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Show COXKLIKO'S M'EECII. How It MonodsloTbe PurlUan I'resa. New York, 25. The World says oi Conkling's speech: Silent when speecn would have been golden, on the great question of silver, and dumb for many months while the country lieteasd iD vain for hia apocalypse, as to the infamy in-famy of Hayes, and Hayes' adniini stration, the senator trom New Yort, yeeterday, came oproarously to tbe fiont in support ot Supervisor Davenport, Daven-port, tbe use o( iron cages in elections and tbe renominalion of tirant. Uw speech, we are BOrry to say, will make it difficult for his best Iriende to defend him hereafter, agaioBt the charge that he governB himself in politics solely and absolutely by his personal spites ond interests. The Tribune says: Conkling'a speech seems to have produced a moot profound pro-found impression upon bis political opponents, as well as his own party. All account!, friendly and impartial, agree in pronouncing it an extraordinary extra-ordinary speech, holding the vast audience hour after hour in almost breathless attention, and actually throwing the democratic majorities in confusion. No brief outline or abstract can do it justice. It is tbe speech of a lawyer and a statesman, Bcarcdy at all of the politician. It is free irom invective and absolutely without emotional effects; cool, logical, delib erate and unanswerable. We venture to predict that no demoorat will at tempt to pick a flaw into tbe close-knit close-knit Jabrio of thia legal argument, which leaves no point uncovered and no point vulnerable. Conkling'B severest critics must concede him a bigb place among statesmen. The Herald says the speech is Btrong aud impressive, and he hardly evor makes any other. It was elective as a manifesto issued to republicans ol the nation. The trumpet-tongued utterances were well Jilted to arouse and inflame party passions, whioh was the undisguised purpose of the speech. Still, his vigorous exposure of the folly and mischief of a united south deserves the thoughtful reflection reflec-tion of leaders of southern opinion, and of all citizens of that section. |