Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-07-27


ward on the prOlongatiOn of that line |
that was laid at Sumter, and has run |
by that line through the glories of the |
last ten years Applause Wei
have seen growing up in States and in |
nation, a remarkable growth, planted |
by the Democratic party many years
ago-a policy that leaves the whole |
official business of this country 10 be |
doled out as political patronage, to |
make the political capital of admins
trations and politicians and we have |
seen the evils of it, and the Republi- |
can party, thanks be to their manhood, |
| have set their faces toward reform |
in that direction. and our platform has
recognized that hereafter we are de
| termined that the duties of the State
shall be first, and the political inteI ests
shall be second in all instances, and
that the State all inquire who can do
| its work, and hot who can eat its plum
pudding. Laughter l a4n glad to
see that introduced into our party =
am glad, rather, to see our party NOV
ing into it, the first one of the new
things that lie exactly in the line of
our old march.
Now, fellow citizens, we have all
these stirring recollections to come up
and urge us forward in the great work
we are engaged in. Your Senator has
/ shown you the character of our tri
nmphs i'll the way of finance. He has
shown you the possibility of our pay
ing all the debt of the Republic, and
seeing the last dollar discharged with
honor, and the last soldier paid his
last bounty, and his last pension claim
All this is now before US as a pOssibil-
ity; a certainty if we hold on to pow
err Remember the utterances that are
being made across the line yonder -
that man, supposed dead and buried
under the ground of a broken rebel
lion, says in his infatuation that the
Lost Cause is not lost; that lie hopes
to live and believes that he will live to
see the Republic torn asunder, and Sc
cessiOn an accomplished fact, and what
do the Democrats say co these utter
ances of jefferson Davis The most
, they say is that he was imprudent Can
you find me anything else in their pa
pers than that he had better of kept
still, for he was under q cloud, and it is
imprudent to have him speak Robert
: Toombs speaks with more boldness
still, and he don't merely say that the
principles will triumph, but that the
war will again be aroused and carried
on. Well. he is a lunatic, a mad
t man, but nevertheless he is in the Dem
ocratic party, an oracle in his own
] country, a leader in his own country,
, aud you cannot ignore HIM, Dem
ocrats of Ohio, and you can't expel
] him or omit him. \ our party is a
/ seamless garment. 1 beg pardon for
: using that sacred figure, for such a
!; purpose, but you are woven of one
e piece from the lakes to the gulf -
e Cheers. There is now and then q
! golden thread runs through the web,
b but it is all the same general make
: Laughter
Fellow citizens, the Re[ ublican par
t ty has no secrets to conceal from the
e American people. We have no great
e crowd of men to be muzzled and kept
n out of sight while we make appeals tc
Il the people. We are ready to show al
It the doings of the Republican party
e Here they are scattered all over thu
e Republic, where there are full hearts
/ and brave ones and we call your atten
: ton to them as worthy of your love
II and confidence.
n will not detain you longer, excep
Y TO say [cries of Go on,'' that tn,
d ticket put in nomination to day il
/ worthy of your fullest confidence
o They are mainly young men. Th
|, ticket is headed by young man whc
o left one leg on the battle field of hi
n country, but is able with the other t.
le outrun all that can be put against him
d Cheers. We have a ticket, fellow
citizens, for which we have no apollo
r, gies to make. and we want but one sim
i pie word to lead us on to victory, AM
L that is not apology, but it is aggres
le sion. FOrevermore. we fight on ag
i gressive warfare. We put these gen
ar tlemen of their supplications; we as
ID them what they mean; we ask ther
10 to defend themselves: we enter til
:, lists with drawn swords. with lance
IS at rest, and may the God of Battle
If give victory to the right Cheers.