Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-09-25

le country. FOuE years dgO gre
Of many people prOphesied great d,
70 rangement in our monetary affairs
- They thought that the transition froI
ar the high price of gold and the cor
n sequent change of values back L
o wards the old standard, could not "a
to create eonvulsiOns in business, an
= a recurrence of the panic OF 1887 wa
If predicted. But so judiciously hav
|. public affairs been managed, that no
n only no crisis came, but on the con
> trary, unexampled prosperity. Al
3 departments of business have enjoyeS
: a substantial and healthy growth
. Instead of sn era of disaster and fail
o ure, il has been an era of unparalleled
: development. Look over your oNgT
region of country, the Hooking hills
and valley, rising so rapidly in
wealth. A like measure of prosperity
J eharacteriZes the whole land. Towns
and cities Gre growing up. Com
merce and business are increasing.
Manufactures are becoming more
numerous. The agricultural districts
are growing, and the mining regions
are rapidly being developed. All
classes and conditions are doing well.
The day laborer has plenty Of work
and good wages the mechanics are
busy; the farmer disposes readily of
his products; the manufacturer is
fiOurishing; the merchant is success
full F.; railroads are spanning the eonti-
nent; our rivers and lakes are cover
ed with inland commerce the ocean
Is plowed by fleets of merchantmen;
our flag without a stain floats every
where on land and sea, not only q
symbol of freedom, but Of prosperity
and power. Applause. We are at
| peace with all the nations. The value
of the real and personal property in
| the United States has increased more
than one hundred per cent. within
the past ten years, and that, too, dur
ing a time covering a period OF the
civil war, when more than three mil
lions Of men, North and South, were
drawn from the fields of productive
industry and placed in the ranks of
the army, and when untold millions
of property were destroyed. If such
was the growth of the country, during
the past ten years, what must it be
now in time of profound peace, when |
the mighty energies of all the people, |
instead of engaging in the work OF /
ug
ed to the work of building up the |
country in all its elements of material |
and moral power.
To General Grant, more than to /
any other living citizen of the United /
States, do we owe this wonderful /
prosperity. By his valor and skill as
a soldier, the rebellion was crushed.
the nation saved and liberty estab-
lished. BY his wise, firm, honest
and able administration. peace has
been preserved, the laws enforced and
the great business and commercial
interests of the country advanced.
[ lApplause. know that his private
and public acts have been assaulted
with bitterness and malignity. He
has been accused of ineompetency, Of
receiving bribes. of tyranny and cor
ruption. But his DEEDS shall stand
against the immense volume Of SLAM
der and detraetiOn which his enemies
put forth, and shall grow brighter
and brighter long after his defamers
and their lying tongues are buried
and forgotten. Great cheering.
THE BLOODY CHAsM.
Right here I am reminded Of the
of our opponents, that
Greeley and Brown represent the idea
Of peace and reconciliation, while {
Grant represents disorder and hate
more mon strous claim was never
made on earth. Greeley and Brown '
,o-day lead the party of disorder, vio- q
enee and outrage. They are support 1
d by every Kn-Klux murderer and q
-obber in the South, by nearly every :
rebel and by every Tam
many plunderer in the North.
There can be no permanent recon-
.iliation that is not founded in justice,
n the observance of law end in O
espect for the rights of all classes
nd conditions of the people. If you n
would have peace, bury corruption,
ioleuce and anarchy. Our opponents Il
ak about shaking hands across the ii
loOdy ehasm. I say rather fill it up il
fill it up. Bury all crime and cor
uptions in it. Tumble into it Tam
many, with its frauds. and robberies. 81
Send them to the very
OttOm. Threw in the Ku-Klux a,
Ilans of the South, with their horri-
le oaths and midnight orgies and II
utrages. Throw in all plans for de- Il
.roying the public debt or staining
he national honor, all remnants Of OF
,bellion and treason, and all pOliti-
Il bargains between men who would
.crifiee the nation on account of pt
lair personal hatred Of its most dis
soldier and citizen. Inn ii,
Iense cheering.] After you have
ot into it these denominations and in
buiid sn arch broad
I'D strong over the chasm. Let the CO
Tree constitutional amendments rep
senting liberty, equality and eiti- th
.nship, be three central stones. Let
le laws enacted by Congress for the be
lforcement of these great principles
the untarnished public faith, the vc
)etrine of amnesty as embraced in
e law of Congress, and announced vO
Grants proclamation, be the other
Dnes of The arch. Upon this arch,
hich spans the ehasm like q rain stc
w, let the people of the North and a.
,uth Join hands and lay their hearts ~
gether, looking no longer to the ~,
rruptiOns which lie buried beneath -,
but rather sing hallelujahs to the NJ
ign Of peace, Justice and prosperity y, "
lich has dawned upon the nation. ~
Ireat applause. bn
You all know the beautiful eeremo- ~,
in which the people join every ~
ar on the 3Oth of May-that of dec -. Sn'
ating the graves Of our fallen Union NJ,
diers. Down at Andersonville T.
ere is a graveyard where thirty he,
Ousand Union soldiers sleep their 81 "a
t long sleep. IA voice, Eyes, they sIa
re starvedS [ was there and pa ha,
Ow."1 These men died from star -,
ton and exposure in that Southern a
son hell, as my soldier friend over nc
nder states. No tongue can tell ~
pencil paint the horrors Of their
son lives. Jefferson Davis and the
Ter officers of the rebel government &c
responsible for these lingering ere
iths. Before God and the civil OF
d world they are guilty of thirty son
Jusand murders. Here IN this eig
netery lie their victims The col Ita
d people who live in the vicinity Tn
not being able to the
ain rare flowers, and yet wishing sad
pay some tribute to the memory Of
soldiers, went to the woods, dug
blue viOlets and planted them roo
On their graves. They have taken mu
t and spread, and now at each re- roo
ming spring all these graves are we
-ered with q mantle of blue viOlets, MIA
,uehing testimonial upon the part mu
he colOred people and fit tribute wal
The heroic dead. Horace Greeley escs
supported by, and upon terms Of and
with the men who muir.
ed these Union soldiers, and by a
Ku-Klux Klans who perseeute 81
outrage the peODle who planted .