The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-08-27

his baggage all checked. He told
the people IN his district when ho
was hore at homo that Andy john
sons baggage was checked. They
thought they had it checked, but
they found that there were mon in
tho Senate OF the United States, that
could not be bribed or bought, and
that could not be induced to vote
for impeachment. But / predict
that tho day is coming when the
fact ola mans having voted in Con.
grcss for the impeachment Of the
President for the political reasons,
will causo bis name 10 90 down TO
postority, hissed by all that come
after him. l voted against i'm
parchment, and am proud Of my
record. And want TO say to you
that ifyou don't like 1t and think
that / ought to DO defeated on this
account, aud wont vote for me un-
less l make an apology, 1 havo no
apology TO offer.
| intend TO conduct the canvass
in n gcnilemanIy way. l shall
make no assaults upon any body,
unless they assault mo. | shall
treat ovory man as an honorable
man, and us az honorable compcti>
tor. When mirerablo skunks get
after me J shall pay no attention to
them.
l remember what Or. Becchcr
once said. lie vas TO preach ut
Litchfold, Connecticut, and ~ no
was oil his way to church he saw
an animal standing IN tho corner Of
the fence. He couldn't get hold Of
a stick, so the threw his Bible at IL.
He had n new SUIT Of clothes on that
he was compelled aiterward to bu-
ny, as he could not either wash them
nor smoke them out, and he said
that he had learned nm important
lesson, that he had onco thrown tho
whole word Of God ut a skunk and
had got tho worst Of it.
l am going to contend IN this
canvass for these great issues ofthc
working mon. am not gong to
assault or i'll treat Mr.. Stevenson or
the Democratic nominee, ii one
should be nominated or Wednes-
day. Whenever any candidate
shall assuil me, then | shall feel at
liberty to defend myself. l know.
Job Stevenson. l believe him to be-
an honorable gentleman, and that
he will engage in this contest in an
honorable way, and until l shall
lind out tho contrary, | shall treat
him as an honorable gentleman. 1
come before the people of tho Seer
ond District with these great prIn.
ciplcs that | have avowed here 10.
night; in favor Of ono money for
all-ior tho bondholder aud the
people, in favor Of paying $685.
O0O,0 600 of bonds now rcdrcmablc,
in legal-tenJer currency, and Of
making all men pay taxes accord
ing to their property, whether
b%ondholdcis OF not. am IN favor
of preserving the public lands as the
common inheritance of tho people
tho poor man's patrinrony. 1 am
in favor Of giving a farm to every
man that wants one, thus securing
him Il homo, whore he can build an
altar, whether he DO 4 German, an
freshman, Or an Englishman no
matter what cOuntryman he Is, OF
native born, II no wants to build q
homo and cree: an altar no shall
have a part Of the patrimOny of this
great people. l am opposed to mo.
nopollcs. / am opposed 10 all grants
OF the public domain to railroads Or
spectators,
But, my c%onntrymcn, | must say
one thing, because il has been
thrown IN my :coth since | came
home here, ;hat | voted for the 81.
oux City ard Dubuque land grants.
Some ten years ago, Of course be-
tore l was Il member of Congress,
Congress granted to the Sioux CITY
and Dubuque Railroad several mil
ion acres Of the public domain
They could not build the read by
tho limo stipulated, but meantime
alternate SECTIONS had been sold to
settlers. They wished the time ex-
tended. lvoiod to extend iho time.
l said that We could not, IN good
faith to the men who had paid So 80
per acre for the land, IN the belief
that the road would be built--thatI
we could not, without paving them
back their money, refuse to extond
Tho time. But still, l said | would
not vote, as an original proposition,
10 give one rod OF land TO the Sioux
City or any other railroad. Still. l
would keep faith with tho Govo, n
mcnt. and give timo TO build the
road. l ask you if, then, as an hon.
orablo man, | could have voted 9th
crwisc? But lot them come on with
their charges. Let them howl. |
como before the intelligent constit. !
uency Of the Second District. | am
proud Of that constituency, that has
been denomlnated, in dorisivn, the
Bucket Brigade" Thank God,
you have the votes AMI you know
how 20 deposit them,
And when the workingmen Of the
country shall cease TO be the lick-spit-
ties and camp-followers of mere party
politicians, and vote for men because
they represent their principles and look
to their interests, you may expect to see
a brighter day for the Republic, But