The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1876-09-07

LEWISTON, Aug. 22.-An immense mass
meeting of Republicans was held in this
city last evening, when speeches were
made by Gov. Connor and Col. Robert G
Ingersoll Of Illinois. There was great
curiosity to hear the latter gentleman
and his appearance was greeted with loud
applause. 1t is safe to say no one was
disappointed. He kept the audience in
a perpetual roar of laughter for nearly
two hours. The main portions of his
speech are given below, taken from a
full report in the Lewiston Journal:
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND THE SLAVES.
LADIES AID GENTLEMEN II belong to
the Republican party, and 1 am glad of
| it, and / will give you few reasons why
| am glad of it. The Republican party
| is the conscience OF the nineteenth cen
tury. What was the condition of the
country when the Republican party came
into power7 l know there are those
with envenomed tongue who denounce
/ this party, men who, if they had their
own way, would not have allowed US to
have a country to-day. The Democratic
| party made it the duty of citizens to
hunt fugitives seeking liberty. Such a
| law would disgrace the statute books of
| hell Laughter. No man ever voted
| for such law who was not rascal.
| intend to tell the truth, if | am strong
enough, and tell you / have an excel
lent constitution. Laughter, This
crime crept up into the Supreme Court.
That Court was a farce. | know all
about it. In 1861, if a negro had planted
corn and the crop was ready for harvest,
and a Democrat had come along to steal
it, the Supreme Court would have decid-
ed with their spectacles pushed back on
their bald pates that the corn belonged
to the Democrat. Loud applause. This
was the spirit of the good old party of
reform. Loud applause Imagine the
condition we were in when the Republi-
cans came into power. Justice and
mercy were vagrants. At the North the
Democrats were ready to give anything
for an office. The Southern States took
up arms-took up arms for what2 Why,
for the right to steal from four millions
of people of different color. | believe
am superior to the black man-and so
superior that can get my living without
robbing him. Laughter The Demo
cratic party commenced the war against
the Union. The question was, Are you
for or against the Union? The Republi-
can party offered all that it could-it al
most got into the dirt, but the South
rushed to war The great Republican
party and every Union-loving Democrat
in the North struck hands to fight for
the Union. Are you sorry the Republi-
can party won in 1902 Are you sorry
the great Lincoln was elected President2
He was almost the only man who, having
absolute power. never abused it except
on the side of mercy.
BEWARE OF BACHELORS.
Then there's Buchanan, an old bach
elor, and for Gods sake, never trust an
other. / wouldn't trust a man who don't
love wife better than politics. Great
laughter Buchanan said: IL can't do
ANYTHING" He fell back on State rights
Now, / claim nobody ever urged that
doctrine who didn't want to steal some
thing from somebody. Laughter 1t
was called up when the South
wanted to secede. Buckle up your coat
when they talk State rights-your pock-
stbook is in danger They believe the
United States is simple partnership
and when any member of the firm wants
to set up on his own account he may 90
out Now, what has the Democratic
party been doing all these years2 The
Republican party has its book open
The Democratic party says: For Gods
sake let our pedigree alone" Laugh
ter / say let's examine the pedigree.
The Democratic party was opposed to
the war; that ought to damn them
eternally I would be willing TO let them
end little short, but politically / mean
eternally.) Laughter. The Demo
cratic party opposed the means to put
the war down they swore the debt
never ought to be paid. They tried to
impair the national credit The Demo
cratic party said, Don't buy bond; the
South will succeed" If the Democratic
party had had its way, the soldiers in the
field would not have been paid. They
ought politically eternally to be damned
for that. Laughter. How many Dem
ocrats were delighted every time the
Union army was defeated Voice,
That's So" That's fact don't
tell it as news [laughterl, but simply to
refresh your memories.
What more2 The Democratic party
tried to get up fire in the rear in Can
ada. Jake Thompson had 100000 from
the Confederacy to operate in Canada in
conjunction with Northern Democrats.
The Knights of the Golden Circle in In.
diana and Illinois received money from
Jake Thompson. He hired men to fire
New York and Cincinnati He furnished
pistols to those men in boxes marked
Sunday School books" / have right
here a copy OF Jake Thompson's letter, in
which he speaks OF the danger of his let
tiers falling into loyal hands; for, says he,
they will implicate leading men in the
| North. What kind of leading men
/ Northern Democrats-friendso OF honesty
and reform, gentlemen. Laughter and
/ tremendous cheering
AN EXTRACT FROM DEMOCRATIC PEDIGREE
! / was atPeoria, Illinois, when the Dem
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