Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-08-21
AN OLD DEMOCRAT SPEAKS OUT
HIS MIND.
Speech Of General Joe Geiger.


Democratic war horse, who has n
stomach for "bIled crow" made
speech at Columbus, July 9th, an,
furnished the tail end of it Angus
9Th, 10 an immense crowd in tn
Capital City. 1t was rich affair bu
we can only give few extracts:
THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES.
We have a choice now of two can
didates for President of the United
States, Ulysses S. Grant and Horacs
| Greeley. You must run a parable
between the two men in order to as
certain for whom you are going Il
vote. They are both Republicans, Il
is said. and Horace Greeley stands ou
| a marked mana man spotted al
over with charges, a vacillating man
and as 1 claim in politics, a dishonest
man, never to be trusted with any
thing. But Democrats come to me
and say: why Joe, what's the use
of boiling? Here you have the State
ticket, all Democrats; here you have
the county ticket, all Democrats and
what if there are a couple of men on
the ticket that are not Democrats p
You must not expect everything just
as you want it"
SKUNK NOT RELISHED.
1t reminds me of some fellows that
went out q hunting. They came in
in the evening, and one had squirrel,
another had pheasant, another had
venison, and another had quail. They
prepared to cook their supper. One
threw in quail, another threw in
pheasant, another threw in venison,
and another threw squirrel into the
pot; and, in order that they might
have a good dish, another threw in
skunk [laughter]-and he threw it
in without cleaning. The men said /:
"What have you thrown in?" He
said: 81 threw in skunk" They re-
piled: "Why, great God, we don't
want any skunk" Laughter. i
"Well," said he, "you have quail, and
venison, and squirrel, and pheasant,
four things you do like, and you must
be satisfied with one thing you do not
like, and you must take skunk. -
Renewed laughter. 1 don't take it.
That's not my particular style of do
ing. When 1 see man like Horace
Greeleysput up for Office man who
favored secession, a man who has
trampled upon the party with which
/ have been associated some years, /
tell them don't take him without he
shows some signs of penitenee.
would like some Democrat in this
to deny what L say, and 1
say it upon my honor as gentleman,
that will not say any harsh words
to any man that asks any question
here this evening. 1 stand here to
impart information, and if 1 am not
able to DO so l will not veimpudent
answers.
GREELEY AND THE DEMOCRACY.
I claim in the first place that Hor-
nee Greeley was not nominated as a
Democrat that he said in advance of
the Cincinnati Convention that he
would not support any Democrat up
)n any Democratic platform. He said |
when that Cincinnati Convention |
met that if they nominated Repub- |
ican and put him on a Republican |
platform he would not even pledge |
himself to support that. He wanted |
% see who the Republican Conven-
ion in Philadelphia nominated; then |
when that was done he wanted to see |
the Democrats at Baltimore |
made a nomination OF made a plat /
orm or not, and if they made nomi-
lation of Democrat, and q platform
It Baltimore, he was going for what
,ver Republican of the two could beat
hem. He never wanted any Demo-
racy about him. He denounced
Democrats throughout the land as a
ct of common liars. Was that true
lie denounced you as belonging to
lie declared that if you would rake
II the penitentiaries, and go through
our bawdy houses, and sweep all
our gambling hells, that the men
ou will find there would be Demo-
rats. Was that true?
But you say that you said great
many things that was harsh about
IOrace Greeley. So you did. You
aid he was a disturber of the com
ION peace. Was that true? You
aid he was a traitor. Was that true?
'ou said he was disunionist. Was ;
nat true? You said he was doing all /
e could to break up the Government. ]
Vas that true? Now, did Horace
reeley lie, or did the Democrats lie Z?
Or did you both lie p
laughter Or did you both tell the J
nth about each other? If you did,
hat a magnificent assortment of {
amps you ale. Renewed laughter. {
cd and angels and men ought to look (
own on you with approval, as the $
Iorel world is purer because you live;
scause you absorb all the stinking J
lings there are around you. Laugh J
r. l don't believe this of the Demo- y
attic party which Horace Greeley
Is asserted. / believe he lied from a
,ginning to end. 1 was in the party C
r some years, and l never found a v
ole clever and honorable set OF men v
my knowledge of political associa- C
Ons than the Democratic party
nd the one thing that astonishes b
e, is that in the county of Franklin, n
here there are true, honest, faithful
en-, should stand here as THE ONLY
OF THE DEMOCRA-
: who speaks out boldly. a
reat God! and must a theme so long divine s.
generate into hands like mine" I
(Great laughter and applause.) I
The Democracy don't like it. Why, p
hen their Professionalism Thomp- a
MS rocession-marched up here 81
It Saturday night, did you ever see q
more melancholy funeral group?- II
Nobody to follow the d
nd of music and the sound of can Jc
n, and nothing to cheer them. They o.
! cheer once by order, and then it n
me out like a dead groan from a 1
arnel house. (Laughter.) IL was el
.e the old Dutchman said once, u
wn in Pickaway, when he had a le
ry bad cold, and was sick, and had IL
lain in his breast, and was very CO.'S III
'e. (Laughter.) He went to DR.. al
bson and asked him for some medi-
le, and the doctor gave him some cas-
oil and sticking plaster and told fo
~ to put the one on his breast and ID
re table spoonful of the other. The it
ctor met the Dutchman a few days ID
erward, and asked how he was get n
e. WELL" says the Dutchman, mi
1lerable well, no better as was. ."- m
ID the Doctor, "How did that medi- he
Ie do? Well, pretty goot," said in
''pretty goot after it worked, but he
ell you it was mighty hard to take. iII
ubbed that grease over my breast er
d it went first rate, but dat id al
,onfuI of leather and wax was sb
ghty hard on my jaws" Renew tel
laughter.l In other years, when te,
, shouts used to gurgle up from Sa
mOcracy, how they. would swell up tn
as to be heard throughout the city. IN
hen started at the lower end of -
Tn they would sFengthen and ae- sIC