The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-11-09
REJOICING IN CINCINNATI

lne hepuOticans OF Tue 4ueeH
City had q feast Of reason on Wed
nesday last,over the recent gloriou
Peace triumph, by the continuation
of The administration vf Presiden
Grant for four years more Th'
following extracts IRON brie
speeches on The occa sion, show tn
spirit annlmasing tue speakers.
Hon. A. F. Perry, said:
Mr.. Lincoln in presenting til
commission said 20 Gen. Grant:
The confidence Of the nation IL
you for what you have done, an.
what remains 10 dc, % given 20
with this comtnissi =. With hi
great honor goes eo,r.s. sdin
respoEsib lily. AS liz aa,i,htrus
you, so, under God, 1t will sustain
YOU
Tie people, t &c o 'he rr"I'hec,
OF Abraham Lincoln, have stoo'
by Gen. Grant, and sustained hir
in his grea: services > the coun
Try
Rev. Peter CLARK, TIE coloree
orator, who spoke So satisfactorily
to thousands n: the + j, Gsonn IS
in this city au in the lat cam-
paisn, said:
lie eaisl sc fei, Tx an over de
lighted cid Coiorei 81 +, rom Ken
lucky, who said he felt a. IL every
hair in his head ives a Jews harp
and all playing at cnuo lie had
expected this dsii,h', on!y not SO
much Of it ut once.
He said the supposed ignorance
OF tie cnlored people had been
IN, ch talked OF in this camp iign,
ard Mr.. Greeley Ind Ia mention it
in his speech at LOUSY lie. He
said the colorca men never had
lacked confidence in Mr. Greeley
whiIc ne was true. bu. they thought
that when the shepherd dog welt
to keeping company with the
wolves, it was time for the sheep
to look out, and on that principle
they had acted during the las cam
paign, and on election day. He
said those who hail telt the iron
spike of slavery piercing their
hearts would be slow to trust those
who had fought to keep them in
hands so long as such murderous
crue.ties to colered men were pos
sible in the State OF Kentucky as
had been chronlcled in the past
few days, and all for the purposes
Of intimidating colored voters.
Men who criticise that distrust, are
men who never bore, written in
scars upon their backs, the records
of that party; men who had never
seen their own Children torn froln
them and sold on the auction block.
1t had been told them that they
were secure under the 14th and
10Th amendments, but it was true
OF the Con sti,utiOn as it had been
said to be true Of every law OF
Parliament-a hole could he made
Through it large enough to drive q
coach and four.
But the Democratic party had now
| retired from t,lsir ess. He had STOOD in
| the street in front of this building, and
had seen fugitive slaves led up these
| steps into the United States Court room,
and led down the back way to go into
slavery. "Thank God" be exclaimed
with deep emotion, ''thoss DAYS are
past past forever, and the Democratic
party is dead" He had been touched bv
two lines Of = song to the flag sung this
| evening
s'Let it wave, let it wave,
But ne'er again DER . slave"
He regarded the Democratic party as in
such utter bankruptcy that it would
puzzle any court to lind assets worthy oil
preservation.
He was prepared for a victory, but
this overwhelming triumph was more
than he expected. 1t reminded him Of
a story OF President Finney, OF Ober!in
one dry season, praying FIR rain. The
rain came, and an old farmer, who knew
Of the fact, found his house, OF the creek
bank, surrounded by water. From the
first floor he was driven to tho second
from the second he was forced to ,ht
roof, where, perched under an umbrella
he saw his house commence floating
! away. when he muttered: "Pshaw
that's Just like Finneyl He never doe.
anything without overriding it =