The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1872-05-02
Upton. IOWA. MAY 2, 1s7.


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THE POLITICAL SITUATION.
ia Great Opooch by Us. 0oaa.
tof lcary WHEN.
President 0rant and the Rspub.
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Prssldent Grant and his 6dyniuistrar
aon wap . signi0cant lsmoastsation.
vooilssously appaanded spetehss were
made By Gen. 6ickles, and 6snators
Wilson and Morton, inside a. ths
crowded hall. and BY others = the vaSe
throng outsids who could not gala
admittancs. We publish herewith %
full the speech made upon this occa.
don By ssnatos HsaEy Wilson. Of
Massachusetts,, than whon % o0s an
speak with grsatsr point and ahiiity,
or will receive from the great bedy Of
Republicans more respectful attsntion: !:
6enator Wilson being introduced,
spoke . follows:
thank you, fellow -cltiseus Of New
York, for this kind greeting. I have
another favor to ark Of you, and I
trust you will unanimously grant it,
have : few plain words 70 say To-
night. and I have but little time 70
sitter them In. ask you 70 rive me
neither applause nor disapprobation,
but Listen 70 what 1 have to say. /
am Republican from conviction aad
BY association. / care moro for the
Republican party Of the United States
than l do for the interests or aspira-
tions or ambition Of any hundred
thousand men In America. TAp.
plause.] I labored from the year 1885
to the year 1856, twenty years, to bring
into being = great, patriotic, liberty.
loving organizations that should make
the Republic Of tho United States q
free land. [Applauss.l
WHAT THE REPUBLICAN, PARTY rs.
Sixteen years ago the Republican
party was brought into being. I reli-
giously believe that Il came into being
by the prayers. the labors, and the
noblest aspirations of the best portion
Of our countrymen. [Applauss.l Ibe-
lieve 1t was brought into being to meet
the needs Of an endangered country,
and to carry out In America the wishes
Of Almighty God. [Applause.l And
90 believing. from the time 1t was orea.
ted until this hour, have never CON.
sciously uttered . word or performed
an act to drive man out of it's ranks;
and here, tonight. whoever may leave
ue will leave ~ against my wishes and
my protestations. and I would on my
knees, II I could DO II. ask him to
pause, to como back, to stand with 10,
light the battle Of this year, and 70 on
with u In the triumphs Of the future.
[Chesn.l would here tell you that
the Republican body is . perfect or
ganixation. II has in IL ranks thrso
sRia1e:t sRs s2s:t ssS %s..s. si rs g ISs; I%se; i
and best portion Of our countrymen.
[Cheers.] 1t has some men, Of course,
who are not quite what they should be,
and we sknow IL. But, gentlemen,
would not disrupt It because II Is not
perfect. would fight on, work on,
toll on, pray on. make it better, II
could, make 1t worthy Of its great his
tory, and what think is Its great
destiny in the years to come. Zap
plause.l Gentlemen, I would as soon
60 homo and disband the little church
In the town where I live, OF which
my wife is member, AMI 1 am an
unworthy one, because some Christian
minister proved false to his God, or
some poor nortai did not live up 10 the
professions he olade. Gentlemen. I
speak to you from the deepest convjs.
tions Of my soul, and I ask you, who
have stood with the Republican party,
you who were for that great character
Of our century, Abraham Lincoln
[great cheeB1; you who held up his
hands, stood by him, waded through
blood for four years to maintain your
country. and to emancipafe the race
you who repudiated Andrew johnson
and bis treason, and who could not be
bought by the patronage Of the Gov
ernment [spplause]; ask you who
reelected Abraham Lincoln In 1854,
when wise men wrote letters up % late
as the ID Of September Of that year,
wishing to get him out and have new
candidate who could not be elected
/ ask you who voted for the great SOL
dier In 1868 [applause], and who car
ried your country In the cause Of liber-
ty, justice, humanity and Christian
civilization-to stand together; and
you who have started for new depart.
ure, to come back, and our ranks shall
be open to you! We will bid you
welcome; We will win together an
other great victory, and will rejoice
together In the triumph Of our cause.
[Applause.]
THE CHARGES OF sCHURz AND COM
a
Gentlemen, there was . meeting
here the other night. don't propose
to say anything unkind Of the men
engaged In it. I did not come here to
impsaeh them, to utter rsproachful
words Of old comrades, or TO utter
words or condemnation OF tho party
with which ! havs acted, and whose
measures have sustained. But, gem
tlsmsn, want to notice kindly . few
Of their remarks. We wers told - .
reason why that convention was called
at Cincinnati, thst the Republican
party h under the control Of the oflcs.
holders. Great Ged, gentlemen. . par.
~ Of three aud . half millions Of mon,
strong men, independent men, con.
trollsd BY . few thousand beR9arly