The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1886-07-15
VANCE AND TAMMANY
NORTH CAROLINA'S SENATOR EN-
TERTAINo THE NEW WORKERS..

His Fourth of July Speech in Tam
many HalI--The Orator of the Oc-
caSion.
Senator Zebulon B. Vance did hon
or to old North Carolina in Tammany
Hall on the occasion Of the Grand
Fourth of July pow-wow. All the
New York papers spoke highly OF the
Senator's speech and the World re-
ferred to him rs the ''champion Of the
peoples rights y His speech was the
longest one, and vas the Grafton of the
day. Among other things he said:
To-day one of the ambitions Of my
life is gratiiied, he said, "for l stand
in Tammany Hall to talk 10 Il Tam
many audience and to join with it in
celebrating our country's greatest an
niversary." He congratulated ths So
ciety upon the election, after a quarter
of u century OF misrule, OF !; President
with purposes So high, honest and
pure that already the expenses OF the
Government had been cut down and
rings driven out. He then proceeded
to discussion CI some OF the first
principles Of the Democratic party, in
the cour.e Of which he said
A WORD ABOUT CIVIL SERVICE.
In the hour Of victory we have had
some little Generalization, and we
must go back to the principle OF abso-
lutte equalization and secure the abo-
lition of anything like exclusive priv
1eges. There has been manifest a
tendency towards bureaucratic ad-
ministration la the matter of what is
called Civil Service Reform, which is
distinctly a backsliding. The action
of this civil service system is uncon-
stitutional and undemocratic. The
maintenance of the Civil Service
Board is not in the line of the public
welfare, but is calculated rather to
secure privileges to q few, and conse-
quently it is unconstitutional to expend
money upon it. 1t is undemocratic
also to have Board to examine ap-
plicants foc the positions and then to
| decide which Of the successful candi-
dates shall have their names sent in.
Some of your friends say that the civil
service is getting things upon high
er level laughter but as for me,
if there is any higher plane for a
| Christian gentleman to stand upon
than one in which he shall like his
friends and prefer his friends to his
enemies, | don't want to 90 upon it.
Loud applause.) IF the spoils don't
! belong to the vlctors, to whom do they
| belong-to those who fight upon the
other side. or to those who fight upon
! Il
Laughter and applause.) This theo-.
| ry offsome of our friends reminds me
of the fools race, ut fairs down South
| where the sman WIND comes out ahead
loses the race. When the people de-.
|, clare forscertain principle they do SO
only for the purpose of keeping in
power the apersd1ss who uphold those
I principles. Itfis unsafe and absurd 10
! undertake to govern on principiessopi
|. posed to human natllre., Biz although
the Democratic part hasIbeen back
slider in this regard, it will retrace It's
footsteps and will recover from this
demoralization We can sxashgour
! own dirty linen in our ownipackyard
| and it's nobodg's business how ~ do
il. siLaughtega heAapplauses)a 3 blc
f In speaking of these mattersy aIore-
over, speak rtllo.Plore eirrpllaticalIy
because feel that L am pushing thu
questionsat Headquarters. 1 have con ,
to Jerusalem to preach the gospel. In
the South the Democracy has not for,
sakep the principles Of the party.v It
has been purified through suffering
But here in the North, you have ;beep,
tempted to follow after, the Moabitish
woman of expediency, and | appeal to
you to purify the party. If commerce
were attacked and trade were free
New York would soon be the greatest
city in the whole world"
In conclusion Senator Vance paid
a glowing tribute to the struggling
people across the sea who were striv-
ing so hard to secure the great Demo-
cratic boon of Home Rule. This ref
erence to the Irish cause was received
with applause, which increased to
ringing cheers Ut the mention Of Glad
stones name.
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