The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-10-04


individuals have received this money.
but ! do say that by corrupt Legislation
III the way of individual gains. llirty ~.
forty million dollars has been soj1,ea
Oh this country an unjust and u,,r;,h,-
eons debt. Applause. We are called
npon to pay the interest now every siY
months, aud after thirty yerrs must nny
the principal and all This because thc
men who were at the same time lcpisla-
tors and cOrporators cOrruptly uscl
their legslativepowcrt to fastcn this cor
rpt debt upon the people OF the United
States (Applause.l
Now, ,then. Island here. fellow citizens.
TO insist that the Legislature Of your
counry. both National and State. need,
pnrification, and that the leading me,,
in our Government, the men who are
Speakers and members of Committee
on Pacific Railway and other RAILWAYS.
these men should be called to iusticr.
Il Applause. We need reconciliation.
we need puritication, and one not less
than the other The letters of Oakes
Amcs, the undcnied and undeniahle
letters of member of Congress and u
lcorporator aud Il large ck-holder il,
the Onion Pacific Railroad. whereof Il,
was lately President. these letters lncnn-
i'eStably prove corruption. and corrup-
tion in high places. Such legislature
lation as have briefly exposed to van
could not have been accomplished, could
noi have been ELECTED, without the con-
nivanceand support OF men hiyll in nu-
thoritv; and these facts assure Won that
st.spt inp re 81 I 4
Feilow-citizens, let me say one word
for reconciliation. For years / have
pleaded, for years ! have implorcd that
strife and contention should cease. For
years ] have said. "let us have universal
amnesty and impartial suffrage" Great
applause.] We have achieved impartial
suffrage. No man contests it. No man
disputes it. Now give us universal am
nesty. We ought to have it. Great ap-
IpIansc. Ii is time that alteration should
cease. II is time that the bitterness and
hatred cngendered by the late contest
should cease. 1t is time that the A.nrri-
can people = the whole of them should
be asked again To resume the right OF
power over our common nationality
NO out-casts. no aliens, no prescribed !;
lint all united once more in the VOWS OF
allegiance and the honor and the unity
and prosperity Of this great Republic. =
IIGreat applause.
!, ! plead for reconciliation, perfect and
complete. stand for amnesty so thor
lloug!i that no man shall be lett outside of
its circle. | desire 10 see ever, Ameri-
can recalled TO loyalty by being rskcd
10 stand equally with Us on a com
mon PLATFORM OF American Nationality.
.lAppiausc.
4 Feilow-citizcns. we were promised
his four years ago in the Republican.
Na'ional Platform. 1t has not been. con :
Iceded TO Us. We must take it. We have
asked for il long enough. Nov lei th,.
.Ipcop.c say We will have it! Applause.
In several states in Virginia, in Mis-
souri,, in Yves; Virginia = the people
/, have been asked: viii you have every
. man cnilancliscl; no man prescribed,
and they have always answered Yes.
yes! No prescription: universal am
Incsty. The people will so answer il
the question can he fairly presented. |
have put the question. and call on the
people so To vot c that no man shali
doubt that the American people demand
universal amnesty. and the restoration
of every withheld right 10 every Amer
lean. born or naturalizcd on our soil. :
Applause.
i People of Indiana. know vour gen
erous hearts are with me. | believe
your votes will testify that your heart.
!, are sound aud true. l believe that YOU
, lean not be bought. know YOU can not
be bulied. And | feel that when vonr
/, verd ict shall be pronounced it viii thrill
the hearts of the friends Of rcconrilia-
ton from one end OF the country to Tic
olher. APPLAUSE
|, ! know you and trust you. Youl
hearts beat responsive to mine. Max.
il sure that there shall DC no ambiguit,
lin your verdict and nothing 10 mar III,
completeness of your triumph. Lon.
: and dcafcning applause.
The crowd then slowly dispersed. =
! Speeches were also made by Culonc
!. Black. Of Illinois: w. G.. Kneffncr. o
! Illinois, and W. A. Kinney, OF Ken
lucky.