Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-11-03

States still clung to the South, when there
was no common bond of union or sentiment
between them. If anybody had right to
complain of the loss of property in slaves
he was one of them, for he bad 800, 900 in
vested in that kind of property, as it was
once called.
SLAVERY HAS BEEN SWEPT AWAY,
forever, he hoped, and now there was moth
ing left for the Border States of Missouri.
Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland and.
Delaware to do but to cast in their lot with
their mighty neighbors lying North of
them, and march forward in the great cam
paign of education, progress, and the de-
velopment of the nations industries. In
stead of 1oombs' national cornerstone Of
slavery, we now have two corner-stones.
one was our public schools, and the other
free Bible.
In reference to Kentucky affairs, as an
illustration of what the Democratic party
should do if put in power, he instanced the
late State election when, out of all the
State officers elected, there was only one
who was not an officer in the rebel army.
In reference to schools, provision was only
made for white children, and yet we could
hear the hypocritical prayer for the king
dom of Christ to come, when those who
had it ON their lips were instrumental in
Withholding from the colored people the
them to know something about Christ.
Mr.. Brown said he had travelled over
5000 miles through the South, and in all
that distance he had not seen more than a
dozen white men at work in the fields. The
labor was all done by colored men, and yet
the "white liners were engaged in killing
off the colored men, whose labor gave them
and their section of the Union their wealth.
He compared the inventive genius Of the
Ne
| great show, in Philadelphia, was full OF
inventions, there was hardly solitary n.
vention from the South.
| Leaving this subject MIR. Brown then com
| pared the records of the Republican and
Democratic candidates for the Presidency.
| The military and civil
RECORD OF GOV. HAYES
was set forth with great force, compared
with the record of Governor Tilden, Who
never gave a solitary cent to cheer The
heart of Union soldier or cent to sup
press the rebellion. He did not believe
| Governor Tiden swore TO a lie in the re-
turn of his income tax, but the law was
such that he could make dishonest return
without taking any cath at all. He didnot
believe in dragging the character of pfliti-
cal opponents before the public, but dhen
a man aspires to the Presidency of nstion
of forty millions of free people, they slpuld
know the character of the man whoasks
their suffrages. He then recited one little
incident to show the real
CHARACTER OF SAMUEL J. TlLDEN,
At one time he sent all his household
furniture to the great house furnishing
emporium of Stymus & Son, of New York.
for repairs and renovating. In doing this
the Messrs. Stymus, in order TO MAKE a
good Job, had to furnish some new ftath.
ers and other material which amountn tc
$40 more than the first estimated expinse
This little bill ran on, the Messrs ST. mus
trying to see Mr.. Tilden in vain, he a Tayi
keeping out OF their way, and paying D at
tention to their bill, which was freqr Ently
sent to him. Finally sutha to be brc lght
when Mr.. Tilden, much to the surprise IF al
honest men plead what lawyers call f'th'
rogues' plea" the statute OF limitationl Mr.
Brown wound up his speech with the lrela
tion of Kentucky anecdote the mofl o
which was, "if you have not made upiyou
mind yet to vote for Mr.. Tilden, dot d.
it,"
The meeting broke up with hear9 ar
! plause for the speaker, and great eneusi
' asm.