The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1872-09-25
GREAT SPEECH
OF
hon. 4. BUCHER SWOPE,
AT PHILADELPHIA.
A SpIendid yindicatiOn OF Gen. Hart.
ranft.
AT PHILADELPHIA.

lpear before you upon this occasion ex-
ceedingly prOstrated. 1 have been
very i'll, and | may perhaps be under
the necessity, before going very far,
to crave the indulgence of taking a
seat upon a chair. 1t will scarcely
be expected of me tonight, after the
exhaustive, eloquent, logical and con-
vincing discussion of national ques-
tions that you have just heard, that
should attempt to enter upon the
great subject Of national politics
Moreover, to-day there has flashed
across this continent, making glad the
hearts of loyal men, from where the
broad Atlantic meets its eastern
shores to where the blue pillows of
the great Pacific dash and break and
die away-a speech more logical,
more convincing, more grand, more
glorious than ever was uttered by
rhetorician or orator from the plat
form-which comes from the noun
tains of the Pine Tree State Cap
plausc.) All. my fcllow-citizens, it
tells YOU tonight in thunder tones
that the Greeley bubble has burst
| laughter that the bastard move
ment has collapsed, and that all that
remains is to bury it in some bloody
chasm" so deep that the Angel Of the
Resurrection cannot awaken it
| Cheers. White caps usually dis
appear in Pennsylvania about Octo-
Der laughter you don't see any of
them afterwards but the frost comes
earlier in Maine and Vermont, aud
the thing has been sadly nipped in
the bud Laughter. And now,
forsooth, this great party-this COM
bination of the good and virtuous
and patriotic of the land, that was to
move on irresistibly to victory-this
great party is in mourning. And
when that distinguished citizen of
Pennsylvania, that model reformer,
that magnificent specimen Of political
virtue and high personal character,
Alexander Mcclure hisscsl heard
last night at the Continental the news
from Maine, YOU ought to have seen
him chew his tooth-pick, Laugh
ter. Why, they are ready to give
up without another blow They are
worse scared than the Dutchman was
at the time of the cholera During the
cholera excitement, when they had
lists Of the names Of the people that
died OF the cholera, fellow rushed
into the Ledger Office one day and
said: Does yer keep here der list of
der people dot don't die of der chol-
era ~ Laughter "Yes, sir
"Den dis is der blace where / gifts der
list ~ YES" 'Den let me see der
list" 1t was shown to him. "Now,
will yer read der names want TO
see if Carl Hobensacken is der" So
they were read along. There stood
the Dutchman. BY and by he said,
"Well, if dis is not the funniest ding
you ever see, by tamn; dat is my
name, Carl Hobensacken you see dat
] was drunk, and | got scared, and |
think had der cholera and dat was
dyingw Laughter. Now say
that this great party is worse scared
than Carl Hobensacken was
Laughter. But, my fellow-eitizcns,
it is nothing more than a vote from
those great Commonwealths, as the
Attorney-Geueral has said, proclaim
ing to the people of this great coun-
try, and to all other lands, that for
four years more faithful ruler and
an honest man and a true patriot
shall control the destinies of this great
Republic. Applause. | pass them,
as you will naturally expect of me, to
the discussion Of the question involv-
ed in our State canvass. ask your
consideration briefly to
SOME OF TIE CHARGES
that have been made against our can
didates and if | have the physical
strength--and your patience will jus
tify ito brief discussion of the
record Of the Democratic ticket-the
renowned and patriotic and distin-
guished Bhaile-:: r. Buckalew. One
of the first and principal charges that
has been made against the Republi-
can candidate for Governor is that he
is the candidate of the Ring, the
Treasury Ring, the Ring that con-
trolls the politics of Pennsylvania, the |
Ring that is under the lead and do |
minion and power of that man,-who
if we are to believe all that is said |
about him, must be a demon incar-
natc-Simon Cameron. Applause.
Now my fellow-citizens, | have never
been an admirer of Mr.. Cameron
have never belonged to his wing of
the party in Pennsylvania but, on
the contrary, as many of you know,
have always been identified with |
what is called the wiag-the same
that the President of this meeting has
belonged to (referring to Mr. Mann)
what is known as the Curtin wing
of the party. Cheers. | want,
also, to say to you, tonight, just here,
that while that distinguished War
Governor of Pennsylvania is lying
dangerously i'll in New York that
the reports which have been put in
about his being opposed
in any way to the National or State
tickets are lies cut out of the whole
cloth cheers], and that if he were
able to raise his head from his pillow
he would hurl them back with scorn
upon their authors. Applause. l
say have never been an admirer of
Senator Cameron, and have never be-
Ionged to his wing of the party. But
some things | know about the manner
in which the nomination of John F.
Hartranft was brought about. Ap-
plause. In the first place you will
my fellow-citizens, that for
for more than year, previ-
)us to the meeting of the State Con-
Tention, Gen. Hartranft's name was
prominently mentioned in connection
with the GubernatOrial nomination,
md that county after county instruct
ID delegates for him, to represent
hem at Harrisburg.
CAMERON OPPOSED TO UARTRANFT's
NOMINATION.
The week before that Convention
/ happened to be in the
,ity of Washington, in the discharge
IL nflicial duties d While fhnrn | wac .