Year: 1879

Gentlemen, Republicans a n d


Democrats, you all now know that


resumption has come of trade and


commerce; that it is the result OF


foreign balances in our favor, and


not at all the result of any Con-


gressiopal declaration or require


ment. The resumption clause was


properly denounced by the St.
Louis convention as a hindrance to


resumption 1t was more than that
it was hindrance to prosperity;
it was traitor tc capital, and


stood in the way of the employ


ment of labor. Our money, paper


and coin, is now of equal value and


readily convertible, and we indulge


the hope of better times, in spite


of the resumption law and of its


kindred party devices. ALI along


the pathway of that measure are
strewed broken fortunes and ruin


ed enterprises. Do you believe


that our country needed to have


been the scene of a commercial,
fnantial disaster and panic 2 Cur
lands are rich. | need not say that
to the ones TO whom God has given
homes in this country. Our lands
are rich; our people are intelligent
and industrious, and the markets
OF the world are open to our pro-
ducts.


Gentlemen, what say you to the
cry, ga solid North against solid
South?" it is not the cry of hatred,
the expression of treason? 1t,
should startle US as fire bell in
the night. None should utter it
who love a united country better
than partisan rule. Leave that cry
my countrymen, to those who seek
wicked gain, and who for gain
would sell their love of country.
Party policy made the attitude of
the solid South inevitable. You
Republicans would despise the men
of the South if they did not resist
you. You established and sought
to maintain over them the worst
government in the world. You
first taught the colored man to dis
trust and hate them, and then to-
rule over them. You gave the bal.
lot to colored men, and took it from
the whites, and you placed the col |
ored people themselves under the
control and management of adven
turers and carpet-baggers. Thus
the control of public affairs all
over the South came into the hands
OF bad men who were;no way iden.
tilted with the people or section,
but were strangers in sympathy
and purpose. The public good |
ceased to be a purpose of govern
ment.


For four years the Democrats
have had the majority in the House
and you say the South has control |
led that majority, and that there
fore you will array one section of
this country against another SEQ
tlon-a solid North againt a solid |
South. '"Tis treason-Tapplausel |
ever utters it, whether it be
the Pretender upon the throne or
the subtlest or foulest tool that the |
party uses wherever that sentiment
comes from-a solid section, of this
country against another section.
because of its representation in
Congress-is guilty of treason. [
say It's treason. [Applause.


The public expenditures have
been reduced SO that the saving in
four years OF Democratic control
as compared with the preceding
years, exceed 100000 600. The
saving TO the State of Ohio in these
four years has been above $1,000, |
600, and to each Congressional
district it has been more than
S35O,Oo0. The saving each year
made by the Democrats has been
more than the average annual ex-I
penditures during the administra-
ton of Adams and Jackson. The
Democrats in these four years have
saved each year mQie than the aY-