Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-08-04

| iield--niaSe itgreat and powerful
while some, who now claim all its
honors, staid at home making mon.
ey by buying quartermaster's ac-
counts and selling vouchers =
Loud applause and laughter,
! am accused Of wearing dirty
shirts but ! have two shirts, and
sometimes | get shaved.
A yoice-You got shaved to-
day.
Col. LII got skinned. Loud
laughter. Some say | drink, and
would be pretty good fellow if |
didn't drink. Others say am a
soldier, and the id soldiers want
everything. Others still declare |
am young and can wait But if a
man is not fit to send to Congress
when he is thirty, he never will be
it, A fool is none the better be.
cause he is an old fool. Laugh.
ter.
As to Mr.. Smith, l have nothing
against him personally, but can
scarcely think rim fit to repre-
sent this district in Congress, and
/ believe majority ol its delegates
to the convention to-day think just
as do. But ! wahtit understood.
that we don't mean to abandon or
break up the Republican party. Nor
does our division to-day mean the
election ola Democrat We have
plenty oftime to fix up our little
fuss, and clean ont the Democrats
handsomely at the October election
Applause,
] have been opposed by all the
officers Of the revenue in the dis
trict but we cleaned them out
handsomely in most parts Of it,and
if my candidacy does nothing else,
/ hope it will learn these officers to
attend to collecting, the reyenueI
and let other, peoples business
alone, Loud cheers.
Mr.. Louden then declared he did
not quite like Grants administra-
tion, because it didn't give any
thing to soldiers. The only sol
dicr thai has n place worth any
thing in this diatriot, was appoint
ed by Andy johnson And the
whole power of the Government
here, with that Of the
present Congressman, were turned
against me, IsaY these things not
a revengefut spirit l
would say them if / had been nom
mated to day, We make nothing
by lying.
A Notwithstanding was made
by lying to-day
Col. L.--That remains to be seen.
The end is not yet come,
The speaker then oulogized the
exploits and gl9ries of the Repub
ican party To that party we owe
iberty, union, national existence,
)eace. OF its record any honest
nan may well be proud. In that
accord we will never give up our
interest Loud applause. We
ntcm 10 stey in the wagon, and
1pivh it ourselves, Laughter =
We won't let any one disgrace that
'ecord by stealing land grants, de-
the revenue, or packing
County Conventions. / am not
mad at any body. | have the Sc
enc confidence Of man who holds
n his hand four aces. Loud ap-
Jlauso
JUDGE sLoAN's sPEBoH.
Judge James Sloan being loudly
allied upon, said that, other things }
,eing equal, he always preferred a
older for office. He eulogized the J
haracter Of Col. Loudon, and said :
e deeply regretted his failure to I
ecure TIE nomination to-day. Col.
.oudon would get up in the night
nd Burn his shirt to make LIGHT
/, obIiee his friends. He could
i've the lie to all tie petty puppies
lat have been slandering hlm for
le last two weeks. Those who
~ here at HilIsboro that Col. l..
in the habit of getting drunk, a
e, and some Of them know that
ley lie, Applause But suppose II
& does get drunk occasionally. A n
IAN who is drunk may get overit; 4
ut a natural id fool never re- i
,vars. Loud cheers Col, L. \
ould be better man drunk than !
cart load Of the intellec ual eu- Il
lchs that haye been slandering {,