The New York Herald Newspaper, October 29, 1875, Page 3

‘THE DEMOCRACY, Mass Meetings in New York and Brooklyn. UNITED ON THE STATE TICKET. _—_— Strong Speeches and Sten- torian Shouting. Brooklyn's ‘“Unterrified” Full of Enthusiasm. : NEW YORK’S NOT SO FULL. The Greatest Exponents of Democratic Polity Absent from Tammany Hall. THE CUT DIRECT TO KELLY. Horatio Seymour's Great Speech in Brooklyn, Unjust. National Taxation the Great Fvil, HARD CASH AND HONESTY. Private Life Must Be Reformed Before Public Morality Is Improved. The grand ratification meeting of the democracy of Kings county held at the Academy of Music last even- Ing was a success In point of numbers and enthusiasm. The most extensive preparations were made by the leaders of that party for days in advance to make the demonstration one of magnitude. The most eminent Statesmen, such men as Senator Kernan, ex-Governor Seymour, Lieutenant Governor Dorsheimer and others, were placarded throughout the city to address the mass meeting. Democratic ward clubs recruited their ranks and kept their enthusiam up to the highest pitch, bent upon presenting a bold front at the ratifica- Hon of their regular ticket, Hence 1t was that about half-past seven’ o'clock last evening ‘the boys’ and solid citizens assembled at their respective club rooms, and forming into processions, several of which were accompanied by bands of music and carried trans- parencies and torches, marched to the Academy of Music, on Montague street. In front of the buila- ing a stand was erected, which was handsomely decorated and lighted up, Calcium lights shed their dazzling glow upon tho crowds, while pyrotechnics elicited the cheers of the rising generation of voters, The Academy was rapidly filled, lterally from “pit to dome." Tho stage was crowded by eight o’clock, SPRECH OF THOMAS H, RODMAN, ‘The meeting was called to order by ex-District Attor- ney Thomas H, Rodman, who said they had met to ratify the nominations for State, county and city officers, They met under very gratifying and, he thought, favorable circumstances. In the executive chair of this State was the Governor of their choice, They had had the honor to elect him, ‘and on ‘Tuesday they would ‘have the honor to eustain him. It never could be said that the democrats of the county of Kings would fail to sustait! Governor Tilden. Not only with reference to the man, to his position asa democrat, but as the representative of the hard money policy wo must sustain Governor Til. den in that policy handed down from our fathers. As a citizen of Brooklyn, as a democrat, he desired to say a few words about their nomination for the office of Mayor. He repudiated the charges that had been Imade against Mr. Rowe, that he is a subservient man and that if he is elected he will be somebody’s tool. Much has been said about reform, and the speaker was in favor of reform, but it was the reform of a govern- ment of the peopie and not of the Albany Legislature. Mr. S. M. Ostrander then read a long list of Vice Presidents and Secretaries of the meeting, which were adopted. The following declaration of principles was next read and adopted by the meeting:— RESOLUTION Mn. Presrpext—On behalf of the Committee I offer for the adoption of this meeting the following DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES. ‘The democracy of Kings refer with especial pride to these facts:—Their representatives initiated and toa aman supported the nomination of Samuel J. Tilden, The people of this county gave hima najority not be- fore equalled, and the vote, at every stage of bis great measures against swindlers, of every conservative member from Kings county in the last Legislature. For the grand results which have crowned the work of last year, we call upon all upright citizens to give on next Tuesday ‘a still more imposing indorsement to the plat- form of Syracuse, vital with all reforms, and to the democratic State ticket of peerlessly honest and cap- able men, We present, as the aids to the Governor in the future, those who have been true to him in the past, and in John C. Jacobs and John R. Kennaday for Senators, and in the democrats nominated for the Assembly wo recognize those who will help on the Executive im his continuing the work of mak this vast Common- Wealth too hot and too small to hold a single plunderer ofthe peopie, , For these nominees we pledge, and of them we de- mand, adherence to these principles in their votes and Bpecches and influence. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORM. The canals and other publie works, recently rescued from plunderers, must be kept in the control of honest men, and we insist on the fous prosecution of the fraudulent contractors and the expulsion from public life of their political allies and apologists in both parties, OPPICIAL ACCOUNTABILITY. ‘We further instruct all our candidates to be elected that it is our conviction and purpose that the laws framed for the punishment of taxpayers who defraud the government shall be made to embrace the officers of the government who defraud the people tn the ex- penditure of public money, We present with confidence to voters the city ticket headed by Edward Rowe and completed with men well fitted for the duties of offices for which they are proposed, We claim for the nominee for Mayor the vigor of clearness: ‘will, the of understanding, the independence of ja tho familiarity with our American life and institi ,and the purity of character which an hon- ored ee of forty years among us attests, and which his ‘ge of large public and vast private trusts confirms. We further claim for Thomas F, Nevins, the nomineo for Sheriff, that he has been signally faithful and efficient and chivalrously brave in his present position as the guardian of our homes from destruction, and that he has well earned the larger honor the people mean to confer upon him. We indorse Mr, James Howell for Supervisor-at- ‘Large ag aman experienced in our affairs, a manufac- turer of deserved success and reputation, and a demo- erat in whom there is neither variabieness nor shadow of turning, and we commend the other names upon the county and local tickets as those of men fairly repre. Bentative of the democracy, and to them, as to all their fellow candidates, we pledge hearty labor and a full vote on Tuesday next. Ex-Governor Seymour was then introduced, and on coming to the front was received with loud and con- tinudd applause. When the enthusiasm which his ap- arance awakened had subsided he spoke as follows, Being frequently applauded during the delivery of his remarks:— MR. SRYMOUR’S SPEECH. The condition of our countr cites the deepest interest in the minds of every thoughtful citizen. The depression of business, which many thought was caused by a temporary panic, does not pass away, We have felt financial distress at different times in the history of our country, pumieg.cst of speculative ex- citement, but never before with the character of the burdens which now oppress us. Heretofore those en- gaged in wild schemes to gain wealth have been our own citizens, and when bankruptcy put an ead to their projects atthe same time it brought about ad- justments in some form, and in a little time Fegular industry was relieved from the unhealthy jufluences upon financial affairs. But now we can get no relief from the load of debt, even through the Mortifications and losses of bankruptcy. Our debts Bre in the shape of national, State or local obligations. They aro mortgages upon all forms of property; nay, more, they are liens upon every man, bis industry and earnings. They enforce their demands in the very food aud clothing of himself and family, and through all the transactions of life, They are collected either in the cost of the necessaries of life or by the despotism of the tax gatherer. Heretofore we have been the most hghuiy, but now we are the moat heavily? taxed among civilhzed nations, This state of affairs has changed the character of our government and tts dealings with our People, We cannot shut our eyes 4o the truth that our NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1875.