The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-10-12

cali tne p4rly b1e Iloefal DemocrAuc
party. In Belmont they call Il aDemo.
cratic Liberal ticket [LaughteEl IRHar.
risOn they cal il the Democratic Repab.
lic8nH ticket Renewed langhtgr.l And
in Jeferson Il 3 the Liberal Democratic
Republican" pSrty. Great mefrimentl
A voice, Anything 70 beat Grant, Yes,
anything 10 bat Grant! Cheers lido
not know what they name il here in West
Virginia. PsthapS Il Is n0l named here
yet This Is the political organization
that have undertaken 70 beat Gen. Grant
foc the Presidency. And when they come
into power what principle Is II upon
What do they Sgree about except that
Grant should bebeaten! HGTeyOl heard
Of Democrat in this campaign talking
about the great history Of the Democrat
&c party IN the last twelve yeArsI Have
you heard them say anything about Dem.
ocr1ac measures or policy within the last
twelve years Of O1r co1ntTy's history 7
And yet We have been making grandI
history than ever was made in this cdun.
try since the days Of Washington. Whist
part OF lot have they in this history be
proud Of?
The speaker then referred 70 Nj. Gree
lays charge a Pittsburgh that the Sol
diers' Convention there was called for the
purpose Of renewing and keeping alive the
hates and aninosiiies Of the late civil
war. He nan over the history Of the re.
belliou, showed how il was inaugursted,
showed the spirit in which it vas WGged
how its history Vas written in the horrors
u Libby, and Belle lsle, Salisbury and
Anders0nville; how 10000 Of the best
men in the land had gone down into the
bloody chGm opened. By il; how it had
filed the land with moaning and LEFT
Tor monuments in every hamlet and town
the MANNED and crippled soldiers Of the
Union and the widows and orphans Of
the dead This is the work Of the men
who, when beaten in the field, had been
SLOWED TO go unmolested To their homes.
The Republican party when they surTen.
dered was 10 full control Of every depart.
meui Of the government They were
completely 81 its mercy, and there was
every provocation 10 revenge But was
the po!icy Of hate or revenge meted out
20 them: These eTring Southern country.
men Of ours we're dealt with in spirit Of
mercy, not Of malice or hate. In all the
SJuih-of all the men who rebelled
against the gOVernment-nOt one single
man was executed Cor the treason which
cost Us all the treasure and blood Of the
rebellion Nor was = single man ban.
ished. Mo:e than that, there is not q
man laboriDg under civil disabilities; bat
in all the South there is NOT man, even
the keeper Of Belle Isle, if he be living,
who has not right in next November 10
go 10 the polls and cast his vote for Hor.
see Greeley il he sees 1T 10 do so. So far
as the general government Is Concerned
they all have right TO vote; and there
are but $50 Of The leaders Of the rebellion
but have the right to hold Office IN
der our government Thai Is all there is
OF disability. Then has the policy OF the
Republican party teen one Of hate 70.
wards these people: II has been q policy
Of mercy. Ii wis policy more Of mercy
than justice Applause And yet We
are told We must shake hands across the
bloody chasm" with these men. What 90
they mean: Do they mean that the wild.
ows and orphans OF the rebellion are 10
be penSional IS well SIS those Of the
Union: That the rebel debt in any man.
Ter or way is 70 be assumed! That these
people are 10 have tour millions Of dollars
10 psy for their emancipaied slaves, as
was proposed By Horace Greeley by way
Of compromise In 1854? Talk abou; am
nesty; talk about the "bloody chasm." II
has Leen flied by such legislation IS
have spoken of-flled up by the Republi.
can party in the reconstruction Of the
States, in allowing these people, 50 far al
the General Government is concerned, 70
exercise all the rights and privileges Of
citizens The speaker then, referring 10
the Southern States, said that under the
policy Of the Republican party, in seven
years civil governments had been organ.
led, and system Of free labor organized
which this year produced & larger crop
oil cotton than was ever produced in the
South before, and which will yield in the
markets Of the world $30O, 100000.
The speaker then went into discussion
OF the charges against Gen. Grant on the
score Of incspacity as 3 military leader
and statesman. He showed pretty con.
c!usiyeiy that if he had no military ca
pacity he hsd run Of luck that was per.
iectly marvellous, having ouLstripped in
the race for promotion the ablest military
scholars and soldiers OF our own army,
and beaten in every instance the ablest
in the rebel army. Then in his admins.
trauon Clthe government ii was certain
that il was being conducted remarkably
well In every department; and il Gen.
Grsnt did not haTe great civil capacity,
he was 4 more successful President than
others who did have. But success was
the true test Of capacity, and tined by this
test Grant was pre,eminent both in the
military and civil government
In concluding, the speaker said the Re.
,p0blican party hsd ken in none Of its
banners. We have no principle we de.
sire to get nd Of We do not ask TO win
this campaign by strategy. We hang our
banners on the outer walls, and write our
principles on them in bold character,
And say here today, we promise nothing
better in the future than we have had in
the past [Applsuse We promise il the
Republican party Is continued in power
another tour years, the fires in your
furnaces shall not go out. Cheers. We
promise that the fires in your glass houses
shall not be extinguished, but you will
continue 10 build them up and increase
them in size as You have been doing in the
last few yesTs. We promise we will no,
return TO the pauper labor Of Great Britain
or the prices of the old countries. The
price Of labor shall not go down to fifty
cents Per day. Cheers We promise
we VIII not stop building railroads; that
this country shall not in any way 90 back
10 the days when the fires were put out
IN your glass houses and iron furnaces as
they were after the repeal Of the tariff Of
1912. LApplausel
remember in 1871 NJ 1870 7 ,,,., -,