The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-10-29
Is THE WAR ENDED.


Greeley" Well, you ought to know
about him. You will not vote. Well,
you will de-citizenize yourself; you will
expatriate yourself. You don't vote
Your neighbor ia sure; he votes for
Grant. You stay at home; you have
given two votes to the man you de-
nounced. Such men as these, If the
President is reelected, have no busi>
ness to utter one word OF criticism. The
sin of omission is greater than commits
sion. You say there is no issue there
is vital Issue. 1t is, as the war end
edT A war policy is carried out in
peace times, and it is the duty of every
Republican to do what he can to save
the republic. Nations CO well as indi-
viduals die by undermining, as well as
being stricken down. You say there is
no decay, no rot, the country was never
so prosperous. The country wac never
more prosperous than now! Why, by
that very sentence we draw the line be-
tween North and South. Why, we see
the grass growing in the streets Of
Charleston the harbor empty at New
Orleans. Why; when one member suffers
all the members suffer. Read what Gen
eral Bradley Johnston says about the
recuperative energies of the South.
What WAS the debt OF the Southern
States at the beginning OF the war-the
ten States in rebellion? 1t was $780,
4l5,0S9. The debts OF those States now
is 100000 The twenty-seven non~
rebellous States have debt that is
$4,000 600 less than the ten rebellious
States. The trustees Of the Peabody
fund met at Boston last year and decided
that the appropriation to South Caro-
lima should not be given over, because
the officers OF the State would pocket
the money. and because then they would
make another excuse for another appro-
priation. Laughter North Carolina,
that State which had been cheated out
OF the good cause, and had approprl-
ated for school purposes 1884 900; $39,>
600 was spent, and the remainder was
appropriated for the State to help to
elect the President. If a million Of
voters cannot cast their ballots without
an overthrow OF peace, then we might
AZ well declare the Republic failure
Cheers. Do you suppose that the
South would cast the million OF black
voters into slavery? No, they would
regard the million OF votes az capital
and they would select ticket that
they would support. / am told OF the
base ingratitude ofthe negroes who vote
against those who gave them freedom.
WHY, the thousands of colored men who
lie in graves in the South gave receipt
in full for all that liberty. Mr.. Garret
Smith says that the present generation
OF the South Is not 10 be gwen their
freedom. One half Of the white men
who are to vote in the Dext Presiden-
tisl election never voted at a Preslden-
tial election before. The boys who are
growing up have no memories OF the
war; they have only memories of the
bitterness of the present administration
If we wait for a generation to pass away
we shall have another war. The men
who will fight for freedom and inde-
pendence will then be in the Sonth, not
in the North. [Cheers. THE d'f-
ference is simply between the men, there
is no principle in the matter" said
Senator Conkling, on this very platform.
| | thank you, Jew, for teaching me this
world. What has this man done, 10
his lanyard, bis shop and in the smoke
of the battle field to uphold the rights
and glory of manhood ? Cheers.
A mans voice from the back OF the
hall cried out. "Who saved the
country?"1 The lecturer responded
Who saved the country? The people
Of the United States. Immense cheer
ins.l Who saved the country? the
lecturer asked again. THE voice-Ihe
soldiers Yes, responded the lecturer,
the soldiers, the soldiers, who had
learned the lessons Of loyalty during
the past twenty-five years in the col
umns of the New York Tribune Loud
and long continued cbeering.I MISS
Dickinson then referred TO the counsels
she received from some Of her sex, and
said that Mr.. Greeley was not support
cd nv some of the women who asked for
their rights" Mr.. Greeley had done
what very few men had done, aod no
woman had ever done. He had said
even az early as 1857, that there
should be only one moral law TO
;ndoe man or woman, and for this sh {
vas unable to express her thanks.
There are some things about which 1t IL
better to be silent than say little. AS
woman who believes in woman's educa
ton, woman's right to justice and eqnaI
paw, and putting the question Of oalio'
on one side, | but simply express
NV gratitude and the response, o.
nv heart for what he has done
for me and mine. Loud cheers.
What is the difference between those
two men, it is asked? Ask the agrlcul
turist, in whose interest he has always
iabored. Ask the Republican, of which
nsrty he was the John the Baptist cry
inc in the wilderness. Why do the
men of the South support Horace Gree
lev? Because they are willing 70 &C.
cept republicauism in its best form
They are not willing to accept the spu
rious republican Government OF the las'
four wears. II they vote for Horace
Greeley they vote for a constitutional
government, with its forms OF law. Il
ibsy vote for General Grant they kiss
The chains that bind them. Cheers
If thew vote for Horace Greeley 1t is to-
the man who struck of the chains. Ii
~ -, ,o,a tor Horace Greeley they SIM