Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1873-09-18
The Republican meeting.

On Monday last, Governor Moves and
DR.. Scott, of Lebanon, addressed the peo
pie in this place on the political topics of
the day. The attendance from the coun-
try was not large; yet, all sections of the
county were represented, and Music Hall
was well filled with earnest and attentive
listeners.
Governor Noyes is an interesting speak
er, and his answer to the Democratic stump
ers, in their efforts to throw the response
bility Of the notorious Mobilier swindle
upon the Republican party, and also the
responsibility of the SALARY grab" by
Congress, upon the Republican party,
was success. He showed concIusively
to the mind of every one who is not blind
ed with prejudice, that although Republi-
cans in Congress were engaged in the Mo
bilier swindle, it was not party measure
and that the Republican party denounce
the swindle. and all who were connected
with it, as much as the Democratic party
do, and that the Republican party is no
more responsible for it than the Democrat
ic party is.
In relation to the salary grab,'' he prov
ed by docum entary evidence that the Dem
ocratic party in Congress had the power, if
they desired to do SO, to defeat the bill;
that while a majority of the Democrats in
each house of Congress voted for the grab,
thus making it party measure, a majority
of the Republicans in Congress voted
against the swindle; and that in every Re-
publican State Convention, from one end
of the Union to the other, resolutions have
been adopted, denouncing the measure as
base swindle upon the people.
The Governor took occasion to review
| the war record of Mr.. Allen, ths Demo
cratic candidate for Governor, quoting from
Mr.. Aliens Hamilton speech, made at
Hamilton in 1868. His rebuke of the old
white-haired rebel sympathiser was with
ering to the ambition of any supporter of
Mr.. Allen. twas just such rebuke as
ought to be administered to any man, and
to any party, that supports candidate for
the Chief Magistracy of our great State
who puts forth such sentiments as were
uttered by Mr.. Allen in his Hamilton
speech.
If Mr.. Allen were to repeat that speech
during this campaign, and try to enforce
his rebel sympathies upon the people as
he did then, how many of the brave boys
who were then battling for their liberty
and the perpetuation of their Government
| fbinl Won yI-ouId voto for b;rn9 W. 1,r;lI
let the soldier boys answer that question
When the Governor concluded his most
excellent apeech, DR.. Scott, OF Lebanon,
was introduced to the audience, and gave
some practicable explanations of the man.
ner in which the taxes collected from the
people were applied, showing that the
greater portion of the taxes collected were
expended for local purposes; just such pur-
poses as the people, in their different To-
calities, have and are yearly collecting for,
and that the greater bulk of the taxes col
Elected are not expended in defraying the
expenses of carrying on the Legislative
and Governmental affairs of the State.
In the evening w. S. Furay, of the Gin
|
Music Hall. Mr.. F. is lively and inter-
esting speaker He ventilated the incon-
sistency of the Democratic platforms adopt
ed by that party at various times within
the past five years. He showed that no
two of them were alike in principle, and
that every time they built platform they
built it upon a different foundation, and
that there was no similarity in the pIanks,
or harmony in the style of their structure
He paid his respects to Senator Thurman
and his old uncle, VIM. Allen, and referred
in scathing terms to their opposition to
struggling boys in blue, while they were
hazarding their lives in front of hostile
enemy, for the pun pose of saving the Re
public from total destruction: the mentor
whom Allen and Thurman were pouring
out ther disloyal sympathies.
/ These speeches were we'll timed, and
cannot fail to have good Influence in the
result of onr elections.