Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-08-14
FnIDAx, AUGUST ., 1857.

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.a'FELLow- CrTIzENs-I regret that the en-
terprise of portion of the Cincinnati
press should have expended itself in send
ing two of the most accomplished phono-
graphers in the ecountry-( they will believe
that whether they believe anything else
say or not)-on the wild-goose hunt of re-
porting me here. / came not to sound the
keynote of the campaign. / am not here
to, make .'great speeeh." ora powerful
Speech" or s'masterly effort" or any
speech at all, unless it should be an old
fashioned Columbiana connty a stump
speech. ICries of, ssThat's what 1--WE want. y
lam here to-day to talk in pennsylvania
Dutch with the natives of my own native
county, and You who were once my con-
-stituents, or the children. who survive
them. I have not premeditated word
that shall say to you, nor prepared an ex-
tract to read, nor even, as usual, marked
out the outlines which shall pursue.
come as old-fashioned Methodist preachers
OF forty years ago, when Methodism was
what its founders made it. 1t has changed
q good deal now, since they have got to
building big churches with high steeples
to them. have come like these old
preachers used to come, without ueven Sc
1ecting text to preach from until l get
Into the pulpit, and then trust to the in
SEPARATION of the assembly to furnish one;
they built high-steepled houses, and went
into, wars, forgetting the gospel of peace,
-as)I tear q great many of them did forget it
~ come to speak as the spirit moves me
On this account have to regret that nn-
necessary labor should be given to report
me. when l meet here With old friends to
talk to them in the plainest style.
EUsTiia eBDp LANG sYNE.
Il have been asked why select village SC
81. II 4,
fense " i'll be taken why speak of it as
espch-and so far from the railroads which
have sprung up in the country since the
solden time. There are two reasons; and
the first reason is, it was glorious old
Springfield township that. when l was 8
boy, saved the Democratic Congressman in
the district, and the Democratic county tC
which it then belonged, in the memorable
campaign of 1S40. Without detailing cir
cumssances which have elsewhere relat-
ed, permit me to say that, confident of vic
tory, the boy had remained out late to hear
the returns: Every township came in with
a Wing majority, and we had begun to de-
sspair. At about one O'Clock the Demo
cratic party was beaten, and we all felt bad
AT about four O'Clock, however, we heard
the tramp OF horses hoofs down the hill
from New Lisbon, and beholdi old Spring
field township had not only held its own,
buthad given hundred more of a Demo
time since, which elected our Congressman
eby ffty-two votes, and saved Columbiana
county, to which it then belonged, to the
Democratic party for many years after
THAT is to me a very pleasant recollection,
sandiit YVES one of the reasons why / ac-
icepted your invitation. Very pleasant, too
is the recollection that here, in New Mid
7dleton, L made one of my first efforts at
public speaking. j shall not soon forget
that when "a youth to fortune and to fame
-unkn0wn,p nevertheless ready and willing
TO do my part and bear my share of the
Burden in the great campaign between
Clay and Polk in 1914, I found my
bill, IN very small letters. as one of the
speakers. The :. lions" were all in large
type, as was becoming, but it was expected
in those days that young men should stand
back, and wait until near the going dowr
of the sun. The seniors spoke long anG
loud and eioquently, until in my youthful
Jealousy, natural. as it was l thought they
meant co speak nae out of time. The shad-
.0wsi were falling long from these tall trees
when at last all the other speakers conclu-
-ded, and the audience were about to dis
iperse, but some there were who resolved to
stay and hear thelboy. came to the plat
form, as many of the wagons were going
away, still I had reason to be satisfied if 1
ofswo were content to stay and it creates
sense of triumph, even to this day, to re.
member that many gathered In their teams
Naslsoen as i had commenced, and the crow(
was larger IN the evening tnan,lG mad peer
curing she ensire cay. rms Is one OF II TN
chlei reasons why speak mere to-9ay-tn'
recollection OF that day, three and twenty
years ago. Il am here now in the vigo
and prime of early manhood, and take Il
myself pride in saying that while | hav
met every new question and accepted ever,
circumstance that mas occurred durlni
that long period OF time, yet thank Co
Tam here to Gay adnereing 20 ana ready {
proclaim the same principles OF tree repub
lican, democratic government that the
entertaiaed. fAppiause:] sfE
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