no crisis;
Dangers there are. indeed, rs always; for amid
the prevailing incCrtitude and Indifference the
gbsence OF organized conviction iniicates a
rank, unwhOlesOme growth. which, whilst CAV,
ing show OF current prosp ,1ity, IS caleu,atSu
server. Our body polite. however, is not going
to the dogs. 10 has at least escaped the dogs OF
war Our National unity Is stronger than ever
u was. Among the people there are no
longer any irrepressible conflicts. Peace
porvades tue states and the sections which
compose our Federal fabric The war Is over
and the issues IN lt begat IL are settled irrcv-
Oclbly and forever. Slavery IS no more
thought OF or regretted In the South than in
the North. and secession raises smile even
In its very haunts. The frictiOns and coils
ions growing out of the war have passed into
history. our Goyernment mas survived the
deluVc. mistaken and untarnisbed our con-
stitutiOnal system has emerged from an era OF
mlschievou3 theory, which, beginning with
false notions OF reconstruction TO end with
illusOry notions of finance, for a long time
threatened IL. All the while the people have
got on, somehow, in spite of their demagogues.
And now, with General Butler as the Demo
cratic standard-bcarer i'm Massachusetts, and
General Chalmers rs the Republican standard
bearer I'm Mississippi, surely the country Is
safe; II Is more thHn safe, because what those
great warriors and statesmen lack of making
10 80 we may confidently look TO sec supplied
by General Malone.
I congratulate YOU. fellow-ctizens, upon
this contamination so devoutly to be wished,
and shall not mar 10 by any forebodings that
tons OF prudent sagacity. rejoice in being
able to feel and 90 say that we are fellow
citizens, thai we haVoa rich. prosperous and
common country, and that, come what may,
tho future of the RrnuniC Is full OF 9Dlpu-
did prom &C. But We have not reached the
millennium; not even here in Ohio, albeit the
home Of the Truly Good. We possess n great
property. and To the wise and just AMI fruit
ftil admin stratiOn Of this belong certain obi
cations and duties. IL is these which bring us
together on this occasion.
I'm the report of II speech delivered the other
evening by senator John sherman, for whom,
let me say, have very great respect. find the
Following passage. which, ms can well remen-
Der the senator's first appearance in the Ma
uOnul Capitol "a n Representative i'm Congress,
Is TO me not without touch OF pathOs. Scna-
tor sherman said: IL am already getting old
and my hair is turning gray, but my attach
ment To- the Republican party Is all the
stronger, AMI u IL SO lecause i believe that
party Is the bulwark of our country's liberties
and progress. IL | could believe that the
Democratic party was fitted TO be intrusted
with the power OF this great Nation, 1 would
not be here making speeches To you. am
here because believe tho Democratic party
cannot manage this country of ours" have
mo- doubt the Senator is sincere. lie declared
a little while ago that, in his opinion, any
thing was Justifia6le to keep the Democrats
out OF power. This is precis sly the
spirit which brought ON the war between tho
States. IL Is the spirit which secs nothing
wrong within, everything wrong without, the
party lines. Yet there Is scarcely a criticism
which might pass upon the present Admins
tratOn with which Senator Sherman would not
concur. Does he indorsc the alliance with Ma
hone la virginia. Does he indOrse the alliance
with Chalmers In Mississppip Does he indorse
the course of the President in forcing his
secretary OF the Treasury upon the Republic
urcs nc least i'm the last Congress he voted
against the Administration, aud he il every
where saying: :" will stand by and defend
the River and lIarbOr bill' which the Presi-
dent vetoed. Now, fellOw-citiZcns | am not
growing old and my hair is not turning gray,
but viii love no party better than love my
country, honor. justice and truth. / have
