The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-09-09
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+. pIseUs1ED DEMOCRAT
c.x TUTTLE LEAVES THE
GhN PARTI.

-. renowned war Democrat
Iowa Staod n no L0nger-sHe
c1 ranyht Tor the Union, ana
mnesnr Propose 10 See
the Principles Estab-
Iished by theWar
OyerthroWn.
p.,b,p the ssverest loss which thu
n.,'acr.tic party has yet suffered in the
~ that Of Gen. james N. futile, o.
r'E, who has abandoned the party IN
NH. 0,ni7ocslIy, and told in vigorous Ian
,.,re why he can no longer remain with
Gen. futile was a War Democrat
,,J a. successful officer and strong
g,n Of great popularity, he has been the
brd Of the Iowa Democracy for fifteen
,s,r., their candidate for Governor ID
i;,s. and for Congress in 1860. BE wa
,lrsy, stronger than his party, and ha'
,Iy,y. maintained the principles ior
Tbich he fought. The recent successes o.
hi, party and the doings OF the House S o.
Representatives and the St. LOUIS ION,
yen,iop. have shown him what "oniu Oe
the result. Of Democratic victory IN inc
t poe.iJsntisI canvass. He therefore re.
anJi,te, ii, marty and their tSo-taeed
!i,l.t and announces himself voter and
Ike, for Hayes and Wheeler. This be
~ !, re.ponse to a sereuade by the
w. and Wheeler club Of Des MOines.
", l,ke the leading points OF his speech
,,an tbe Io,ra STATE Register. The speech
%. impromptu, but is none the worse
IA, that, As it breathes throughout with
,l,ong, clear-cut sentences. Gen. futile
.poke - follows:
NJ Chairman and GenliemeH o. he Hayes
.IWk,tir Club: When concluded to
e rs nv party l thought that | might
"a, "a do il quietly. II was private act
s SDJ required no public announcement,
.nJ there was no one to whom l was
aSlired to account for such an action.
m, >. nv course has been so assailed,
md / have been called so severely TO &C
rornt NAV as we'll embrace this oppor.
,onitV 10 tell both my Democratic and
NV EspuHican friends why ] have left
he old Democracy, and why l. am here
t'rDirbt The act Of my change was a
priyate one, but my reasons for so doing
Sere public ones, and they may be told,
.Dd shall be. [Cheers.l ! am nosPeak:
e, and make no pretensions OF being. !
b,ye been considered doubtful by many
Democrats for nearly two years.
Laughter. Indeed, ] never have been
Democrat II the issues on which they
are fighting this year are the principles
Of the party. Great applause. But
nearly two years ago the course OF duty
q, developed much more plainly than
1t ever had been before. What ! had
cen before that was wrong had con-
iiBued to hope would be found to he mis-
llEes that would be mendel.
REBEL DEMOCRATS.
Nearly two years ago l was in St. Louis
Now there is nothing peculiar in simply
having been at St. Louis. But was there
,l.o in 1861. TCheers. That was Just
Alter the first battle OF Ball Run, and ST,
Louis was thoroughly, wildly, insanely
rebel, It was worth a mans life then al
mos, TO he seen in the Union uniform. A
Union officer about the hotels, where con.
vtpr.,ed the noisiest secession elements,
Sm hooted at and deridcd, and told, with
speer., "Ye4, you'llgO South, and you will
come back, as the Union soldiers have
iu., come bsck from Bull Run, with your
lsils tucked" But, as ! remembes il,
none Of our troops from Iowa ever came
back in that shape. Laughter and APP
misuse. That was the feeling in 81. Louis
10 ISL, and this feeling found there
again, in the same spirit and in the same
places, re.expressed by the very same
men, when | was there in 1874 It was
then Iheard the news that the Democrats
had elected = majority OF the National
House, and these same fellows who
sW.,med about the hotel talking
treason and deriding Union soldiers
III 1861 we're exultant and delirious
EiIh JOY this last time. remarked to
4 gentleman who had been a comrade
viii me in the war, "This looks like the
same set Of fellows who were spouting
treason here at the beginning Of the war.
What is it that is exciting them so, and
what ails them% We asked 4 squad Of
them wha, it was that made them feel 80
good? heard one OF them say, ave
have got them this time. We can beat
them this time" We asked who they
meant by "lhemT They replied, "We'll
elect the next President, and then we've
ga them. Then we'll get pay for all our
property destroyed IN the war, and then
Tsll gel pay for our lost slaves. We
hare the House Overwhelmingly now,
and in 1876, the Centennial year, we can
get the Senate and a Democratic Presi-
dent. Then we can appoint our commit
Iee, TO suit ourselves, and choose our own
Southern Claims Committee or Southern
Claims Court, and make good our losses
b! the var" They meant that they
you'd get pay for all the property de-
'troyed BY the Union Army, and pay for
llltheir emancipated slaves. nc
THEEx.REBEL PROGRAMME.
Said one, "Give Us possession Of the
Government, and the North will be the
rebels next timer Thiswas the talk and