Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-09-26
Firm HIarSeillcs.


Our village has been remarkably quiet /
of late. ut least rs far rs politics are con
cerned. But on last Saturday evening.
n few friends OF the great and good
fIoris," gathered on the corner, to speak
his praise, and celebrate his fame. The
first speaker was T. Z Grisell, who
commenced his speech by saying that it
il the duty of every American Citizens
to cast in his vote ut the coming cleo
ton, and since there are but two caudl-
dates presented. of two evils he should
choose the least, and it any one wishes
to avo'd this choice he can relieve him
self of the difficulty by voting Tor Mrs
Woodruff, For his part he nas made up
his mind to support Horace, anu since
the Republican party has accomplished
its end, and has no excuse for keeping
up its organization, he has abandoned
1t. Yes like others OF his stamp he has
gone out from us because lie was not o.
us And is Thomas proceeds with his
eloquencel lie says: The old qncs-
tons are settled-don't keep open the
b!Uodly ciIasm-rc>torc relation OF
friendship with the SOuth-we want
conciiiItion anu aililiatIon-snake hands
over the chaSm-wc must be frienus.
The soldiers convention met ut Pits
burgh last week t, fight oyer the BATTLES
ot the war and make speeches for their
candidates. (Wcll why not) who has
any better right To speak his sentiments
than he who stood face to face with tile
rebel for surely not he who supports the
ever-changins III. G.. Then the speaker
illustrates. Bad hoy whipped by faith
er: boy gives up, shJuid Pa. every day
throw into into his mce his naughtness,
or rather should lie not fall on boys
neck, give him Il new suit of cloihes,aud
Kill the iatted cali. They RepuOli
cans say We whipped the south; but
fellow cit ZenS some OF yuu Democrats
know how the South was whipped. I,s
Mr.. Speaker that is true and some OF
them know how to vote for Grant too
For about zen minutes the Speaker Rept
open the bloody chasm and walled Il
wall for the poor Southern States about
the Cover nment being in the hands of
skallawags and carpet -baggeIs; i'll
ere a>ed taxation and ueprcciat valu;.-
tiOTs for all of which Grants adminis-
tration was held sponsIble and lie also
charged tie administration of swindiing
the Government by building one hun
dred and ten miles of Georgia X. R.vith
iron sufficient to only lay ten miles
truck.
Honest Horace wont allow such swim
dies, Ms advice to the men in pursuit
of JEFF Davis was, make hate slowly, let
him get out of the country. The best
act of Horace GreeloY's life was the bail
ing of Jeif Davis. Like the scapc-goat
Te read about. he dill not say where.he
took our sins on his shoulders and car
ried them into the wilderness s, Graz
pays public debt lis lie whipped the rebel
with brave men at his command. The
people have urn shed the money ard
are still furnishing it, The Admins
trato on claims to have reduced taxation
Ithas reduced it by taking it on where
You could feel it and putting it on
| where you could not feel 1t. ANY thing
to beat Grant. Then the Speaker pro-
etdcd to relate an anecdote of the Dent
'oti er;, out Oh the Pacific Il. 7. who
were furnished, by the Government.
with cattle which they sssIed to the
| Indians. then traded pOcketknIyc5 for
them and issued them again until the
cattle were worn out, and finally stated
| that lie had noIhInT To say OF Grants
qualifications as Il soldier, bHt as 4 civ
| ilian he's Il failure, never voted 4 Re
| publican ticket or uttered a Republican
| sentiment in his lie, dil'nt build forts
when he was Il boy. aud when young
man hauled cord wood ana sold it for
whisky; WAS very poor, never had any
money AMI since lie Gct to be president
SMOKES too IMany cigars. So en- leth t. C
| speech oi ThomIS,anI Low Smally rises
to say his piece but us the crowd had
mostly dispersed as the first speak
er was through the audience
now consisted of fur or five men. one
boy, and two dogs. and while he waS
| speaking an ex-rcbel 'ldier on the op-
| poste side Of the. street drew the crowd,
50 Smalley, after saying friends my
throat and GrantH-two or three times,
excused himself and retired fr,m the
stand after which the eX-rebel soldier
occupied 1t and told Is many truths as
either OF the others, il they were MT
| quite SO pleasing % the Democracy. He's
Greeley man strong. L think Demo-
Gratis were not overly pleased with
Toms speech for enc of them asked,
what in HI has grant To d. with Geor-
gier II. Rs" 81. with final choking
Rurrah Tor Greeley the crowd dIshand-
ed. Wonder ii'.starl g!iL' was pres
ent to bch ,ld the free which had taken
hol OF ftIi;t Il IL y-ch w;d c'gar