Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-09-05
PIE OPPOSITION TO GRANT.
[Extracts from recent speech by Senator Logan
at Du Quoin, H.

faithfully carried out the principles upon
which he was elected; to that Administra-
tion that has honestly and faithfully carried
out the principles laid down in the platform
of the Republican party that has acted hon.
cstly and faithfully toward all classes-the
rich, the poor, the white, the colored; exc
lection to all; has allowed the power of the
law to extend over all parts of the country,
so that each man, poor, rich, deserving or
undeserying, might come within it's ample
folds, and there be shielded by its protec-
tion There is naught that he has done but
what was in accordance with the principles
upon which he was elected, and upon which
the Republican party itself was organized
what other reasons have you for opposing
PRESIDENT Grant? He is our candidate; the
mead OF our ticket; a soldier, a patriot, an
honest and faithful servant of the people.
The second on our ticket, Henry Wilson, an
honest man, early in life laboring man; q
man who has carved out his own fortune
with his own strong right arm-an honest, a
just, Christian man. We present these two
of the American people. You present to us
two men also; not of your own party not of
your own choosing. No man desires to vote
for them. There is not a man in this crowd
That Is Greeley man of his own choice Zap
Plausel, whether he be a Republican or a
Democrat. But if you will ask him about
Mr.. Greeley or Mr.. Brown, he will tell you,
If Republican, 'they were not my choice,
put am not for Grant," if he be a Demo-
SAae3 hS Whl say Ou, IL lS Il DlGter pill, Dub i
will have to swallow it.'' Enthusiastic ap-
plause and laughter.] Then 1 make the
statement that they are not your choice
They are not the choice of any one but them
selves. 1t is only that you desire to beat
the Republican party, not upon principle,
that you vote for them. Your opposition is
based upon calumny. malignant and foul
against one of the best men that ever carried
a flag or drew sword in favor of this or any
other country You want to beat President
(rrEnt- Tc h ;eo d.
lican merely? Is it because your country is
in bad condition Not for this reason Is
1t because you have not currency enough :?
Certainly not for that reason. Is it because
your bonds have gone up until they have in
creased S400, ,0O0, COOS Certainly it is not for
that. Is it because your $700, ,0O0, 900 of cur
rency is worth $14O, ,0OO, 900 to- day more than
when he was elected? 1t certainly is not for
that. Is it because gold, when he was elect
ed, was 139, and has run down to 100, and
has varied between 100 and lis from that
day to this :? That cannot be the reason. Is
it because he has given protection to every
citizen all over the country? 1t cannot be
for that reason, because good governments
give protection everywhere. What then :?
desire you to tell me. Is it because your
prosperity is SO grand and glorious to-day
that the civilized world desires to be part
ner of yours in it !? Is it because the poor
man has better pay than ever before Is
that the reason? A Greeley man said to me
the other day that he had to pay such high
price to laborers for harvesting that he could
not stand it !; and that he was opposed to
Grant because the wages of the laborers had
been increased to such an extent by the man.
agement of the Republican party. l said to
him that thanked God that that was the
case; that the condition of things was such
that the poor man day could have a chance
to make living for his family and lay up
something for them when he was unable to
work. Is that the objection you make-that
The Door man receives UOod n for loh ho-9
Ii so, then it is the poor mans duty to eulo-
gize the Administration of General Grant
Loud and continued applause.] Then,
II 1t IS not for that reason, what
the fact that he is the only President you
have ever had since the days of Andrew
jackson that made other governments stand
at arms length whenever they treated with
us? England, one of the great Powers of the
earth, who has heretofore made govern
ments tremble at her nod, even she, for the
first time since this Government has been
organized, has been made to say that the
Yankees got the advantage of her in making
treaty. She came begging and whining at
our feet in Washington to get us to withdraw
the indirect damages. Well, we did do it.
We didn't expect to get them, anyway. We
put them in our case, knowing that if she
didn't have them to object to she'd object to
something else. Now the settlement is pro-
day man say this: "This question will
not be settled without war; said, "Won't
itg' Said he, at won't" ssWen then" I
said, "Let's have war" Said he, sT don't
want war;" "Neither do 1; but if it is war,
war let it be-" I said then, sMy friend,
what kind of a Commander-in-C Chief will
Greeley make in time of war;" Applause
and laughterl. 1 want you both, Liberals
and Democrats, to tell me if we were to
war with England dto-day-because you have
pride of country, and if you have not, you
dasQrun fn hoy 1nfr nh; oh,
would you have, Grant or Greeley? There
is not one here tonight but who would say,
I'm time OF war give me Grant instead of
Greeley" Yes! yes1 Oh! what great and
terrible strides this man Greeley would
make as Commander-in-Ch in time of
war! Loud and terrific applause and
laughter.
Now, my fellow-citizens, in order that we
may understand exactly the position of these
men for President, and these two parties, L
am not going to quarrel with any person for
voting for their choice. It is free country.
You are free American citizens. You have a
right to vote for whom you please to! Hence
if you think that Mr.. Greeley will make
better President than General Grant, you
have right to vote for him. 1t is mere
matter of opinion or prejudice. 1t is, as I
said before, prejudice against Republicans,
and, while you are voting for him with preju-
dice, am sorry to say that the old man,
after he had fought SO long in the Republi-
can party, after he had abused you Dem
ocrats % SO soundly for thirty years, after you
that you could not find two men in your own
party that you considered qualified for Pres
ident and Vice-President, but that you
should come to us and take the only timber
that was for sale at small price. Raptur-
GUS applause and cheers.
Let us examine for few moments and see
what kind of President you will have if
you shall elect him. You agree that he
would be poor one in time of war. He has
been tried, not on The battle field, but in
Canada; not as commander, but as sug-
gester. When the war broke out he first
said: "Let the wayward sisters 90 in peace. y
Then he was "On to Richmond," and then
he was Off. Then he wrote letter to Mr.
Lincoln, and in that letter he said that the
people wanted peace at any price, and it be-
came him as President to confer with Com
missioners from the Southern Confeder-
acy on this subject. Mr.. Lincoln, when
he wrote him (Mr. Greeley, said to him
that, on three propositions, distinctly stated
he would confer What were they? That
the commissioners were properly accredited
from jeff Davis, the President of the Confed
eracy; second, the Unity of the States; third
the abolition of slavery. Upon these three
propositions he would receive Commission
ers, and upon none other. Mr.. Greeley ther
wrote to these men, leaving out these propo
sitions, to practice deception and cause Mr.
Lincoln to receive the Commissioners without
knowledge of the propositions on thei
part. Not only that, but he proposed to Mr.
Lincoln that the Government of the United
States should pay s4OO, ,OOO, 600 for the slaves
OF the rebels. Mr.. Greeley, in passing
through the Southern States, abused North
ern men-although Southern man, rebel OF
not, can move into your State and settle
down peaceablJ-if a Northern man happens
to move South he is "detestable carpet
bagger." So it was with Mr.. Greeley in his
marching through the South. On the route
he made speeches. In one of them he sale
substantially that he hoped the time would
come when the rebels Lee and Beauregar6
would be received the same as Sherman an6
Grant. That is, that the American people
eulog1ze the one the same as the other; cal
them all noble and brave patriots. He sale
that these people must be friends. Indeed
that they must be placed on perfect equality
What is the perfect equality? There is an in
equality now. Your onelegged soldier re
ceives pension; your widow receives pen
sion and homestead land. Now wha
do you mean by putting them on al
equality? If you put them on an equality