The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-10-23

VI
t RooHEsrER, Oct. 81.
Governor Seymour arrived here at
. O'Clock this afternoon, and was receiy
ed by aelarge gathering. of citizens
He was accompanied by';Hon. Franci
= Keenan,, of. Utica. They went to, tn
Osborne House; and at eight ,o'clocl
were escorted to the Rink by a largt
:, cRYRicRde and atoFchlight procession
: The Rink was filled with people, sis
thousand or more being present. Hon
2 2 Z.sL. Fish, mayor. presided. GoveE1ol
seymour addressed the meeting 10
: Il hatfe an hour His remarks were re-
cetved with great enthusiasm. He wal
I; followed .bysMr. keenan,. A display O.
fireworks was made near the hotel
after the meetings Governor Seymour
I goes to Buffalo at 8 O'Clock tomorrow
morning.
Atthe Rink he spoke as follows:
6ett0iO CTti$e'ts: am astonished at
lhis denomination. i left my home to-
day for the purpose of addressing q
meettngat Buffalo tomorrow evening.
can therefore speak to You tonight
but very briefly. But shall be fol-
lowed by those who more able than
myself, can discuss the great issues of
the campaigns Nearly four years ago
the war which ravaRed our land ceased.
Nearly four years ago the affairs OF
this country were c0nfded to. the adj
lnninistration Of the authorities. We
lound at the close of the great contest
that large section OF our country had
been disoTganized in its Industry, its
social structure, and Its moral condi-
ton as the result of that war. II we
turned from the South, that portion
which had been overcome by the valor
of our troops, and; took into .considera.
tion the condition ofthe whole country,
we found II burdened by. an enormous
/ debt. We found that our carving
trade had been, swept, from the oceans
ofthe world. We f0und the business
ofour country perpleXed by all the un-
certainties which 0yerhuug its future
business pursuits. [Cheers We meet
now for the purpose of determining
whether those who. have administered
the affairs of the United States during
the past four years have governed il
wisely and well. They come before
the people of this country asking to be
reinstated in power; they say they
have so controlled its interests that
they are entitled to the conf
dence Of the people,. They claim
their measures have been wise and ju-
-dicious,- and that they have tended
to advance the interest and welfare of
the Republic. In their Convention
they, congratulated the people upon the
success of their scheme of reoonstruc.
ton. The question now presented to
the voters OF this country is simply this:
/
those who ohaveconduuted the affairs of
the country? ECries of no, no, and
cheers.l Are they entitled to your con-
fdence7 CCries of no, no. Have they
SO administered your finances that
your taxes have been lightaned, as they
might. have been? ECries of no, no:
Have they relieved the labor of the
country from the great burdens which
rested on it2 [Cries of no, mol Can
the business men of the country who
conduct the capital say that they repose
such confidence in the wisdom of those
If they shall again be placed in power
they can go in confidence in their trans
actions? [0riea of no, no, and cheers.l
The answer of this great audience is,
and believe the answer of the people
! of this country will be "no.n The day
was when the American people were
proud when they were counted among
the foremost nations of the earth as a
people largely engaged in the commerce
of the world.5 [Cheers.l We do not
find that this great subject has during
the past three years attracted even the
attention of those who administer the
affairs -of our land. Whichever way
we look, Whatever class We address,
whatever Individual interests we con-
slider, we ind at this time the policy of
the Government Is such that labor
is depressed, business Is perplexed
and the futnre Is full OF un-
certainty. Now, how has the adj
ministration failedP Why have they
come SO far short OF the ful6Hment of
their duties that at the end OF nearly
four years Of peace, we hnd ourselves
still embarrassed, hampered and OPP
pressed by that same condition Of
iIhings which we found at the close OF
the late war; They claimed in the
National Convention that they had q
right TO congratulate the people of this
land upon the success OF their recon
struction scheme. They claimed that
our financial condition has been Inn
burden of debt which rests upon this
land was about TO be lighiened. Thus
far in the canvass these claims have
been discussed. Their speakers as well
as those who spoke for the Democratic
party, have been engaged in laying be-
fore yOu3thefr views upon the subjects
and what is the result? So completely
have our opponents side been driven
from the field upon these points that
they now find it necessary to change
their front. We are admonished that
change of front on the eve OF battle
Is dangerous thing after their con-
gratulationss that their scheme of re-
Construction was a snccess. What do
they now say when they are pressed
on the financial question, when they
hear the cOmplainL of the laborer un%
der the load Of taxation, and of the
business men at the perplexiIies which
surround them? They attempt to turn
away the public mind from the COnsid-
erationl OF these things; they attempt
once more to fire the Northern heart.