The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-08-22

SHORT AND SWEET.
MY FELLow-C CITIZENS !:

MY FELLOW CITIZENS:
| thank you most sincerely for the Kind
reception you have given me. Ii enjoy
will only be an additional stimuln~ h'T mt
TO try to deserve it still more in III, .uturt
than / have done in the past.
THEN AND now.
This is the second time 1 hay, visited
Belleville. The first time was in 1850 - hen
the Republican party made the great effort
/ TO prevent slavery from spreading into the
| territories of the United States, To-day
not only the backbone of the Republican
/ party Is assembled here. bat the back bone ol
the Democratic party also, TappauSel to
| prevent slavery not from spreading over
| the territories of the United States only.
| but over this whole republic. Renewed
! applause.
ONLY WANTED TO KNOW, YOU KNOW.
A few days ago | read in teIegraphic
dispatch that Gen Grant had said he did not
care whether or no he was reelected Pres
ident o the United States but for one thing.
He wanted to know whether the American
people believed all the things that were
said about him. Laughter. Wen. ladies
and gentlemen. if lac does not care | am
somewhat inclined to think the people of
the United States do not care. Renewed
laughter aud applauSc.l But ii he calls
upon them to tell him whether they believe
all the things that are said about him they
should DO so. and we might go through
them chapter by chapter
SOMETHING THAT GRANT SHOULD KNOW.
1t is said of him that when under the
most glorious aus spices lie became President
of this Republic, he first used his great
power IS chief magistrate To put his rela-
tions into Office. Laughter Now | would
like to know whether there i "A ReDublicau
w NNOnl1 4 L-pf IN ttnf tItat
is not true? W ell, then, | think the people
of the United States i'm this particular do
believe what is said about Gen. Grant, and
by distributing their ballot in November
they ought to tell him SO. Great applause,
and cries of good, good.@1 In the second
place it is said of him that instead of giving
peace and good government to the States
lately in rebellion the administration under
his control promoted the elements of war
by supporting in the Southern States with
the whole patronage of his government, the
most rapacIous and outrageous system of
plumber that was ever seen in this country
hardly excepting Tammany Hall OF New
York itself. Applause | desire to know
whether there is Republican here who will
deny that fact. Now, ii the people of the
United States believe this they ought To say
SO by expressing their Opt ion through
their ballots a. the Presidential election i'm
Novem Der next. and let him know it. Re-
peated applause.l In the third place, it is
said that great corruption prevailed throug
out this government under the admini>t"a-
ton of Gen. Grant. And more than that,
that instead of roofing out that corruption
and denouncing ii. and taking those thieves
by the napes Ofther necks and flinging them
out OF the temple, those thieves have in n
great measure, been protected and their
misdemeanors whitewashed. L would like
to know whether there is a Republican
here who will deny that A voice-''No.'1
Well, if the people of the United States be-
lieye that they ought to let the President
know it at the Presidential election in No
vember. [Great applause.
1t is said furthermore against the govern
ment controlled 10y President Grant, that
instead of TecOnciling the minds OF the
SOutl ern people to their present condition,
instead OF reviving good feeling all over the
country, instead of rekindling again the
spirit of nationality throughout this land,
this administration through the mouth OF
one of its cabinet ministers, has expressly
protested against the shaking Of hands
across the bloody chasm of the war. !
should like to know whether there is a Re
publican here present who will deny that;
and if the people of the Urited States know
such to be the case then they should cX-
press their opinion at the Presidential cleo
ton and let the President know. Applause
and cries of ave will, we will."l So, gen
tlemen, it seems that when President Grant
merely wants to be reelected for the pur-
pose of learning whether the people of the
United States believe what is said about him,
we are ready with the answer, ana think
it will be an answer that will not please
him. [Great applause.
DON'T RIDE A FREE HORSE TO DEATH.
Still will say one word in his favor and
now permit me, strange as it may seem, to
make little speech for Gen. Grant. One
of his principal spokesman at the great
mass meeting in New York said that it was
not true that Gen. Grant had enriched him
self while President of the United States,
that on the contrary he was getting poorer
all the time Now, whether it be true or
not do not know, but it is generally sup
posed that the President does not often be-
come poor, and the people of the United
States should protect him against that ca
lamity. Laughter.l Ii he has become
poorer aud poorer all the time during his
first term. how poor will the poor man be-
come at the end OF his second term APP
plause and cries of Good
Now, we all honor him for the great ser
vices he has rendered a a general, and no
Just man win be inclined to deny them.
The people of the United States ought to be
grateful to him for the great deeds he has
performed in their behalf and they ought
not to intlict second term upon him tor
the purpose of reducing him TO poverty.
[Great applause.] Indeed, the name OF the
American people would become "A by-word
among the nations of the earth, if they
should force that poor man to sacrifice all of
his goods to the common veal, so as to be,
at the end of his second term, obliged TO
sell the last house given to him. Renewed
applause and laughter