—TRIPLE SHEET. country is divided into debtor and creditor States; that the burdens of taxation fall unequally, and that they are more hurtful im some than in others, ‘This is engendering a spirit of hostility on the part of the great and ing West which threatens to destroy the calmness partiality of national ‘to you with regard to legislation. I intend to the causes of business les; the unsound schemes for the debasement of our rapt wer which have been ut forth as remedies, and the perils which threaten ug in the form of sectional passions. DUTY OF NRW YORK, ‘There is no place so fit for the discussion of these great questions as the commercial metropolis of our country. At this point business distress is most keenly felt, Ne commerce, reaching into all parts of our Union, 18 harmed by every local calamity or injustice, There is no State upon which’ the duty of resisting every wrong in | ‘tion 80 clearly devolves ag upon the most commercial, populous and powerful member of our national con! racy. An enlightened re- gard for the great interests and welfare of New Yor and @ patriotic love of our whole country alike, impel us to see if wrong is done by the policy or action of our government to any section of the Union. Are our laws ‘unequal in thetr operations? Does our vast debt press untairly upon the different States? Is labor oppressed by a vampire system of taxation? Do unwise schemes for reliet have their origin in just causes of complaint ? Such questions should be discussed in a spirit of fair- ness and with a patriotie purpose to promote the pros- perity of our country. Yet we heve been unjustly as- sailed as those who take our ground now with refefence to our political interests, and that our records in tho past are condemned by our positions now. We are com- pelled, then, in order to vindicate our motives, to speak’ of the events of the past, and if the recital is hurtful to our political opponents they must charge the injury to the indiscretion of their advocates. -Their as- saults upon the motives and conduct of those who are trying to reform evils are more constant and bitter than upon those who are guilty of wrong doing. They are teaching our citizens that it is safer to be guilty of official miscondvct. than it is to try to reform abuses, Every fair-minded man knows that these attacks give aid and comfort to those who are charged with crimes against the publi¢ If they wish for reforms, why spend their time and efforts to hinder those who are working them eut? If they can do better, why not take the field and win a fair triumph? They haye an exalted theatre upon which they can act. “They control the general govern- ment. They ean lift off many milions of taxation which now weigh down American industry, if they will scan as closely and criticise as sharply their own officials, for whom they are responsible, as they do the actions of those who are trying te correct abuses in the smaller sphere of our State government The great discussion of the day, has been with regard to our currency. The desire for in- flation is engendered by débt and taxation. 80 far as our debt was created for the purpose of sav- ing our Union, it will ever be looked upon as sacred, whether it was, in all cases, wisely managed or not So far as the debt of the general government has been continued by a diversion of the taxes levied upon our people for its payment it has been an act of bad faith to itd public and a violation of honor with the public creditor, OUR DERT DUR TO MISMANAGEMENT. | It is generally supposed that the heavy taxation of the general government 18, due to the war debt, This is not true, although that isa heavier charge than it would have been if the taxes paid by the people had been used for its payment. Tke government paid out in the fiscal year ending March, 1874, more than Of this sum there was paid for interest on war debt and pensions... 136,000,000 For other expenses more than. 149, 000,000 It should have been reduced at least $500,000,000; or, we should have paid off about one-quarter of’ our national hag rly Ba A cut aby tho interest against us about $30,000,000 annually, a sum equal to the whole cost of the government Détore 1440 “he this by no means shows the full gain we should have made, This reduction of debt would have given us such credit in the markets of the world that we could have reduced the interest upon the balance of our in- debtedness, : Now, I ask yon to see how liberally I have dealt with the administration in saying that this sum should be paid, and the interest account thus diminished. The average receipts ofthe govetument for six years end- ing June 30, 1874, Were, . .....0e 0-00 e+e+ ++ $295,000,000 Deduct interest on war debt and pensions,, 155,000,000 $140,000,000 Deduct what should iave been paid on debt. 65,000,000 Leaving for support of government each If the $65,000,000 had + «= $75,000,000 ‘on ‘the debt'an- ; Would have paid off been nually for the past ten ioe $500,000,000, and the inte: which is more than’ was spent by any admini before the late war, or more than the coet of government during the Mexican war, when we conquered that country. Last year our navy cost $30,000,000, although our carry ing trade is destroyed. cost ‘but $12,000,000 when at peace and our shipping on every ocean. If this policy of economy and paymeia of debts had ‘been pursued, if the example of repeneral government to thie States had been on the side of retrenchment and reform, docs apy OHe think our country would have been in its present condition? Would there now be a contest about our currency? The democratic party at all times auring the past ten years have earnestly and persistently urged a return to specie payments, while ‘our political opponents were silent apon the subject. As the enemies to centralization of er at Washing- bs tad have resisted to the aunek the purpose make rsp ‘THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT A FINANOIAL DESPOTISM, by abandoning the standards of value recognized by the commercial world and by the constitution and substi- tuting the judgment of Congress, acting under the in- fluence of a multitude of speculative schemes. How can any one who is opposed to usurpation of power by Congress consent that it shall also be made in fact a bank of issue? Can we safely make the question of currency a Congres- sional football? If we cut loose from the national and universal standards of value and submit to mere Con- ressional discretion, we are lost, All confidence will fe destroyed. No one will embark in any business when no care, industry or prudence can save him from danger of bankruptcy by changes of currency made by Congressivnal struggles. Under that system any wild or corrupt scheme could be floated off by a flood of cur- rency. All that Congressmen would have to do would be to print notes, which the people would have to pay, and which would be mortgages upon the property and in- dustry of the country. Among the saddest and ‘worst influences of this theory of relieving the distress of the country by paper money is that it has turned away the public mind from the causes of our misfortunes and their rightful remedies, It has tended to teach our people that the consequences of Congressional waste and extravagance can be averted or cured by a paper panacea, and to that ex- tent to shield unfaithful officials from public condem- nation, As both political parties in this State are in accord upon the currency question, I should here drop the subject, if an attempt had’ not been made to weaken the moral power of the democratic party of New York with regard to it, apd to represent its mem- bers as mere time-servers yielding to the pressure of public opinion in this section of the Union. I read with regret the following passages in the speech of an official representative of this State, and one eminent and powerful in the councils of his party. .I regret that he should have done himself a great wrong by assailing unjustly one-half of the citizens of his own State, when, if he had read the records of the democrati¢ party,’ he would bave seen there was no foundation for his charges. He says:—‘I know that last year and thig year the democracy in this State has announced a hard money platform; out I know also that the same democracy fought for years under the banner of inflation,” ‘The democracy of this State never fought under the banner of inflation for a day nor for an hour, It has for ten years demanded a re- turn t honest money. It was a convention controlled by democrats which put into our State constitution this article:—‘Section 5, The Legislature shall have no power to pass any law sanctioning in any man- ner, directly or indirectly, the suspension of specie pay- ments by any