The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-09-28

V~'SV o III huf0uCO
war; and now to say that when peace
has spread her beartiful wings over
our land, when some citizen is s;lurk
down, that the United States canuot
protect him when The United States
will make him protect il, is inia-
nous. Applause aud cries of .'gooi,
good"1 The flag that will no, pro-
tect its protectors is a dirty rag.
[Applause. IL contaminates the air,
in which 1t waves, and if that is The
true theory of our government, |
despise it. [Applause] 1t is the
duty of this government to see to it
that each and every American citi-
zen has all his rights in every State
OF the Union Gapplause,] j peaceably if
we can, forcibly if we must. GGreat
applause.] The Republican party
made the black men of this country
citizens. 1t put the ballot in their
hands, and it is the duty of the Re-
publican party to see to it that they
have peaceable opportunity to cast
their ballots. [Applause.j There
are plenty of men in the South who
fought against the Government and
who were satisfied with tho arbitra.
ment ofthc war, and who laid down
their arms and are Union men to-
day. lwant the government to pro-
tect them too. [Applause.l AS
general rule, however, the pOpula-
ton of the South is turbulent, and
the best men cannot controlit, and
men are shot down for opinions
sake. 1t ought to be stopped. Il is
q disgrace to American civilization.
They tell us that the colored men are
treated very well. Oh, yes, very
well! read every little while of
two peacable white men going along
not thinking of anything, as harm
less and inoffensive as lambs, and
they are approached by 10 or II
negroes, and the 10 or IL negroes are
shot, .out the two peacable white men
don't get scratch. Applause The
negroes are the ones 10 bite the dust;
it is Infamous. GApplause.l The
Democratic party don't care. Samu-
| ell j. Tildcn don't care. He knows
that many Southern States are to be
carried by assassination and murder.
He knows that if he is elected Presi-
dent it will be by assassination and
murder. lApplauscI And he is !.
willing that they should 60 on. 1t is
infamous beyond the expression of
language. What party will be most
apt to preserve the liberty of the
negro, the party that gave it, or the
party that denied it? Who will be
most likely to preserve the liberties
of the loyal white men of the South,
the men that fought for them or the
men that fought against them!
TILDEN AND THE NEW YORK DEMOCRACY.
The Democratic party have as
their candidate for the Presidency
Mr.. Samuel ]. Tilden. 1t is enough
for me to say of him that he is
| Democrat. He belongs to the Dem
cratic party of the City and State of
New York. The Democratic party
of the City of New York, as | under
stand it, and we have heard it out
west, never had but two objects,
grand and petit larceny [Great APP
plause.l We have always heard out
west that Tammany Hall bears the
same relation to the penitentiary
that a Sunday school does to church.
(Laughter and applause.1 | under
stand that the Democratic party of
the City of New York got control of
the city when it didn't owe dollar,
and that it has managed to steal until
it now owes about one hundred and
sixty million dollars l understand
that every contract made by the
Democratic party of the City of New
York was larceny in disguise. Ap-
plause. l understand that every
election they ever had was fraud.
/ understand that they stole every
thing they could lay their hands on,
and oh, what handsl Laughter and
applause.l They grasped and clutch
ed until they stole all that it was
possible for the people to pay inter-
est upon, and then, clapping their
enormous hands to their bursting
pockets, they began crying for re-
form. Laughter and applause.] l
understand that Mr.. Tilden was
pupil in that school, and that now he
is teacher in that school. I under
stand that when the war commenced
he said he would never aid in prose-
cution of that outrage. understand
that he said in 1860 and 1861 that
the Southern States could snap the
tie of confederation as nation
would break q treaty, and that they
could repelcoercion as nation would
|. repel invasion. I understand that
during the entire war he was oppos-
ed to its prosecution, that he was OPP
posed to the proclamation of emanci-
patton, and demanded that the doc
, ument be taken back. Understand
that he regretted to see the chains
fall from the limbs of the colored
meD. understand that he regretted
hen the Constitution of the United
States was elevated and purified pure
as the driven snow | understand
that he regretted when the stain was
wiped from our flag and we stood
before the world the only pure Re
8 public that ever existed. Itis ci ough
for me to say about him, and since
the news from Maine you need not
waste your time in talking of him.
HOW GENERAL HAYES FOUGHT THE REB-
ELS.
i On the other side there is another man,
Rutherford b. Hayes. Tremendous ap-
plause want to tell you something
about this man.. La the first place he is
, an honest niau, he is patriotic man, and
when this war commenced Rutherford B,
Hayes said :, 81 would ra her go into this
war aud be killed in rhe cause of it than
!, 20 live through il and taFe no part in it.
Compare, if you please, that with Mr.. Til
:, den's refusal to sign a call for . Union
meeting in this city of New York. headed
by that honored man who was at that
!. time staunch Democrat, Gen. John A.
Dix. IApplauseI Rutherford b. Hayes
is, as lhaxes said, y patriotic man; h.
went and dispersed rebel meetings when
= Mr.. Tilden refused to disperse these meet
!, ings. He bears now three wounds ia his
: : flesh, received while helping his country
in this manner. He is also, a. man OF
/, good charaeter, and, as l said before, good
: character cannot be made in day; good
character is made up Of all good things
all the ennobling things accomplished go
! into this grand thing called character, AM
!. the character OF Rutherford b Hayes
! rises before the people to-day like dome
!. : of honor, of patriotism aud integrity.
Tremendous applausel All the Demo.
7 / critic sna kes. With their poisonous tongues