The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1867-09-05

/: MARIETTA, O., Aug. 20, 1867.
A large concourse of people assem-
bled here to-day, to hear Senator Wade
y speak on the political issues in the
State.
The Senator on being presented tc
the people by Mr.. VIM. Woodberg, was
greeted with cheers, after which he
spoke as follows:
+ Mr. CHAIRMAN, LADIES AND GENTLE
4 MEN-It is with some embarrassment
." that ! come before an audience at this
time. 1t has been some time since
I addressed an assemblage of this kind
! One feels somewhat at loss, when he
comes to contemplate the great field
4 (which lies now before him politically,
NJ to know what department he should
take up; for it would be absolutely i'm
possible for any speaker at one time to
go through all that might, and perhaps
HI bought to, be said in reference to the
condition of our country at this time.
: 1t becomes, therefore, necessary that a
speaker should select some particular
,oItopic, to the exclusion Of all others.
k THE SPEAKERS TEXT.
ud l have an old text, my friends, which
IS | have preached from for more than
" thirty years. | never have varied it,
and / never expect to vary it. Exact
y and equal justice to all men, without
= reference to color, condition or race, is
i my political creed, which now for thirty
years l have proclaimed from almost
every stump in this State, and the peo-
Iple have stood by me during all that
q time, and expect as long as | am faith
/ ful to the doctrine of that text they will
4 continue to stand by me. 1t makes no
4 difference whether things in the future
d look dark or look cheerful. l stand by
y that because l believe it will enable us
I to go through triumphantly under any
\ and all circumstances. | believe, sir,
that this is the doctrine favored by the
Y Almighty. l believe that he who
breaches from any other text will not be
favored by him who is the Father Of US
! ALL
WHO WILL NOT BE CONVINCED?
Who will not be convinced now in
any discourse that l may address to
, you to-day? | do not expect to con-
vince any man who, throughout the ter
ribe struggle and revolutionary process
through which we have passed, has
stood 10y the enemies Of his country
/ the men who, in 1868, with their eyes
! open, and the question fully discussed
before them, stood with Vallandigham,
the convicted traitor, and endeavored
to put him in the Gubernatorial chair of
Ohio--I say | don't expect to convince
i,any such man that he ought now to
forego the course he then marked out
q for himself, and that he will turn and
be persuaded to adopt the principles we
I, then held, and, trust, hold to-day.
i1They are joiued to their idols, and ar
nIgument is vain with them.
THE CAUSE TIE SAME AS EVER.
All shall expect to do with this au-
| dience is to convince it that the great
and glorious doctrines that we adhered
to then are as worthy of our support
now, yea, more essential, if possible,
thPn then; that if you are ready to
stand by these great principles, there is
no danger as to the result What, my
friends, has transpired since then that
SHOULD lead any reasonable, intelligent
man te falter in the course he took on
that gryat occasioni There stood Val
landighAm, a deliberate, condemned
traitor before the nation, soliciting votes
to advance him to the highest office in
the State. was not here, but l was
around tie State pretty generally, and
know there were men in this State,
great numbers Of them, that stood by
him then, asthey will stand by his
great coadjutor how, for there is no diff
ference between the political principles
Of VaIlandigham aud Judge Thurman,
the candidate of the Democratic party
now. Vallandighaln was then put forth
as the candidate for Governor, and he
was maintained and supported in all
parts of the State in all he had done and
all that he proclaimed he would do, by
this candidate of the same party, put
forth for your votes to-day. They have
not changed in their bad course. Have
any of you changed in that glorious
course you pursued then, when we
swamped the traitor by more than
hundred thousand majority7 Are the
issues now essentially different from
what they were then? Not at all.
This makes it seem unnecessary for a
man to argue over again all those old
issues, And let me say, my friends,
if ever mortal men had reason to con-
gratulate themselves upon glorious tri-
umph of their great principles it is the
Republican party of Ohio, that,
throughout all this terrible period
through which we have passed, stood
as wall of principles for the right on
all occasions, not deviating at all.
THE ADVANCE STEP IN PROGRESS.
There is new element in our canvass
now that causes those who opposed us
| to make one more struggle for the as