The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-09-24

pay the interest now every ak
months, and after thirty years must nav
the principal. And all this because the
mon who were at the same time leeisla.
| tors and corporators corruptly used their
legislative power To iasten this corrupt
debt upon the people Of the United States.
Now, then, | stand here, fellow citizena,
to prove that the legislature Of your coun.
try, national and State, needs publication
and that the leading men In our govern.
ment, the men who are speakers aud the
the Committee on tho Pacific Railroad
and other railways, that these men should
be called to justice, (Applause.). We
need reconstruction; VIC need publication
and this not less than the other letters Of
Oakes Ames, the undenied and undeni.
able letters Of member OF Congress, and
q corporation and large stockholder in
the Union Pacific Railroad, whereof
he was lately President. These
letters incontestably prove corrup-
tton, and corruption In high places. Such
legislation as l have briefly exposed 10
you, could not have been effected with.
out the connivance and support OF men
high In authority, and these facts assure
you that publication Is urgently needed.
Fellow citizens let me say one word for
reconciliation. For years have plead.
ed; for years l have implored that strife
and contention should cease. For years
| have said let US have universal amnes,
ty and impartial suffrage. [Great ap.
plause We have achieved impartial
suffrage, no man contests, no man disputes
1t. Now give US universal amnesty. We
ought 10 have it. [Great applause 1t
Is Time that alienation should cease. 1t
Is time that the bitterness and ha.
tired engineered by the lost contest
should cease. It Is time that the
American people, the whole Of them,
should be asked again to assume the
right OF power over our common nation
atty. No outcasts, no aliens, no pro.
scribed, and then united once more in
taking the VOWS Of allegiance, and the
honor, and the unity, and the prosper.
tty OF this great country. Great ap-
plause. 1plead for reconstruction, per.
feet and complete. l stand for amnesty
so thorough that no man shall be left out.
side OF It's circle. desire to see every
American recalled to loyalty by being
asked to stand equally with US on com.
mon platform Of American nationality.
Applause. Fellow.citizens, we were
promised this four years ago in the Re-
publican national platform. 1t has not
been conceded to US. We must take
1t. We have asked Tor 1t long
enough. Now let the people say we will
have it. Applause In several States,
in Virginia, Missouri, and West Virginia
the people have been asked will you have
every man enfranchised? No man pro-
scribed, and they have always answered
yes, yes. No prescription; universal am.
nesty. The whole people will 80 answer
If the question can be fairly presented. |
have put the question. l represent the
affirmative Of that question and call on
the people so to vote that no man shall
doubt that the American people demand
universal amnesty and the restoration Of
every American born or naturalzed man
OF our soil. Applause.l People Of In-
diana, l know your generous hearts are
with me. l believe your votes will testify
that your hearts are sound and true.
| believe that you cannot be bought
know that you cannot be bullled, and I
feel that when your verdict shall be pro.
nounced 1t will thrill the hearts Of recon.
ciliation from one end of the country 10 the
other. Applause. I know you and
trust you. Your hearts beat responsive
to mine. Make it sure that there shall
be no ambiguity in your verdict and
nothing to mar the completeness OF the
triumph. Long and deaIening applause.
The crowd then slowly dispersed.
Speeches were also made by Col. Black,
OF Illinois; W. @. Knoffner, of Illinois,
and W, A. Kinney, of Kentucky.