Year: 1876

throughout the nation except, perhaps, those thai
| are In Office under Radical rule and those thai
are favored b, special class legislation. But,
let 60 step farther. If change is advisable
on account Of the constant corruption,
the hard tiuies and bad policy, the next ques.
tion that arises in your minds, and In the
minds of all men is, where is the party that you
| trusti admit TO you with perfect candor, men OF
Indiana, that if the Democratic party not be
safely trusted with power in this government
you might well stand still where you But
| said while ago, the experiment can not injurs
you you ca not be any worse on and you might be
better. l come now to consider the proposition that
arises now In my mind at this point What does the
Democratic party promise yoql 1 need not stand
here to demonstrate that nobody wants the contnu-
ance Of our present condition There is


AN UNEASY DISSATISFIED FEELING,


a looking ont for something to come. Let us see
whether the party that you and I belong TO prom
ises deiyerance, promises relief, promises benefits
and blessings, whether Ii Is to be but continua-
tion Of the Of the present and the past. Ny
Independent brother, word to you.
You are in the habit of going around and saying that
there is no difference between the Democratic party
and the Republican party on these great industrial
and financial questions. That is the argument OF
my Independent friend, and I am here to speak
very kindly TO him. have nothing Of abuse and
denunciation for anybody. / am not in that busi-
ness this canvass. The truth is that Morton has
taken out patent on that business, and he would
sue me If infringtd upon his rights. Laughter.
He does ii all himself and one great why he
does that and that alone is because he has nothing





argument to offer and he has give them something.
Aud there is another why he indulges in abuse
and / don't He knows the handwriting is on
low is getting beaten he abuses somebody;
and when feel that am the strong current that
leads 70 victory can afford to be in good humor.
Let them then do the abusing, and not me. have
lived TOO long not to have learned that kind words
persuasion and the power of reason stronger than
vile, blackguard, rufiany epithets leyeled at my fe
low men. So say to my Independent brother, COM
ing back to the point was making moment ago,
am here to reason with you am here to reason with
my Republican friend as kindly as with my Demo-
cratic friend. And when my Independent friend
says that there is difference between the promises
of the Democratic party and those of the Republican
party, am here to answer on that subject. Let u
see. The Independent voter is the most disgusted
in the United States with tn present state OF
things. He knows that he not elect Peter Cooper
and he thinks that the election OF Hayes would only
be to prolong the DEVILS reign of Grants administra
tion and he is afraid that Tiden and the Democracy
won't do what he wants done, and so he is in the
worst fix Of all.


THE PARTIES CoNTRAsTED.


am here TO talk to you little on that subject
and show you the wide dference-I thank God for
the diference-between the position Of the Demo-
cratic party and the Republican party; between
what the Democatic party promises you and yours,
and what the Republican party offers you for the fu
ture All that you complain OF belongs to the he
publican party. All the corruption of the govern
ment belongs TO the Republican party. They have
had the responsibility of the government, and how





statute books that oppresses labor and fos
ters wealth and idle untaxed capital has its
paternity in the Republican party. Let rs eoteI
into judgment here to-day and see where response
biities belong My independent voting friend, all
yol evils, all youI Affections that you complain OF
came, not from the Democratic party, but from the
Republican party. Hence you can not say what we
would do II we had the power. We have not had
1t yet except to a small amount, and will show you
how have used ii directly before L sit down; but
you know what the Republican party will do If IL is
kent in power You do know what 1t will dc by what
il has done, and you have nothing to hope for by
helping to continue il in power four years long r.
You have nothing to expect from it; you kfow by
what it has done what il will continue to do. 1ou
do not know yet what We Will do, but will show
you very plainly directly. We have agreed that
change is desirable in this government,
Why, my good friends of the county Of Bartholomew,
the Republican party don't condescend to promise
you change, let alone giving evidence that it
will keep the PROMISE it don't make the promise And
now word TO you, hoping, doubling, huttering,
disturbed Republican friends of mine You have been
saying TO your wife-that is where man first places
his entire conhdence-you have been telling her
''Yes guess IL for Hayes for he will be better
than Grant. don't like Grant at all; don't like
his administration, and between you aud me things
going bad and think it win be better If we will
just stick to own party, and we will reform our
selves by voting for Hayes. Reform is needed, a
that We will improve in the future on Grants
administration. The Republican party in national
convention at Cincinnati resolved as follows:


WHAT THE PLATFORM SAYS.


"The national administration merits commenda-
tion for its honorable work in the management Of
foreign and domestic affairs, and President Grant de-
the continuance and hearty gratitude of the
American people for his patriotism and his immense
services in war and in peace" Well, what
has been good enough for them endorse after eight
years passed will be good enough for four years
to come, won't itl [Laughterl If should sit
friend everything you have done for the last eight
years merits commentator and praise and approba-
tiOn, and believe you have done
rio AT /
advise you to go on doing the same way for the next
eight years II you had the chsnce2 The Republican
party that Grants administration is all right it
just what they wanted; and their platform they
nominated General Hayes and propose to elect him,
and keep on doing the same way. They do not prom
ise any change; they do not even pretend that any
change is wanted. The Belknaps and the Babcocks
and the Schencks, and all the rest Of them just
what they want; and they say there is nothing in his
administration except to commend and to praise.
want to show you that the Republican party here in
Indiana even went further than the national plat
form. Here in Indianapolis on the 22d day Of Feb
convention, resolved as follows: ssr6e administrs
ton Of General Grant commands our fullest
confidence and appreciation, our respect for him
and prudence, and admiration Of his high quail
ties as soldier remains unabateded; and we
especially commend him for the example he will
leave to his successors of removing from Office those
of his own appointment when he has found them to
be unfathful, and Of causing those who proved
dishonest to be prosecuted that gully man
escape.


BOW THE RADICALS REFORM THEMsELvEs.


This means Bristow, who Is the only man who
dared to do this and he the first that Grant
removed, and the Republican convention commends
h1m for removing men from Office Of his appoint
ing. The only ones they have removed have been
those that trying to do something in the right
direction have read these planks for the purpose
Of showing you that the Republican party
pretend that his election viii be 'depar-
ture from Grantism and Grants administration,
1t is to hold you rigidly to the who have con-
trolled Grants administration. Morton, Logan,
COnkling, and that class Of men will control Gen.
Hayes If he should be elected He is man, doubt
less. of personal integrity. 1 know him. / served
In Congress with him, and have not one word 90