Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-08-08


ed people were at the mercy of the
4 enemy, who--to his credit be it said
1 treated them kindly, fed them, and
brought them back to their old homes
4 You know what followed, how Prince
Frederick William of Prussia assembled
the American throne, and the other
humiliations that ensued 1t was q
4 fearful blow to Republicanism-a blow
i from which it will never recover. II
made us, who were freemen, nation
/ of slaves. IT was all the result of our
blind confidence in a misguided old man
/ who thought himself philosopher
May Heaven preserve you, my children
from theremorse feel when Iremem-
Der that voted for that bucolic editor
We give below the. speeches of Capt.
Danford, Hon. John A. Bingham and
DIR. Updegraff at the District Republi-
can Convention on the SOth ult.. We
are indebted to the h'telligencer forthe
same: gea- s.: rGH ;-5sHad $50 " .rjs
- Gentlemen ofhe C5aeentio,1l % When
i say that Ethan {. ,you for the honor
you have conferredoen me, l. say it
with a heart full of gratitude to the peo-
pie of this district. I'VE know it,
U have fought many a. hard fought bat
tie jim the Republican ranksas a private.
I shall endeayor ip the coming contest
with he.enemy to- do all, that lies il
my power to win victory for the, Re-
publican, party [cheersl l-the Republi-
liGan party without an ,affix or prefix
Il Gheersl-the grand Republican par
ity of the last twelve years-the, party
that needs no vindication at the hands
iof any .one--the party whose principles
.andIjthe- policy of which have been
Acknowledged by the entire country;
and to-day in accepting this nomination
/ sneak for the organization that has
presented las its standard bearer, the
President OF, the United States, Ulysses
s. Grant. tGreat cheers, n You know,
Iay fellow citizens, thatin these latter
days it becomes necessary sometimes
5to distinguish between a party styling
itself the Greeley Republican party and
the Republican party of the country.
The principles Of the Republican party
are well known, having been establish
ed in the legislation of the last twelve
wears. 1.-The, administration of Gen.
Grant needs tnos,. vindication,, at my
hands,. q We promised you, four years
age:; elect Gen. Grant President Of the,
United States and we will bring peace.
and order out of the confusion in the
South; and to-day, after a little more
than three years of that administration
has passed, we have peace at the South.
The cotton fields there are whitening
beneath crop that will yield five mil
lion bales to the -laborer- At that time
we said to you: elect Gen. Grant Pres
ident of the United States and we will
reduce the taxes for Federal purposes;
we will nay off the public, debt; and
under his administration we have PAID
off that public debt; $500, 200, 900;
taxation has been reduced q at the
rate of $100, 700, 900 per annum; the
credit aof, your country has gone up
and .yeur securities that in 1869 were
from Is to 171per cent. below gold,
to-day are at par in the money market
pOf the world. And more thanthat, my
fellow citizens, your currency that was
32cents below par is now from TO to Il.
This is the speech that has been made
by the Republican party of the nation
for the administration of Gen. Grant IN
-vindieation of his policy. And now,
my fellow citizens, we enter the cam
paign against a party that has been Or
ganized against Gen. Grant and Gen.
Grants father and Gen. Grants BROTH
ers-in-law, but what organization there
is against the Distinctive Republican
party ] know not. Applause. In all
the public speeches and declamation5
we have heard in the State OF Ohio
there is no faultfoand with the admin
istration of the public affairs Of this
State, and with the policy Of the party
that has brought peace. to the South.
There is no complaint save Gom the
KueKlux; and to-day the financial pol
ieNof. our government, as conducted by
Secretary Boutwell,, meets the approval
of every one; and to-day tho men that
are organizing, this attack upon the adj
mffiistratioH OF Gen. GrantAthe Liberal
Republican movement as they term 1t,
com prise the very men who in Wall
street would bring abouta panic every
day ini,the year. The steady men of
business, the mechanics, the laboring
men, the farmers, the meDnof means,
are satisfied with this ADMINISTRATION
satisfied wtthaits financial policy -satis-
fed with its policy toward the South
satisfied with its policy at home. They
organize now a crusade, against Gen.
Grant. a 1t is to bea personal warfare.
Well. 7 presume ttat is Just about the
size Of this Greeley Republican or Lib
eral movement; and whilst they are at
tacking Gen. Grant and are talking to
YOU about the number of horses he
keeps and the stables he has erected on
public ground and about his old father
who keeps the post-office in the city OF
| lCovington. we will be talking and con-
lducting this campaign on the grand
principles of the Republican party.
| fApplause.1 I Tt is a common remark
when two boys get to fighting on the
street, if one Is smaller than the other,
! for the outsiders to cry out, stake one
] of your sizei" But this modern Re-
publican part will not take one of their
size. They have got just about their
size when theyifight Gen. Grants faith
/ er and brothers-in-law. Applause.]
| I am not here to-day omalSe speech
| but let me say to you that in this 18th
| district, Gen. Grant had a, majority OF
3, 200 four years ago, and a majority OF
29yotes in Belmont County. Let me
say to you now, in Belmont County we
pledge you 500 majority for Gen. Grant.
4 fGreat cheers, We will d. more than
THAT. We will pledge. you =, 600 majori-
ty for Gen. Grant in the 10th Congress
ional District. The sensible people OF
this country are not going to change of
a certainty such as the administration
lof Gan Grant affnrds us for such an tlD-