person, ' association or corporation issuing bank notes of any description,” It was @ re- publican Congress which overrode this section. Itwas @ republican Court which decided that a man could be forced to take a depreciated currency when by the contract he was promised coin. He also says that at the National Democratic Convention, held in 1868, it “declared plainly for inflation and repudiation; that it declared that the national bonds, which were ‘payable in coin, should be payable in paper prom- is will give the M4 words of the reso- lutions which were passed by that body, so that all may judge of the fairness of these assertions: “Third—Payment of the public debt of the United States ‘as rapidly as practicable; all moneys drawn from the people by taxation, except so much as is requisite for the necessities of government economically adminis. tered, being honestly applied to such payments, and when the obligations of government do not expressly state upon their face, or the law under which they were issued does not provide that they shall be paid in coin, they ought in justice to be paid in Iawful money of tho United States.” Here is an express recognition of the fact that the bonds payable In coin should be paid in coin. As to the residue there was a difference of opin- fon in the republican and democratic ranks, Mr. Ste- vens, the chairman of the House of Representatives and the leader of the republican members, who reported the bill for the issue of that class of bonds about which there was a controversy, declared that they were payable in paper money, and this opinion was hold by many prominent members of his party. A republican Congress felt the uncertainty of the obli- gation and. passed @ declaratory act which settles the question. The bonds in question were sold for paper money. The bonds of New York, repudiated by the republicans of New York, were sold jor gold. As to in- fiation, there is no word nor inference in the resolu- tion looking tn that direction. On the contrary, the Convention bd that policy on the part of Con- gress which ta called for to-day by every advocate of Specie payments. In {ts resolutions the Convention echoed the sentiments of its candidate for the Presi- dency, uttered a few days before its meeting in the city in which it was held, in a spoech that was in the hands of all ts members, ’““K very paper dollar now put A GOVERNMENT FALSETOOD, for it claimed to be worth more than its teal valne, and it goes about the country defrauding the laborer, the pensioner, the mechanic and the farmer.” Again, “There is another way of lifting our nbdacks to par which will not barm any, but will help all, which will bring back confidence, revive business, will lighten all times since the close of the war we have demanded Fa sa WU oan og 6 ts, either in the discussions of our conventions or ur speakers on the platform. At every election the duty and wisdom of this gon f has and per- been urged with all the force of argum: suasion by Governor Tilden and others, who hay: alled upon to state the position of those with whom they acted. On the other hand, then, in no instance has inflation been suggested or approved. r In 1868, at the State Convention which met to send delegates to the National Convention, this was the lan- guage used and received with applause:—“If we come into power there will be no discredit on our ourrency; no speculation in paying our bonds in paper. I thank God that the faith we all hold as one man seeks to level up, not to level down. It means that sterling coin shall Ting again on the counter of thre tradesman and glitter in the palm of labor and gladden the heart of the unded soldier.” I could fowowdown the course of ye to this- date with proof to show tho injustice of the charge that we have fought under the banaer of inflation. I have disproved unproved not for partisan reasons, but because such charges, coming from one holding high position, injure the cause of public faith and virtue; for the demo- cratic party of this State stands in the front rank of those battling for a sound currency. I wish I could show as clear a record on this subject of the actions and language of the republican leaders. I would gladly set it forth for the benefit of the cause-of good currency, to which all parties in New York are pledged. I will do no injustice to the party which now governs the country, I admit that TUB SAME SPIRIT OF EXTRAVAGANCE which marks its expenditures has been shown by every State and municipal government, without regard to the party which controlled them, *Since the close of the war the American people have lost much of their for- mer habits of industry, economy and public virtue, Our troubles spring in a’great degree from public rather than from political demoralization. It is asad truth that we must confess that all branches of government represent the spirit. of speculation and the efforts to gain wealth by other means than by industry and economy. Woe cannot correct these evils, we can- not get back our people upon a higher plano or morals ond habits by partisan abuse. . form must begin with each man in his habits and those of his family. Political partics must show their merits by ferreting out wrongs in their own ranks, and they must prove thdjr claims to public support, not by concealing, but by exposing the guilt of their partisans, It will be asked, if the causes of bad government pervade all parties alike, what is to be gained by changes? No one denies that the theories of the republicans make the cost of government greater than it would bo under democratic’ principles, if both rties wore alike honest, prudent and economical. Every exercise of power, every project or undertaking beyond what we admit it has a right to engage in, involves expenditure and taxation. They cannot be carried out without a dost, Upon these points we shut the doors of the Treasury against ourselves. Centrali- zation means taxation. "Every extension of jurisdiction draws upon the pockets of the taxpayers. Great as aro the evils of State and municipal taxation, that by the general government is much more hurtful in its nature and in its operations, I beg your attention while I mako this point clear. The evils of taxation are not measured by its amount alone, but also by the direction in which tt falis and the industries upon which it presses, The sum of three hundred millions taxed upon the people by the general government each year is a great burden, but this does not express its _mischiefs, The debt and taxation fall unequally upon differant sec- tions of our country. Icharge that it is unequal and unjust, because the people of the West are compelled to pay more than their share of taxes, Against them they are cumulative. Tho grain or farm products of we West Pay more taxes than a like amount raised at the East. The cost of transportation to the markets of the world, and the cost of bringing back what is wanted for consumption are THE DRAWBACKS TO WESTERN PROSPERITY. What makes these costs of carrying? The railroads | must have a return for the expenses of their structure and for their operations, When you look into the ex- penses you find not only the sums paid for the actual cost of materials and labor, but the sums paid to gov- ernment, for taxes. These, direct and indirect, make at least one-quarter of the cost of the highways of com- merce, so that men who live a great distance from mar- kets, {n addition to the unavoidable charges of transpor- tation, have, m fact, to pay taxation by the mile; the more they pay for carrying the more they have to pay for taxes. If the duties charged upon iron rails and other materials and the increa: cost of labor made by taxation are taken into account it will, be seen that I have understated the eifects of taxation upon tho cost of these tracks of com- merce, If these were called tolls they would more clearly express the truth, It is said there is no other way of getting revenue. That may be true, but if it is true, then our government should po within its con- stitdtional limits; {t should not, by centralization, make debts und unequal taxation. Government debts and taxation divide our Union into debtor and creditor States, This is a dangerous relationship, Already the passions which it engenders are appealed to by those who seek to excite: sectional passions. It has given birth to the theory of inflation. Denunciations of the older States of the East and a