The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-07-09
The Tammany Braves Ceiebr"''o"
Talk by y. =. Cox.

Talk by -. -. NON'
-Four thousand persons were present
;r .h.. ,,r..t .wigwam' in New ork on
WSn5sy 70 celebrate with the Society OF
,r.,,,,n.nv or Columbian Order lnde-
,.rJaucr Day. or, aS they described 1t
ia their programme. "Manhatten, Sea-
.,u of Fruits, Seventh Moon, Year of
Discovery 2s3d, of Independence 99th,
md of the Institution the S6th.' The
Grand Sachein, Hon. Augustus Schell,
presided. In his brief speech of We'll
come and greeting he said that the future
was portentous, that already the Democ-
racy OF New York had spoken, an / that
sister States from every part of the
Union "are preparing to put an end to
the misrule and proiilgacy OF the he
publican Administration" Alter the
reading Of the Declaration of lndepend-
euce by Mr.. j. Fairfax Mclaughlin
came the usual "long talk, the Hon. ,.
= Cox being the speaker. The theme OF
hi, Grafton was home rule, from which
proceeded to deduce in his peculiarly
lucid and uervou, style many lessons Of
liberty and independence, with special
reference to the position and politics Of
of his own city and state. After deciar-
iu., that home ruit hurts no party, he
uroce,dri L. demonstrate that there are
two capital illustrations in our history
OF the Violation of TIN, law of society
60 analogous To that of nature; the first Is
the colonies uudrr George III, ana the
second the South under General Grant
Wherein, hn said. has the present Exc
.ytiyr copied the conduct Of George III?
Wherein ina, he violated the genius and
form of libertv2 DcspotismS have two
modes d! attack; by comp de MAIN and by
sapping. The comp dc main We have
had in louisiana The sapping is the
prohigacy which likes the Cwsaric dla-
lem; not for It's intrinsic beauty and the
welfare its power may bestOw, but for
the pagcantry and display IT. profuslon
90! wealth NAV give; that rule which
roam, undcserycd and inordmate emolu-
ments naturally seeks 10 perpetuate It.
self. In concluding the eloquent speak
y-.aI: Can We live much longer
.r!ar anti home rules. which dcStroyall
our safeguards one little sound OF
freedom: one wukytGl day Of liberty,
holy hour.at the old altar Is worth q cycle
@, Ca,hay. Hail unI hurrah, then, for
Home Rule The radical party has
written IL wrongs in brass. The blind
can feel ,hrm. Tn" ruined States
south snow J.- rNcc,,r,. Barely e>cap-
inr %, ,u,, from 81 crbil that would
have r.yra their last v,stuge u tree rule
from their homes. they are still not al
Together free L Legislatures can be
Cr.Lruwu,t BY tie -Nor1 attic 'rI,r oi
AN unlnprnru,d President aud Cabinets
it Aal.ut- can Jr manipulated by rapac-
ious adyculurrr- il white perjury can
b. added to black fraud and 20 un-
whipt; .f,' u, Mr. B. Ii. Hill said, = SOW
cveisu state can be sentenced To the
chain-gang by Washington telegram,
then let Us whisper with bated breath
the GREAT Declaration! Let the centen-
NAL wear be- pallyd in black? 1t will be
no wear of jubilee to the cniranchlsed
South or for the hurdcncd North. 1t Is
maxim of Democratic iai.h 70 care for
the weak. without lujustic to any. AL
the struggles upon our star against drs-
po,ic rule have turned to the masses OF
men and their general good as the best
object OF human government. All the
muniments and means of freedom, aud
the divisions and diffusion of power are
the bristhng battlemcuts built with the
g,,as around the home. They make up
the sum of its rule; tuny max" the hut
Of the poor the equal ot the paiac" OF the
rich