The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-10-17
THAT DUMMY.
A HsPpE EeTOrt on a Rabid Greeley
Crater

IN Governor Wells great speech,
made 81 Petersburg, after comment
ing upon Mayor kelley's indOrse-
ment Of the ku klUX organization, he
read the following extract from the
mayors speech, made ~ Petersburg
on Wednesday night:
what shall l say Of the dummy
driving his horse along the Jersey
beach and calling himself President?I
know, said the Governor, Mayor
Kelley as an accomplished scholar;
q gentleman noted for his refinement
and culture; ordinarily courteous and
polite. am surprised that he, of all
men, the Chief Magistrate of the
queenly City Of Richmond, who
knows well what decent respect re-
quires, should have been betrayed in
to the use OF such grossly improper
language, but as he asked the question
I answer:
Who was the matchless hero Of
DOnelson, Shiloh and Ficksburg?
"rhe dummy who drives his horse
along the Jersey beach :"
VINO was it that led one hundred
thousand heroes to the victory over
Lee and his before UncOnquered army
from the Rapidan to the Wilderness
to the James, to Petersburg, to Rich
mond and the old apple tree at Ap-
pOmaItOx?
It was the dummy driving his
horse along the Jersey beachw
Who was it that planned, that
fanked, that fought, that shelled,
that charged at Steadman, at Fort
| He'll and Fort DamnatiOn
It was 'the dummy driving his horse
along the Jersey beach %
Who was il that seized the tiger Of
secession by the throat, and, holding
him there, said to those who caviled,
to those who hoped and those who
feared, ''I'n fight it out on this line
if it takes all summer"
It was 'the dummy driving his
horse along the Jersey beach ~
Who was it, after the victory was
won and the Union safe, said to Lee
and the conquered army, whose eOur-
age, honor and manhood he respect
feti-- Return to your homes, and you
shall nor 6s-disturbed by the United
States authOrities-sS1ong as you OBJ
serve your parole and ODey-4La laws
of the place where you reside ?' -
II was "the dummy driving his
horse along the Jersey beach %
Who was it that said to Lee, ''Let
the soldiers of your army who own
the horses in their charge take them
home with them for they need them
for their spring plOwing and other
farm work ?'
1t was "the dummy driving his
horse along jersey beach ~
Who was it when Lee, Wise and other
Confederate Generals were indicted
BY a Virginia Grand Jury said, ''rhe
officers and men parOled at AppOmat-
tOx cannot be tried for treason
good faith as we'll as true policy die
tates that we should observe the con-
dition of that Convention ?''
1t was "the dummy driving his
horse along the Jersey beach ~
Who was it that said "Siz years
having elapsed since the last gun was
/ fired, is it not time that the disabili-
ties imposed by the Fifteenth Amend
ment should be removed ?n
II was "the dummy driving his
horse along the Jersey beach9'
Who was it that restored Virginia
and reclad her in the full, bright,
shining garb OF a sovereign State,
and now calm and serene, unangered, +,
patient and faithful, dares, unmind-
l-ful of the threats, the abuse, and IL
ing ISLANDERS heaped upon him, to DO
his duty alike to friend and foe, to
God, his country and himself?
1t was "Jhe dummy driving his
horse along the Jersey beacnv'
Who is il that will live in the hearts
of his eountrymen-reveTed at home
and abroad, the great soldier the
/ modest citizen, and the faithful sub
| lie servant, unOstentatiOus, unassaLh-
ing, brave without ambition, for
| bearing, resOlute in doing what he
| deems right, but never offensive in
asserting himself as, soldier General
or ahisf-fnr- n thousand years after
/ MS poor detractOrs have gone down to
a forgotten grave?
It is "the dummy driving his horse
along the Jersey beach,"
No words can give any adequate
description of the dramatic effect and
tremendous power of the reply. The
voice OF the speaker was clear as a
/ bell, and was heard by every man OF
| the 5000 persons present, and might
have been heard by $4,000. As often
as he commenced the refrain, ''It is
the dummy" the audience arose,
shouted, cheered, laughed and wept
/ alternately. Such an effect has rare
/ ly ever been produced upon q mass OF
people. 1t seemed an inspiration. The
effect of that meeting will never be
forgotten.