desire to injure their citizens were quite as strong in the late election in Ohio as the wish to help the West. Those sectional prejudices have been felt and seen in the- halls of Congress. They hare shaped legislation, they disturb the calmness and ness which should always characterize she legislation of a great country, These results have not been acci- dental; they will always follow in the footsteps of ex- penditure, debt and taxation by the general ment, They were foretold long since as 08 can be described now. More than Creeper ket message to the Legislature, in speaking of jonal Jealousies, I called its attention to this threatened ‘cloud, in’ these words:—“The danger of controversy would be increased bE our vast national debt. This, mainly held by a few Atlantic States, divides our coun- try into the perilous sectional relauons of debtor and creditor regions, The ownership of this debt cannot be diffused over our country, so that the same com- munities which pay taxes wih receive incomes. Tho individual advantages of protective tariffs growing out of this debt would be largely gained by the creditor States, which also enjoy disproportional share of political power. THE MOST BALEFUL RPPECT OP THIS TAXATION is shown in its destruction of commerce and business. It is the real source of the distress felt in our work- shops and in all the fields of industry, A tax upon the: exportation of our products would be so hurtful that our constitution forbids its imposition by Congress. Yet we flud that the taxation made by our debt and | expenditures is of the same nature and works the same evils. As I have shown, it falls heavily upon the transportation of the produce of the West. Ina great degree statesmanship in this country must concern itself mainly about this movement of pr a This quality, called value, means simply & thing in its right place—in the place @vhere it is needed, if this could be brought about In our country without Fy) all our burdens and troubles would disappear. AS We cannot do this, we must get as near to itas we can. All taxation is hostile to this purpose, and particularly that kind of cumulative taxation which now hurts the West and then reacts upon us by depriving us of our customers. The produce men of the city know how disastrous this obstruction to commerce has been in numerous instances in the past, They have struggled for cheap transportation by all the methods known to commerce, mechanics and science. They have appealed to the Legislature for re- Hef, and it has been given as far as that body could give relief. But all these efforts to restore activity to com- merce, vigor to industry, hope and comfort to labor, have been foiled by that policy at Washington that 1 creases the cost of government, prevents the due pay- ment of our debts and misapplies the proceeds of taxa- tion. Look into all the channels of commerce, all ‘worshops and fields of industry, and you wili find ‘THE HRAVY HAND OF GOVERNMENT crushing out their life and vigor. It is clear to every mind that thinks, that go long as taxes crysh out the life of labor and commerce we shall have to bear the | load of personal and public debts. While this is the state of affairs wild theories will be hatched about our currency. Debt has always been prolific of schemes to make wealth without labor. in one of Hogarth’s admirable caricatures he gives a scene ina debtor’ prison, where one , Who could not face his credi- tors, drops from his pocket a scheme for paying the British national debt, while another unfortunate is ab- sorbed in his efforts to turn lead into gold. And 80 it has been in the history of all nations, under all forms of government; that debt engenders all devices from the old plan of clipping coin down to the fictions of printed | paper, Strip off disguises, make plain all tricks of speeches, turn a deaf ear to all protestations of honor, look into the facts of public affairs, and you will fin that every man who has, without a necessity, added ono dollar to the national debt is an author of the theories | of repudiation and of base money. Just so far as the | administration has failed to pay off the debt of the country by using the taxes imposed for that purpose | for unwise or unconstitutional schemes, born of the theory of centralization, just so far are they responsi- ble for all schemes which violate the public faith and cheat labor with a depreciated currency. The distin- guished leader who speaks in behalf of his party turns away from these topics to talk about OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, and finds fault with us for not doing the same thing. If he is asked if there is anything wrong about them, he says, “Oh, no; they arc all right!” Then let us look into our finances, which are all wrong. This desire to talk about everything but the condition of the country and the causes of its distress has been shown through- out the canvass by the republican orators, A sectarian excitement is wanted. Every man can see that the orders have gone forth from headquarters to make this the issue of the canvass, The words ofthe President and his Lieutenant, put into plain, soldier lke terms, Ting out to their men in the ranks and say, “Our party 18 weak on matters of economy, morality and wis- dom; make a point on religion! History repeats itself, Hogarth ed this mockery more than hundred years ago he delineated the absurd fears of the invasion of England by French fleets and armies, and makes his drunken sailor exclaim with a roun' oath, What will become of our blessed religion?” If this pious zeal means repentance in official circles it gives us every reason for hope. If it’s a cloak for con- tinued misgovernment we have everything to fear, It is then tri ng with religion and mocking the distress of labor. When they held their State Convention, the temporary President, in his speech, told his hearers that all pious, temperate and virtuous men belonged to their party, and that all the wicked and the drunkards, the keepers of beer and other saloons, were democrats; and when he took his chair he folded his hands taxation, will give Inbor honest money and will do justice to the public creditor.” Again he said:—“The whole question is brought down to this clear point:— Shall we use our money tw pay our debts, relieve the taxpayer, make our money good in tho hands of the laborer oF pensioner, and help the bondholder?” If the policy marked out by the Bemocratie Convention in 1868 had been sustained, to-day we should have specio ayments, and our country would have been spared From the aictions of wild speculations and trous bankruptcies. With a good currency, redeemable tn gold, we should have been saved from the ill fecling engendered in the minds of individuals and commant- tes by offensive distinctions in moues of payment Ae and dropped his eyes, and wore @ look of religious sorrow, in view of our sinfulness, which was most touchipg in a Custom House officer. He was men- | his cotved @ecent ch th x eers, there was vociferous ap- THE POPR'S HEAD WAS BROUGHT ovr. ‘There was freer breathing when Rome, not Washing- when Pi not President, was the theme. He had done the of starting a topic which shut off all sad thoughts @bout reform, economy and retrench- ment, she ear ycee was shown in Ohio by the republican ®, Senator Morton, when he unfurled the bloody flag of sectional hate and urged discord as & vigorous’ remedy for financial ills, Even President Grant has broken through bis usual reserve, and in a ) recent speech at the West suggests topics’ which are calculated to turn attention from the state of the coun- try and the necessity for retrenchment and reform. ‘They seem to have borrowed the plan of warfare from the Chinesé strategy which consists in distracting their opponents and turning them away from the true points of attack by a display of painted dragons, by noisy tom-toms, hideous cries and horrible odors. Great reliance is also placed upon the warriors who can turn somersaults upon the field of battle. Hence, Senator Fenton is brought to the front. I shall not follow the example of personal denuncia- tions. I will not gay of them what they would say of euch other if they were brouglit together to state their Views of publio ailxirs. One would demand a Maine law, another would denounce it: one would pray and another swear; some would call for specie payment, others want papér money; some desire the punishment of frauds, others