The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-07-18
VOLUME 24-NUMBER 40

I ballot as cast by the Republican mil
lions dwelling between these oceans :.
when they put into your Constitution
the immortal line that "nO State i'm
this Union shall deny to any person
within its jurisdiction the equal pro-
/ lection OF the laws" applause.l To
the shame and dishOnor OF the Dem
Ocratic party be il rememberd that
every representative Of that Organizs-
I ton in the Senate OF United States
/ and every representative of that Organi-
I ZatiOn in the House Of Representatives
/ Of the United States when the ques-
| ton was being voted upon. ''Shall
I the proposed amendment be sent 20
I the people fer their adoption or re-
I jeeted?' recorded their votes no; that
when the amendment was pending
before the people for acceptance or re-
[ lection, the party, from one end Of the
! Union to the other, as a party, re-
/ corded their ballots against it. I
know and you know that after the
I people had carried it into the text Of
/ the Constitution, there to abide for
ever, only to perish when the Nation
shall die,-when they had done that,
and the declaration was being record
ed in the Congress of the United
States that by the solemn act of the
people and the ratification of the Leg
islatuTes of three-fOurths of the States
Of the Union, this amendment, that
makes all men equal before the law,
was, 10 ali intents and purposes, part
of the Constitution OF the United
States, this Democratic party record
ed unanimous vote in the negative
under the obligation OF their Oaths. l
know, furthermore, that in the last
utterance of the special principles OF
the party, in 1858, in the city OF New
York, when they put their last noIni-
nee for the Presidency, selected fro u
the Democratic organization proper.
before the people, they embodied in
their platform, and there it stands to
this day, the declaration that this
amendment, which secures the edali-
ty of all men before the law, ives un-
constitutional, null and void [Ap-
plause. -sI.s 80,
DEMOCRATIC DECEPTION.
have entered into details thus far
my fellOW-citizens, to show the utter
wOrthlessness of this declaration Of to-
day at Baltimore, that 1--WE accent
the platform Of principles announced
by another organization at Cincin-
NATL" What the people Of the Uni
ted States want is mat they shall re-
ject the principles heretofore an
nOuneed and acted upon by them
selves. In going into this contest you
are not, as I have said before, simply
voting for q mere man on account OF
his personal qualities, on account Of
the purity Of his life, if you please; on
account Of his general beneVolence, IL
you please; but you are voting for the
representative OF a party organization
and of its principles. The vote that
carries u. 5. Grant into the Presiden-
tial chair in 1872, rely upon it, viii
carry into the House of Representa-
tives a majority OF representatives Of
the people in accord with the princi-
pies Of which he himself is a represent
tatiYe. Applause. The vote which
carries the Democratic nominee intO
the Presidency in 1872, if any such ca
lamity as that is to befal the country,
will certainly carry into the House Of
representatives a majority Of repre-
sentatiYes of the people in accord with
the known principles of the Demo-
NA1AAA Ai-AA -hANAA AAENAA AAQAF NAEAEAUAEH
deceive themselves by saying that
they are only declaring aud voting
for Ulysses S. Grant or Horace Greeley
in the contest Of 1872. They are vOt-
ing to put the administration of this
Government for the next four years
either in the hands of the known and
tried and faithful party Of the people,
the Republican party, Of the United
States, or to transfer that power for
the next four years to the Democrat |
ic party, which organized the war Of |
the rebellion, prosecuted it, and did |
what it could during the four years Of /
the struggle to make it a success, and /
since that time has done Whatit could !
to restore the lost cause. There may
be, my feilOw-eitizens, some reason |
which it is possible to assign, which /
may commend Itself as the true reason |
to thoughtful men in America why it |
is and how It is, that the denOuneer Of |
the Democratic party is to-day made |
its standard bearer, and Iut by its Con- |
ventiOn in nomination for the Presi- |
dency Of the United States
/ have nothing tO say agninst The
private character Of that gentleman
[ have no doubt OF the purify u( ms
private life. anu not fOTgetful, al,d I
/ am gratful that during all his life lie /
has been the friend OF the p,iOr and |
struggling; that he has done much to |
lift them up, done much To alleviate /
the hardships Oftheir harsh life, and |
FOR that do him honor. .--.-r
USFIFNEss FOR THE PRES
1DENCT.
But with ell respect to him I say