Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1848-10-24
IL E - D. GEN. SHIELDS,
AT CLEVELAND. SEPT IL 1915

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T1Eow cirz sss:f feiiurn my sincere sincere
and hearty thanks for The, homer of this
reception. This is truly enthusiastic
welcome. These are enthusiastic cheers.
They are just such. cheers as used TO
brighten The Mexicans; and cannot say
which frightened them worse, our cheers,
- ~ - s1''in"o'ppislb eft 10 .1st sssgas.ogg
ID Fellow citizens, have consented TO
come here moi. to make. speech, but TO
give youa talk-heaIth will not permit:
my lungs, which find hfe 'h8tyet healed
must be my apology do not mean to
throw away a life which has been so
providentially preserved to me. mean
TO save life enough. if necessary. to go
through another war, Icheers ] I hold
tits much better. however to fight than
! to talk: and am only sorry tina, the land
which gave me birth "Ould ireland ''hal
not fought more and talked less. IGreat
applause " - >" So
!, a. "THE BUFFALO HUNT"
ne Gen. Shields here took occasion to re
mark that be had been charged by all the
whig newspapers in the country with be.
ing at the head of movement to revolu.
. Iionize part of the Mexican government
(the Sierra Madre, for the purpose ores
-iablishing an independent republic; that
he was in Mexico, at San Luis Potnsi, d.
recting and in charge Of such an affair
All ! have TO say in reply, ellow-citizens,
is. that | am moi a conSpirafor! / have
fought for my country, and have poured
out my blood to maintain it's honor, and
will now not be guilty Of doing any thing
to disgrace it! {Immense cheering, l.
No, gentlemen, instead of trying to he
President Of a republic, am doing what
can to make great and goood citizen
of dir own republic Presidents! FProlong-
ed cheering. Oh 10 .asau s - ,rsID
Fellow citizens, there is no nation in
the world which attracts snch attention
just now as this. The tyrants and des
1 pots IF rhe old country are looking with
dread upon our movements. IF this ex.
pertinent Of republicanism proves success.
full, they know there is no safety for them.
But let j, fail. and you may bid farewell
to liberty forever. But am one who be.
Iieves that this nation viii succeed in spite
of Temporary bad governments. ] say
thiS-ibar succession of maladminis.
trations will ruin the best governments
on earth; but Of this there is no danger.
There are now three parties in this
country seeking to control its destinies.
There is the old democratic party, the
one To which have the honor TO belong.
AID " hit b. with slight interruptions. has
held political control ever since the foup
datiOD Of the government The democ
racy of this nation has managed its af
fairs, as said before, with but two or
three interruptions. ever since it had
being, and have. set an example to the
wUrd Of goOd, stable. and tree govern
.ment. These interruptions were occa
sioned by the two Adanses and one T'y.
Ter; and it is a question whether Tyler
was so much All 'sihterrupfion y TO the
dsmocrafs az to the wings. Cheers
from the Taylor men. Wings wonder
at the continued success Of the demo-
cratic party in this country. II is no Sc
cret at all. The Democratic party is a
nationalparty; our principles are nation
al principles, and apply to the north tn
south, to the east, and the west. There
is the currency 9upntioh. Who but the
democratic party could have throuled that
c"fossean monster. the United States
Bank? There is The tariff. Who would
Inr. who could have equaliztd its burdens
but the great democratic parvl Our
wing friends are the hext claimants TO
conduct The affairs ofthis government
They USED To have some principles; hut
believe they have got tired Of them and
gait rid OF them nov. recollectthe time
when. in their opinion, a United States
Bank was sine qua non in theiF system
i ofgOvernment Ii was the great REeu.
LAToE, without which the country would
go to.Tuin 2 A high tariff, too. tos"Pro
tect American industry wi lgivethe
wings credit.of making the best use of
terms, rar such they called this system
taking farmers and mechanics for the
Eeneit oftarge manufacturers. sDistri
hutton ofihe proceeds ofthe public lahHs''
Vas ahSther @hI1 measure, which was
merely appointing a standing army Of re.
ceiyers to collect the peoples money
and another army 10 distribute ii,lor y Ia,
lhsse vas left stlss bsirg passed la.eqgl
dpnhle hands, The wings had anplber
c principle in olden times. and II would be
sin TO forget that. They had a Bank
! rupt IAN. Nothing was more essphtia
in Their whole system than this; for aFie,
having a United States Bank and afer
thousand iit'e bank 8. creating GaeiIitie.
for getting iihsoa"e6t, il wasAvery prope,
they should have some mode Of getting
opT sof Debt Ofaslthe 4egislative devil
!. css Cor max ing wealth. 6hrFags and gertin.
T into debt. the Eankihg system was esu
peemesi and of AL the fantastic notion