would remind them of the sources of their strength and supplies. » . REFORM, At a recent meeting in fhis city the republicans were delighted to learn that they had been reformers for many years, Their reforms were of so mild a type that’ it required @ large array of figures, a skilful ad- justwent of {note fa great deal of rhetoric to prove their existence, ‘Phey were so gentle in their opera- tion that no er had found them out—no offical had been put upon his guard. ‘fhey were so harmless that no one had been hurt, and they had never disturbed any of the pleasant relationships be- tween republican Governors and those who are now convicted bli po We will not underrate what the republicans have done, but wo men know that it was not until the present Executive took the chair that earnest, active steps were taken to vindicate the Jaws and to punish offenders. If wo are to fall back into that gentle kind of reform whose very existence can only be proved bya brief und an eloqient speech, then we have but little to hope for in the future, : _ COMELUSIONS, It is fortunate for our country at this time, when so ae conflicting theories are put forth and there is so much confusion in political action, that there are some traths which stand out clear and unshaken. If we will be governed by these we shall pass safely through all our difficulties and dangers, We do not need any tricks of statesmanship nor financial strategy, The truths which all men can seo amd understand are sufficient for our purposes, if we will be guided by them. Experience bas proved them and our reason i8 satisfied with their justice, We know that taxation cats up the fruits of in- dustry; that it adds to the hours of toil of our work- men, and that it obstructs the business machinery of society. We know that expenditures by government make debt and taxation, and mvolve the country in em- Darrassment, which, in too many cases, leads to frauds and gives birth iid and demoralizing theories with regard {o curféncy and finance, We know that the political principlés which cal! for centralization can only be carried out by increasing the cost of govern- ment, by widening the fleld of its expenditures; and we know by sad experience, as these expenditures are made by agents in many cases at points too remote to admit of scrutiny, that they engender frauds and cor- ruption, We must. retrace our steps. We must have reform. We mals be governed by the loftiest, the purest, the safe tesmanship. It is within the reach of all. In cleariterms it 1s set forth in these sim- ple words —honesty, industry and economy. SPEECH OF HON, WILLIAM DORSHEIMER, ‘The Lioutenant Governor, Mr. Dorsheimer, was the next.speaker. He sald the republican papers had a great deal to say about. dissatisfied democrats, but he Saw none of that clasg tn this great audience. He «aw the promise of a victory on Tuesday next. Surely no more momentous question than the one before them toalay had ever been submitted to the people, It is whether the riotic efforts of a good Gov? ernor should be st ed. The republicans tell us to elect republicans and they will sustain the Governor betier than democrats. Perhaps in the his- vory of this country no such compliment as this has ever been paid a Governor than this claim of his politi- cal opponents for sup] Are we responsible for the salary grab, the Crédit Mobiher, or for Jayne, the in- former, or for the failure of Clews & Co. in Lonion? Are we to trust the party which has meyer exposed one defrauder, never punished one offender? The worst “thing they can say about the Governor is that he exposes gemocrats and evildoers in his own party, whoever they: may be. All honor to such aGovernor! (Ap- Rae) But, perhaps, all these delinquents are not mocrats. inasmuch as Senator Conkling has uy said that ‘all these delinquents are democrats, he might be excused from ig attention to the fact that here and there there 16 a republican delinquent, too. 1871, when he filled the Si with explanations in rela- tion’ to the evildoings of the democrats, he voted for Alexander Barkley, of canal fame, who is now ander indictment in Erie county. But this fact may ssibly have escaped the recollection of the Senator. { he had doubted whether there are delinquents 1n the republican — he might, in the city of Syracuse, look at the stately mansion of James J, Beldon, or he might recollect such* mon a8 Thad. Davis,land Stroud, and Hopkins, the Sasa troller. On the very night he spoke jews» Yiar 0 7 JSpurnal pi the of is kilown, ‘as the wernor’s luvestigating Committee, ‘In that report three prominent republicans appear as actors, and two others as witnesses, and the: whole is imteresting read- ing, There was the Canada and New York Railroad Company, which was granted a subsidy by the Legisla- ture. ‘The officers of the company were entitled to re- ceive their pay. The agent for the company wrote to the Comptroller and asked for his money. The Comp- troller said he would not let him have the money until he had an opinion on the subject from the Attorney General of tho State. The agent asked how he was to obtain such an opinion, when he was told that THERE WAS A MR. DAVIS who could procure the requisite opinion. The Comp- troller said:—“If you desire it I will telegraph to him.’” And he did so. In September the agent was summoned to appear at the Comptroller's office. Here the speaker read from the report in which Mr. Barker tolls of meet- ivg Mr. Davis, who handed him an opinion favorable to claim. ’ He then gave Davis -his chock $1,000 for his services, and obtaining the money which was lawfully due him he le(t The speaker asked his hearers —_ whether they had ever heard so shameful a record read apply- ing to great officers of the State. An honest citizen, ene titled to his money, is told on applying for it thore is but one person in the State who can get it for him, and is jon hi to pay $1,000 before he can receive what for is justfy his. r. Dorsheimer then referred to the Baxter steam canal boat company affairs, He thought if Senator Conkling remembered the history of the Stato as well as ho remembered bis _ speeches, he thought he might have found a republican concerned in the transaction. When Gov- ernor Tilden reached Albany he set about fulfilling his promises, The result has been that although the islature was divided against him, reforms had been in- stituted which made a saving in taxes of over $2,740,000, and a very large saving in ex- penditure. No one had been more instrumental in supporting Governor Tilden than the energetic and eloquent Senator from their own city, Hon. Jobn ©. Jacobs. {Applause.) The speaker urged upon all resent the {mportance of supporting Governor Tilden in his reform measures. Ifthe citizens of Kings and New York would do their duty they woula be woll | answered by the other counties, who would come down with @ majority, and whatever majority was given in the cities would bo added to. Mr. Dorsheimer then eulogized the candidates on the State ticket, paying a brilliant tribute to John Bigelow, Mr. Dorsheimer closed with @ brilliant peroration. He was loudly ap- plauded. The Chairman then introduced HON. JOHN BIGELOW, who was the recipient of loud cheers. Mr. Bigelow did not conciude his specch until after eleven o'clock, The meeting closed with cheers for the whole ticket, THE TAMMANY HALL MEETING. SPEECHES BY SENATOR KERNAN, CONGRESSMAN COX, FERNANDO WOOD, ‘BOSS’ KELLY AND OTHER STARS OF THE LESSER MAGNITUDES. Tammany’s great-rally to ratify in mass meeting the State and city nominations took place in and about the Wigwam last evening. The crowd that gathered was a large one within and without, but not equal to the gatherings of the past. At the commencement of the meeting the hall was densely packed, but it was very evident that more came to hear the distinguished. speakers who would ro- ‘view politieal concerns in the State than to hear city affairs and candidates discussed. On the speakers’ platforms without were hard-money mottoes and other legends giving point to well known democratic princi- ples, while the inevitable band rendered with good ef- fect some sprightly opéra bouffe airs, as a sort of pre- Inde to a portion of the approaching entertainment. The large hall within was decked profusely with the Stars and Stripes and trl-colored streamers, About eight o'clock the assembled leaders and guests poured on the | Among the number were ! platform of the largo hail. some of the candidates. The appearance of Hor Francis Kernan, Hon. 8. 