Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-07-14

nor TO CeICdlU flcGOEy. ReAoA1AuS w Cne
maladministration of power, Capt. B. said:
Look at the history of the last S years with
no war, no pestilence, no flaming, fruitful
fields, enterprising herdsmen and industri-
outs mechanics, our people are suffering as
they have never done before, many suffer-
ing great privations and some actually
starving for the lack of remunerative la
Dor, which may be traced directly to the
tampering by the administration with the
finances of the country.
BELKNAP, BABCOCK'
and such like are but the creation of the
corrupt principles of the Republican party
and there can be no change for the better
until there is an entire change of admins
tration. This will surely come in Novem-
Der. That st. Louis Convention seems al
most by instinct to have chosen the man,
and the only man who can harmonic con-
flicting elements in the Democratic party
and overcome the power of the admins
tration party. The eyes of all good men
| most successful battle that was ever waged
between
HONESTY AND RAsCALITY
in the State of New York. His success in
his own State has given him a prestige
that will enable him to sweep the Union.
Virginia is sure of 10000 majority for Til
den North Carolina has been classed as
doubtful but she will go Democratic:
| Now let us go earnestly to work at home,
we have not less than 5000 majority in Au-
gusta county. Let us organize a central
Tilden and Hendricks Club here in Staun-
ton. The example will be followed in ev-
cry district in the county, and If our young
men will 90 to work in earnest we will see
| such Conservative victory as has never
| been known in the annals of this county.
Mr.. Chas. Grattan being called for said
he thought the audience ought to be salts
fed with what they had heard from Gen.
Echols and Capt. Bnmgardner. The proud
banner that waved over them had received
a worthy christening he thought and they
needed nothing from him.. He would only
urge on them that the watch word of this
campaign should be Reform Reform
This is our best chance. The country is
on the eve of ruin the chasm is gaping
before us and if God does not put it into
the hearts of this people to make a valiant
| fight we are lost. The Republicans had
only one man that stood out from their
party an honest man-Bristow, and how
did they treat him at Cincinnati. There
is but one now who can save US, one who
has saved his own State, and that man is
Samuel j. Tilden of New York. (Long
and continued cheering.) I propose in
| conclusion three cheers for him.
The cheers were given with will and
the meeting adjourned.
| FORMATION OF CLUBS.
| Notwithstanding the intense heat We'd
nesday night, about 200 persons assembled
at Firemans Hall for the formation
of "Young Mems Tilden and Hen
bricks Club. - A most noticeable fea-
ture of the meeting was that it was COM
posed over whelmingly of working men.
1t was organized with Mr.. VIM. A. Burke
in the Char and Mr.. VIM. Patrick, Score.
| L.
a short but effective address in which the
fresh work Of the Republican President in
Washington--the forced resignation of
Secretary Bristow, Postmaster General
Jewell, Clerk Yaran the great detective,
and the removal of Attorney Dyer .at St.
Louis, all enemies of the corruption rings
of the government, was well put. He said
the present triple cry of "Tilden, Hen
bricks and Reform" reminded him by the
enthusiasm displayed for it, OF the winning
| cry of Polk, Dallas and Texas.
| Gen. Echols whose entrance was greeted
with loud applause, said the meeting look
ed like work and there was work before
us, but it was work when properly done
will yield glorious reward. Though in
many political campaigns ere this, he had
never felt so still led up with sense of ap-
preaching victory as in this one. Looking
around at the young men here he saw the
mon who are to take charge of this govern
ment, when it shall be saved from the en-
envy, and it was fit that they should be the
men to lead this last glorious charge. This
fight is not one in which the public heart
cannot be reached nor is that heart pulseless
and dead. The banner under which we
fight is that Of ''Tilden, Hendricks and
Reform" (applause,) The last word on it
we are fighting for (Applause.) Tilden
and Hendricks are but men but the last
word is the great idea Of this Centennial
time. (Applause.) The time has come
when all voters can DO reached; when we
can show the country the results Of Radi-
cal rule. We can show the colored men
the history of the Freedman's Bank the
| evidence in showing point blank that men
organized in cold blood to rob them of
their earnings and did rob them. We an
show the Democratic party standing in OPP
position to the importation of barbaric,
! Chinese labor, to compete with the labor
of our overtaxed working men. We can
show such corruption in the government
as never was shown before, not the sops
that have, in former time been thrown to
office holders. but canker that has eaten
to the very heart Of the governm emit, caus-
| ing the cabinet officer to be dragged to the
criminal dock from the caresses of socie-
| ty where his virtues had been snug. Here
at home we feel the heavy burden of taxa
tion caused by the corruption in the ad
ministration of affairs at Washington.
But there is one man that can deliver US
and that is old Sammy Tilden of New
York. (Cheers.) The man who beat Gen.
Dix by so 900 votes and landed Boss Tweed
in prison cell. (Applause.) This great
RetOrmer raised I'D by Providence in our