The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-10-31
The Ohio Triumph.
lPepdle'on's Speech at the Great Cincinnati Jolll1,
ton Meeting last old.y.l

| uon Meeting, last Monday
Il Ny FELLOW CITIZENS: 1t does one
heart good Ia see scene like this. Ap
plinse. II is very proper that torches
: should be burned, that rockets should
rise and that fires should fame To testi
~ that our hearts beat quicker, oul
blood flows more rapidly at the result -
,, the last election. Loud applause. i
was not my good fortune 10 he able to
take part as much as usual in the can.
vass. but made little speech at Mozart
Hall one night, and want YOU 10 bear
vi illness that | told the people of Cincin.
natl. then and always, the truth. when
said that VIM. Allen would be the next
Governor of Ohio. Great cheering, and
a voice. ''and the next President of the
J United States" Aud as came up this
evening | met an old Republican friend
or mine. lie was not in a very good
humor. lie said lie did not know what
We had To rejoice about. or whom we
had to congratulate. told him if he
would come here aud listen to-nigh that
i and Others would answer that question.
And am rcioiced tonight. my fellow
citizens. because | believe that the pco-
pie OF Ohio have done patriotic duty.
Hear. hear, that's il, and they have
done il So wisely and so well that its
results will insure to the benfit OF our
whole country. We rejoice because the
people of Ohio have set the seal Of their
conformation upon fraud and corruption
and the general demoraIintiou which
has crept INTO the administration of our
public affairs. Applause. We rejoice
because the people of Ohio have rebuk-
ed that general want of high-toned in
tcgrity which is manifested in salary
grabs and Credit Mobilicrs. lGrcat ap-
pause. We rejoice because the people
of Ohio have said that they have lost
confidence in. and will not trust the
destiny of our State to party which is
founded upon unsound principles, which
l. tainted with corrupt practices. We
rejoice because the people Of Ohio have
said they have confidence in aud they
will trust the destiny of the State TO a
party which we believe is sound in prin-
Iciple, and whose crowning glory it al
WAYS has been 10 maintain purity in
legislation aud honesty in administra-
zion. Applause. And above all. my
friend we rejoice that this triumph has
been secured tc us in the person Of an
guishcd veteran. whose sagacitv and
judgment aud patriotism will be all eN-
ertcd "a enable us to use power so as
that, while we serve the country we'll.
we will insure and extend the successors
of onr party. Applause.
And whom shall we congratulate To
whom shall we give thanks? Gentle
men, we can give thanks to and congrat-
ulate ihc Young men OF the country who
now, for the first time, have cast their
vote. and who, in spite of abuse. in spite
OF detraciiOn. in spite Of calunny. have
followed the impulses. the instincts of
youth. aud allied themselves To a party
which. iu all lis history in all acts. in all
the power that il has exercised. has been
true at once to liberty aud To constitu-
iional obligations. lGrcat applause.
Al this juncture q wagon drove up,
amid great laughter. right in front of the
platform. drawn by team OF oxen. on
one 81 which colorcd man was mount
ed. aud filled by a group of Lively bo.'s.
who shouted. This j. Bill Aliens team
When the interruption this occasioned
ceased. Mr. PcudIcton resumed.
said. gentlemen. that We could con-
congratulate the Republicans aud thank
them TOO. who, convinced of the mal-ad-
ministration Of their own party. have
had The patriotism and the nerve Ia leave
their organization and trust themselves
10 the promises and 10 the professions
aud 10 the acts of their ancient advcrsa-
rics. Applause. Aud gentlemen there
il, another class Of men whom we may
thank and congratulate. speak of the
Old Line Democrats. | speak Of the
men W ho amidst disaster and de eieat have
always kept the faith as ii was handed
down 10 us from our fathers. speak of
the men who in twenty years of disaster
have never lost confidence never lost
courage. but have had their armor bur-
nishcd and their steel bright. speak of
the men who are satisfied always TO do
their duty rs patriots and leave the re-
suits 10 the people and TO God. Ap-
plause.
But gentlemen. let us never forget. let
us all remember tonight, in the midst OF
victory and in the mids of rejoicing. let
us always remember that victory brings
" iih it responsibilities, and power with
il duty. Lctu. show all the world, show
il clearly that even n blind man can see
aud deaf man can hear, show that the
Democratic party has been purified in
the FIRE OF political misfortune that in
the disaster OF the last fifteen wears il
has gained strength. il has gained name,
il has gained honesty, and that now it
has aspirations after loiticr honesty
and more exalted patriotism. Let us
show ~ the wisdom OF our legislation,
! Nv the purity Of our administration that