The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-09-03
STEUBENVILLE.
Republican Mass Meeting there
Last Night.
Three Thousand People Present,
Speeches by Ex-Governor NOyes
and the Hon. A. N. Burns.
Special Correspondence of the Intollsonecr.l
srEuRENyILIr, September 9,

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fully 5000 people present, in addition
to number OF ladies in the au
dienCe, Ex.GOv. Noyes and Hon
A, NJ, Burns arrived at II A. NJ. They
were met at the depot and escorted BY
the committee in carriages u the Coch
ran Central Hotel, which is handsomely
and protusely decorated with wreaths AM
garlands OF natural flowers,
Tho verandah from the street with ii
beautiful arches ornamented with Chi
nese lanterns, looks perfect Pantheon.
General Noyes and Burns were the re-
cipients oil handsome serenade by Zel'
ler's aud the Independent Colored bands,
AT 7 o'clock the speakers were escorted
to the stand by the committee and large
number Of citizens, preceded by both
bands Of music,
An organization was effected by calling
VIM. X. Il. Elliott TO the chair, and
appointing W, F, Campbell and Captain
MC(iowan as Secretaries.
The chairman In a few appropriate re-
marks introduced the first speaker, Hon.
Edward +. Noyes, who was received with
a perfect storm Of applause. Mr., Noyes
coming forward said;
My fellow citizens
BY common consent OF the leaders OF
both political parties unusual interest
and Significance Is attached to the result
OF our State election this fall. II will be
largely influential In and possibly conclu.
sive of the Presidential contest next year.
The issues as made up are national in
their character, and hence the discussion
of them attracts attention far and near.
II the Democratic party now succeed in
Ohio, II will everywhere be regarded as
the triumph Of n financial policy. We
Republicans believe II would be ruinous
to the business interests Of the country,
dishonest In its whole scope and bearing,
and iraught with evils from which this
generation Of men could hardly be ex-
pccted to recover twill be the etriumph
Of n party which Speculates in unayoida.
BILE distress and seeks It's political fortune
in the providentiAl visitation Of fire and
flood; in the disasters which panics bring;
in business depression and personal hard.
ship which no human foresight could have
predicted and no earthly wisdom could
have prevented. II will be the victory Of
n party which for fifteen years has CON
tented itself with opposing everything
which the party in power has done
or proposed; Of which, with utter dis.
regard Of the great men who made the
Democratic party respectable and useful,
denies and spurns all their distinctive
characteristics md principles; which ad.
vocates a theory to-day and rejects 1t to.
morrow; which ayNils itself Of exaggera.
ted statements and false accusations to in.
flame the public mind, which watches and
feels the lhrObbing pulse Of troubled
nation with no wish to allay the fever;
withnO desire for the patients cure, but
in hope ofA change Of doctors and its own
employment. II will be the success Of a
party lacking In principles devoid Of pat.
riotism and seeking only the high places
Of influence and power to which 1t Is not
entitled, and with which we contend II
ought not to be trusted. The Governor
then spoke Of the difficulties that sur.
rounded us financially, admitting that it
was fact known and regarded by all in.
telligent men that capital has been unre.
muneruted and labor ill.rewarded; taxes
have been heavy, while the means to pay
them have been limited; trade and bllai-
ness Of all kinds have been dull or stag.
nant property has deprecated in value
and there have been great fluctuations;
many fortunes have been wrecked, and
much suffering has been Cndured 1t Ia
proper that we should inquire as to the
cause Of all this distress and the remedy,
II one be possible. Democratic orators
and editors tell us II Ia maladminis.
tration and dishonest practices on the
part Of the party in power. II this charge
can bc substantiated, 1t Ia sufficient rea.
son for change Of Government officials
and Of public policy. But Is II true ?
This we deny with all the emphasis at our
command, and we assert that II Is largely
due to tho disloyal, dishonest and unpa.
triOtic course pursued by the Democratic
party from 1850 to the present day.
HISTORICAL POINT OF VIEW.
Look at the history Of the present pol.
icy Of the Democratic party. You may
comprehend II, but cannot see how any
intelligent public man, ConverSant with
the financial history Of the world, should
commit himself 10 the wild and insane
policy Of an irredeemable currency,
which, wherever and whenever adopted,
has resulted In disaster and ruin. There
may be occasions, as during the late war,
when, rs n choice Of evils, this policy may
be temporarily adopted. But II Is an evil
still, and should never be resofted 10 as
permanent measure. Forced loans
never command the public confidence, and
can only he defended upon the ground
Of absolute and pressing necessity, and to
preserve the National fife. The moment
thatnccessity passes, the eXpedient should
be discarded. q
South Carolina, Virginia, New Jersey
and other States at various times adopted
the system Of initiation, and what was the
result? In every instance the deptecia.
tion was 80 great that the paper so issied
became practically worthless, involving
the most widespread and general diSaS-
ter.
But, my fellow.citizenS, there IL another
question before the people Of Ohio to-day
nearly equal in Importance to that Of
finances
THE CATHOLIC ISSUE;
and | will Just repeat here what said
some time ago, that II was not an issue
Of our seeking, but was forced Upon us
by The Democratic party and the Catholic
clergy. And let me here say that we
wage no war upon the Catholic Church.
We recognize the rights Of every man
and woman In this land TO worship God
IA each may please, or not At all, Our
fathers commended for the utmost religious
liberty, and we maintain that for which
our fathers fought. But IL will be re.
membered by you all that last winter
Mr.. John j. Geghan, a Catholic Demo.
cral, introduced In the Lower House Of
the Legislature n bill entitled; "An act
to secure liberty Of conscience and equal
rights in matters Of religion to inmates
Of State, county and city institutions In
the State Of Ohio" This IL wellBound.
ing title, and seems 10 be very innocent
in lie scope. The billwas drawn up with
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