The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-06-20
From the Philadelphia Bu.lstiu-l
SUHNER, STANTON 4ED GRANT.

From the Philadelphia Bu.Istiul
SENXER, STANTON AED GRANT.
The Massachusetts Senator's FalSilica.
: ti0n OF iliStcTy-IEe Story About Mr..
= Stanton in His Late Speech Shown
90 be Untrue.
AIr. Sumner, in his attack on Presi-
dent Grant made the following asser-
ton, in his account OF an inter view
with Hon. Edwin NJ. Stanton, a short
time before his death:
Il followed by saying, but you took
part in the Presidential election. and
made a succession Ofspeeehes for him
in Ohio and Pennsylvania"
81 IspOke," said he, "6m IHeUer in
troduced the name Of Gen. Grant. /
/ spoke for the Republican party and
the Republican cause
Nobody ever accused Mr.. Stanton
of falsehOOd, and that he never told
Mr.. Sumner anything of the kind
that he quotes is fortunately proved
| by the record. Everybody in Phila-
delphia remembers NJ. StantOn's
great speech at the Academy of Mu-
sic, just before President Grants cleo
ton, and the following extracts show
the complete falsity of Mr.. Summers
testimony:
'LlADIES AND GENTLEMEN, Eel
Low CITIZENS OF PHILADELPHIA -
This mighty eoncOurse, the largest
that my eyes ever beheld, is signifi-
cant OF two things. First it is judg
ment in favor of Ulysses s. Grant.
Upon the election next
/ Tuesday, the Sd Of November, be-
hold the rock of our national safety,
and upon triumph Of the banner held
IN the hands Of Ulysses S. Grant, 1
behold the UictOTy Of the principles Of
freedom, and Just government, nor,
and IN all time.
Why, then, fellow citizens, have
you this night passed judgment in Ca
vOr of Ulysses 5. Grant and against
HOratiO Seymour? The first reason is
from the persons who put them in
nomination before the people, and
who are now urging them forward as
candidates for the Presidency of the
United States. They met in New
York short time ago; and who
were they? They were red-handed
rebels, prisoners OF war to the United
States, they and their their associates.
These are the men who put in nOmin-
atiOn HOratiO Seymour. Who put
in nomination Ulysses 5. Grant? The
great Republican party that bore this
nation triumphantly through the
war, under the Divine blessing, amid
the trials and the dangers ami all the
vicissitudes of the great war that we
have just passed through safely. He
was Nominated by the great Repub-
lican party. The first reason, then
why we should prefer Grant on next
Tuesday, to Seymour, is to be found
in the organization and persons who
placed them in nomination, and in |
those persons whom they represent. |
Grant represents the loyal heart of
America; Seymour is a travelling
agent of Wade Hampton and For |
rest.
Another reason for your judgment |
is to be found in the merits of the /
persons themselves. In Grant we |
behold the leader of our army in the /
path of victory. [Applause.l In |
Grant we behold the great general, /
who under Divine Providence, led 1
our armies, supported as they were
by some OF those who are here before
you tonight. The same gallant gen.
eral who, assisted by our present gov
ernOr, John w. Geary, and aided by
your late governor, Andrew Curtin,
here at home, in the executive cOun-
Gil and State administration, led you
onward from the Mississippi to the
Potomac eastward until no rebel flag
poisoned the gale on this continent.
These, then, are the reasons which
fully justify the choice you will
make next Tuesday; but these rea-
sons are denied by others, and chiefly
by the agent, the representative of
Forrest and of Hampton, who has re-
Gently been traversing this continent
for one thousand miles, giving reasons
why Grant should not be elected, and
why the banner of the Union, dis
hOnOred and inglOriOus, should not be
to his hands.
The mistakes mentioned are, Sey-
mour SAYS, "the mistakes of the Re
publican party" What, then, has
General Grant to DO with them ?
Cheers for Grant While Congress
may have made mistakes, if you
made mistakes-Grant was before the
enemy's face fighting him; hewas TAX
ing no surrender, except that it was
Unconditional surrender" of the en-
envy of his country.
Upon the 4th day of July, 1868, not
the conduct of HOratiO
Seymour, the sun of our cOuntry's
glory burst forth in splendOr through
he dark cloud of rebellion that had
or some years overshadOwed it, and
,he baleful exhalations of treason,
we're scattered. Do yOur duty Rert {
Tuesday, and the sun will shine as
brightly and with as great lustre as &
t shone on the day of the 4th of July G
It Vicksburg and at Gettysburg. { CAp- {
llause.1 Vote against Grant, and the (
darkness and gloom which will set 7
lie over this country like the pail of
will settle deeper and deep I
.r over the land, over its prosperity, t
,yer all the elements of national pow /
,r, over all the elements sDf national 1
lonor, over all the elements of nation i
Il strength, and the greatest calamity I
hat ever befell a people will happen. '
Nay Divine Providence avert that {
~ t
On the same night, Mr.. Stanton t
vas serenaded at the Union League,
md spoke as follows:
"Fellow-citizens, General Grant ]
never looked upon an Amy of the en- |
smy of his country but to conquer it.
Applause He never sat down be- '
'Ore rebel stronghold to besiege it, c
Dut it fell before him. The same arm c
nat supported him at the head Of his |
IrBly, and the gallant troops that fol-
OlCed him lUiU continue to uphold and :
support him, because he represents
he great American heart; and the i
that have been won by the {
physical armies, will be more than
repaid, thrice repaid, by the glorious &
victory of next Tuesday"
It is a fortunate thing that the dead {
has left it out of the power
lf the living Senator to belle him. !
In the same speech, Mr.. Stanton {
described Seymour in words that be-
;ame prophetic in their application
% Sumner, when he said:
''Eis path, then, has been path of I
it has been a path of fault ]
inding; it has been a path of the rat,
,nawing to get a nibble at the public
cheese, and nothing else"