Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-11-05
the DEMOCRATS CELEBRATE THEIR VICTORY.
sERENADE TO sBNATOR THURMAN
Enthusiastic Affair.
Astonishing Growth Of the Party In
the City since Tuesday.

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/ Marine band reported at the residence of Mr..
/ Columbus Alexander, en- street. between 10Th
| and 18th, where a number of the prominent
( members OF the party had assembled. Among
these participating we're John f. Norris, Ju5 ge
| Moore, DIR. Baldwin, r. s. Davis, A. A. Will
! sou, 3 ID. Castleman. William Dickson, Hugh
! Coyle, DR.. Allen, William Clsggett, 5. I.
! ksub, T.. Il. Robinson, b. l.. Canon, ".
I ii. Ward, Squire Walter, q. Gautier, j.
! b. Wilson, q. Evans, W. NJ. Gait, and other
/ Sel-knOWn gentlemen of the old and young
democracy. The crowd, in starting out, was
/ small, but it appeared that st each corner hun
| dIeds reinforced the line az, headed by section
\ OF the Marine band, IL passed along street
! to 1th street and thence TO the avenue. At the
4 corner Of It'll street the line was about doubled
/ in numbers and heightened out swo squares or
/ more. glimpse at those in the lines which
! extended from the curb to the center or the
4 avenue, brought TO many the remembrance Of
| bye-gOne days" for among many strange faces
I could be seen the old and familiar faces
I of those who twenty years ago were local poiti-
I clans Of note in the Old school. Turning into
/ 18th street huge bonfire was found blazing in
'front.' OF Newspaper Row, and large crowd
having previously gathered there was a perfect
Jam from F street 10 the avenue. Here tine
,oiDp iment OF a seIensde was paid to the cor
respondents of the New York World New York
Tribune, New York Sun, and Cinclnnsfi CALI
Ire procession being joined by the representa-
yves OF those papers, and in fact by pretty
muSH All OF NSwspaper Row, proceeded up I4th
stIeet to New York avenue, and formed a dense
mass IN front OF Senator ThuTman's residence
Here the band perfoTme several airs and calls
being made for that gentleman he appeared on
cheers.
SPEECH OF SENATOR THURMAN.
AFTER the Jubilant feelings of the crowd had
10 lows:
! thank you most heartily for the honor of
yhls serensde, and for the opportunity you At
IOrd me 70 participate in your re OicingS. Yet,
when think of it. is it not a dreadful thing TO
see You with drum and fife, and trumpet and
eymOals, and rending the air with your loud
cries and EXPLANATIONS, because the state of
Massachusetts has been conquered by the ku-
kluX? IApPlause.l Was it not enough that
those awful fellows, by intimidation, so fright
ened the smlsoie, peaceful and Pesce-lOting
daughter and applause as to obtain the mas
terry over all that fair portion of the republic?
'os:h II az al Necessary that they should go
carry the states of Oregon, Ohio, Indiana West
virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and New Jer-
Sey, and 10 cap the climax, the state of New
YORK! Loud and continuous applsuss.l [ say
70 cap the climax, OVerTun the state of New
York and put the state of Massachusetts, in their
6Ieeches pocket? Laughter and applause
WY my friends, the editors and politicians
are all scratching their heads to find out the
cause of what they call revolution when every
man who has read the history of southern out
RACES" the mamiestOes of Attorney General
Williams, the proceedings of the Chattanooga
convention, the effdayits of Major Merrill t6e
kilograms OF Marshal Packard, knows full well
n.
that was intimidation. [Applause Yes, nv
friends, from PassamaquOddv bay to the RI1
GTande that brave, loyal, peace-lOVing party
called the republican party has been 80 intimi-
dated that many OF them, in sheer terror have
voted the democratic ticket, and more OF them
yet have refused TO vote at all. Laughter ana
applause NOW you al understand the cause
OF our carrying the election, and whenever any
OF these people ask you for that cause you have
only 70 reply in one word, Intimidation"
ButleT?'