8 Cox, Hon, Fernando ¥ ” anda fow other favorites called forth some ar The meeting was called to ordor by Mr, _*Piause. -hristopher Fine, who, after briefly explaining that sombled to ratify the nominations 9” they were as- 4 the democratic . Henry L. Clinton. ‘to the recent speech of on the way to review the ention of the different candi- otth no notable expression either party, proposed for Chairman Myr Mr, Clinton proceeded to repiy Senator Conkling, stopping city nominations. The a» dates’ names eadled fr of approval or disfar “in treating of *# == OF. tally praying that Chandler might go into the Cabinot, Men buttoned up their pockets when they read that speech, and wondered if wo wore to be aillicted w’ 44; another brood of that style of Christian states™ on yh had lately disgraced reiges and dishonor, the legis, lation of our country. The public was surprised we a scholarly man, ono who bad spoken plainly “ven at Washington, ‘and, in the main, fairly of abuses this State, was made President of thay . reform in wily managers knew of a peculiarity )- dy. | But the would serve ther turn, In a lit’ —. his make which spoken wisely and well abgp’ _ reform, which was ¥o- e while, after he hw In | +ood was brief and partook somewhat of the nature of a personal explanation, JOUN KELLY’S SPEECH, Fettow Crrizexs—I thank you for this demonstration of your respect to myself, (‘It is only what you de- serve.” Great cheering ) can say to you and the people of this city that, so far as f am inyself con- cerned and those that were associated with me in making this selection of judicial officers, that we were governed by the best of motives and tho best interests to serve the people of this great city, (Applause) When the press of New York will have considered the abuse they have heaped upon ae and when the great democratic party of New York will have elected theso gentiemen to fulfil the duties to which they will be chosen, their abuse will be turned | imto praise. (Cheers.) You all know—you that are conversant with the affurs of this city—that the | criminal courts of the city and county of New York are a disgrace to any free people, (Cries, “That is so.’*) They have endeavored to make the people of this city believe that I was governed by mal. ice—that I had some personal motives in offering my opposition to Recorder Huckett—(groans and: hisses)-—- 1 say to you that I bave no motive actuating me against that gentleman. I have never done to him, and he never, as far as I know, has done me an injury: nor do I know now that he feels malice toward me. But I have this in view, that Recorder Hackett has a record before the people of the city which should condemn him in their estimation Look at the papers of the city; they would not publish that record. here was but one paper in the city and county of New York that did publish it; but the Tammany organization has taken tt upon itself to issue that record, and it is now before the people. When John Kelly had fnished Mr. Clinton again took up the thread of his dull discourse, and finding him- self sti!| unable to soothe his restive hearers he abruptly closed Mr. William A. Boyd, when Mr. Clinton had finished, read the list of vice presidents and secretaries, VICE PRESIDENTS. The names of 304 vice presidents read tncluded among others the following;—Augustus Schell, John Kelly, William H. Wickham, Edward Cooper,’ James W, Gerard, Charles P. Daly, Josiah Sutherland, Everett P. Wheeler, Royal Phelps, Eugene Kelly, Jordan 1. Mott, Henry P. De Gratf, Arthur Leary, Wilson G. Hunt, Isaac Odell, William’ E, Curtis, John K, Brady, Henry Eisner, Bernard Kelly, John 7. Agnew, Daniel F, Tiemann, ‘Isaac Bell, Joseph J, O’Donohue and Abraham R, Lawrence, When Mayor Wickham’s name was reached it was re- ceived with a storm of hisses, This called forth a de- terinined effort to drown the hisses with applause, but they continued to predominate, ‘The first regular speech of tho evening was at last commenced by Hon. Francis Kernan, who was very cordially received. His allusions to the school question were received with hearty applause as was alse his treatment of the canal question, SPEKCH OV SENATOR KERNAN, Sonator Kernan was then introduced and was greeted with prolonged applause, He said:—Citizens of New York, from the bottom of my heart I thank you for your kind reception, I am gratified at being able to be here among you this evening to say a few words to you in reference to an election which involves a question of very great importance to the welfare of the people of the State of New York, That question is, “Shall we have thorough reform in the administration of all the public affairs of this great State of New York, from the capital down to the lowest villages; shall thd reforms that have been inaugurated be carried out till wo shall have economy in the place of extravaganee; Ull we shall bpve purity in place of selfishness and cor: ruption in the’ administration of the public affgirs of the great State, That is the question which I déem of Paramount importance in this election, It is a question that touches the welfare of the people of the State and city; a question that touches the purity of your State government; that will, if rightly decided, purge from ils administration ‘all corruption and all’ fraud. (Cheers, ou all know that, it js too true that in your federal affairs, {nh city and county affairs than has been extravagance and corruption, and you all know and feel that this must be stopped, and will be stopped now if the voters of this State aro true to themselves and to their duties to the State, One year ago the democrats and liberals of this State by a majority of 60,000 yotes elected a Gov- ernor and a Lieutenant Governor of this State. It was felt then that we required a patriot firm and fearless, and above alla thoroughly honest man to look after the affairs of the State, a man that meant reform; and the question Lnow intend to discuss with you is whether the faith you put in these officers and their associates has been disappointed, or whether they have acted up to the full measure of the efforts for reform which we had a right to expect from the election of Samuel J. Tilden apd William Dorsheimer. (Cheers and applanse). 1 shall ask you to judge of these men and their asso- ciates of the party, and of their record for the ten months they have been in office. When you judge men by theracts you are rarely disappointed, but when we judge them by loud mouthed professions, we are too | frequently disappointed in the result. "When they came into power ten months ago, what was the condition of the affairs of’ the State and of your city government? Governor Tilden, when lected to the Executive, did nob fold his arms in silence and make his place ‘easy by meeting only those questions that might be pressed upon him, No; he at onco looked at the condition of your State with reference to taxation—taxation which, When it becomes heavy, blights prosperity aud cripples the industry of a people. He found your direct taxa- tion for the year 1874 over $15,000,000, gathered from the pockets of the rich and poor alike, according to Weir mvaus, $0 defray the expenses of the State gov- ernment. at did Hot Incinde what you"pay di and indirectly to tederal taxation; it did not include the millions you pay to the city taxation and county taxation, That'$15,000,000 was only the amount rathered by the tax collector in 1874 and paid into the Keeancy, of your State. The federal debt which rests upon the people of the entire Union is somewhat over $200,000, 000, Erie Canal and the Lake Cham- plain Canal, as originally constructed, only cost $7,000,000—a great work, as our fathers thought, in Tegard to the prosperity of our State, This sum, in those days deemed very large, was laid out in construct- ing these canals—a sum not half as large as that taken from you in 1874 and put into the Treasary in Albany to be expended by your State government, ‘Your Executive that you elected, looking well to your affairs, and seeing thig enormous taxation on the peopie of the State, examined to see where the money went and how it was expended, He was determined to see if there was any adequate return made to the people for this enormous sum, and in the course of that examins- tion he found there was a system of extravagance—that there existed what