Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-07-30
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General Blair I'm Hartford.

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The Hartford Evening Post, one
ofthe most dignified and candid pa
pers in New England, maks itself re-
sponsible for the following state
ment:
General Frank Blair, the Demo
cratic candidate for the Vice Presi-
dency, made speech in this city on
Monday evening, March 81, 1867,
of which the following is an extract:
"Feller citizens: The freed,m of
New England-the freed'm- the
C'nnecticut rivers redushed to tn
work shops of New Englan'.
A voice-'dry up"
The principles of r fathers dis
criminate r gou'ment from the mon
arr hic )ics Of r old world, and we
have to come down to absolute and
'rig'nal propositions of-of-lib'ty
and r pursuit of property!
Great confusion in the hall-cries
of ''put him out"
o, no, don't put IN ont. He'll be
put out when lie let's know that he
wants be put out. Great laughter. I
| say, don't put M out. There's
such a thing as r public 'rpinion,
and if man opposes public opinion
and makes a nuisance of '.nself, he'll
be abated--he will.
Here the chairman whispered to
him, and he smiled in a strange man
ner.
The gov'ment no longer 'zist-
they have sus'uted for it gov'ment
of Congres'nal discreshun-that Con
gress, without reference to the con-
sutton has preceded to'nact laws
in vflation ofcons'ution, by witch
r cons'ution has preceded to anihi'
lated.
Several voices 'rah for con'su-
ton"
Laughter.
Fell'r citizens / shay
Here he was interrupted by VIC
lent kissing and sta mping in all parts
of the hall
The chairman waived his hand in
a beseeching manner for the crowd
70 be patient.
My ferr citizens, 1 shall not tain
you but a
More stamping and kissing, and
the chairman waived his hand again
Iwish to say that this thing [? is
to 'stroy r gov'mcnt, which has been
r wonder and admiration Of r
world.
Loud Kisses were given and there
was great confusion. The chairman
lifted up his forcfinger this time, be-
seechingly
Fel'r citizens. Before
TApplause and Misses.
The Cons'ution-
Cries for Doolittle.
Both prop sitions-
Renewed Kissing, and great d;sor
[Chairman-"Order, order, gentle
men, order
1t is not true the people Of r
South
Long continued Kissing and mock
applause.
Chairman-"I beg of you gentle
men, to be so kind as to hear the ar
gument Of our gallant friend. He
does not deal in defamation.
Voice-''louder..
ask you
There the confusion was so great |
that the meeting threatened to break
mp in row, and many left the hall.
/ say, these negroes
A voice-D--n the nager, let |
them 90, and give us something else.
Shouts of laughter.
We cannot let them 60
Yoice-"wc hear enough"
(Blair then directed his remarks
to the person who had interrupted
him. and his smiling countenance
showed that he enjoyed the episode. J
l say
(Great confusion and cries of "sit
down." "dry up" with Kisses and
Here a gentleman on the
stage conferred with the chairman,
Blair trying, meantime to get the at
sention Of the crowd
l was going on to say that these
negroes-but as yoe'll not hear me
I'll give way.
He then sat down, greatly to the
relief of everybody in the hall.
The same paper prints elsewhere
he following copy of the bill of Mr..
F. p. Blair, Jr., at the Allan House,
n that city, for two days: Two days
board. $40; lemons and whisky, S65;
;otal, S75.
Does this throw any light on the
speech?
Truth is one Of the rarest gems
1t is also a gem not possessed by