The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-09-04
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4. Republicans Of sIeubenville had I
~ !. M meeting Saturday night, at which
II 6,yroRD the Republican candidate
rar ,,ess, delivered a speech which
t,J reported rs follows in the Ns''
r,rrAlS uAEPoRD's Address.
,,s CITIZENS :-Ishall not attenpl
EL La "mwysejl heard by oil present and
i ~ ~ v5,lr attention for only an hour
NJ n 1 1t sneak Of the position Of par
saAI ,n sV commencement oil the war,
S nt Nv, i' position that parties occupied
:, y, ' ,Ss struggle, from 1851 to 1906
cIIim your attention for short time
nS,kips ofthe position OF the parties
ibe Close Of the war.
rug ngcoSsTAuCTOS MEASURES
.,o 1895, the Republican party In
= ~ IN The General Government has
sr,ej from time TO time measures Of
'Sslruclion. The Democratic party
sre look a position that would give to
Tblto peOple OF the South the cxclu.
control oilhose States. In June 1865
mel In Convention at Columbus, and
,red 10 favor Of o policy which would
over the States lately in rebellion 70
control Of the rebels. The Repnbll.
party, acknowledging the services Of
colored men, recognized In their
rripstlon, and the proclamation OF
IIent Lincoln, that they had rights
n should be respected. This party
neil il injustice Of the rankest kind
four millions Of freedmen should be
I'd over To the tender mcrcies Of their
M masters, and 10 Congress and out
,bey instituted such measures as
lgiye to these persons the rights Of
onp and bitter was the struggle as to
D6licy to be pursued, ending in the
n Rights Dill and in the 14Ih Amend,
h In the old 10Th District we well
rnber the struggle, when we were
npionei by our representative, Mr..
riam. Finally 1t was fixed In the or.
n law that the COlored man had the
n 10 bring suit to defend his person
property | need not speak further
he l4lh and 18th Amendments, than
they were the work OF the Republi.
party. And today in all this broad
there is NO one 10 gainSay 1t so far
any political platform is concerned.
have the Democratic party in their
horn adopted at Cincinnati and re.
rmcd at Baltimore, acquiescing in tho
IGNITION Of these measures. II is sig.
triumph Of tue policy Of the Repu6
u party. SO this work stands to-day
monument to their wisdom.
b.. not reconstruction alone had 10 be
Onplished. The very labor OF these
ics had 10 be reorganized. This was
b by the FrcGdmSn's Bureau. They
1 Tue COlOred men would not work I'm.
made to do it as q task. But to day
cotton fields Of the South are whiten.
with the labor OF the freedmen work.
on shsres, and the crop this year will
the largest ever produced there. The
'licy Of the Republican party is vindi.
bel today in the labor Of these States,
d there Is all the South peace and pros.
pity, save where In some solitary place
I ku Klux commit an outrage upon
ne uuotIending citizen.
PAYING TIE DEBT.
But Fellow citizens, reconstruction
y loithe only difficulty which had to
met by the Republican party. In
nglst, 1865 the National debt amount
TO over $s7O0,OOOGOO. What was to
done with this debt when the armies
lHe home and the rebels were sub.
ped The Democratic party took the
psi!ioc that the debt could never be
lil, and we started on the principle that
e debt ih0Hld be paid according 10 the
PIER Of the bond. Who does not re-.
lember that in Congress and out of 1t,
lsUj, the Democrats said, why not tax
le bonds : Describing the blOated
ond'hOlders, they said they paid no
YES, rode in fine carriages, &c. Who
a not heard Democrats plead for this,
violation of the Constitution!
Then you remember the greeuback
Olse, You have heard the Democratic
IIa'ors tell their hearers about the mag.
itnle OF the debt. If converted into
Pecir, and loaded into wagons, the train
'OlId fesCh across several states, and
ae enthusiastic individual said 1t would
eaCh iFon Maine to California. They
ali The debt could not be paid. We re.
lemoer tue argument made by Judge
thurman in 1867 insisting on the green.
,lcK theory. You remember Pendleton,
~ "lolng Eagle Of the West" how his
,,eieSaIlOh went 10 New York, full OF
gylf pei theory, were swallowed up by
summary, and we heard NO more Of
IsenoacES. | have found a U. s. flag
'Nt a greenbaCk across it. But the
' 'lsi men OF the country decided
S1lnsI the Democratic party in taxing
,.aIs Who has heard Of taxing bonds
ae last three years, save In some out OF
ue way place, where some orator takes
noIlon to redeliver an old speech Of
lise OF lour years ago2 The Democrat,
4'uu las gwen up tho theory.
ANYTHING TO BEAT GRANT,
! scarcely know Of a distinctive prin,
.pIe OF that party now. The white
lAaS government has been nut away
remember an eleCtioneVrlng document, q
aI. q has that disappeared. It was pub
'Sis oy The Free Traders, copied by the
,~ eG!ciEIaH and posted up In Belmont
oIly' Il contained a picture of a mild
'VHiinS old man dressed in female gart
a Using ~ a puny, sickly looking infant la
' Protection" That was Horace
,t v nursing American manufactures
, " democratic party then stood opposed
ny, PROJECTION. But now the picture Is bid
. way forever. That grand old Demo
,aue party that danced around the hick
! \ POE in JacksOn's day have taken az
!, S Sa.Ie Coat and hung it on the poll
u Democrats TO bow down TO- Tbey
ave- AZ not n single distinctive principle lei
y TeIeE the question of protection tc
Y Congressional districts and the whole
beat Grant"