The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-10-26
SPEECH BY HENRY wATTERsON.
Henry Watterson, of Kentucky. re-
Gently delivered an eloquent speech at
Toledo, from which the following ex-
tfacta st.a fakaii.

~ lt6 Y6TY QduDLS. TQ6 lFIGIlOuS duQ COillo-
Sns sssHHEfi HEi ialss s2 ef fes EsE asys ssssa no
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idischievods theory, whic6, Beginning with
salse notions Of reconstfuctioh to end with
it. All the while the people have
rot on, somehow, in spite of their demagogues.
And now, with General Butler as the Demo-,
cratic standard-bearer in Massachusetts,. and
General Chalmers as the Republican standard
bearer in Mississippi, surely the country is
safe! It is more than safe, BECAUSE what those
d SO we may cofifderitiy look to see supplied
by General Mahofie.
II congratulate You, fellow-citizens, upon
aid shall not mar it BY any f6rebodings that
Do not spring from the most ordinary sugges-
nons of prudent sagacity: fejoice in. being
Citizens, that We have rich, prosperous and
common country, and that, come what may,
the future Of the Republic is full of splen-
millennium; not even here in Ohio; albeit the
home of the Truly Good. We possess great
property, and to the wise and just and fruit
cations and duties. It is these which bring us
together on this occasion.
In the report of a speech delivered the other
Ist ms az; have very greatrespest ftind the
Eef TIE ;sehatofs ftst, appsayance IN, tie Ma
Is to me not without a touch of pathos: Senay
tor Sherman said: II am already getting old
and my hair is turning gray, but my attach
stronger, and it Is 50 because @ i believe that
party Is the bulwark of our country's liberties
and progress. Ii l could believe that the
with the power Of this great Nation, 1 would
not be here making speeches to you. 1 am
here because believe the Democratic party
no doubt the Senator is sincere. He declared
ha We ss aE 5ha o Il fsep bis tie spbBi9 g
spirit which brought ol, tie war between the
States. It is the spirit which sees nothing
wrong within; everything wrong, without, the
which might pass upon the present Admins;
tration with which Senator Sherman would not
concur, Does he indorse the alliance with Ma
hone I'D Virginia? Does he fndorse the alliance
with Chalmers in Mississippi? Does he indorse
the course of the President in forcing his
Secretary Of the Treasury upon the Republic
ures at least in the last Congress he voted
against the Administration, and he is every,
MnsFs tbs viii stand By and md defend
dent vetoed. Now, fellow-citizens, am not
growing old d.my hair 10 not turning gray,
but viii love no Rartty better than love my
seen the Republican party. violate its 6bli
cations to each OF those cardinal virtues, and
RsSfusss i dia d 60 have seen one after e1othsI
side the party fold. Fessenden and TrumbuI
to his the er went nto
trement- just as the Democratic party did
before 1t, the Republican party has being do
tn DO a ad saUe
the slave. 1t united the people in defense OF
the Union. Somebody had to save the Nation
e. Ssng in Ss a1d nngag 9
fits hands, by a sort of Gods mercy, it did not
take the wrong shoot, though many of itt
late opg
hsa w1qs dsnonced And Thst Sal
IL aoaF R las been ad
spiring to keep itsslf in POWER: BY a stretcl
Of State rights, which would make tie ghost o.
and refused to count Electoral votes. Pro
Tossing to be the sole guardian of the Nationa
honor, it has league itself with reputation
lists, and become vehicle of reputation, il
A. Hubbell was its one official Civil-service Re
former, and likely speeimen he was, do I'D
NIT. But, as il Jealous of Mr. HubbelPs nam,
and fame. the Republican President of tn,
United States-although as Viee.Presideiit h,
had won SOME Citilservics iaures at A1ban,
to to- eompetitte s'tssa Examination. nj WI With fI tn
Treasury at his heels he appeared, il
the person Of Judge Folger.. at Saratoga
and ind the y opportune me al and % %ndetected 0fa IN
terpostion Of forgery and fraud, he was ab
to secure the last and greatest triumph o
ernor who had made himself obnoxious to col
| porations, and the nomination of a Goverto
| dictated by the Administration.
That tendency is undoubtedly the consolida
| ton of interests designed exclusively fo
the many in the hands of the few; the cor
| centratiou at Washington of powers hithert
| of the Stock Exchange into a department @
| the Government l do not mean uha
there is any present purpose to create
Mr.. Vanderbilt Under. the title of Sec
tetary of the Loaves and Fishes and Keepe
| of the Presidents POcket-bOok. In politics
thing as a silent partnership. which, as W
| have just seen in New York, can be rel ed q
to work with effect. But l do, mean to sa
steadily courted the money power, that it
shaped to produce aggregations of va'
wealth, and that it looks for its perpetuatio
to the union it has achieved betwe IN til
| railways from Washington to New Yor
which are known to the public. But there
the maps or in any of the gude-books, O
though it is the most important of all. 1t is
narrow-gauge airline, connecting the Whi
This is not a mere figure of speech. Ju
| consider for moment what money can {
and how much money the policy of the Repu
| lican party has enabled corporations and md
viduals to amass. Forty years ago the mo-
| horid imagination among the writers of e.
travagant romance, rackng its invention fl
| fable of untoward riches, put the entire fo
tune of the Spada family, collected throup
| generations, concealed for ages, and final
unearthed by the Count of Mont, Christie,
hundred millions of francs-twerty mill OF
of dollars. With this sum that redoubtab
hero worked miracles, almost social revol
list, of what the critics call the realist
whom whom he ohristened the Nabob, '''ii Sill
did not venture to put the figures beyond Il
limit or nv his illnltriOng nrpdppoSSOr
hundred millions of francs-twenty millions
dollars! Why. there are fifty men in al
about New York worth more than that, wi
don't consider themselves very wcll-to-t
either, and are working, toiling, Shaving, suffe
ing day and night to earn competency Fl
themselves, cheered by the single hope this
whatever happens to them, they may in the ell
be able to leave something behind to ep Il
wolf from the door of the widow and the c
Monte Christie would be a beggar by the side
Jay Gould, who has 500,0O,0 francs; so mu
money, indeed, that not satisfied with his mi
ions, he must carry the redress of his priva
wrongs into the public business of the count
and make accomplices of Chief Magistrat
and Secretaries of the Treasury in the punis
ment of recalcitrant Governors.
instance this case merely by way of illr
tration.. Mr.. Gould may be within himse
harmless enough. His recent operation mi
necessary to protect himself. But we ha
seen how great capitalist, Joining forces wi
the weak peoe asd dfe Se The ths dess Hss
party in the Empire State of the Unio
What might not be accomplished by gre
capitalist having hdass the ambition and the geni
Fellow-citizens. is it not time to try the Vi
tue of a change in the political complexion
the Government? Senator Sherman says tn
none but Republicans are fit to govern t
country. 1t used to be maxim in busine
that when an employe got to thinking himst
indispensable that was a good time to
charge him; for that man might die. This oug
to be equally sound doctrine in politics; thou
in what 1 have said of dangerous p
sibillties you will bear in mind that
have been speaking solely of Republic
tendencies. do not believe they will be re
I iZed, b; cause believe the people will recC
nize the u;cnace in time to arrest the dang
, But to come down to current, everyday
fairs. could we, as a matter of fsct, do mu
worse than Robson and Keife:2 Unless,