American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1858-09-16
.g q. For. Congress. IN
CHARLES D. MARTIN.
lDrlrr..OlId,, speech.


.T@ t \ a DR.. Olds, Speech.
90 We listened to the speech Of DR.. Old's
delivered at the Court House on Saturday
evening lest. The Doctor was evidently
In bad health: he said he had been afflicted
in the head and eyes until he was almost
blind; but he had been told that blind
hog could root and find aeorns therefore
he would give il trial He said be had
not been consulted upon the announce
msut put forth by the Eagle and handbills,
thatbe was to dissect the speech Of Thos.
Ewiugjr., delivered few evenings pre-.
viously; but he had listened to the speech
of Mr.. E. With much interest, and he pro-
,nounced it an able speech, in fact the best
political speech be had listened to for
years, and speech that reflected much
credit upon the worthy son Of distin,.
euished sire. He then went on upon the
doctrines Of Free Trade. attempting to
prove ,ha. the salvation of the toiDg mil
lions depended upon the reduction OF their
wages to an equality with the seTf and
pSnper laborer Of Europe. or some i24 cts.
per day; they could then bay their calico
and shirting as cheap as the rich man, and
the policy would make tue banker, the
capitalist and the nabob real democratic
isoyereigns. the great and glorious princi'
ple the Democratic party would then be
sonsumated- toiling millions Of Amer
lea. the ser s. the paupers, and criminals
ofall,h world. could shake hands toCeth-
err and huzsa for eauality. ten cents day.
oa, meal bread. potatoes, salt. and kaIe
soops.Alazurious uariety indeedW He
then went on and proved that the Demo
S,crotic party had spent hundreds of mill
IONS OF dollars in improving hatbots upon
the sea board that they had spent as higl
a. GLa,fmillion Of dollars to improve simple
iul.ts where the auaalretenuehad amoant
cd to the enormous sum Of five dollars dnc
FORTY cents, and rFat one Of these revenue
offices had given employment 10 number
of good honest Democrats, at a cost TO tb
Government Of more than FIVE bundre'
times the revenue collected. Cheers an
that's Democratic protection.
: Mr.. Olds then took up the subject Of ou
Internal Commerce spoke Of our lake
and, rivers--said that there was no salt Wd
ter flowing there, aud that the idea Of Gov
ernmsn,s improving them was all an ol
Wbig phantom. He said the dear people
the farmers had to make their own road
and why not make the merchants, steam
boat men, and bankers improve the lake
and, rivers, or let them dry up? They ha
allibe profits, the farmers could swim Il
lakes, wade the Mississippi and take the
produce with their six horse teams to ma
ket 10 the good old Democratic way. TTr
msndaos cheering and that's so.
He next went on to prove that the got
old Democratic party had done lots
things. had played the mischief with Il
brave old Wing party, and that they ha
in the single administration Of Gsn.J eck kso
exploded the American system" Veto
the United States Bank. removed the d
posits and issued specie circular.
means Of which the glorious old Dem
Sratic party had enable tue poor man
buy ashirt at six cents per yard, knock
the baking system into cooked b
'oeggared lens OF thousands OF manuract'
ing. specializing, and comMetcialm hen,
cost the toiling millions hundreds aur
hHnuteds Of millions of dollars; and '
tbs dear people didn't die under II. Meth
but through the blessing Of God. and
indomitable energy Of the Yankee Nat
thsy,bad recupeirted, revived and we're
terminsd to go ahead or burst the boil
Tremendous cheers. kE
Doct5r paused east one eye upon the spe
or, and the other (most quisicslly) u
ourselfand Brother Beatty, ahd 'iaeeihec
uay.n prepare to take the medicine Fl
my "jug Of returns" and to count
eggs in my "patenI bacA.action self.s
porting hens nest s1.fI
The Doctor after gathering his eyes
commoa focus. commenced by charp
That the great Republican Tree, had b
grown from pure and unadulterated Alb
lion aaaJ. n, hvHva whicN he dsalk o.,t :