was worse than extravagance, a system of robbery of your’ treasury, system- ed and organized by @ ring pertaining to and belonging to each of the political parties in the State. He found that these men were robbing the Treasury of millions in paying for what was called extra repairs for your canals—repairs which were of a very extra char- acter indeed. By this system of peculation more than four times the contract price was paid to these con- tractors, and the work was not done, If you had not an honest, bold man in the Executive to expose and stop the frightful robbery, it never would have beog stopped, and these dishonest contractors would continue to draw vast sums of money from the pockets of the taxpayers of the State. Your Governor did not, on discovering | these frauds, told his arms and say, “I am not entering into a war with a body of men strong in political influ- | ence, intrenched within botl political parties—men who had grown wealthy along the canal from Albany to Buffalo—men who felt they had the power to crush politically any man who dared to interfere with their system of getting money for such extra repairs from ‘our pockets. ‘Governor Tilden and those acting with im, the men he bad gathered around him, his political friends and your own representattves, at once sent a special message to the Legisiature, showing what was ng on and asking for power to correct it. The power was given him, and he appointed a commission to examine thoroughly the system of expenditure for the purpose of discovering the fraud, and that your representatives might apply the remedy and put a stop to the plundering and_peculativ been going on for years, With Bigolow and Orr and Van Buren the work of reform has progressed, fraud and peculation have been stopped and from henceforth there will be no more plundering under pretence of carrying out contracts, One repentant sinner of a contractor, by this work of puritication has made restitution of $14,000 to the State, he had received without just or adequate ser- vices having been rendered therefor. Through these efforts of Governor Tilden and the men associated with him in this great work of reform taxes have been re- duced in the id ‘st yoar of his administration, The tax levy this Fedr, largé enough, to be sure, has been reduced by nearly $3,000,000, More than ‘all this, if you by your votes carry out this work, sustain those who are thus beneiiting you, you wi, have under the samo administration mvucl Jarger reductions in your tax levy next year than $3,000,000, This has been the work of Governor Tilden during the ten months he pas been in office, This is the work of a mah who has been abused so much. The question I would now patto you, of New York, is, whether by your votes on next Tues- day you will uphold, mei and sustain your Execu- | tive, or whether you will reget him and the cause of reform, and by your balloig apfitove thé conduct of thieves and plunderers? Will you strengthen the bands of the Executive and his ell in the adminiatra- tion of affairs, so that he may carry on the work of purification till w@ have once more the old fashioned economy and hontety the administration of affairs Which -eur pi rs in the gove: mt taught us to adhere to? Wiil yu to sustain this reform movement fer*eers and cries of ‘We will”), and strengthen tho ,anda of the men, who will be faithful to It? (Cheers.) Bat there ts anovher vital question brought into this can- yass which, to my mind, has by right no connection with it I’ refer to the school question. The Lorem {s brought nim an attempt to divert the SS the people from this question of reform, or : ie ofort to ail Op sePtesestlon. 1avene fn this election; there {8 no there cannot be any vonching posta em v constitution 0 wed ite school fund shall be _preser Giolate and. the Income therefrom batt be. applied me to the support of the common schools, Our Leg rt of Appeals, more than fifteen Court oamd ane term common school, as used 1h that rovision, meant tHe ordinary public ee 8 4 fished ny oe d ite expenses for wed a 4 of the children of 0 Bieta. And the et ager constitation adopted last y i. oe , ’ ned and Dy people of diferent vier and “to be devoted for the ob ef school etuention slone, (hee) And wile? ses ognize the duty and importance of any parent and guardian giving religious teaching to his child, yet ¥ cannot have that religious teaching inculcated at the expense of the State. It must be done in the family, in the church, in the Sunday school, in the private school, because there is the proper ong where we can conform to views pecaliar to ourselves, and in which we can have our children taught, (Cheers) On the contrary, they have attempted to bring the common schools into the canvass solely for the purpose of stirring up sectarian discord among our People, an attempt which every patriotic man, every real Christian man, should condemn. (Cries of “That's 80!” and cheers) 'Sectarian dissenstons and religious prejudices, these have been the curse of every people among whom they have been allowed to take root. (Applause.) They are at war, my friends, with the giorians constitution of our own State, Any attempt to persecute a man on account of his creed or his re- ligion or belief is a violation and at war with the letter and spirit of the constitution of this gloriou State of ours. (Great cheering) I read you the language of our own constitution exactly as itjs written down for our government and fuldanco:—"The. free exercise and enjoyment of ro- igious profession to worship without discrimination shall forever be allowed in this Stato to all mankind,’? (Great cheering.) And yet these gentlemen on the other side fear, or pretend to fear, which I do not believe to do, that there is danger to your common schools. There is no danger under the’ constitution, and they know it; but they are striving to stir up hatred of mam against man—religious hatred, religious prejudice and bitterness toward a neighbor on account of his creed, on account of his doing what ho should do in following out bis own convictions is at war wit& the great principles of the American constitu- tional liberty. (Great cheering.) At war with the doc- trine of christian charity, the very foundation of reli- gion as taught by every denomination—by all those who believe in Christ, It is the right and itis the duty of every man in every land where there is real liberty to worship his Creator according to the dictates of his own conscience, and not according to what may be the views of some other man, Mark my words, and look to history for verification, the man who fails to act according to his conscience, openly and ina public spirit, in his worship, according to his honest belief and the dictates of his conscience, will never be faithful to his vows to man. Let us always remember that no man is accountable to any other man for the creed he believes and professes. Iam accountable to no man for my belief, and no man to me. Each is only accounta- bie to his Maker, to be judged not for an error of judg- ment, but to be judged according to whether we have in sincerity and humility and purity of heart tried to wor- ship that Maker according to the dictates of our own conscience, (Appiause.) I rejoice that there is this unanimity of feeling in favor of the great princi- plo among mankind, aud one which 1s embedded in our constitution, I thank God. I have lived for more than fifty years going up and down in my daily waiks among men of all cro a, and I am proud to say there never was so liberal a Christian people in spirit and in char- ity than this American people of ours. (Great cheer- ing.) Ihave notspoken this with any fecling to stir up bitterness or sectarian hate. And now once more to the question before us. Send men to Albany—the men on your State ticket—that will stand by Samuel J. Til- den, The cause is in your own hands It is your cause—the cause of reform, It is your cause— the effort to restore purity to the administration, It can only be dond by the people standin; firm and fearless in support of the men who are engage in the great work of reiorm—men who, when they dis- covered abuses went to work to correct them—so that he burdens might be lightened and your prosperity increased, Do this, and every man of you will feel they have done their whole duty, that they have achieved a yictory—a victory not over mere party, not of a mere clique, but a great victory for honest admin- istration of the government and economy in all public affairs, And, having done that, it will De long before the peculators and thieves will again break into the Treasury or corrupt your State government by mal- administration. (Loud cheers.) There was great clearing out when Senator Kernan retired from the platform. He was Tollowed by Hol James S. Thayer, who confined himself to a sketch of the Tammany society and the county ticket, REMARKS OF JANES 8, THAYER, : He claimed that Tammany has always been the friend of the people, thai {ts members have not been all partisans, and that for many years it had no active share in party politics, ‘This was fol- lowed by a review of the internal organization of tho ciety, dashed with pérsonal reminiscences of the speaker, Tho names applied to Tammany, under the rule of ‘Tweed and Kelly, were then summarized and discussed. Mr.’ John | Kelly was defended against the attacks made upon him in very vigorous language. A review of the candidates d theiryantecedents was then given, Mr. Hackett com- ing in for a very large share of vindictive oratory. Mr. Kelly was stated to be the best abused man in the city of New York, and also to have placed the city under larger obligations to him than any other citizen, A discursive essay upon good government and those things wbich it required ended the speech. PETER B, OLNEY at this point was loudly called for, and in response he came forward and said:—I feel much like a farthing candle after the bright sun of heaven when I am intro- duced to address you after the eloquent genuleman who has just addressed you. It is true that the demo- cratic party are ‘‘unterrified,” and in spite of the op- position of the press and the disaffection ot some in our ranks, for one, am not afaid of the result” ot “thi The reform party tn New York to-day is the democratic party, Because of my humbie efforts in behalf of honest aes L have been chosen as candidate for the office of Di ct Attorney. If in the past that office has been used to oppress the poor ang to facilitate the escape of evil doers who were the political friends of the incumbent, I can promise that these things will not be known un- der my administration. When Mr. Olney retired the impatient multitude bawled for ‘Wood! Wood !” until the veteran Fernando was led to the front of the plat- form. ‘An old fashioned reception was the middle of Hon. Fernando Woot Pp fora moment to permit Mr, Frederick Smythe, the nominee for Recorder, to say aword. Mr. Smythe ‘would not, he said, make a speech; he would merels reiterate what he said when getting the nomination, If elected he would endeavor faithfully to discharge the duties of this high offiea Mr. Wood then resumed holding the attention of the audience to the close. One of the liveliest speakers of the whole evening, Hon. S. 8. Cox, was crowded s0 close to the finish that he did not require to be told, as the others were, to cut itshort, On coming forward HON §. 8. COX said:~You cannot open ajournal that you do not find evi- dences of official malfeasance. Earth is sick and heaven is weary of the damnable -iterations:—‘Misappropri tious of money,” “embezzlement of public iran “inordinate salaries” and all kinds of grabs, spoils, falcations and robberies! Whence comes this epi- demic of roguery in office? Whether it was the civil war and its bummers and contractors; whether {it was the profligacy of renegades and adventurers, desirous to fatten on corruption, or whether it comes from our neral human depravity, it is time the plague wero stayed. We need healthy rest and an active vigilance against {ts continuance and its re! Talk about wages bere and its minus quantity ty cents per diem. That is bad enough, doubtless; but what is worse is the general lack of work, the work on half time, and the fact seldom thought of, but ever to be told to those who vote that even when higher than Leewoe rea be in 1860, purchase less, in proportion as prices are higher, than heretofore. A significant lesson can be taught to our time and to our rulers by a splendid victory for honesty, fragality, and fidelity in office in the Empire State, That victory ‘was never more needed than now. By recent elections in Ohio, the radical party have taken heart, They hope for another hold on the purse anda further immunity for negligence and malconduct. Already they are avoiding the issues their misconduct has presented. | How? By: Peeping from the old Know-Nothing covert. The speec! President Grant fn lowa, the pamphlet on “Vaticanism,” issued by his Methodist par. son, Newman, and the clamorous bigotry which would array sect against sect inthe bitter controversy over the holiest emotions of the human soul—this tis the mode to avoid the issue which we make and prove on the tond-epotted traitors vo their trusts, This is the mode of avoiding meeting their recreancy tows citi- gens born here and impressed {n the German army. ‘This is the sharp trick and surprise of intolerance, made out of nothing, to bide their mercenary and mal- ignant public conduct toward South and North. Butit 48 too late and too transparent. Let us, in New Yor band together for a renewal of the achievement last fall, That victory being renewed, there is nothing can prevent the Centennial year from being a year of jubiloo—an era of reliel from the worst eimfatstration ever known to any land. Ip that on- franchisement, North and South, all alike will partake. Tho regenerated South will lift up tts bands and voice God in thankful prayer, Then the Northern stat ant shine more brighty. {a the same heaven with the Z Southern cross; the one, pure, steadfast ie peg stellar Pharos to our ship of State in its perilous’ advenguroy and the other as a radiant symbol of ayy rgiving ‘and forgiven love, without which there is no fraternity, content, prosperity and a Kor, and by the time in the hall, » J. ©. O'Neil was the last § nelhed ‘finished but few were le! HACKETT EULOGIZED. Avery large republican mass meeting was held Tast evening at Parepa Hall, corner of Eighty-sixth streot and Third avenue, Mr. Henry ©. Robinson presided, Mr. Horatio P, Allen, the first speaker Introduced, after ‘indorsing the nominees of the republican ticket and ¢loquently advocating their claims to election, turned his attention to the judiciary. As he mentioned the names of Hackett and Phelps in terms of eulogy the audience uttered loud and long continued applause. Recorder Hackett, the speaker said, could not be spared from the Bench. The city had tn {ta largo element of Yawless men, and Hackett was the man to deal with He was a terror to all burglars, mardorers and ps would be bis able coadjutor in the prosecutior crime, General Denis F. Burke spoke in the same strain, Mr. Rufus B. apparent* —_-fe people's ticket generally, Mr. Clin- ‘that neither the money Cowan and others ke, and the meeting broke Up bed oy forgetting that he was:ever ‘outside: of |: press, or of aay oY or county, town, oF Tillage ocie SoMa k aaaaling display of reworks outside the ball et qa —_-uimeself, said that any democrat thrown out — on va’ Kehools, whether sectarian oF M Cry «many Was good enough for the republicans to yen itarlan from the funds or money that can be THE PURITY OF THE BALLOT. We, up. During Mr. Clinton’s spseen the im- | ratsed by taxation. | sherelors, eg es there ne Ema Pe jenco of tho masa continually expressed | sort of dase’ fo Tite Soeimbedded tn your constitu- | Agrecable to a circular sent to the yous ils © We self in calls for fernarty anc Seymour. | (on ‘and thore is no power in any Legislature to tnter- | Brooklyn, a large meeting was held last ng T While reviewing the causes tor wMtel, as he claimed, Joun K. Hackett was not nominated by Tammany | Hall, and defining the position of John Kelly, he was | obliged to give wayand let Mr. Kelly, who was fre- quently called come forwarh Jobn Kelly’ speech th or change them. eeinsaibed sa Comino chools in which ail the chi (applaase) They must be | polytechnic Institute tn dren of the State may obtain a good secular education; (applause)—-supported by the funds of the State, | city, the interests of the republicat were maite by General Stewart candidates. | Addresses wore F™slocum, Committees 4 and General common schools tn which the religious judices or | L. Woodford hh the 164 polling places of the feelings of NO one child oF parent shail be wounded— | wore appointed to ween Vir ce eat vouing with a view of p