The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-10-08
A BATTLING SPEECH.
Passages from the speech OF Henry Waiter.
son Mt Toledo Friday Night.

Passage. from the speech of Henry Waiter.
son mt Toledo ON Friday Might.
The present situation of public affairs In
steal and picturesque With Gen. Butler as the
and Gen. Chalmers as the Republican standard
bearer in Mississippi. surely the country is
safe; 1t is more than safe; because what those
we may confidently look to SEQ supplied by
Gen. Malone. But we have not reached the
home OF the Truly Good. Fortunately we have
ono question on which there Is no Disagree
at al sbs Sfy OF o
lima, is for civil! service reform
yet. with thousands Of other young men Of the
time. was borne down in the vortex and made
not by DemoeIatic PRINCIPLES or traditions.
hand against the flag and the honor Of my
confess it. and thank God can say. with full
sndng soil Mhen NE
be forever free. that ii Ia mine again no less
never parted from It may prize t. Who know
own land, love it, and would willingly defend it
There is scarcely a criticism which | might
pass upon the present Administration with
which Senator Sherman would not concur.
Does he endorse the alliance with Malone in
Chalmers in Mississippi2 Does no endorse the
course OF the pesdent in forcing his Secretary
1 have seen the Republican party violate its
obligations to each Of the cardinal virtues. and
because i did SO have seen one after another
OF it's fathers and founders leave II. Seward.
the party fold. Fessenden and TrumbuI we're
his grave and the other went into retircmcnt
Just As the Democratic party did before it. the
bell was Its one official civil service reform ar
and likely SPECIMEN he was do admit But
Republican President Of the United states
although as Vice President he had won some
civil service laurels at Albany and elsewhers-
examination. With the Treasury at his heels
hs appeared, in the person OF Judge. Folgsr. at
and the opportune and undetected interposi-
ton Of forgery and fraud, no was able to secure
es sDd ass 81 Ga Of aS s
nomiaati9n OF 4 Goysrnor dictated By ths , Ad:
The Republican tendency Is undoubtedly the
for the many in the hands Of the few: tho con-
centratton at Washington Of powers hitherto
divided among the States and the elevation OF
Government. do not mean that there 10 any
present purpose to create new place In the
the title of Secretary Of the Loaves and Fishes
and Keeper Of the Presidents Pocketbook. In
politics as in private business there may be
we have Just seen in New York can BIZ relied
on TO work with With effect. But do mean to say
steadily courted the money power. that it is
shaped to produce aggregations OF vast wealth.
s s i Sahs S 1T Ss 10
and the CAPITALISTS. =, There ar, two railways
from Washington to New York which are known
fl.ay lIt fharA ts h trslx oh haa
OF the books ahe 1s
S s While hoa.s Win 1t
This Is not mere figure OF speech; Just
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party has enabled corporations and individuals
to amass. Forty years ago the most norid
romance, racking its invention for fable of
SnSwaGd TGhes Put the t entire fortune 81 the
eencesled ior ages, and lnaily nnearshed by the
Count Of Monte Cristo at 100, 900 900 francs
s2O.OOo 900. With this sum that redoubtable
ton in France. Later. another French novel;
list. Of what the critics call the realistic school.
sned the Nabob. still. be did not venture to
lastrious prsde cess One hundred MILLIONS
men in and about New York worth more than
that who don't consider themselves very we'll
and tx earn
for themselves. cheered by the single hope
that whatever happens to them. they, may
keep the wolf from the door OF tho widow and
the orphan. II he were living now, the Count
OF Jay Gould who has five hundred millions OF
francs so much money. indeed, that not salts
fed with his millions he must carry the re-
dress OF his private wrongs into the public
business OF the country. and make accomplicss
OF Chief Magistrates and Secretaries of the
Treasury in the punishment OF recalcitrant
ins,anes this case merely By WY Of ips.ra-
merely an episode. It may have been ncces-
sary TO protect himself: But we have seen how
President may .stllie the voice Of the people
pre State Of the Union. What might not be
ambition and the genius of Julius CAESAR
From 1862 TO 1882 the whole power Of the
Republican party has been bent to the creation
and multiplication OF great capitalists. 1t be.
gan its career of robbing the poor to enrich the
rich with war tariff i has never modified or
and PACK a commission to trot about the coun-
Try at the peoples expense seeking materials
masterpiece Of Injustice; oppression, and ra-
pine 1t has driven our flag from the high seas
IN order that q few domestic ship builders
have left. and grow fat on the degradation of
their co4ntrys homer. The railroad monarchs
make y laugh Il harvest Of land grants. All
the while. it has chucked tho workingman un-
dor the chin, whispered sweet words TO him
ABOUT the pauper classes of Europe, given him
II dollar and half a day wages, when it didn't
suit it to close shop. and charged him two dol
lars and a half for n suit Of woollcns worth u
dollar. And this. we are told. is protecting
our infant industries" and contributing to
the dignity of labor"
The tendency OF the Republican policy is not
only to enable q few favorite classes to build up
disproportioned fortunes. but II has by its sub
servicncy to the power Of money, its trucking
to corporations and its disregard Of the simple
precepts on which its fathers founded It, done
break down the spirit OF fraternity, among the
people. 1t has quite forgotten the homely wis;
dom OF the couplet, once quoted SO forcibly and
so appositey by Mr. Seward. When speaking OF
the degrading influences and oligarchc char.
acter OF slavery. he said with n solemnity that
gave prophetic reach to the lines:
III fares the land to hast'ning ills prey,
African slavery has gone, The overseer with
his lash has gone. But tho Republican party
il setting up 4 new slavery. IL Is slowly. but
surely. transferring the seat Of power from the
people to the politicians and tho capitalists.
and preparing the way for great commercial
empire and mOneyed aristOcracy. and q race
Of Mcclellan princes mas0uernding as Prosi-
dents Of the United States