Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-06-07

count. lie said / do sincerely desire
civil service reform, and will cordially co.
operate with Congress in order to attain
this result" Now, when Grant went
further than any other man In the United
States, and further than any other Presi-
dent ever went before in this direction,
why Is It that these Liberals cannot be
satisfied These fellows who went from
Springfield and Chicago, Tammany Hall,
and varions other places in the United
States, to Cincinnati, put their own con.
struction upon civil service reform. l do
not blame them at all. But how could
you expect these gentlemen on the out
side to do otherwise than quarrel when
two of their great leaders differ so Gov
ernor Brown said 1t was the best thing TO
recommend officers to the President.
Judge Trumbul said 1t was the meanest
of all things to do and these other fell
lows concluded that the fairest exposition
of the doctrine would be to turn us all out
and turn them all in. Applause Now
that can be understood 1t means some
thing. There is not Democrat in the
State OF Illinois that cannot appreciate
the full force of it. [Laughter.l
The next thing was another reform
They must have amnesty for every rebel
in the United States. That is liberal in
deed. But tell these gentlemen that be-
fore we can grant amnesty to the rebels,
it will become our bounden duty to grant
amnesty to these Cincinnati rebels. APP
plause and shouts of laughter. Amnesty
is not principle; it is simply an act of
clemency; mere act of charity; a mere
question of propriety; of expediency;
fully covered by the Republican platform
of 1865; again modified and made plain
by the Illinois platform of 1872, in this
city to-day. You call it Il principle. Why
organize a side party upon itY 1t is but
the exercise of charity; you cannot man.
ufacture principle out of it. 1t is a
mere question of expediency, and to he
granted to every man in the South when
he snail be willing to come back and be-
have.
This Cincinnati Convention deliberate.
ly determined to have revenue reform,
charging upon you and / and the people
that we have tariff solely in the interests
of monopolists, with the cry of "robber, u
''robber," from morning till night. And
so they went to Cincinnati to bring the
tariff to free trade and reform standard,
and to get rid of this terrible monopoly.
And so they met in convention, and, to
show the American people that they were
in dead earnest in this matter, they nom
mated Horace Greeley. Laughter
! They said they were opposed to the Ku
| kluX laws, which were crushing out the
| liberties of the Southern States, and theil
| papers came out and assaied Grant be
cause of these laws. They were determ
ined to abolish the Ku.Klux laws, and
were willing to fight, if needs be, to make
them odious. Now, what did they do
They nominated Horace Greeley, who
strenuously advocated every Ku-Klu1
law, and growleC, and growled continu
ally because President Grant did not xii
more of those people down there who Sc
much needed killing.
There had been much corruption il
! New York, and Congress was compelled
to pass law protecting the rights o
American citizens. They took that Law
as an outrage. They say it trample
down the rights of the people. What die
! they do? They nominated HoraceGreeley
who demands not only the enforcement
of the act, but growled for six months be
cause Congress did not pass more strin
gent law. Could any party be more con
| sistent? ? Could any one expect to ge
votes from this party?
This movement has been a frightfu
disappointment; it is delusion. No Re
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not cheated in the expectation he had o
breaking our own party up. They founC
it impossible to break up the old party
They are dissatisfied and unhappy be
cause we are going along smooth ant
nice. They wanted something new. Tn
masses of the men who went there hav
been imposed upon, and the result is tina
they are ready to-day to turn their back
on the chiefs and come back into the oil
party where they belong. Applause.
| would not feel to day as they feel fo
ANYTHING, l have no Vnkindness towar'
| them. | have no malignant feeling 70
them. am sorry, and little ashamed
| wish they hadn't done it. l wish the
had stayed where they belong, and helpe
to elect another good man to Congress
and the next President, to keep the Gov
ernment in the HANDS of its friends, an
in the hands of the people who love an
adore it, -E,rtrdct fran Hon. R. j. OgLeSby
| recent sDeech at SDTtngfelf. H.