That reminds me of another thing. This cleo
UOn mas been carried by a party which that
venerable christian statesman, GeTr,t Smith
called the 'fdevl-iHspired party" and thesa
'deFll-lIspTed" men have so little respect
TOT persons and so little regard for
virtue, that they dared even TO penetrate the
Essex district, and laying their profane hands
upon the virtuous Butler Iaug hterl said 20 him.
with shrek whose dislOyal makes me trem-
i PIE WINE mink OF 1t, Benjamin, get OUT
Great laughter and applause We'll now, if
anybody asks me in dead earnest what are the
causes OF our triumph, if the opportunity were
good, II IL was not a time OF jOllifcatiOn, but
ume or serious thought and reflection, land lst
me say that you must not think, and hone Won
Viii not think, because speak in this vein that
am IN frivolous moody Why, my friends
year after year the radical party have carried
the elections at the north by the cry OF southern
outrages ard intimidation at the south Tories
OF "klght"l Members after members Of Con
gress, duly elected-electsd by triumpbant ma
JoTiues-have been turned out OF their seats in
the capitol, or refused their seats uudar this
LaIse PteteIce OF southern oHtrages and intimi-
udIon. ttrles or chow are you."I In this
very year when the foundations ars sliUDIDy
away from under them, and their house brongh7
to lts fsll, and they feel that an eartnauake has
nnished their existence, they set up again this
mill fer the manufacture of southern Outra0es
with the Attorney General of the United S-atss
a. chiet miller. Laughter and great cheer
Now, have referred TO Gen. Butler. If had
not intended TO refer him, your calls perha,s
Hoai9 nave made IT proper that should do so.
man. When he accepted his last nomination he |
gave 8s chief reason for doing so that he had
the Will, and he had the ability, if occupying a
sesI N congress, to still further repress and
suOdue the southern people. He raised the black |
nag OF persecution, and fighting under the flag
sOught 10 maintain his place, But tbs Tzs.,T- !
E "a t1e hlte nag-not OF defeat, but of pssIrs
home" TGTsaf cbeS etsec9 tor, stay thou at thy
now my friends, what are the causas os 49,
s.ess NSTtSIy. 1 can tell you in a sinsle sen.
-ule. Cries OF Correct ~ Thai ceUsa tiaulcal
veTsal 1t is felt on the shores OF the S,is uIl-
! Hn al ne shores OF the Pacific. 1t is felt uc;
New England, and il is felt on the ~ an old |
ne hlo GTande. A voice, "And in Irders OF |
Ilet OF Columbia" Great Iau- the Dis
,aerywheTe' where there is -: z9'eI.l Ana
pents' TSers sn a. oesIs with American sent |
adical rule. Cries of IA dlscontent with |
esson ,5 you Tag. ask me sether there IL anv sood
omes this discon+ Jcntent; if you say whence |
within the last .sent, answer that il is because
AVE set AZ nine years our radical rulers
very haN ~S1ght ever instinct, every feeling.
,eOple ~, every teaching OF the America1
TIE q, and our fOrefgtheTs. TChsering AMI
- OF " That lie so."I
The American people are a liberty-IoViny
people, but liberty has been trampled under |
loot trombone end Of the republic to the other by
THIS radical party. The American people are a
home-rule loving people, but home rule has |
been treated with scOrn and contempt by our
radical rulers; and the doctrine is now scte1 |
upon peTslstently by the American CONGRESS- |
mat II may exercise rs cmnipOtent power as the
Parliament OF Great Britain. The American
people are an economical-lovipg people, but our
expenses OF government are such that man IOok
around in despair when he sees the face of the
{ ak gatherer. The American people are An |
hOEeSty-IOVirg people, bat Credit Mobiher |
Sanborn contracts, custom house frauds secret |
service division, lapplause,l and Washington
rings great applause have made corruption a
synonym Tor government in the United States
No wonder there is discomfort. But, saws some
one, the great cause of this discomfort is that we
are in financial trouble; that many mills and |
factories are stopped, or only do half work that
many lab0r1ng men are thrown out OF EMPLOY
ment, or only ind half work. NV friends thar
Is very true, and no one sympathizes with them
more than dOi but let me ask each one of Won
II the government is responsible for that con-
Oluon OF thlngs II any party is responsible for /
the want OF employment; Of the stopping of |
mills and factories; OF the laborer's crv for
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