The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1876-10-06
ELOQUENT BoB.
EEis Great Speech at fudinnap-
Oils on Thursday.

OF Bob ln9erSOll the more lle.
crave. His career for the pas
two months has been somewhat
unpYecedentcd in the annals o
/ American politics. His speech a
| indianapolis at the soldiers meet
| ing last Thursday fairly bristleC
with new hits, fresh passages 0i
eloauence, and sparkling cpl
grams from his seemingly mex
haustible store. His readiness
may be gathered from the rather
amusing opening of his speech
We quote:
Col Ingersoll was Just about tC
begin, and he said ladies and
gentiemen," when the music OI
an approaching band broke upon
the air. II was just going to say
he added, "that a drum always
pats me in mind Of a Democratic
orator laughter, all sound and
no sense" Great laughter. To
the reportors-Don't put that
down, boys.
But the boys could not allow
the quick-wittcd sentence to es-
cape them, and so they put if
down" He then continued:
| am opposed 10 the Democratic
party; and | will tell You why.
Every State that seeded
from the United States was a
Democratic State. Every Ordi-
nance of secession that was drawn,
was drawn by Democrat. Eve
~ man that cndeavored to tear
the old flag from the heaven that
it enriches was a Democrat. Ev-
cry man that tried to destroy this
nation was a Democrat. Every
enemy this great republic has had
for twenty years has been a DEM
ocrat. Every man that shot Union
soldiers was a democrat. Cheer
That's So" Every man that
starved Union soldiers and relus-
ed them in the extremity Of death
a crust was a Democrat. Re
newed cheering. Every man that
loved slavery better than liberty
was Democrat. The man that
assassinated Abraham Lincoln
was a Democrat. Every man that
sympathized with the assassin
every man glad that the noblcst
President ever 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 lashes on his naked
back was a Democrat. Cheers.
Every man that raised blood
hounds to pursue human beings
was a Democrat. Every man that
from shrieking, shudder
ing, crouching mothers babes
from their breasts and sold them
into slavery was "a Democrat.
TCheers. Every man that i'm
paired the credit of the United
States, every man that swore we
would never pay the bonds, every
man that swore we would never
redeem the greenbacks, every
maligner of his country's credit,
overycalumniator of his country's
honor, was Democrat. Cheers.
After proceeding in this strain
for some time Mr.. Ingersoll stop
ped for moment, and looking at
The audience, said in his peculiar
and inimitable manner:
Tam a Republican. am a Re
publican because the Republican
party says this countryis nation,
and not a confederacy; ! am here
in Indiana to speak, and ! have rs
good a right to speak here in In
diana as though | had been born
on this stand-not because the
State flag of Indiana waves over
me. | would not know it if |
should see it. You have the same
right to speak in Illinois; not be-
cause the State flag Of Illinois
waves over you, but because that
banner, rendered sacred by the |
blood of all the heroes, waves
overme and you. Cheers. | am
in favor Of this being a nation.
Think Of a man gratifying his en-
tire ambition in the State Of Rhode |
Island. Laughter.
PROTECTION TO CITIZENS.
The Democratic party says the
government can't march its troops |
INTO the South TO protect the
tights of the citizens. It's a lie.
Great cheers.l The government
claims the right, and it is concc |
led that the government has a
light, to 90 TO your house while
you are sitting by your fireside
With your wife and children about
you, and the old lady knitting,
md the cat playing with the yarn,
md everybody happy and sweet
the government claims the
light to 90 to your freside and to
AXE you by force and put you
nto the army; take you down to
he valley Of the shadow of hell,
yet you by the ruddy, roaring
guns, and make you fight foryourI
lag, Cheers. Now, that being
20, when the war is over and your
country is victorious, and you go
lack to your home, and a lot of
Democrats want to trample upon
our rights, want to know if the
government that took you from
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