Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-10-03
Cox ON Brsugh-tu Exploration of
Grea,c-rhe Political Faf-tsff-Ex-
trsct from n speech Delivered by
uou. - - Cox, at Cotu M bus, osfo,
September 18th.

or y Cd lie - OlF-gorfrHueHts W" N"'".
Laughter Beside he j. under the I'D, po-
lucsly As the Tri-hmsn said when lie took
the milestone for tombstone. Tread lightly
over the ashes Of the departed Laughter
Brough carries hi- sffiigv about Ohio Ia
have the benefit Of his lie long democracy.
They each dres. in the livery OF heaven - serve
the devil in Laughter At Newtown they
were toge,her. and he Cincinnati Commercial
thu. reports Brough and Tod:
Il hail with JOY this vast assemblage 20 dsv,
separaie and apart from self. A have before
said. | would much rather that some one else.
that that gallant old IN who has for two years
stood by you that noble. good msh--Tod--
were your standard-bearer now "
II must have been an enormous assemblage,
which was vast separate and apart from Brough's
biz body. Laughter How lovingly he speaks
Of "old Tod" he seems fond OF his To-day.
Laughter After he bad used the nocturnal
leagues TO dirk Tod under the nth rib. he g!ori
fes the "Od man" Laughter This cOrpu
lent candidate plays the hvpocrite with consum
mite tact lie smothers him with honey TO
draw the wasps on his poor old BODY.
When Broueh spoke here. he paid his respects
10 me At iength-or rather with all his breadth
Hecharged that Pugh and myselt were old Wings
and little tories: that We had been for. and were
now against the war; that had obtained my post
in Congress last year by false pretenses-pretend
the idea Of Jack Brough calling George Pu IN or
myself lttlel Laughter He must have for
gotten himself What WAS he aboutr As some
one said to Falstaif. he was about two yards-in
the waist and surely such person ought not To
have inter larded such personalities in his speech
I. ia great temptation to an ardent young
Speaker. like myself. to retort When herd of
his speech | resolved on the first opportunity 10
"bore for oil" Laurhrer
n A
take such liberties with my person | don't
think he ever saw me have not the honor OF
knowing him | never Jaw him but once. and
that was ut distance; and he can be seen with or
withouta glass of great distance Yet this noun
tain Of mummy. swelled to unusual Importance by
an abolition nominati m. presnmes 10 question my
size aud NV democracy Laughter He for
got that sm the Representative of large mum
Der Of very large people. Laughter There Is
constitutional limit to a mans size IN running
for Congress or Governor. man may have
much blubher without brains, and much meal
without manhood laughter and be Governor
So man may be elected To Congress whose fe
muir and tIbia are several inches short of the av-
erage human leg laughter nor is il any dis
qualification for office in this country that man
has nm extraordinary protuberance OF ad pose tn
rors beneath the abdominal muscles Great
laughter III | am obnoxious to criticism for
unuerErOWn
overgrown oleaginOus tissues, and be careful Of
his tissues of falsehoods and of his personal
globes WHY should he call glorious true and
noble George Pugh lttlel In intellect, John
Brough is TO George Pugh talow candle To
the sun Laughter
The Republican party desirOus Of mixing ever
memorable this campaign of 1863. have set up
this inordinate incarnation of swelling vanity To
withdraw the attention OF the people from the
real issues of the campaign. to the curious sport
OF nature which has thrown such behemoth in
to our politics. Laughter But Shakespeare
has anticipated the sport. In glancing over the
world of mind and matter. he rested the fame Of
his comic genius on the creation OF Sir Jack tal
staff. Rolling into one lumpish. oleagnous
mass his whole soul of fun-Falstaff the fat
knight, was the result There is great similar
ity between Jack Falstaff and Jack Brnueh Fal
staff Is remarkable for six points: his lechery his
living. his cowardice. his carcass and his wit.
Laughter | do not know whether John
Brough can boast of all these attributes. He has,
| am sure. the living, cowardice and carcass.
without a sparkle of his wit or crinkle of his
drollery Laughter | cannot speak as to his
lust and roguery; indeed. if any one should
charge the former upon him. I would befriend
him, bv the same rrefragible logic which Sir
Jack used to Prince II ii: "In a State of limo
cency Adam fell, and what should poor Jack
Brough do in the days Of vilainy2 Thou seest
| have more flesh than another man. and there
fore more frailty" Laughter If, therefore
so carual nature as Broughs should sin. there
is much TO be said in eStenu ,ton. and an over
towering argument against his final punishment
Sir Jack found it when he said. "Thlt the devil
will never have me damned. lest the oil that's in
me should sot nell on fire " Laughter
When he let Cincinn iti and the law. he took
charge Of the Madison and Indianapolis Railroad
a. President and Superintendent The roai had
some remarkable vicissiudes. II once declared
twelve and half per cent. dividend. The stock
disposed of at an advance. and atterward II
went 10 smash | do not know who PLAYED these
tricks "of the road" But this saw that so far a.
Brough is concerned. all the tie that has bounC
him TO Ohio the past twenty wears has been
railroad tie llaughterl; and | fear not sount
tie either Lsughter.l He had in vain tried t.
explain away his iull fare to soldiers. O,her rail
road Presidents have gwen kinder treatment &c
the soldiers; but Brough alone ENJOYS the distinc
ton of hearteSsnsss in his own and the railroad
corporation.
As 10 his living. have no hesitation in giving
the palm to the knight of abolition over tho
knight of Shakespeare. He falsihed the truth
when he charged me with being both vhg aud
tory He maliciously lie.l when he said that
obtained nv seat in Congress by fraudulent anf
false pretenses Falstatf never fabricated Sc
grossly ana meanty. 4 nave ODtaDei success "
this district in spite OF abolition gerrymander anc
negro votes in Xenia; both frauds. have ob
tanned success because | have been faithful tC
the Constitution and tn the interests of nv con
stituents [Cheers When this war appeared
as speck on the horizon. | plead and voted fol
conclistior. voted for every compromise. in
GLIDING that of Crittenden. which Brough spurns
| preferred the bonds of Love to the armOr o
Force | read the sermon on the mount anC
found in il wisdom beyond that of Lincoln. OF
even OF the priests Of Chicago never went Sc
far as Charles Sumner. in his speech on the
True Grandeur of Nations. when he pro
nounced .all international to he civil ,r
and the partakers in il 10 be traitors To Gnd anC
enemies to man" When he quoted Cicero. e
show that be preferred the unju>test peace to III,
justest war" and Franklin. TO show that there
never wss good war bad peace or wher
Sumner declared. that in our age there c,n be
no peace that T. not dishonorable - Sumner
works. vol page IL.
But did aud do hold that in our land il was
w,sest kindest and best Ia agree IL any compro
mise which Crittenden framed. Douglas advO
Gated and TO which Davis and Toombs acceeded
which would have averted these horrible cslam
ties. In thus believing | sought to carry out th,
Democratic principle which Madison laid dOwr
before the late war of lSl2-"that war was ONLY
and rarely tolessble as necessary evil. To be
kept off AS long. and whenever It takes place. q
be closed as soon A. possible When this civil
war began voted for the Crittenden Resolution
of July - ls6l. that it was not 10 be waged IL
any spirit of oppression. nor for any purpose o