Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1872-10-15
Speech Of Coo. Perhdm at Cooper
Institute, NeW York.

low Weed, and other noted men.
The President. i'll introducing Gov.
Perham, said that il had been announced
whom the nomination OF Mr.. Greeley was
completed, that a tidal wave would DO
set in motion in North Carolina which
would next be felt in Maine lie had the
pleasure OF introducing to the meeting
Hon Sidney Perham. Governor and Gov.
ernor elect of Maine, who would tell of
that wave aud its effects. [Applaussl
Gov Pcrham came forward amid loud
and prolonged cheers, on tho subsidence
OF which he said
M. President Il thank you Tor this
kind introduction. and thank this audi
erce lor their Kind reception. We had
heard OF that tidal wave in Maine. and
had been waiting Tor ii for long time
We understood that il WAS going TO sweep
over The whole of that land, aud hence
wc waited suxionsly and thought(uliy in
expectation. When it came we expert
rmced nothing OF its onward ilov. and il
proved 10 he cue OF those waves thai are
moro powerful in their reccding action
ia.m in their incoming action. Laughter
While II failed entirely To carry the dem.
wratir. party high and dry upon the
mountains OF Maine. and give them pos.
evasion ut The State, It seems to have had
force nuugh "a have taken these men and
swept them back into the falhomless
orcan. Tor we have hardly heard OF them
since Ihst time. Applause and laughlerl
come to you with an earnest heart in
regard to the subject in which We ars All
interested. and with great confidence that
we are 10 achieve glorious result in the
campaign. ApplauSel After what have
s-en feel that tho result cannot be other
than this. 1t is II wise prolision that
each administration is to be brought once
in lonr ears to Judgment before the peo-
pie. that they. il it has done well, may
commend il, or if il has done i'll may turn
it from its position and put in its place
another, which will better fulfill the OK.
peclations of The people The people are
n"w called upon to pass judgment upon
The merits OF the administration now con
trolling aud which for thrc. and hall
Years has controlled the interests OF the
nation. Some oi tho leaders OF tho dem
ocratic party, who find il troublesome to
bring the rank and tilc TO the support OF
Horace Greeley, arc attempting to con.
vince them that The real issue is whether
they will have Horace Greeley and dem
ocratic administration or Gen. Grant and
republican administration, AppIsusel
In February. 1871, Horace Greeley told
Us that the restoration of the democratic
patty 10 power in 1872 would restore 10
thsir former places al who. as members
OF Congress and The Senate, and SIS hold
iug other important positions, violated
their oaths aud went into the rebellion;
that the brain and hsar and soul OF the
democratic party were in the rebel Gle
hent OF the south, and their aiders and
Sbettors in the north; that il those men
got into power they would do SO with all
the hates and auimosilics that had been
ougendered in The long years OF war and
he spoke truthiully Some time since,
when Ia u visit To tho south, he informed
MS that the rebels had again made up their
minds 10 renew the fight, not thi, time
wits the gun and the sabre. but with the
ballot, and th4t those men thus expect to
regain What they lost by tho rebellion, and
Mr.. Greeley spoke iro,bfully in that ro-
gard. And to-day you find him aiding
those men in their purpose. Applause
And To day tho real isouo is whether YOU
will take the government from the hands
of men who saved it in time OF dire ncces
sity, when rebel hands struck against It's
life, and give il to those men who during
tour years Of bloody war sought its de-
struction. Applause and cries Of 'neyer'l
This being the fact one would hardly sup
pose that IL was necessary 10 argue any
oi these questions further. We would
suppose that ihe men who are in favor of
restoring the rebels to power woold vote
tor Horace Greeley, and that those who
desire the continuance Of the present
psty IN power will vote for Gen. Grant.
tAppiauso
Hat tAer0 arc other questions which are
not improper for us to discuss in this
campaign. What has the Republican
Party done That it deserves to be beaten
in this contest? And what has it done
that it should not receive The plaudit.
"Weil done. good and faithful servant ?"
1t assumed control when the Democratic
Party had held sway for many wears, and
when the country was in such condition
that Mr.. Lincoln [applauso] was COM
PEELED to 90 in disguise through u portion
OF the country on his way to the capital
to take the oath OF office. Our finances
We're broken down; we had been trying
TO get Il loan OF few millions for some
time, and although our promises to pay
were offered at about ninety, still but a
small portion OF lhc amount desired could
be raised. The country had become
divided, and member after member. and
Senator after Senator, had ronounced
their allegiance 10 their country, and had
formed what they called the Confederacy.
What little there was of the army