The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1876-10-03
Hon. John Wentworth.
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Feiiow.Cfsszcns OF Chicago.


I The announcement Aat "Lon
( John" Wentworth would deliver
!, speech in behalf Of the Rcpublica
!. nominees for the Presidency and Vic
: Presidency attracted TO McCoruic
v Hall last evening one OF the largel
/ Crows which have 80 far gathered tn
, emnpaign TO listen to political sPeecl
) Every inch OF space was occupied, an
! the vast assenblage was as conspicu
! GUS for the attention paid TO the speal
! er as for the immense number OF in
telligent voters who listened to hi
, remarks. A band occupied part of th
stage, and previous to the advent O
, the speakers disooursed patriotic, bu
, very noisy, music.
Last evening, at any rate, there wa
no necessity for martial music l.
arouse the enthusiasm OF the audience
IL was John NXentworth's meeting, an,
that gentleman utterly discarded al
conventional arrangements. No lonl
lit OF non-prescnt Vice Presidents wa
read out, NO announcement OF "Upoi
this momentous occasion," or the lik,
was made, but at precisely o:io o'cioci
the well-known form ofMr. Wentworth
was seen issuing from a side door, ant
the well-known voice Of the old veter
an. vas heard once more enunciatinl
the principles of the Republican party
His opening remark was characteristics
Advancing to the front OF the stage
and pointing TO few empty seats up.
on the platform, he said: 'All gentle
men who have not got seats are hereby
lappointed vice presidents OF this meet.
ing" The declaration was received
with great laughter and cheering, and
the speaker began his evenings work,
having accomplished one great thing,
namely, making a good impression on
his audience.
Mr.. Wentworth after few general
remarks, said that such was the nature
Of our elections that We can decide but
upon
ONE ISSUE AT A TIME.
However politicians may set forth the
respective deeds and creeds Of their
opponents. the average voter will have
creed OF his own. and vote accordingly
[Applausel. III there is anything that
is decided in America, il is that the
American politicians cannot create an
,,.ms iss%s fer o,v e. %a,ican ona yosr ASc ASp;
hoped, aud at one time believed, that
ali the issues growing out OF the late
war had been finally settled. They
certainly ought To be. The prosperity
Of this nation requires it, But they
are not. aud the country is in a state
OF excitement to-day because OF this.
In the South this is particularly ap.
parept, and whatever affiicts one por-
ton OF the nation afliicts everybody
North and South. And SO every one
turns politician. This is not the way
to become prosperous again. We want
TO work; We cannot all be politicians
we cannot all have offices. The one
thing requisite for the prosperity aud
healing Of all differences IS revival of
industry. When there is u war at the
South between the whites and blacks
neither Of them will work--the pro-
ductive capacities of the country are
crippled, aud consequently this state
OF affairs becomes public calamity.
Well, those relations are disturbed,
and the question arises, upon whom
does that responsibility rest ? aud this
one issue oyerrides all others. Poh-
It tHis Is 70 too apparent to be lost sight OF.
The same issues that were before the
American people In 1864 are before US
now. They ark Us TO forget it, but
this il is impossible to do. Men who
participated in such q struggle as we
had cannot forget the sides they fought
for; it is not the nature of things that
they should. aud accordingly they are
going to vote for the principles for
which they fought. And this, too, is
according TO the history OF the world.
the lapse Of years cannot wash out the
memory OF such wars. Why, we can
not walk a single block in Chicago
without meeting a wounded soldier;
wounded in that conflict. More than
that, we have as a reminder the gener-
al decentralization OF public sentiment
consequent upon that war; There was
one way in which the war issues could
have been taken ont OF the campaign.
III the Democrats had chosen from
among their ranks man who had
served in the war and had sympathized
with Abraham Liucoln's emancipation
proclamation, the Republicans would
have done the same, and where then
would have been the "bloody shirt?"
IL is said that there is corruption
prevalent. III such there be,
WHOSE FAULT - 1T
The fault Of the party which nomiua-
ted traitor TO run against loyal
man. Tremendous cheering. 1t is
we'll known that the worst features of
Legislation In the years gone by were
brought in by Northern Men. The
fugitive slave-law, the Missouri com
promise, the gag-law denying Abol-
tionists the right OF petition-all were
the work OF Northern men. 1 would
rather vote to-day for Southern rebel
th an Northern Democrat. The rea-
son that the Democrats will not vote
for loyal man in that they want the
men who went down with James Bn-
chauau and JEFF Davis to rule the
country once more.
The speaker then touched upon the
| Republican ticket, aud said he was
| thoroughly satisfied with every man on
| il. With Mr.. Cullom he served in
Congress, and that gentleman had
bsrne clean record throughout his
sreer. lApplause. Andrew Shuman,
Wentworth said. conld not be replaced
by better man. His integrity and
Intelligence was of a very high order,
and he carried his gifts and virtues
/ Win n uOdtstN tnht WIZ tuc aohha n
ton Of every one. LAppIsusel.
Judge Dumbull, one of the greatest
iurists OF the State, called meeting a
few days ago, aud the word went out
that he was.s . Black Republican. The
consequences was tlrat he did not have
enough Democrats TO listen to him to
form a corporars guard.
Mr.. Wentworth then referred TO
Judge Trumbull's speech in which au
allusion was made To powerlessness oi
the South numerically; but that gen
tlemau. omitted = to state that their
votes in the Senate counted as much as
those OF their Northern friends. LAp
plause. II you want new issues and
new measures you must have new men
There is but one way to put down the
Republican party and that Is TO with
draw the Democrats forever from thu
field. Great applause. The Demo
Gratis, in order 20 carry this Presiden
tial election, have united with tn,
most corrupt combination ever formed
in this eouutry-the railroad interest
By these means they hoped 10 carr,
the election, using the railroad rings
a. a means for accomplishing thei
ends.
The speaker then gave few remi
niscepces In connection with
rn.DrSs nuLRoAD scgrstrs,
and cited as one instance OF sammy
| .....s..,fot,ons tba Galena RaiIrOa.