The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1876-08-08


woull look like ID. see that tn,
Myers, now living in Missouri, to-day
! aud that Peer say that the stories y
raising the rebel aag in Missouri arr
untrue. i hope they are. But the re
ports seem TO bs well authenticated
and fear some OF them are loo true
For the people 10 do these thing
would be bad, but not no bad. We must
remember. as was the rebel speech o
Ben. Hill in Congress, so heartily cheer
ed by his Democratic colleagues and sc
wildly sppiaudod in ths South. Thai
speech let me refer to again a moment
! The Democrats and Democratic press
nov say they do notinjorss his speech.
| But they cheered Il when ii was made
in the House, and the south cheered il
and their denunciation Of the spirit
Of II az Of his imprudenee in making il.
GOODBYE, DEMOCRACY.
And now in conclusion, rs to the rea-
son why 1 have not left the Democrat.
ic party sooner. They say want Off.
ice, and that have wanted Office III
l had gentIemaD.I should have left the
Democratic party long ago. for il IL a
matter OF record that j have said for
years that there was never any hope OF
the Democrats carving Iowa.. III l had
been an ofRce-seeker should have left
the old party long ago. i am not can.
lAdidate for Office, and new will be- /
have no aspirations for promineDce ia
politics. and 10 not SEQ why. when az
a private citizen, have tried TO change
my party quietly all this abuse should
be heaped nome. / can stand i ,thruugh
and il IN nowise changes my convictions
as to my duty. only 10 intensity and
confirm it. lApplauso.
feel in earnest now as i did during
the war. lCheers. / have no retreat
TO make. Renewed cheers. Tho rea-
eon have left the Democratic party is
that have no faith in IL, cheersl and
no faith In the old rebel element whom
have long feared would come 10 the
front, and whom now know and see
have come, aud whose comming has
made my way clear, aud conrSe of duty
plain. Great applausel Soeing these
men again at the head OF the party and
seeing the defiance OF the men who last
held Office in the National Government
under the Democratic party, makes
things plain enough. Among the last
Democratic officers OF any note were
Floyd and Jake Thompson, the Dem
ocrstic Secretary of War aud Secretary
oi the Interior. They stole from the
Government they were sworn To serve,
20 help the Rebellion raise to destroy
il: aud besides their crimes and their
corruptions all that in charged against
the Republican officials, admit IL all 10
he true even, sink into insigniticancA.
Why. old Jake Thompson, epconTag-
ed BIZ the defiance of Ben. Hill in has
speech. went down 20 Washington n
few months ago, pompoasly saying
that he would waive the legal point of
time. He went down there blowing
aud got sued-f for the money that lac
stole from the rebels. Great cheering.
III oil Floyd were alive, he. too. probably
would go down there under the protec-
ton Of the rebel shadow of Ben. Hill
and demand Investigations. Langh-
teri But like Q child, covered with
the curse Of the crime against Abraham
Lincoln, he also had the good sense TO
die. He was ~ Fort DoDelson with
the other Constitution huggers," bat
no skipped out eerly 30 IA to be- safe.
II he had stood his ground like brave
msn, he would probably have had the
good fortune 10 die elrlier. Laughter.
But he lit out He cogld steal tor the
Confederacy. but hc wasn't willing to
die for it. Laughter.
II is his fanlt, gentleman, aud not
raiuc, that his memory is not u toe
spoken OF with more respect. This
Thompson and this Floyd were the last
of the Democratic rulers, and they rep
resented the nomination of the South
in the Democracy then. Aud Tnomp-
zon and his friends, and the friends OF
L oyd, are again pressing To the front
t. assume party control. As they have
como as leaders, have asked and TAX
en- the privilege of leaving the Demo-
cratic ranks. Cheers. This, fellow
citizens, il why i ON here tonight.
lRenenewed cheers
Finally, gentlemen, j would say,
keep q solid front, and well beat them.
ICheers.l hope aud think we will. 1
am with you, and with you in earnest,
lGreat Cheering. Close up for the
light. They mean business, ard we
must. tApplause. Ii il something
of the old fight, only il is tn be jeught
at the ballot-box instead of the battle
field. Renewed applauses, frequently
repeated.