Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1867-09-19
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From tho Columbus Journal 10th insf.
We are Informed that n village tn,o,e.
of the backbone" Democratic oountina
was the scene of funny incident-a few
evenings since, whereby a DemocratiS
orator was utterly confounded and
brought to grief by men of his own par.
ty. The circumstances are as follows:
a Democratic meeting, composed Of o
few small farmers and laboring men, to-
gether with heavy sprlnkling of loaf
ers, all Democrats, none of whom took
the papers, and very few of whom could
read them if they did, was being ad-
dressed in an eloquent and forcible''
manner by gifted orator from neigh.
boring County. He had told them how
the rich bondholder had reduced them
to slavery in despite Of the efforts of the
Goddess Of Liberty and several other
personages, both human and celestial, till
then unknown to the audience. He
quoted extensively from George Francis
Trains 'demagogue" speech, sud among
other things the following:
Work. work worlSi
From the dawn TO the dusk Of day. rdets.
For your hopes are cyyAshed with a weight a
That the toll Of your life won't payi"
They didn't exactly understand how
they had got in debt TO such an extent,
for not a half dozen OF them could get
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grocery yet as they admitted the speak.
er to be a Every knowledgeable man,
they took him at his word and some Of
them swore Justify that they would never
pay cent. Let the rich man build his
own school houses, and educate his own
children" said the orator; and the ati-
dience declared most emphat;cally thai
he should "do that samc.h
Having wrought up HE hearers al.
most to mutiny, he left that branch Of
bis subject, and proposed to show up
some of the Republican leaders, begin.
ming with Ben. Wade. "Why, fellow.
citizens" said he, there is Ben. Wade,
a regular agrarian, who wants all the
property divided so that every rnen will
have an equal share" ThundsriDg ap
plause, and cries of Bully for him l"-
That's the ticket,n Hes the man for
met "Why, fellow-citizens,n said he,
Ben Wade Is Radical andan agrarians
he"-[ [Deafening applause, and yells OF
Good for the Radicalsi" Bully for
the 'grarianswl ...-. .......'.
, The speaker was thunderstruok. Evi,
IDENTIFY, his hearers had never heard much
Of Ben. Wade and the Radicals. They
had been well stirred up against the rich,
and they thought that RadicaliFm was q
species of Democracy, Of which Ben.
/
"Gentlemen - fellow-eitizens," COT.
/ tinued the speaker, II don't think you
exactly understand me. Ben. Wade 10
the Vice President elected by the Radt-
calls, and ne is himself Radical, and sn
agrarian land-pirate to boot. Why, what
do you think? He proposes to take the
rich mans property, for which be toilevi
in early life, and give it to those whu
have no property, even to those who Dc
no work. What do you -" ,
a VoICE-"Three chesre for Boa.
! Wade!"
And In spite of all that two or three
village leaders, candidates for eonstabls
and supervisor, could do, the crowd gavs
three laundering cheers for Ben. Wade
land the "'grarians." The orator find
ving that he had got on the wrong track,
abruptly brought his remarks to cloea.
A lie, In that instance, made Ben
! Wade several friends, yet we scarcely
feel like congratulating him on the ~
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