The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1866-09-13

efforts resemble those Of a man in miry
clay. The more they try to raise them.
selves, the lower they sink in the estl-
nation of the people.
As sample of the reasoning OF the
President, we clip from his st. Louis
speech: y. I'll
"Now, my countrymen, here tonight
! it is very easy 10 indulge in epithets. 1t
is very easy to call man Judas and cry
out traitor, but when he is called upon
to give arguments and facts, he is very
often found wanting. Judas Iscariot.
Judas! There was Judas once, one of
the twelve Apostles. Oh, yes, the
twelve Apostles had a Christ-[A voice,
land a Moses, too" Great laughter.
The twelve Apostles had Christ, and
He never coi,u have had Judas unless
he had twelve Apostles. If l have play
ed the Judas, who has been my Christ
that | have played the Judas with
Was it Thad Stevens? Was it Wendell
Kisses and cheers. Are these the men
that set up and compare themselves with
the Saviour of men, and everybody that
differs with them in opinion, and that
try to STAY and arrest their diaboiical
and nefarious policy is to be denounced
a a Judas. [''Hurrah. for Andy and
cheers In the days When there were
twelve Apostles, and when there was a
Christ, while there were Judase-, were
there unbelievers? ["Yes.'I While
there were Judases there We're unbe-
levers. [Voices-'hear." Three groans
for Fletcher.'l Yes. oh yes. unheIiev.
ers in Christ: men Wh1 HIM RG1'b before Pom ;
thus PLATE, and preferred charges anC
s condemned and put Him to death OF
6 the cross, to satisfy unbelievers: ant
. this same prosecuting. diabolical anC
- nefarious clan, to-day, would persecutt
y and shed the blood ofinnocent men t,
# carry out their purposes [cheersl, but lie
e me tell you, let me give you few words
: here tonight. But short time since
Il had a Moses. Laughter and cheers.
o Yes there was a Moses, and / know
!. sometimes it has been "a that | have
!, said that would be the Moses of tn,
u colored men. ["Ncver," and cheers.
o Why have labored as much in tn
z cause of emancipation As any other NOR
tai man living; but while 1 have striv
Ell to emancipate the colored man,
have felt, and now feel, that we have
l. great many white men that want eman
- cipation. Laughter and cheers.
n mere Is Il SCI iillDH1S' YOU llluL nave
got shacllleS on their limbs, and are a.
s. much under the heel and control 0
!. their masters a. the colored man tina
; was omancipatcd.
d Portrayi"g his policy as to officers, ht
Z speaks as follows:
: "Ccngress says we shall not turn them
+ out, and they are trying to pass laws t.
prevent it being done. Well, let me say
to you If you will stand by me in this
g action, [cheersl, if you will stand by me
4 in trying to give the people a fair chance,
d soldiers and citizens, to participate in
these offices, God being willing, | will
kick them out just rs fast as | can.
: Great cheering. Let me say to you,
l in concluding what I have sad, and |
intended to say bat little, but was pro-
vo@ed into this rather than otherwise
| care not for the mcnaces, the taunts
, a at the ijeers; | care not for the threats:
| / don't intend to be bullied by my enc
+ mics, nor even ove"awed by my friends;
cheers but, God willing, with your
hep, will veto their measures whenev-
ef they come to me.
Some one asked him why he did not
hang JEFF Davis. In his answer he said:
might ask you a question, Why
don't you hang Tbad Stevens and Wen
dell Phillips: Great cheering A
traitor at one end of the line is as bad as
a traitor at the other. | know that
there are some W-o have got their little
pieces and sayings to repeat on public
OCCASIONS, like parrots, that have been
placed In their mouths 10y their superb
ors, who have not the courage and man
| hood to come forward and tell them
themselves, but have their understrap-
per- to do so.'
This shows that he estimates q traitor
just rs \ailandigham does. At Chicago
and at different points on the route from
there to Springfield, the people would
not listen to him but persisted in calling
, for Gen. Grant. His speeches are tell
ing against him, and ale now ONLY read
by Union men for the purpose ct seeing
how low II political dclnogogue can