seen tho Republican party violate its obll-
cations to each of those cardinal virtues and
because it did so have seen one after another
OF its fathers and founders leave IL. Seward,
Chase, Blair, sumner. Greeley, all died out
side the party fold. Fcsscnden and Trumbull
were on the eve of quitting Ii when the one
went To- his grave and the other went into re-
tircmcnt just as the Democratic party did
before u, the Republican party has being do
Ing the lust few years. The work appointed
e. do 1t did thoroughly. II gave freedom to
the slave. IL united the people i'm defense OF
the Union. Somebody had To save the Nation
fiscal responsibility of the C;oyernm n ' on
Its hands, 10y sort of Gods mercy IL did moi
take the wrong shoot, though many OF its
aud the late senator Morton. started out orig
tnally "a wrong rs the Democrats whom
they afterwards denounced. And what has
" bcen doing since? Disrcgarding MI
its traditions, IL has been conspirinV and r,-
spring To keep itsolf i'm power. BY a stretch
OF state rights, VIII CHI would m Ike ID, ghOs, of
John &. Calhoun open its eyes il has counted
aud refused to- count Electoral votes. Pro-
tossing 60 be the sole guardian of the National
honor, u has league itself with repudi alton
lists, aud become vehicle of reputation i'm
rue Su,tes; Up 10 n very recent date Mr.. JAY
~. huOOell was It's one official Civll-service Re
FORMER nnd likely specimen he was, l do adj
mt. But ~ II jealous of Mr.. Huhbclrs name
and fame, the Republican President of the
United Statcs-nlthOugh as Vice President hc
had wOn some Civil-scrvice laurels at Albany
and clsCwhcre-rcsOlvcd To- submit his claims
TO competitive examination. With the
the person OF Judge Folger. mt Saratoga
where, by the aid of Gould millions
ana the opportune and undctected i'm
tcrpost ton OF forgery and frau 4. he was able
Co > cure the last and greatest triumph ot
Civil-scrvice Reform, the defeat of a Gov
ernOr who hal male himself obnoxious To cor
pOratOns, aud the nomination of n GOVerno,
dictated 10y the Administration. These nrs
rough words, felluw-c.ti1ens, but they are true
ones, anu they expose the Republican ten
dency. which, ~ IL bee not checked will ulti
IN tcly wreck our admirable system of check.
and balances
That tendency il undoubtedly tho consolida
ton or interests designed exclusively TO,
the many In the hands of the few: the con
GJf,n,5aI."n NJ ma,hinSt9n OF powers hitherto
OF the stock Exchange into a department ot
the Government I do not mean thai
there Is any present purpose To- create !
new place In tho Cab net for Mr. Gould ol
Mr. Vanderbilt under the title of Seq
rotary of the iOaves and Fishes and Keepel
OF the Pros dents Pockct-bOok In politics
ne IN private business, there NAV be such !
IN ng ne silent partnership. which "a w,
nave Just seen in New York, can be rel Ell or
20 work with effect. But / do mean To- say
that the policy Of the Republican parry ha.
steadily courtcd the money power Thar IN /,
shaped To produce aggrcgatiOns of vas
wealth, and that 10 looks Tor its perpetu ,tior
70 tho union has achieved between tn
pOnucans no the capitalists. There are two
~ ways from Washington to New York
which are known To tho public. But there 4,
third which has not yet appeared on any OF
the maps or in any of the gude-bOoks MI
though IL IL the most important of all IN r. !
nnrrow-gnugc air-linN. connecting the Whit.
House with Wall street.
This ~ not mere figure of speech Jus
consider for n moment what money c1n "a
AM how much money IN policy OF the KeDuh
ucon party has enabled co rporations and indt
NiduastO 0mass. Forty years ago the mos
uOrid imag nation among the writer's nf e,r
trlVagant romance, ricking its Invention 10,
fable OF uutOward riches, nut tho entire f,,
tune OF tho Spada family, collected tbrougt
carnations, cOnce0lcd for ages and final,
unearthcd by the Count of Monte Christie ~
ahundrcd millions OF francs-twenty million
OF dollars. With this sum that rcioubtahI,