, 1872-10-23

~ onn of the most experienced and sagaclous
politicians from. the 1nteno1: u, Inc recent
sr,d made them All intenge power. We carried
Tnd;ana. which was last year against uE; and
made splendid show in Ohio. am sure of
New York State by z, 5,0oo."
certainty of carrying that gallant State by 10 900
majority Mr. Thompson, OF Ohio, was conf
da,lt of handsome majority in the Buckeye
state, He felt assured that A1r. Greeleys per-
sonnl popularity, in Ohio would make him much
stronger there than wes the Slate ricact- Con
necticut was reported certain for us, and New
Hampshire more than probable.
all the Southern States but South Carolina
and Mississippi we're considered safe. Senator
Ransom, OF North Carolina. only desired to hear
the guns from New York to score his State Ger
tain for Greeley and Brown.
FOE ILLINOIS,
I could but say that, with Indiana sure: as I
row verify believe her to be, nothing but the
loss OF this 6tate-with q renewal OF my pledge
that Illinois should not be lost On account Of
any fault of mine-and il shan1 [Cheers.] Will
not every other true Democrat and Liberal
Republican respond likewise
FROM ALL QUARTERS OF TIE STATE
the most cheering intelligence is received by the
Executive Committee from day to day, assuring
LII that, with proper and united effort, Illinois
may be brought to lead the Liberal column in
the West.
And as Illinois goes, SO we are assured will go
Wisconsin,. Senator Schurz will make
good his account from Missouri
Governor Randolph. Of New Jersey, vouched 1or
his State California, Oregon, and Nevada nov nov
considered hopeful. With this showing you
will see that the figures will bring us out, "1th
several States to spare.
One word further as to our situation, and the
treatment now called for at the lands OF
TIE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. =,
It ia fair now to assume that the Uemocrauc
aud Liberal Republican parties arc one aha ~
d:rsible. The Liberals have come up nobly TO
the work. They have drawn the SWORD, and
! thrown away the scabbard. Ihey nave crossed
might be rendered Impossible. They have cast
in their lot will, u.s. They Are able and ready to
| give us noy-to give to the Democratic party
the help that is necessary to elect our President
our President, the nominee Of the Baltimore
Convention.
| And how hare we met met them--and how
! should we now meet them? This il an IN
portant question, and one upon which ne shall
| doubtless soon be enlightened by our eloquent
friends present.
| It's. without doubt, for the Democratic party,
| aided by their Liberal Republican friends, to
| overthrow and cast out from power the most
| corrupt government that ever cursed e country.
| every true Democrat in the landry those who,
| from year to year, hare fought together, shoul-
! der to shoulder, without division, to saTo the
country.
To those Democrats, unwilling to abide the
decision Of their party, would say, passc and
consider we'll tho dread responsibility under
which you are acting in this great crisis OF our
| country's history, remembering that mien now
are nothing. principles everything.
! their party; enemies undlsgulsed; leaders Of
| public opinion, who, If not
FOB FILTHY LUG
then perchance to crafty low feeling Of malice
| or reYeEge-rot satisfied with the exercise o1
-. - s1y-111 ff1of
should support, as at an earlier day Tas pleaded
for so Justify BY some Of them. when charged by
the Democratic press With bad faith toward then
party,-haye become not only tho villltiers
OF their party, but in the most dornaaEoslca
| manner resort to the lew means Of aseailing IN:
dif5dual character in order to defeat the party
with which they have hitherto been connected
thus prolonging indefinitely it may be the ex'
istence Of that party which, in their own judg'
! nent, is, by the most corrupt and uncrupulous
means, eapping the foundations Of ou'
Government And all this, because, like the
| jurymen who denounced the other eleven ner
| on the jury for their stupidity in differing witt
him, the party have, in their discretion, chosen
by
| WILBUR F. STOREY.
Well: aa he, with his few selected pail l-bearera
| Or such OF them as may adhere to his pol'tica!
will Ee remembered By them in the future, go
IN turn, the party may be permitted to answer
that they-Storey t. Co.-will not be forgotten.
Now closing, my fellow-citizens, having
already drawn too much upon your time ant
patience. let uB follow the noble example OF ou>
sister State, Indiana.
Let us unite with our brethren Of the South
let US Join hands with Kew York and New Jer
soy, and our frierdsin New England; and vic
tory shall be ours
/ now have the honor to nominate Hon
ThoB, Hoyne az President OF this meeting
Those in favor of that nomination will say aye
SPEECH or GOVERNOR HENDRICKS.
The Hon. Thos. Hoyne briefly introduce
Governor Hendricks, who spoke as follows:
| FELLow-C1r1zRSs know that will not b
able to make myself heard tonight by this grea
crowd of people. have no prepared an
studied speech to address you, but for q sho1
time will ask your attention to the consideratio
Of those questions that think right to contre
the great election to come On. The politics
contest OF 1872 is peculiar and very interesting
On the one hand the Democrac
in very large numbers did not expect nr. Gree
Icy to bo the candidate, and on the other hand
large element of the Republican party, per
haps decided majority, we're opposed to the re
nomination Of General Grant These men hay
come to be the candidates. and, under the proyj
dence OF God, either Grant o: Greeley ls to b
the next President, and yeu and hays reo,d to e
r. Greeley"-chee1s.l That is the practic;
question addressing itself to every America
voter.
/ OF Mr.. GREELEY
need not cay much to you tonight. He
known to you; he is known in every neighboI
hood of this country. Horace Greeley
known wherever our language is spoke
and understood. Nearly fifty years az.
q poor boy, without money
his pocket, without feiends around him, can
into the great city Of New York, aud in Il
midst Of that great wilderness Of strangers.
commenced the career of life, and from ths
humble beginning Horace Greeley has gone Q
until he now stands at the very head of the gre'
profession to which he belonga. All men Of a
parties admit him to be an honest man. al
when say to you that lie is an honest man,
! express to the people the highest assurance the
can have that he will redeem the pledges mat
by his authority. I know, personally, muc
more Of
QRATz BROWN
than / do of N1r. Greeley. served in til
United States Senate with Gratz Brown 7 lno
, him to be man Of talent, a ma
Of private life. Gratz Brown can
: to occupy prominent position in American po
itics under very interesting circumstance
especially to Democrats. Five years ago in tt
, | State Of Missouri the white Democrat was
prescribed. degraded, a branded man he WI