The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1872-08-09


If harm has the acquisition of that ter
: ritory done?
a 1t is said that Grant did not consul
:. Sumner. What of it? With al
J, Sumnsr's ,lsssical knowledge he nevel
g put sentence, phrase, or an ide.
r in the English language that ter
years after his death will be spoutst
!. by the boys and girls in our schoo
a houses when they make their speeches
e at exhibitions, as they now spout the
orations of Webster, Clay, Calhoun
e or Patrick Henry. Grant did not ge
r on his knees to him he allied him
D self with the business interests of the
Q country. Take for instance the las
eighteen months of Andrew Johnson.
8 administration and the first eighteen
( months of Grants administration
| On whisky johnson collected s40,.
! 000,0 900 in that time, and Grant col
lected $S2, 100000. The demand and
! supply were the same in both of the
} periods. The people paid the same
e taxes. We got the difference &c
through the entire list OF taxes and
you find the same thing. You will
{ find that during the first eighteen
? months of Grants administration, ht
saved to the people s102, 100000, al
compared with Andy Johneon's ad.
ministration. Under johnson it was
, swallowed up and lost in corruption !;
under Grant it went into the Treas
ury of the United States.
Compare our condition to that OF
England as to our respective debts.
} In hundred years England has not
paid Sl00, 100000 Of her debt; but
during Grants administration $780,
OO0,0 of our debt has been paid.
| Under previous administrations mon
ey was stolen--under Grants admin
istration tie money has been saved.
Then they say he likes a horse.
The fact is that when he was n the
army he was entitled to twenty-five
horses. When he got home--soldier-
like--the horses he rode in battle he |
took with him to Washington. He
has got half dozen spawned horses
in his stable now; one he rode at |
Missionary Ridge, one at Vicksburg,
and one in Virginia. These Internal
cusses want to make a fuss about
such things as these they complain
that, in obedience to the feelings OF
common humanity, he has taken
charge Of his battle horses-those
horses that he used when he was
fighting Horace Grseley's friends.
They say he has bull pup. Gentle
men, / have been there, and 1 know
there is not a dog on the whole of the
White House premises.
PLATFORMS.
Let US now look at the platforms
OF the contending parties. A great
noise is made by the advocates of the
Cincinnati platform about amnesty.
What did the Republican party under
Grant do on this question? They
gave amnesty to all rebels except
seventy or eighty. JEFF. Davis and
John c. Breckenridge and their like
are not included in amnesty. When
they do works meet for repentance
they may again be admitted to full
communion, but so long as their
hearts and souls and minds are op.
posed to the welfare Of our common
country and IN favor of splitting it
into fragments, they can be allowed
to enjoy an Otiuna cum dignitats in re-
tirement from places of public trust
and public confidence. l.
One platform is peevish, scold-
ing, whining, carping, fault-tinding
sort of document; the other is
sound, ringing, hopeful document,
that represents young America. II {
there be anything noble or great, that
represents Grant; if there be any /
thing sordid and mean, depend upon l
it you have your finger on Horace {
Greeley. d
The common men-the fellows
that wear striped shirts and poor
stand side by side, and
shoulder to shoulder with u. s.
Grant and, gentlemen, they will re-
instate him in the presidential chair
next November. 1t is q fight be-
tween an old fogy and fossil, on one
side, and young America ON the !,
other.
Fellow citizens, taking into eonsid.
Grafton who are the candidates before
you, there is no alternative for any
true Democrat but to vote for U. s.
Grant for President lam here as a
Democrat. i do not call myself q
i have proclaimed TO
you what / honestly believe TO be the
ruth no sinister or interested mo- =
lives control my action or give col
Or to my judgment. The conclu- 7
lions have come to are the result of :
.he best consideration | have been
lble to give the matter; and l be =,
ieve it duty / oSe to those with :,
whom / have usually acted, and to
he whole people of this state, to give
reasons for my present action. :
Gentlemen, l thank you for your
Attention.