The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-05-14
SENATOR TIPfoH.

His Speech in Martinsburg-He
sGoes For the ,Administrafisn.
From the New Era.l .sl-. s#'.
The first gun Of the present extraor-
binary political campaign was fired in
the Court House on Monday night by
Senator Upton, Of Nebraska. AT the
solicitation of a personal friend,the Sen
ator laid over here for the purpose OF
telling US what he knew about farm
ing" The brevity of the notice pre-
cluded large audience, nevertheless II
was more than respectable, and was
composed chiefly Of Liberal Republicans
and Democrats. The Senator may well
feel gratified at the respectful and close
attention paid to everything he said
His arraignment of Grant and the Ad'
ministratiop was terrific, but not sever
er than the factsjustified. The Senator
said that Grant was born and bred a
Democrat, and never knew that he was
ANYTHING else until he fell into the
hands Of a set of political tricksters'
particularly John W. Forney, who con
WINGED him that he was very deesdedly
a Republican; that he consented to be
called a Republican, and promised to do
the bidding of the party hacks an con-
sidsration Of horses, stocks of every de-
scription, bull pups, and the Presidency
for siqh, years, not four by any means
that although The party was pledged to
the one term principle, nevertheless
the party consented to forego that prin,,
chile in order to secure the services OF
the Patriot Soldier" that the patriot
soldier had called to his side set OF
weak old men and upstart soldiers and
had attempted to govern a great natlon
like he did brigade and that IN dong
so he had expended millions of money
and struck constitutional liberty some
of the severes. blows it had ever re-
ceived on this continent. lie said thiev-
ing, fraud, corruption, and consolidation
were the watchwords Of Grant and the
Radical party; that the main object OF
all of the national legislation tor the
last few years was the maintenance and
continuance of political ascendency IN
the country, and to achieve this object
the principles of State and National
Constitutions have been knowingly,
grossly and villainously violated; that
the Administration had become a
stencil in the nostrils OF decent people
at home and abroad. The Senator
alleged that the Liberal Republican
movement is only protest against the
nefarious proceedings Of the Radical
party, and a manifestation Of a desire
by the more honorable part of the Re-
publican party for a more economical,
faithful and upright Administration OF
public affairs. He asked the assist
ance of all those who are opposed to
nepotism, venality and'consolidation." V
liberalism was just such as could re-
ceive the hearty Endorsement OF every
honest man that those principles and
lines of policy about which there was
room for dfference,,of opinion were re-
ferred to the people. and then the Lib
eral Republican candidate, Horace Gree
lev, had pledged himself to execute the
wishes of the people as exhibited
through the National Legislature. He
paid a handsome tribute to the moral
excellence of Horace Greeley, and al
legged that whatever else might be said
about him, no one could deny that he
was an honest and high-toned gentle
man; and predicted that before next
November Liberal Republicans and
Democrats would be marching in pro-
cession, wearing white hats, white
coats, with their breeches in their boots
hurrahing for Greeley and Brown.