The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1872-10-12
Grant and Wilson Demonstration
oil "Wednesday Night.
Speeches by Major Hancock and
Henry II. TOrbeft and John
E. Wilson, Esqs.
GREAT ENTIIUSIAS

The meeting at the Grant, Wilson and
Hancock Club, of the 3rd District at the
Court House, on Wednesday night last,
was an ovation to our candidate for Con-
gress. The house was packed by an audi
ence who had evidently come to hear and
who fingered as if loath to leave after the
meeting, at late hour had been adjourn
ed. Nor were the people disappointed
who assembled to hear the questions of the
day discussed by Major Hancock, who
made one of the most effective, and con-
vincing speeches that has been delivered
here during the campaign, which was fire.
quently interrupted by applause; and when
tho speaker concluded, the audience rose
and gave three rousing cheers.
Major Hancock commenced his remarks
by saying that he had been nominated by
the Republican party for Congress in the
end District altogether without his own
personal solicitation, that his first knowl-
edge of his nomination was received from
Philadelphia paper while he was in Penn
sylvania, where he had been on speaking
tour for Grant and Wilson for two weeks
or more, and that although accustomed to
making speeches for the Republican party,
he felt natural embarrassment when he
come to speak as it were in the interest of
himself. He was here not for the purpose
of traducing the character of Mr.. Archer
or any other gentleman; he threw himself
on the people; they would be the judges of
his fitness to advocate Republican princi-
pies standing on Republican platform.
He was here tonight to show them that
all the pledges of the Republican party had
been fulfilled. After glancing at Mr..
Archer's record in Congress and remind
ing his hearers that though Mr.. Archer
was very clever gentleman, but as a
Representative in Congress, be had always
voted with the most ultra Democrats, and
consequently had no influence with the
Administration, and was shown of his pow
er to represent the interests Of the people
properly of Maryland. The Republican
party in 1868 promised, that if Grant was
should be practised in the collection and
expenditure of the public revenues. He
claimed that those promises had been full
filled to the letter, even beyond the most
Administration. He proved this by con-
trasting the Republican rule in the Nation
al Government with Democratic rule in the
Government in New York, Kentucky, and
Maryland. During the Eve years in which
the Republicans were in power in Mary
land they carried on the Government of
the State at a cost of twelve millions of
dollars, and for the next four gears when the
Democratic party was in power it had cost
secenteen millions of dollars to carry it on.
The next promise which the Republican
party had made was, that the revenue
should be faithfully collected. That it had
done this was evidenced by the single fact
that during the first year of President
Grants Administration, there had been
collected $72, 900, 600 more than during any
single year of President johnson S Admin
istration. The speaker next showed that
the Republican party had reduced taxa
ton at the rate of 5000, 600, 900 per annum,
and that Mr.. Archer and the whole Demo-
cratic party in Congress had voted against
every law to reduce the tax. The promise
that the National debt should be reduced
has also been kept. The Democratic par
ty in 1868 pronounced in favor of "repudia-
ton" But our party said "no," "our
credit must be sustained" and it had sus-
tanned that credit by reducing the National
debt, in three and half years $34S, 000,-
600. $133, 900, COO saved in the first year
of Grants Administration over Johnson's
was proof of the most convincing kind of
economy by the Republican party. The
next promise was that our country should
be made prosperous. That this has been
accomplished may be witnessed on every
hand: 26, 600 miles of railroads have been
built, since Grant was inaugurated; the
| national wealth has been nearly doubled,
every paper dollar was worth % cents more
in gold than when Grant was inaugurated;
manufacturing establishments have been
raised, and on every side is heard the busy
hum industry. The speaker then referred
to Mr.. Archer's career in Congress, and,
showed that that gentleman having voted
| against every measure looking to the reduc-
ton of the National debt and taxation had
also voted against the Registry Law, and
tho low To lu1o
ton; against Mr.. Peters resolution declar-
ing that the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and
Fifteenth Amendments were parts of the
Constitution; and Mr.. Schenck's resolution
that all our obligations should be met in
the spirit in which they were made, and
our public debt be paid in gold. He con-
cluded by offering the same candidate in
1872 that Greeley had said never was
defeated and never would be.
He die not ask the people to vote for
Grant because he was great General, but
he was placed before them for their suf-
frage because he had proved as great a
statesman as general.
The speech was plain, and forcible,
Astounding in facts and figures which can
not be disputed, and was characterized by
an entire absence of vituperation and abuse
Messrs. II. r. Torbert and John. E. Will
son addressed the meeting briefly, after
which followed music by the band and
the meeting adjourned with three cheers for
Grant, Wilson and Hancock. AS the
| crowd was leaving an enthusiastic individ-
ual proposed three cheers for Pennsylva-
MIA which were heartily given.
TO BE.
The poet says: "man never is but always
to be blessed This is the predicament