The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-10-24
SPEECH OF
Hss. GEO. /. rEFllE!1I
Delivered at Cincinnati, on the
.tfs 10Th ult.
Mr.. PENpLEros said /:


Mr.. PENDLEToN said:
This canvass is near its close. The
argument has been exhausted. The APP
peal to reason and judgment has been
made, and thoughtful men are prepar-
ed to vote and if had consulted my
own wishes only, would not have
addressed you this evening. can
not hope TO present to you new views
or add vigor to the presentation of
the old ones. But my friends have
requested it, and their wishes | am
accustomed TO obey. =,
e e II is wonderful what effect absence
from homs produces on the mind and
heart. Three thousand miles of in
! tervening ocean make us love our
whole country better, and feel a clos
,er relationship to all our countrymen.
/ They seem to abate the bitterness OF
strife, and make us feel that our peo-
| pie are sactuated, by patriotic spirit.
however widely they may differ as to
methods. In this spirit would speak
to you to night. would not willingly
do Injustice to Gen.Grant, or his Cabi-
net, or iIis adherents. Many of them
/ 1 know: some of them l admire. All
OF them L would treat with that con-
sideration which fair dealing and hon
est discussion demand. When L speak
of him, or of them, intend rather to
speak OF the tendency and significance
of their opinions and the system OF
administration which they approve
and enforce than of their personal
characteristics and particular actions.
When left home i'll June, this Lib
RI 20 f.
commenced. To borrow the figure OF
another, il was then the easy move
ment and gentle whisper of chang
| ing tide in calm sea to-day it is the
dashing surf and deep-toned roar Of
an incoming and angry ocean. What
does this mean:
WHY THIS LIBERAL MOVEMENT? 7.i-
Why have Republicans left the or
] ganization which they built up and
loved? Why are Democrats not iso-
lated men, but the party with all the
persuasive authority of its recon-
mendation and all the power of its
discipline supporting Horace Gree
| ley? Surely. there is striking rea-
son for this wonderful phenomenon.
L have read the speeches of Horace
Greeley on his Western trip. read
| carefully also the speeches made at
Cincinnati on Saturday. They were
from the leading men of the Republi-
can party. They were brought here
to follow Mr., Greeley, to counteract
1.-the Influence. of his visit, and if pos 4
sible to destroy, both by comparison
and contrast, the force of his speeches.
Cabinet officers, military Generals,
and civil Generals were present; the
highest rank, the highest in their own
| estimation, the highest in the estima-
Ifionw 81 fhe1r pal ere here. Mr.
Delano, General Bntier, Gov. law
ley, were put forward to present IN /
the best shape the best phase of the
the policy of the Republican party
fand its effects on the country. They
had .-----------------Ia tH
l. ADoUBLE AND PERPLEXING OFFICE
to perform. They must at one and
the same time laud the popularity and
power and success of the party to win
| IYour sympathy and admiration, and
show that it had failed in its work,
fallen short of its promises, and must
be continued in power in order to ac-
complish it. a'@@ si. 5s.
S Strip these speeches of their verbi-
age and what are they? condense
them They tell us the Republican
party has had the entire confidence
of the people; it has been in power
tive years, wears of wart years of
peace They tell US the rebels were
conquered by force of arms in battle;
that Democrats sympathized with the
rebels and were conquered by ballots
at the polls; it has had absolute
power in the Federal and = in
| the State Governments ). in Congress.
it has" had two-thirds majority; in
the Presidency it has had the men of
its choice; in the Judiciary it has
found or it has made a majority of
the judges Seven years haye elaps-
ed since the war. Seven years of
Republicanism. Seven years of alb
of General Grants Presidency. This
has been its opportunity. Behold its
| work .gc.5
Fellow citizens, what has been ac-
complished? What claim to public
| gratitudeS
WHAT TITLE TO LONGER POWER?
| Read these speeches further: We
promised you peace, but there is no
peace. We promised you concord,
but there is no concord. We promis-
ed you more perfect Union, bu It
There is no hearty Union. We prom
tised you freedom throughout the land,
but there can be no freedom, there
must be disfranchisement the South
is still rebellious; the ha6eds corpus
must be suspended ;the elections must
| be supervised; the reconstructed
Governments must be sustained the
whites are disioyal, and must be SUBJ
jected; the negroes are loyal and
must be put over them.
This is their own testimony. Yet,
gentletlemen, after twelve years of
power after seven years of peace, this
is their testimony of their own sue
cess-this is their claim, as they them
selves state it, to renewal of power.
And they are right. This is their
claim-their only claim. They state
it properly and fully. They have ex-
ercised absolute power : President,
Congress, Judiciary they have done
their best, and they have so far beg
CARED the people of the South, so far
exasperated the races, so far despoil-
ed the owners of property and the
children of industry, SO far uptufned
the foundations of civil order and
prosperous labor, that they need the
powers of war the presence of an ar
my, the suspension of the ha5eds cor
pas, disfranchisement of the strong,
prescription of the timid, to carry one
single State at the South and to jus
tify themselves in your eyes, and OBJ
tain your support, they do not hesi-
tate 10 invoke .
THE BITTERNESS OF HATE.
and to influence the passions and AMI
mosities of fagrant war; Read these
speeches for yourselves. This is their
fair Interpretation, their philosophy;
no man can deny it. Read them more
closely They furnish incontest.ble
proof that this Administration has
done more than all others to degrade
the public service and to debauch the
public morals. naa'ee
The President has received money