The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-11-28
HALLER OK THURMAN.
HalleT's Speech at the Columbus Con-
ference, In Reply 20 Jadge Thur
mans Address, and Te3arEs on BIS
address.

HalleI's Speech at the Columbus Con-
ference, In Reply 20 Jgdge Thur
mans Address, and Te9aTks On his
address.
Mr.. PRESIDENT II concur with
Judge Thurman that, in 1873, there
viii arise some Of the Questions u
which he sdverted, that If the Re-
publican party shall have the ascend
eney they will urge or the attention
OF the Constitutional Convention "a
prohibitive liquor law" "a return to
the old system Of loans by municipal
authority" 'to close corporations" "
&c.
All these and many more Of mon
strous character, will be attempted to
be forced by constitutional provisions
on the people. And, sir, when the
time shall have arrived that we are
called on to pass on these and kin
dred questions, I, for one, desire to be
stripped OF all incumbrance and go
into the fight in good earnest.
But, Mr.. President, if we are to sue
eessfully meet the Republican party
on the field indicated, every vestige
of the Democratic party must be bu-
ried deep in the ground. (Great noise. }
Not one particle of the .putrescent
carcass must be left unburied. Nay,
Mr.. President, disinfectants must be
freely used, for the name, as the par
ty, has become the synonym of rebel
and rebellion every trace must be
obliterated of the past.DemOcracy.
Ssr, it will avail nothing to point to
that part of the record Of the Democ-
racy when, in clarion tones, she shout
ed, 'Iegislate for the poor, the rich
are able to take care of themselves; :"
she committed the grave blunder of
crossing her own track. The same
Democratic party that shouted so We
hemently for the poor Joined hands
with the Shareholder and sought to
build hateful Oligarchy on property
in man. Neither did this constitute
the gravemen of your offense, but,
with the memories of the Mexican
war still crowding our recollections,
with the burning words with which
the great anti-war speech of the late
Governor COrwin was met, viz. :
'My country right or my country
wrong" Aye, Mr.. President, with
this patriotic sentiment still green in
our memories, as uttered by the De-
mOcracy, we were astounded beyond
measure to behold this same party in
its organized capacity agree through
its chief, the President OF the United
States, James Buchanan, to the death
of the nation; but, sir, your perfidy
did not stop here, but step by step
you pursued the evil course of your
way; and when our brave boys were
meeting the rebels in the front, you
in the rear were aiming deadly blow
at the backs of the defenders OF sour
Star Spangled bunting" Immense
row.
Mr.. President, I repeat your party
is dead, and 1 am here to-day to as
sist in its obituary ceremonies, and
whether you will gracefully permit
this Infamous corpse to be inferred or
not, nevertheless your young men will
not consent to be thus inundated on
an altar thus reeking with bad Odors
and Infamous memories. No, sir, the
boys of the Democracy will not tame
ly thus for all time be crushed under
the wheels of your Juggernaut; they
will leave your party and join a new
organization that will meet the wants
of the Nation, and at the same time
be free Of the deadly odor that fills our
land from the Democratic corpse
Kisses, and cries of hGo on."]
But, sir. there is a great law of Ma
ture Of which beg the privilege of
reminding my Democratic friends.
Sir, all things that come into life
bring in their organization the seeds
of death. Old trees, deeaying, fan and
give place to younger members Of the
forest. Old men, by the immutable
law, make room for the younger men
of our race; so, Mr.. President, your
party must content itself to fall and
become the fertilizer of the new party
that is in process Of formation.
One further thought, Mr.. President.
Had the gods so willed that you,
when you met at Baltimore, could
5ty have reeogpizeafh eafhd dtbbs bS-fastie facts Of y9ur
home, without an attempt to regal
vanize your party, Mr.. Greeley would
not have been so ignominionsly de-
feated as he was. More than all else
Grant owes mis- elevation to your ap-
pearance in the field. Your appear
anee brought Gettysburg, Vicksburg,
Salisbury, Libby Prison, Atlanta,
and finally Appomattox.
In conclusion, sir, L repeat, while
anxious to meet the Republican patty
on her national bank system, her tar
iff record, her Tillainous grants Of our
public lands to railroads, I am I'M
willing to load myself down to the
guards with the Infamous record Of
your Democratic party, thereby neu-
tralizing all my otherwise good eff
forts.