Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-10-24

man, Logan, and others were at the front.
Mr. Greeley thought he would obtain peace,
and was ready to pay s400, ,O00, 900 for the
slaves; but while Mr.. Greeley was hurrying
to and fro on this errand of peace, Jake
Thompson had no idea whatever of such
negotiations. lie was fooling Mr.. Greeley.
His object and bis purpose were far different
from that supposed. We know now, by q
letter in his own handwriting, over his own
signature, just what he was there for. He
was there for an object of sinconceiyable
wickedness, an object which / have not
language sufficient to designate. He was
there organizing eonspiracies, as you well
know, to burn the cities of the North in the
right time. He had a credit of $500, GOO in
the banks of Toronto and. Montreal, with
which to organize bands of desperate men,
who were to burn these cities, Involving in
the hopeless destruction every considerable
town from Bangor to Omaha. Your own
beautiful city was one especially marked for
destruction. Thompson tells us just why
he did not succeed. There was certain
Greek fire which did not ignite quite so
rapidly and did not burn over SO large sur
face as warranted in the patent, and then
there were so many Lincoln hirelings about.
[Cheers.] But 1 fear that was interfering
with the Democratic doctrine of local self
government. And now this man, with in
conceivable audacity, tries to be considered
good and reliable citizen. And Horace
Greeley tells you tells you solemnly-that
one of the great objects of this party of re-
conciliation is to bring such scoundrels as
that back where they can enjoy theprivilege
of holding office equally with you and me.
In his letter accepting the Baltimore nomi-
nation he urges this policy, not only in
words to meet the wishes of the few indi-
viduals, but says of the millions of loyal
people that so long as thesesmen are under
disabilities, that they are deprived of the
privilege of voting for them. Now, do any
of you out here in Chicago banker for the
chance of voting for Jake Thompson? Don't
you feel cruelty deprived of some great per
sonai and Constitutional right? With re-
gard to these men who were the promoters
of the conspiracy, without whom it would
never have existed, 1 say, for one, and wish
TO bind no other person, although i believe
l may say that General Logan will be bound
by it, that so long as God shall in His good
ness spare their guilty lives, I desire that
they may walk up and down before man in
this generation with the scarlet letter of
treason blazoned on their brows as a warn
ing and example TO other men of how great
crime it is to rebel against so good a Gov
ernment as this. EGreat cheers
Mr.. Blaine, after reviewing the course
Of Lyman Trumbull and other malcon-
tents, said that the boiling Senator, du-
ring the campaign in Maine, tried to ar
raign the speaker for having. packed the
committee to examine into the Navy De-
partment. At the time, Mr.. Irumbull
had said Mr.. Blair was to move for a
committee, and he hoped the committee
would be fairer than some they had in the
Senate. The committee was made up of
five, and had three Greeley men on it. 1t
cleared the Secretary, and now Mr.. Trum-
bull arraigned the speaker for packing
the committee. He and Mr.. Sumner had
an idea that an investigation committee
must be favorable to finding the man in
vestigated guilty. They wanted the COM
mittees packed against fair hearing of
Grants Administration, statement he
made on his character as gentleman.
The campaign had been one Of lies. He
did not intend to defend the present Ad-
ministration, for it needed no defense. 1t
pointed to peace at home and abroad, to
peaceful triumphs, and to advance in ma.
terial interests The eloquent gentleman
sat down amid tumultuous applause.