Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-06-27
Robert TOombls Views of the Stu
alton, and Duties of Voters
He Has .'Trod Under Foot the
Flaunting Lie'' q Hundred =
~ Times, ,iand VIII Do, it Again
10 .u--SDeecia at Atlanta sql 70
Junei14


l.1d bnR g}.so June IA. ri 1Au
r .Fstt5so eitizsas: / am not id this pro-
gratnfhe.. y { ilaughfefii1 i came here as
a listener. / have not made speech in
public since 1882 I have been watch
/ ing Vents, though. I am an outlaw i
am Proud Of my 6htia%ry flaughter1; /;
and i thank the living God thatF have
t1ived to Sic Just Such a state bf1 things:
beeiuse wes1all be able stb isfft the char
/ from the wheatLwe canSniid out all the
I true Dein6ertfts, chalk theif back. and
kick tile others 6tit lse / Lauehter.1 /
stand Upon the principles of public lib
erty; Witch have been advocated for
eight cen riHs by my aricesto tors sAprf
eiPfes as good today as ID 1871 Z Z stand
P BY free governments ana the ffghtIof
ffeemen 70 govern themselves. ~ -onif
Iiil You talk 10 me about your Grants
ond Mr. sGfeeleys, aud Ill Such stuff. /
viii beat them at ttliie the ballot b0xilo or
any other sort Of box you choose. Zap
'pladse, and laughter, r" i-'i'ii's. az
Now, this Is 3 very plain question
there Is no tr0nbIe about it. Show me
man that tfied 70 make 4 party out of
the negroes, and I Will show YOU a
Greeley nafiLa thief that has robbed
The Suite, and 4 win show YOU Greeley
man. Show me q State road lessee, and
Twill show y6n q Greeley man, but
show me an honest man, and / win
show you an anti Greeley man Z ae \
lil Why, we have no Question with us.
There Is not a;white Greeley man in
the county Of Wilkes, the, old hornets
nest OF the revolution. - biLU
F'o Fam glad we have got them all to-
gether.s We wifi get, the new departu-
rists,, the Baflock men, the swfndleFs,
@ e s Tpp n ppt5s g PIE p5 and And then the get
,lSrAgtS Greeley anda Giant With one
kexesptl lon, 7 WOULD SUPPORT old John
| Browns Ghost IT. 7 Could maintain
Democratic principles and popular
rights. l Would, support. the devil in
preference TO either Of Them. because
aahSsf YOU supp6ft the devil YOU asap.
port avery res pectab bic laiftagonistsr He
us not acoward. "a He, fought God Al-
mighty d Very respectable fight and he
fights Him a pretty t6uee t6huiea fiRht tn
noY-so the story goes in Re9ei ationyo .
ueAsst to me, i pAait nm botifics upon one
seetl0n elof Magma btfafta. Nd man
shall be imprisoned found guilty or
| exiled Unless by the decision efa Judge,
land the verdict Of a Jury according to
the Jaws of the land. The laws that
| He makes, and / win accept laws from
no other. So far as the government Of
the United States Is concerned, / am its
fenemy.a Ihave trod under foot the
Haunting lie a hundred times, and /
trust to do it again. They are no
friends of mine, or of my country
they are no friends of liberty.
What's the differences between these
people +? Grants a soldier, sort of q
foot, but he loves his friends, sticks to
his kim, his kith. lLaughter.l But
Greeley loves nobody--don even love
his wife, and is woman's s rights man.
He is a womar's rights man, and I
wouldnPt vote for, him for that if fforno
ether reason. "Fhat's what's the mat.
| ter with Hannah.n If the women only
had the right kind Of. husbands, there
would be no womens rights women,
daughter and applause. ] = They say a
! great deal about Ills, old white hat and
old coat. His white hat Is his only dis
I lti1efiohliEhijD fi9Ilf iiI sflis-Sif = - E y
"a telI you one thing, 4 said to an Au-
fgdsta man, you abuse Atlanta.o Why?