Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-08-22
WHY 4 REBEL SUPPORTS,
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s'l.1, - y7,. GRANT. R's4AyNrfI. Fuf "h5zia /
speech OF the Guerilla M5sbeya at /
- b-s-':'iE Salem, Va. ...7, 1
...5 siI-1 Us-fli3S . Z. tiis'i'ii27 +5'-
enAt mass meeting held, at Salem,
Farduier county, Va; August 4, Col. 1
Afosby Responded as follows to aSpcechH 4
ftofn Gen. Tfhnton. Col. MogbH, was
received with cheers, He sad ne had 1
come to discuss the great poi teal topic
of the day, to define his position and to
defend himself from the aspersions a ana
opinions Of partisaTs. If. his counsel
had prevailed, those who had, hereto
fore been fighting the great battle Of
constitutional liberty together would
be united and actfVe, pressing on honi
ofabIv for success, but. in an nlfucky
moment some of the leaders of the De-
t}10cracy were seized With ali unac=
counta6ie panic, and while, thus de;
In0rslized had surrendered to, the enc
ny, not the mann enemy, but d band baan Of i1f
TinndeTers, u bunmers, torageTs and
adesd beatsi.s Who had assembled at
Cincinnati and styled .themseiye5t a
Convention He preferred Grant to
Observation-Disclosures land he came to
proclaim it boldly and give his. reasons
for so doing. What. claim had lie on
him. or the people with Yhdm. he9.
lived :? Had not bis paper TIE lftgss5lel 4
for the last thirty years tpeeeIn1, q pelteft
Vesuyius, belch1ng ferltnl aRq sSs scattsItng Ig
the hellish lava of hate and dist0atfnt
through the South, trampliIlg. qnder
foot its Insulting its inoblest and best.
in fact dhino ali that deVifiSh hate and
ingenuity could suggest to qulaalIllIy pis
malice and creed Anltd, ana, yeg he wss tS.si
asked for this man for, PreSSluesnI IfSll esil ps
cause the Conservative parry colillde. !, ny
afford to be beaten. me party lidiu
been beaten ,0ftentimeS before. re- ~ iIneFe mere
was no dfshohor in defeat; Dut the i9ct
was, they could not afford to pc honest-
hiA*' ." =, ..s.t,s "a, as
The so-called Cincinnati Conyenuoon
was mob, a gang assembled Pogelnnerr. 9r.
without any constituents. rIhey dreW
up a declaration of pflncip iples, iiivVuiii-, ivVlii-,
mated Greeley ana IeIl. Inc 81 paisa5tt de'aosio:
Convention was composed U Sie HSlieegftfs
who REPRESENTED nstituencles, put un71 IIl1
luckily had no principles, ana tne sec
on6 the voters applause II91,and calleu
if ail'they Could do for the Democracy
He called it, selling out-[appiause1-
and'sellihg out to the worst OF men:
There was Ashley, o, Impeachment.
fame, who had been MADE governor OF
Montana. but was elected for malteas-
anoe. EIaughter.1 There was Nj +.
Banks, but he was n .tlQtn a 'L4ps[ai'i 4os,
for had he In9t,sMnile Hni tlle, ", sailsS' s1 =
supplied Jackson W!tblsiS mgntns pro-
visions free, of cost, JUST for the taking.l
Laughter and applause. lang, sc. SO 1he. y
mightgo on oaIhey were aae 9ues'ss pof a,or aos
ofbummers, politically sspeaklhg, ever
got togetheEs made up OF etne oaqs allol
ends ofall the Partles,eyer IA sa.s.snpe, tha'
with but one common tls 81 10 pau siiSt S1t
in their work OF, ihate iO5therel ySs iu9si Z,
one other gath hering IN tnls. wofii, at ~
like them. That was Barhenl,s e - lbaPhy'
familyt14 [Applause.3 Anu t4teSs !fssls' s
the men, who presumed TO sseh JNgs-t
Inent on. him, and. teaehnlhb = e pgias1 pt,lp
ieal lprinciple Appiaqse,1 Alss.tsf!
strong point WI th9knoW OF. csLts aayT
thing tab9g tita exeept itheH3l Ess Ailat
San Domingo lousIHessj r liag $50 .ii. =
deny1that AlHi stEa shla oltefse ~ r. =
chase it for q SUM OF, money. ! M!. 3ei-
ferson had purchased LOUISIANA az Ine
same way, and be dlan 2. tnlh 8 thS gen y
FlemenoW who are growing ao9us tsils ~ ~
landswouid IKE TO glge Loaislaia s,leA.
4 Applause / Another 9anqletFlellt = 7.
against, Grant was the :pay9nL.es.. daM' "
Both Mr.. Greeley ang ms ia Piattoria JOE ai5
doEseithat. Grant non1 iiSh ptGt Eqlst go go
to pass IFS Greeley d1q,s ana lnsiSte9 oil
it, and hegth9pgho ehas a. alis man auf t ., :.
catng! Mr.. GfeeleyiS; ieieeLiott. az Y. ynft q
hard cheek to- come oe1o5e o9Htner4
people and find fault with 'S5lf4ilt lor eii1
forcing. it, .Gen. Il fuhton onJeGts 10
having Mr.. Greeley,s Pasg .recora pro-
duced, and saYs shei is not mere 10 oe-
fend it:-o oEAis also MAS q new pIlale ~
poll Fies, gent lemen. on Ghe stump 4voWgi
ing that theytare asAainAq toI lac lEei9FIu, IIs |,
of their candidate,gj He lIntehoed,'
Though, to Introduce it, and snow gen
tlemen that it was 50 lInplsn appldiuse1
that even his friends had to 1pnp tnelF
backs on it. Ii he were f9rced ! 2 t5ifeC 3.
strait he would never ask "a i;ITrle3lq 10
vote for his candidate. Applause. J
How did heget thenomination! ssW ny,
as everybody, knows, by the chlcanery
of the TammanX thieYes, VINO, IN oraef
to get. possession OF the government ll mIlfl
| picked a man they knew they cQ' q lnsif4,
& man, who had been the alleged scare
/ troW of both continents for the past ten ten
wears. Horace Greeley was a MAJ man
fwnose, chief claim to distinction was wa
his .intolefapt' hat of the Southl me Il
wearing of awhile hat ana waxing wal 9I3 g
down Broad way with one leg Of his r[i,
breeches stuck III his boot. Laughter
\ and applause, & They wanted to malkye ~ mlaslye
the masquerade complete, and they
could not have selected e m9fe apPr977
| pirate candidate, not even Dolly Var
den herself. And still Southern men
| Thought he could be elected and give
j -, = JF74bo+ VOC what thew