Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-06-20
SUMNER AND HIS STANTON STORY.
A Islander sailcd--EItrncts from Mr.
Stanton's Speeches.

Islander Embellishments from Mr..
Stanton's Speeches.
Mr.. Sumner, in his attack on Presi-
dent Grant, made the following asser-
ton, in his account of an interview with
! Hon Edwin NJ Stanton, d short time
before his death
Il followed by saying, but you took
part IN the Presidential election, and
made succession Of speeches for him
in Ohio and Pennsylvania / spoke,
said he, bW / neUes. introduced tie
name Of Gcncrai Grant | spoke for
the Republican party and the Repub
/ llcan cause
THE FAI4SEHoOD EXPOSED.
Nobody ever accused Mr. Stanton of
/ falsehood, aud that he never told Mr..
I Sumner anything of the kind that he
quotes is fortunately proved by the
record. Everybody in Philadelphia re-
members Mr.. Stanton's great speech at
/ the Academy of Music, just before
/ President Grants election, ara the toll
lowing extracts show the complete
/ falsity of Mr.. Summers testimony:
Mr.. STATIONS sTEEcH.
Lddies and Gentlemen, FtliO,o-cjt-
ize,ss Of Philodelphio. This mighty
concourse, the largest that my eyes
ever beheld, is significant of two
things; First, it is a judgment in fn
vor Of Ulysses S. Grant.
Upon the election Tuesday, the Sd of
November, / behold the rock of our
nations safety; 0nd upon tie triumph
| Of the banner Whtch is heid IN the
/ hands Of Ulysses .. Gr0Ht, / behold
the rictorY Of the principies Of free
dom and Of just government, nor and
in all time.
Why then, fellow-citizens, have You
this night passed Judgment in favor of
! Ulysses S. Grant, and against Horatio
Seymour The first reason is from the
persons who put them in nomination
before the people, and who are now
urging them forward as candidates for
the Presidency of the United States
They met in New York a short time
ago and who were they} They were
red handed rebels, prisoners Of war TO
the United States, they and their assoc
ciates. They are the men who put in
nomination Horatio Seymour. Who
put in nomination Ulysses S. Grant Z
The great Republican party, that bore
this nation trlumphantly through the
war, under the Divine blessing, amid
the trials and dangers and all the vicis-
situdes of the great war that we have
Just passed through. He was nominal
ted by the great Republican party. The
first reason, then, tchy Shouid we prefer
/ grant, ON next Tuesday, to Seymour,
is to be found in the organization and
persons whoplaced them in nomination,
aud in those whom they represent.
! Grant represents the y0Yai heart Of
AntCrscC Seymour is travelling agent
of Wade Hampton and Forrest.
Another reason for your Judgment is
to be found IN the merits ofbe persons
themselves. In Grant we behold the
leader of our armies in the path of
victory. Applause. In Grant we
behold the great general who, under
Divine Providence, led our armies, sup
ported us they We're by some of these
who are before you here tonight, The
same gallant General who, assisted by
your present Governor john W. Geary,
and aided by your late Governor, An
drew 6. Curtin, here at home, in the
executive chamber and state admins.
trahOn, led YOU onward from the Mis-
sissippi to the Potomac eastward, until
no rebel flag poisoned the gale on this
continent.
+ These then are reasons ,chich fti3y
juStjtV the choice tchich Nou ,CiU make
Hert ItoSddy but these reasons are
denied by others, and chiefly by the
agent, the representative of Forest and
Hampton, who has recently been trav-
erslng this continent for one thousand
miles, giving reasons why Grant should
not be elected, and why the banner of
the Union, dishonored and inglorious,
should he entrusted to his hands.
The mistakes mentioned are, Sey-
mour says, 1.-the mistakes of the Re
, publican party. What, then, has
Gen Grant got 10 do ,cith hcm
Cheers for Grant While Congress
may have made mistakes, if You please,
without numher-day by day made
mlstakes-Grant was before the enc
my 5 face lighting him he was taking
no surrender, except that it was "Un-
conditional y Applause No terms
left ins lips but " Unconditional sur
render OF the enemy OF his country.
Upon the ith day Of July, 1863, not
outstanding the conduct Of Horatio
Seymour, the sun Of our country's
glory burst forth in splendor through
the dark cloud Of rebellion that mad