Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-07-11
.OGLESBY AT ST. LOUIS.
A Slasling Speech Of the Flo
Quent tllinOiNnn.

UoE. OSiesoy maze some tcIilnS
points in his eloquent speech at St.
Louis the other day. After defending
General Grant against the malignant
assaults that have been made upon him
he paid his compliments to Horace
Greeley. Said he:
We shall have Mr.. Greeley for
awhile, and some accompanying scnsa-
tions. We shall have him before our
people for some Of our citizens to vote
for. So far as I know he is very
good old man. l come not here to-
night to assail his private character.
lie has been tolc:ably good American
citizen. lie has some notions about
the kind of bread Il man should cat,
and what he should drink, that are not
pleasant to me. laughter l would
rather he would leave the American
people to drink what they prefer, aud
to cat what they like best, without in
jecting into them his fearful notions
about drink and rations. Laughter.
And I think it would be very good
thing if Greeley would dismiss these
very strange notions FROM his mind and
it would be very good thing if the
American people will tell Horace Gree
ley that it is not necessary ut all for
him to go to Washington to inausuratc
this system Of dict and drink for the
American people. laughter Now,
for all American citizens who want to
vote for Greeley, and do SO stubbornly
as mere prank or little sort Of
amusement for the hour-you gentle
men who desire to fool away your votes
and thus place mark Of condemnation
on Gen. Grant and give yourself in
history as having voted against that
man-for you will stand recorded in
the political history of the country as
having voted against him if you should
do SOTO such of my American friends
as desire to do so, I say, go hcadlong
and do it. [Checr*.] I, as friend
advise you not to do so, and particular
!
THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC COALITION.
Referring to the Liberal Democratic
plot and alliance formed at Springfield
he said:
l tell you believe in dealing open
ly and candidly with these gentlemen
They say that they are Republicans
Gentlemen, you are Republicans, why
don't you vote the Republican ticket
The Republican party Of the United
States has nominated Gen. Grant; it
has nominated Henry Wilson Tin the
usual way-in the accustomed way
according to the rule which all men Of
honor recognize. Gen. Grant is our
standard bearer to-day. He stands up
on our platform of eighteen resolutions,
every resolution plain and straightfor.
ward open and mani "a declaration of
principles that no man will be- ashamed
Of I say to these men who are going
to make this coalition-and let my
voice reach from Cairo to Chicago, and
let it 90 all over the State of illinois,
that l charge it upon them there that
they are going to make coalition with
the Democrats, of whom two years age
every one Of them were charged as trai.
tors to their country. [Chccrs.] Judge
'Trambull, Gov. Palmer, and Gov
K@rner, and Gov. Brown and Gen
Schurz, up to within the last three
years, made it their business to travel
over these Western States and charge
upon these Democrats that they were
coppcrhcads, that they were rebel sym.
pathizcrs and bad and dangerous men,
and unfit to be trusted with the politi.
cal rights Of a free people.
ILLINOIS CERTAIN FOR GRANT AMI
OGLEsBY.
! And now l charge it upon these same
men that they are going to Springfield,
under the shadow Of Abraham Lin
coins monument, to make coalition
to defeat General Grant for President.
But [ tell you, my fellow, countrymcn,
will beat them $4,000 to 100000
votes. [Great chcrrs.] Every poor
old soldier in Illinois, every old soldier
hobbling throughout tho Prairie State
on a crutch, every one with broken
arm, every one with an honorable scal
} upon him, every one with faded strength
every old and young man who bore
arms in defense Of our country, for The
salvation Of the Union, under orders
Of Gen. Grant, arc under Il commission
from Illinois. Every soldier in tho
State, and the mother Of every dca0