The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1876-10-03
Hon. Robert IngersOll.



career for the past two months has
been somewhat unprecedented in the
annalsof American politics. His speech
at Indianapolis at the soldiers meet
ing fairly bristled With new hits, fresh
passages OF eloquence, and sparkling
epigrams from his seemingly inexhaus-
tible store.r His readiness may be
gathered from the rather amusing
opening Of his speech. We quote:
Colonel lngersoll was Just about 10
begin, and had said Ladies' and gen.
tlemen," when the music of an ap-
preaching band broke upon the air.
II was just going to say" he added,
'that a drum always puts me in mind
OF Democratic orator laughterl, all
sound and no sense" Great laugh
teri To the reporters-Don't put
that down, boys.
But the boys could not allow the
quick-witted sentence to escape them,
and SO they ''put it down." He then
continued: 8fE
am opposed 10 the Democratic par.
ty and 1 will tell you why. Every
State that seeded from the United |
States was a Democratic State. Every |
ordinance Of secession that was drawn |
was drawn by Democrat. Every man |
that endeavored to tear the old flag |
from the heaven that it enriches was a |
Democrat. Every man that tried to |
destroy this nation was Democrat.
Every enemy this great republic has
had for the last twenty years has been /
Democrat Every man that shot
Union soldiers was Democrat.
Ckeers-'That's So" Every man
that starved Union soldiers aud re-
fused them in the extremity Of death
crust was Democrat. Renewed
cheering. Every man that loved
slavery better than liberty was Dem.
ocrat. The man that assassinated
Abraham Lincoln was q Democrat.
Every man that sympathized with the
assassin-every man glad that the no.
blest President every elected was assas-
sinated was Democrat. Every man
that wanted the privilege OF whipping
another man TO make him work for
him for nothing and pay him with LASH
es on his naked back was a Democrat.
CHEERS. Every man that raised
oloodnounds W pursue human beings
was q DemocRt. Evary man that
clutched from sLrieking, shuddering,
crouching mothers, babes from their
breasts and sold them into slavery was
n Democrat. Cheers. Every man
that impaired the credit of the United
States, every man that swore we would !
never redeem the greenbacks, every
maligner Of his country's credit, every
calumniator Of his coutry's honor, was
Democrats. Cheers.
. After proceeding in this strain for
some time Mr.. Ingerson stopped for q
moment, and, looking at the audience,
said in his peculiar and inimitable
manner.
am Republican. / am n Repub- I
lican because the Republican party
says this country is nation, and not
a confederacy; / am here in Indiana to
speak, and have as good a right to
speak here in Indiana as though 1 had
been born on this stand-not because |
the state flag OF Indiana waves over
me. would not know il il 1 should
see it. You have the same right TO
speak in Illinois; not because the State
flag OF Illinois waves over you, but be-
cuse that banner, rendered sacred by
the blood OF all the heroes. waves over
mo aud you. CIccrs. .sa iu fayO.
Of this being a nation. Think OF a
man gratifying his entire ambition in
the State Of Rhode Island. Laugh
ter.
PROTECTION TO CITIZENS.
The Democratic party says the gov
ornment can march its troops into the
South to protect the rights of the cit
liens. 1t is lie. [Great cheers.
The government claims the right, and
il is conceded that the government Las
the right, to 60 TO your house while
you are sitting by your fireside with
your wife and children about You, and
the old lady knitting. and the cat play
ing with the yarn, and everybody hap
ply and sweet-the government claims
the.right to go to your fireside aud
10 take you by force and put you into
the army; take you down TO the valley
of the shadow of hell, set you by tie
ruddy, roaring guns, and make you
fight for yonr flag. Cheers Now,
that being so, when the war il over
and your country is victorious and you
go back to your home, and lot OF
Democrats want to tTample upon your
rights, i want to know II the govern
ment that took you from your fireside I
and made you dght for it, want to
know il it is not bound to fight for
you. lOheers. The flag that will not
protect its protectors is q dirty rag !
that contaminates the air in which it ,
waves. The government that will not
defend its defenders is n disgrace to
the nations Of the world. A voice,
amen. am Republican because
the Republican party says, 1--WE will
protect the rights Of American citizens
at home, and il necessary We will
march an army into any State TO pro-
tect the rights OF the humblest Ameri-
can citizen in that State" Cheers
THE DIFFERENCE.
There is room in the Republican air
for every wing; there is room on the
Republican sea for every sail. Repub-
soul be like an eagle; fly out in the
great dome OF thought, aud question
the stars for yourself" lCheers.
party says; "Be blind owls; sit on the
dry limb OF dead tree. and only boot
when TIlden Il Co. tell you TO-"
,bs1s 10 10 oasaasp sas aspae%ssn %s s party
leaders. [Cheers.l There is not a
party chain; there Is not a party lash.
Any man that does not love this coun-
try, any man that does not love liberty,
any man that is not in favor Of human
progress, that is not in favor OF giving
10 others all he claims for himself, we
don't ask him 10 vote the Republican
ticket. tCheers. You can vote il IL
you please; and IL there is any Demo-
crat within hearing who expects TO die
before another election, We are willing
that he should vote one Republican
ticket, simply as q CONSOLATION upon
his death bed. Great laughter.
Free labor, love, affection they have
invented everything Of use in this
world. Cheers / am a Republican.
tell you, my friends, this world is
getting better every day. and the Dem
ocratic party is getting smaller every |
day. We have got the first free |
\ country that every existed. And right |
here i want 10 thank every soldier that
fought 90 make II free [cries CT "good"
good" and cheers, every one living
and dead. / thank you again, and
again, and again.
An ELOQUENT PASSAGE.
The past rises before me like dream.
\ Again we are in the great struggle for
national life. We hear the sounds
OF prepsration- the music of the bois-
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