The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-10-05

to insist that the Legislature OF Your coun-
try. both National ahd state. needs purics-
tioFa- and that the leading men in alu = Soy
@FBmeHt. the who are Speakers and
members Of Committee on Pacific Iailway
aud other railways. that these men should
be called TO justice. Applause- We. need
reconciliation, We need puFificatieB.s aud
this not less than the other. The letters OF
Oakes Ames. the undenied and undesirable
FletUers of member Of Congress and d cor
porator and large siockholder in the
Union Pacific Railroad, whereof he was
lately President. these letters inc8uteS1ablY
prove corruption, and corruption in high
places. Such legislation as / have briefly
exposed to you could not have been accom-
plished, could not have been effected, With
out the conBiVance ard 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 pleaded,
for years | have implored that strife. and
contention should cease. For years have
said. ''let us have universal amnesty and
We have achieved suffrage. No man CON
tests it. No man disputes it. Now give us
universal amnesty. We ought to have it.
IGreat applause. 1t is time that alteration
should cease. 1t Is time that the bitter ness
and hatred engendered by the last contest
should cease. It is time that the American
people-the whole ofthem-should be asked
again to resume the right of power over on r
common nationality. Nooutcasts, no aliens,
no prescribed; but all united once more in
tile vows of allegiance and the honor and
the unity and the prosperity OF this great
Republic. Great applause.
| plead Tor reconciliation, perfect and
complete | stand for amnesty so thorough
that man shall be left outside ofits circle.
| desire to see every American recalled to
Us on common platform OF American
Nationality. Applause.
Fellow citizens, we We're promised this
four years ago in the Republican National
Platform. 1t has not been conceded to US.
We must take it. We have asked fo- it
long enough. Now let the people say we
will have it, Applause In several States
lin Virginia, in Missouri, in West Virginia
the people have been asked: "Wil you
have every man enfranchised; no man
prescribed - and they have always an
swered Yes, yesl No prescription; uni
versal amnesty !" The people will so an
swer If the question can be fairly presented.
| have put the question. / 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 withheld right TO every American,
born or naturaliZed on our soil. Applause.]
People of Indiana, l know your generous
hearts are with me. [ believe your votes
win testify that your hearts are sound and
true. | believe that you cannot be bought.
| know you cannot be bullied. And feel
that when your verdict shall be pronounced
it will thrill the hearts of the friends of re-
Cancellation feom one end of the country to
the other. Applause.
| 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
your triumph. Long and deafening APP
plause.
The crowd then slowly dispersed. Speech
es were also made by Colonel Black, of Illi
nois w. C. Kneffner, of Illinois, and w. A
Kinney, of Kentucky.