Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-09-23


Respectable Republicans recoil from the sup
port of B!a ne Their own papers state tina
during the war their party was not allowed t.
s6ruple about the means they used-they hat
to accept any aid they could get they empIoye e,
tlose who sole with one hand whilst the,
waved the flag with the other. The Republican
have labored heretofore under the error tina
they could reform their party themselves. Blu
as is always the case, where such alliances arr
formed, the allies become the masters, and thu
rogues low dominate the party. Blaine is .
true representative of the methods of his party
He is not the cause, but an effect-not the dis
ease, but one of its loathsome symptoms. 1
will not die with Blaine. If he were out of tn
way, some one else like him, a representativ,
of the corrupt methods OF his party, would b,
selected as their candidate. The principle O
the Democratic Party was that of equity-re
cognizing the equal rights of all, and protect
ing the weak against the strong, the humble
against the mighty. 1t wa S an equality of op
portunity. giving an equal chance to all. TIL,
doctrine. as practicej, of the Republican party
was that of the freebooter, that
HE may take who has the power,
And he may keep who CAM
They use the government for m ercenary pur.
poses, and use the offices to fill the pockets O.
the office-holders, and through them perpetu,
ate their power at the expense of the people,
Theirs is the principle OF the governments o.
the Old World, which considers one class as
booted and spurred, and the other saddled and
bridled to be ridden.
The greatest danger he feared was that the
Democrats meeting with defeat after defeat
might falter in their faith. He exhorted them
to be true to the principles of our government,
and never to relax their efforts to maintain
them. There was, he said no ecct1onalism in
the Democratic party. 1t principles were the
same throughout the whole country. What he
said here, he said in the North. The govern
ment that was best for the people of the South,
was also best for the people of the North.
When a boy, he visited the u s Armory at
Harper's Ferry, and admiring and wishing 10
have one of the perfectly round and bright bull
lets that were being made there by thousands
he asked the officer in charge if he would al
low him TO have one, when the officer replied
my son, they are the property of the United
States" and declined to give him even one
That officer, said Mr.. Bayard, struck the key
note. No man had the right to take and use
any thing for his own private purposes that be-
longed to The governmeut. He then zpoke OF
the manner in which money had been wasted
upon the Navy in constructing men-of-war
vessels that were run down by coal-schooners.
Some of the Republicans said that they had
the opportunity to feather their nests and they
ayailed themselves of it, not knowing how
long it would last.
There is one power inherent and essential in
all governments-the power of selfpreserva-
tion-and thatpower involved the right to tax
the people-to take from private individuals
tba drd f,rp Dot
government had no right to tax the people for
any 9th er than public purposes. 1t had no
right to legislate in behalf of any particular
class OF individuals. He. then alluded to the
fact that Batter was parading himself as the
anti-monopoiist candidate for the Presidency
when he was the greatest monopolist in the
United States. having, through the high tariff
on bunting, of which flags are made the monop-
oily ofthe manufacture of that material which
amounts to an incalculable sum, whilst the
government gets but s23 of revenue. And But
Ter is now making speeches in the North, In
which he says that the North must be protect
ed against the pouper labor Of the South!
Mr. Bayard said he believed, as ii was ex-
pres sed by Republican Journal that the cleo
ton of Blaine would be a presage of dishonor
and disaster. The whole army of corruption
lists support Blaine TO man. Blaine is an out
growth of the policy adopted by the Republi-
party OF cODQOn1QS fraud anu 1alS6nOOQ,
that they may retain their hold on power.
Leave the Sl0000O,000 in the pockets of the
people which is uSelesSiy taken from them by
Federal taxation each year, and Virginia will
be able to support her schools and develop her
iesources without the aid of unjust legislation.
He then alluded to the vast power possessed
by the President of the United States, and the
character of the man who should fill that i'm
portant trust. The opportunity he had to en-
rich himself, If he were corrupt enough to do
so. 1t was great mistake to suppose that alb
| ST a n n pS
of life. Honor, truth, and honesty were alb
stractions, and they were essential in the reali-
ties of life
He described with force and particularly the
interview between Blaine and Mulligan, in
which B!ainewent down upon his knees to
Muligan in beseechiDg him not to expose him
(Blaine.) Mr. Bayard exclaimed that this is
not country in which one man should go
down on his knees to another man. After
showing how Blaine figured in that trial in
which Mulligan was witness, Mr. Bayard
said that we cannot all become statesman, and
be schooled in State craft but we can all be
honest, and be true to what we believe to be
right, and preserve our self-respect. All
should avail themselves of the chance to do
their duty. After giving the character OF
BIaine he referred to Blalne's opponent, and
said that he spoke of him not only as Blaines
competit tor, but as his opponent. for he Was op-
posed to Blaine in character and IN all the re-
spects of which he had spoken in reference to
Blaine He said that Cleveland was laborious
and faithful. He had the capacity to know
what was right, and the courage TO DO what was
our own Lee. he followed duty, and obeyed the
dictates OF his conscience. But he was not %
magnetic mamie never had enough magnet
ism to attract a single particle of what did not
properly belong to him. He was not snowy
mamie did not go to war with white feath-
era paste board helmet and q sword of latin.
He was man of sound sense, courage, and
conscience and if he shall be elected, Virgin
ians will see what they have not seen in the
Presidential chair for twenty years-a friend.
Mr.. Bayard spoke for q hours to an enraptur.
ed audience
at the conclusion ex-senator Bayard's speech
Capt. James Bumgardner, IJr., said that he
would introduce gentleman from the Other
extreme of the Union, who had won glory as 9
soldier orator, and statesman, and then intro
duced Gen Gibson, of Louisiana who received
a hearty greeting.
He said it was embarrassing to follow one q
| the most illustrfous statesmen of this country
He spoke of the ties that bound him to Vir-
ginia, and said that he felt that he was nc
| stranger here He spoke of Tucker-whom be
| knew well,-and said that to know him was t
| honor and love him-aud of Mr. Stuart as
man of ability and probity who was faithful il
| Office He alluded pleasantly TO the Stonewal
| Brigade Band, and after these prelimlnarie
| proceeded with a speech which contained foot
| for thought, but which we have not the space
to report. He spoke for q of an hour.
| At the conclusion of his speech, the meetin,
adjourned, after having enjoyed real feast 0
| reason.
ANOTHER SPEECH BY BAYARD.
Atnight, by invitation of the Cleveland an
Hendricks Workingmen's Legion, Mr.. Bay