Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-10-25


ferent parts Of the fiags, ard had 10 be ex.
tinguished In the same vay. FIRST and
last the fireworks set fire 10 ibe drapery oI
the stand dozen times and the flags wers
damaged greatly.
II was9 O'Clock before the procession
reached the old City-Hall lot, and Colonel
}. u. Cary, the speakers, and the COMMITTEES
walked upon the stand. Many members oil
the Legislature were also admitted to
privileged seats.
Not less than 10000 people cheered the
speakers by their presence. II was the
iarxest crowd ever addressed in Richmond
on political occasion.
When General Fitz. Lee, the gallant
Confederate cavalryman, came upon The
stage. he was cheered and cheered until he
was forced to bow repeatedly In acknow-
Judgement.
The people grew impatient and yelled
Tor Lee, Wise, and GOode. At o o'clock
The band played, and the crowd quieted.
and Colonel Cary came forward and said as
chairman OF the City Committee It was his
pleasant duty 10 introduce the speakers OF
The occasion. He begged them not 10 call
for speakers, but allow the programme
TO be carried out. He regretted the absence
OF Bayard, Randall, and others invited, but
declared there were enough present 10
clearly indicate there was life In the old
land yet. He then introduced ga man
who, in whatever situation placed, had al
ways borne bimself with credit to himself
and his people-the Hon. John Goode, Of
Norfolk" fCheers.l
Mr.. GOoDE's SPEECH.
Mr.. Geode came forward. and, alter
lts.,<, tt..t Ia. ~
glorious parade, and the presence OF the
ladies, spoke as follows:
On the 4th day Of November II will be
your privilege and duty to vote for re-
preventative in the Forty-ninth Congress
and for electors TO choose a President and
Vice-President OF these United States for
the next four years. So far as the people
Of Virginia are concerned, there are but
two parties now soliciting their suffrases-
the national Democratic party and the na-
tional Republican party. When they go TO
the polls In November they must espouse
the cause and enlist under the banner OF
the one party or the other. How can Viz
sinisns hesitate as to the choice which they
will maker Look upon this picture and then
upon that. The Democratic party favors
strict construction OF the Federal Consti.
tuition, purity Of administration, and econ
omy oi expenditure in all the departments
Of the Government. ID favors home rule,
honest money, strict maintenance OF the
public faith, reform In the civil service,
low taxation, tariff for revenue with in
cidental protection to American industry
and American labor. and the subordination
OF the military 10 the civil power In times
OF peace. Ii stood by Virginia and the
South during the perilous period OF recon-
struetion, when we were practically unre-
presented on the floor Of Congress. Ii fought
the battle for constitutional liberty under
the gallant leadership Of Bayard, Thurman,
Hendricks, Mcdonald, Randall. VOORHEES,,
and host OF noble patriots. On the other
hand, the Republican party is party OF
bosses and petty desp0ts. Ii believes in
paterpal theory OF government and thu
most latitudinarisn construction OF the
Federal Constitution. II fagors centraliza-
ton, imperialism, excessive taxation, pro-
lection Of monopolies, wasteful appropria-
tion, and eXtravagant expenditure. II has
overthrown State governments. dissolved
State Legislatures, suspended the writ OF
hobeds corpus in time OF profound peace.
subjected an unarmed and deienceless peO-
pie to the arbitrary rule OF military mas
tiers, and finally, 10 cap the climax Of pO-
litisal iniquity, 1t stole the chief magistracy
Of the republic in 1876.
Thomas Jefferson. the apostle Of liberty
and father Of the Democratic party, said
snee that frequent recurrence to funda-
mental principles is essential to the pros
perity Of the republic. 1t is equally true
in government like ours, and under ln-
shtutions such - we enjoy, that frequent
change OF Administration is necessary 10
prevent abuses and TO promote the
general welfare. The Republican party
has held uninterrupted control Of
the Government for nearly twenty
four years. During all that time it
has favored monopoliss and class legisla-
non. 1t mas paralyzed labor, placed undue
restrictions upon industry, and shampioned
the interests Of the few against the many.
1t has laid burdensome taxation upon the
people in order that it might pile up huge
surplus in the Treasury. II has stolen
and squandered the money OF the peo-
pie until ii has brought disgrace and
di.sredit upon the American name at
home and abroad. Your indignation would
be fatigued If should attempt to snumerste
the long catalogue OF frauds and deialea-
tion. in the Pension Bureau. the Post
Office Department, the Navy Department,
the State Department, and the Treasury De-
partment. From the commencement Of the
during all the administrations
from Washington to Lincoln. the theits
and robberies committed by public
officials amounted 10 about twenty-four
millions Of dollars. From 1861 to
the present time they have amounted
During the administrations 'of Grant,
Hayes, and Arthur the total defaleations,
according to the official records. have been
nearly seventeen millions. During the adj
OF Mr.. Hayes the robberies In
the Post-0ffce Department committed By
star.route thieves alone amounted to
four millions. Not a dollar Of this
vast sum has been recovered. and not
a thief has been prosecuted TO con-
vction, although the Government has
paid el44, 900 TO special attorneys 10 aid the
Attorney General and his large corps OF
regular assistants. The Brady., tine Dor
seys, the Keloggs have not only been per-
mtted TO go unwhipped OF justice, but
they have been acquitted amid the con-
gratulatiOns Of friends in the very temple
Of Justice itself. An examination OF the
books OF the Treasury Department made
ly Senate committee shows era
sures, scratches, and alterations involv-
ing two hundred and eighty millions.
II shows. furthermore, that the Register OF
the Treasury, who has always been recog-
nized as the official boOk-keeper OF the Gov
eminent, was ordered in 1871 to change
the official statement OF the public debt 80
as 10 make difference OF two hundred and
forty.seven millions. George +. Hoar,
Republican senator from
in bis speech during the
Belknsp trial, used the following lan-
guage: "hy own public life has been a
very brief and Insignificant one. extend
ing little beyond the duration OF q
single term OF senatorial office; but
in that brief period have seen five
Judges Of high court OF the United
States driven from Office by threats OF i'm
prisonment for corruption or maladminn-
tration. / have heard the taunt from
friendliest lips that when the United States
presented herself in the East 10 take part
with the civilized world In generous COM
petition In the arts OF lie, the only pro-
duet Of her Institutions in which she sur
passed all others beyond question was her
/ have seen the chairman OF
the Committee on Military Affairs in the
House rise iu bis place and demand the sx-
pulsion OF four OF his associates for
making sale OF their Official privilege OF
sslectDg youths to be educated at our
great military school. when the greatest
railroad Of the world, binding together the
continent and uniting the two great seas
which wash our shores was finished, ] have !
'ees our national triumph aud exulta;ion |
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