Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-10-16

of the Democratic party, VINO oe-
lieyed that we ought to nominsde III
~ rainht-out Democratic ticket but
there is no one who believes Iiai
sacl, q candidate could nave Deeh
elected. aud il would have been con-
iessedly in the interests OF "en'
Zen. Clark continued at some
length, ably reviewing the national
situation. and presenting the claims
of the great Liberal party in a forci-
HE manner. He closed his remarks
and was heartily applaudcd by the
audience.
SPEECH OF GEN. SHIELDS.
Mr.. Davis next introduced Gen.
James Shields, az a Uuitcd States
Senator from two different States,
u man who had sat in council with
Clay, Calhoun and Webster, one Of
the old Democracy. lie was like the
old iron horse in the poem
81 like to see the green grass
And the flowers ami roses
like to see the old iron horse,
For when lac goes lie GOESES
Gen. Shields then spoke as follows:
FELLOW CITIZENS: l am very
thankful to my young friend, MIR.
Davis, Ior the kind and COMPLIMENTS
ry ann in which he has presented
Inc. NV only objection to il is that
it is too flattcring. l have come
here to-day and | am an invalid, and
| want YOU TO bear with me. l am
suffering under q high fever, but !
promised to coinc once again to Lex
ington. | desire to say a few words,
perhaps the last words that | will
speak before the election. | hope
YOU will indulge me and listen quiet
iv. l cannot made II speech to-day,
but can only talk to yon as ncighbors
and friends. Next month the people
of the United States will record their
verdict for or against the present
Administration. Next month that
verdict will either imdOrse the general
policy of Grants adm ]Ii>Ira,,om nr
reuudiate il. And let me tell YOU
that i'll nv humble opinion no verdict
was ever rendered in America of the
! same important magnitude that this
is to the American people. ! LII not
going to venture aperdictiou, because
they cannot he vrniuI cd in cases of
this kind. The whole history of this
thing. my friends. has been an anon
alous one. IL has not been an Ordl-
nary struggle like that between the
Democratic party and the Wing par
ty, or between the Democratic and
the Republican party. tell you here
that if General Grant had lost two of
those States which had their election
last Tuesday. Gen. Grant was beaten
rs sure as | speak TO YOU to-day.
That was the calculation made by
Democrats and Republicans. Well.
he has only lost II OF them, and |
believe 0 there We're voters
enough III the State Of Ohio that
stayed at home, indifferent to this
contest, to have carried that State
against Grants administration. 1t
feeling against the administration in
iOhio. We have no reason to dcspond.
| have enough Of the old Democratic
spirit left in me OF that old DcnOcra-
T cy which lever fought daumtlessly,
~fearlessly, irresistibly, except when
there was risk of defeat. (Applausc.]
This movement la. not been a Dem
O~rratic one. But do not, my friends,
! regret that the movement was what
! we call q Liberal movement
and not a Democratic one. You
) NAV take my word for it that whcti,-
cr we defeat Gen. Grant or not. we
! cast a much larger t than W.
would eve have cast trimmings Dem.
o~cratic ticket. [Applausc.] And
then l do not judge things by results;
and you must not !; as free men. hon.
est men and brave men, judge a thing
by the motive, 10y the object. What
was the object? l say here to-day
that in my whole experience in pub.
lie life, l know of no ore movement,
that was pitched upon n higher key
f than this Liberia, movement i'll thu
=, United States. Not ono. 1t was
: question concerning the American
Il people, whether there were homes
men enough. independent me
II enough, liberal men enough in Amer
;. lea to save America. [Applause.
1t was not Democratic. Ii ros
above Democracy. Now if there III,
n any Republicans here l want to "a.
this one thing. This thing wa
not initiated by the Democrats
They we're hostile to Grants admin
{ %istra,ion anyhow always. Thi
! movement was Initiated by Rrpubl;
A." fest %
~ 80
. original Republicans, by the old Re
:. publirans, by the men who made tn
Republi, al party. They first raise.
selthe standard of insurrcction-fo
y such it was. And | say here, if IL,
American people prove t%heinsclvc
so broken down iu spirit rs not I,
,"astaim them in this movement, the,
would not give nue. TOR inc cnanc,
:, of their future life. That is the cas-,
! made before the American people
made boldly by the first Republican
:. minds in America; by frecmrn VIII,
had II high reputation in Aniericil
:, who were not bound up in any mrr
cenary league with this %adE.inistra
" ton. 1t is not III ordinary politica
spectacle. When | was in Washing
-. ton. going on to the Baltimore on
I ventiun. | fell in with one of I'll,
leading Republicans of this country
an old friend. In the course of
long chat he said, "Shiclds. are yo
- fool anough to believe that YOU ca,
. beat Gen. Grants administration IL
the present tim 2" Yes, SIR" sal,
|, ~ believe we will beat him.
y Who will beat him?" The A,nc,
icam people will ito it; the America
= people can do it. Now" SAYS j.,
- will tell you what we are going t
: do this time" And they have don
: it too i'll Pennsylvania. We hav
all array of power that VIC have ncy
err made use Of yet. We never sa,
q any occasion to use it. Wcare go,m
e to throw the whole of it into the ca,
vass. We will beat the America
people. that is. what you call tn
!, American people," "Wlrut ur
e they z" I asked. 4" We will cncrcc til
= whole banking system Into this tighr
We will cocrce the Who'll
u railroad system of tho Unite
Suites into this fight. W
G will cocrce the whole mercantil
world into 1t, or we will crush then
W. will coerce all the capital q
America, md if that is not enough
: we can ring in the capital ofEuropc.
tia voice "Thut is their game
:. They have done it in Pennsylvani,
Friends, is that . reason why yO
Z should be discouraged! Is it not
reason for double effort! VIII,
= these men, Schurz aud Sumner an
= that class of men, saw the danger
I This country cannot go OH III til
way it is going. l thought the oil
Democratic party was IL fOrmidabl
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