Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-09-09

campaign on Saturday afternoon, by a grand
mass meeting and flag raising. The citizens of
Millbury turned out in large numbers, and many
people from the adjoining towns were present
in carriages. Soon after the arrival of the spe-
cial train, with a delegation of Worcester re-
publicans, the speakers mounted the stand
erected for their accommodation in the centre OF
the square, and the flag was thrown out amid
the cheers of the crowd. The Millbury conet
band, stationed on the band stand near by,
greeted it with the stirring strains of "The Star
Spangled Banner" and also performed appro-
pirate selections of music at intervals during the
speaking.
The Meeting was called to order by Mr. Peter
Simpson, Jr., president of the Grant and Wilson
club, who introduced Hon, George F. Hoar of
this city. After the enthusiasm had subsidized
Mr.. HoNr stepped forward, and spoke for about
half an hour in an earnest and eloquent man
ncr, which gained for him close attention
and approving applause. Mr.. Hoar be
gan by saying that every feeling which
arises in the mind finds expression in some
symbol, and any one who understands of what
that flag is the symbol needs no argument to
convince him of the appropriateness of throw
ing it to the breeze at the Inauguration of this
political campaign. What is there, he asked, in
that little bit Of bunting that makes it so dear
to mems hearts that they should be willing to
die for it? 1t signifies the unity and the au-
thority of the republic so we place it over our
fortresses overthe men-ot-war in our navy, and at
the head of our armies. 1t signifies the protection
of the republi? extended to all citizens at home
and abroad; wherever it floats the whole
authority of the nation is pledged to shield and
defend even the humblest citizen in his pursuit
of the nalenable rights given him in the dec
laraton of independence. 1t signifies equality,
and under its folds all meet as equal before the
law, the rich and the poor alike; and last of all
it signifies the honor of the republic; the smoke
of battle cannot dim its lustrous folds, and only
when it ceases to give protection to the poor
and oppressed does it receive stain.
1t is because it means all this to you that you
have added the legend Grant and Wilson to il
| There is no other name better fitted to adorn it
| than the name of him to whose patriotism and
military skill we owe the fact that we are
| one instead of two, or thirty-seven republics
| If the flag means protection to the citizen
abroad, whose name has better right there than
that of the man whose craftsmanship has
| brought England to her knees, and won from
| foreign powers the remuneration of their cher
| ished doctrine of perpetual allegiance? If it
| means protection at home, what name is there
more worthy to be placed on it than that of the
| president, who, by his message to congress when
| both branches were hestating, secured the
| legislation which has accomplished the suppress
sion Of the kukluX khan? If it means the honor
of the republic what name is more worthy to
appear upon its folds than that of the states man,
who, in his inaugural address, put his heel
on all attempts to juggle with the national
| credit, and declared that the bonds of the gov
eminent should be paid in coin? 1t is but
| natural that men, 10 whom the flag signifies
all these things should place upon it the name
| of Gen. Grant.
| The speaker said he did not forget that there
| are some men who think there is another name
which they would like to associate with the flag,
| but he asserted that with Greeey's name in
| scribed upon it, it could not mean all these
things. 1t cannot mean unity for Greeley ad-
vocated at the beginning of the war the right of
| the south to secede. tcannot mean protection,
for the Cincinnati platform declares that to the
state and not to the nation, belongs the protec-
ton of the citizen in bis civil rights He to
| whom it means protection abroad would hardly
| trust the protection to the generosity of Mr..
| Greeley. Mr.. Greeley is party responsible for
the terrible disaster that first overlook the LOYAL
| army at Bull Run. With cries of con to Rich
| mond," he undertook to teach Gen. Scott the art
| of war, as he now tries to teach the farmers of
| the country agriculture. 1t cannot mean equal
| ity, for Greeley has said the protection of the
| negro in his civil rights should be left to the
dominant race. How can the man to whom the
flag symbolizes the honor of the country, write
beneath its folds the name Of the man, who, in
| 1854, when the loyal arms had nearly succeeded
n conquering the rebellion, proposed to submit
| the differences between the two sections to the
arbitration of Louis Napoleon, and again to pay
| from the national treasury $500 100000 in COM
pensation for the emancipated men and women
| of the south? Will he write the name of the
man who sought to negotiate with rebels at Nj.
agara Falls?
Every country has its portrait gallery, in
which the people place the portraits of men
whom the nation delights to honor, accompa.
MED by some incident which has endeared them
| ture of Washington as he appeared after the bat
| tie of Princeton, when he restored the faltering
| confidence Of his countrymen; Of Lincoln, with
the emancipation proclamation in his hand and
after the next presidential term, when General
| Grant retres to private life, we may want to put
another there. There will be no lack of incident
| in his career as subject for the picture, and we
can put the legend, ~ will fight it out on this
| line if it takes all summer" underneath But
| if Greeley is elected, what can we put under
meath his picture to stir the hearts of our chill
dren as they gaze upon it in future years2 Shall
we put under it states have the right to secede"
or con to Richmond" and fill up the canvas
with picture of the battle of Bull Run in one
corner and the money bags containing $780,
100000 to pay for emancipated slaves in the
other? But, in justice to Mr. Greeley, it must
be said that neither Of these is the great typical
event Of his life. The artist would probably
take, as the scene for his picture, the Niagara
river, with Sanders and Jake Thompson on the
Canadian cliffs, and in the foreground there
would be seen, slowly clambering up the cliffs,
figure dressed in a white coat, a white hat
| with his pantaloons tucked in at the top of his
| boots and bearing in his hand white feather
| daughter.
The speaker then adverted to one suggestion
which he said should not be forgotten, lead
ing statesman of Massachusetts, whom we all
have delighted to honor, has just left the coun
try with shattered nerves, and bowed down with
hatred and anger, leaving speech behind in
which he advocates views different from those
we maintain. lie then read the following ex.
tract from the closing portion of the speech:
| The time for the soldier has passed. es.
| peelally when his renewed power would once
more remind fellow citizens of their defeat
victory over fellow citizens should be known
| only IN the rights 1t assures; nor should il be
| haunted in the face of the yanquisbed n sboud
| not be inscribed on regimental colors. or nor.
| trayed Ill pictures at the national caDitaI But
| the present incumbent is a regimentai eolnr
| with the forbidden inscription: he Is a nictnye
| at the national capital recalling victories over
fellow citizens. 1t is doubtful II such nres.
| ence can promote true reconciliation. Friend.
| ship does not grow where former difference arc
| thrust in sight. There are wounds of Tho mind
| as OF the body these too must be healed .
Even MIR. sumner, said Mr. Hoar recognizes
the extent to which the name of Gen Grant is
associated with the nations peace and prosner.
| ity. Has IL come to this that thu rhiaf ronts..