Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-10-11

The following - an extract fror
Bob Ingsrsoll's speech delivered i
indianapolis at the reunion of Ell
Union soldiers on September 10
l am opposed to the Democrat
party and we'll tell you why. Ev
cry State that seeded from the Uni
ted States was Democratic State
Every ordinance of secession tina
was drawn was drawn by Demo
GRAFT. Every man that attempted t
tear the old flag from the HEAVIER
that it enriches was Democrat
Every man that attempted to destro,
this nation was Democrat. Every
enemy that this great Republic ha
had for twenty years has been
Democrat. Every man that sho
Union soldiers was a Dem ocrat
Every man that starved Unisn sol
diers and refused them, in the ex
tremity of death, crust, WAS ,
Democrat. Every man that loved
slavery better than liberty was q
Democrat, The man that assassina'
ted Abraham Lincoln was u Demo.
GRAFT. Every man that sympathized
with the assassin-every man glad
that the mobiles, President ever cleo,
ted, was assassinated, was Demo,
crat. Every man that wanted the
privilege of whipping another man
to make him work for him for moth
ing and pay him with .ashes on bis
naked back was a Democrat. Every
man that raised blood-houuds to pur-
sue human beings was Democrat.
Every man that clutched from
shriek,ng, shuddering, crouching
mothers babes from their breasts and
sold them into slavery was Demo-
GRAFT. Every man that impaired the
credit of the United States, every
man that swore he would never pay the
bonds, every man that swore he would
never redeem the greenbscks, every
msligner OF his country's credit, ev-
cry caluminstor of his country S
honor WAS Democrat. Every man
that resisted the draft. every man
that hid In the bushes and shot at
Union men simply because they were
endeavoring to enforce the laws of
their country was a Democrat. Ev-
cry man that wept over the corpse of
slavery was a Democrat. Every man
that cursed Lincoln because he is
sued the proclamation OF emancipa-
non-the grandest paper since the
Declaration of Independence--every
one of them was u Democrat. Every
man that denounced the soldiers that
barred their bosoms TO the forms OF
shot and shell for the honor Of
America and for the sacred rights of
man was Democrat. Every man
that wanted an uprising in the North,
that wanted to release the rebel
prisoners that they might burn down
the homes of Union soldiers above
the heads Of their wives aud chill
dren while the brave husbands and
the heroic fathers, were in the front
fighting for the honor of the old
flag, every one of them was Demo-
crat. l ain not through vet. Every
man that believed this glorious ma
lion of our, is confederacy, every
man that believed the old banner
carried 10y our fathers through the
Revolution, through the war of
1912, carried by our brothers over
the plains of Mexico, carried by our
brothers over the fields of the rebeli-
Ion, simply stood tor contract,
simply stood for an agreement, Was u
Democrat. Every man who believed
that any State could go out of the
Union at its pleasure, every man that
believed the grand fabric of the
American Government could be
made TO crumble Instantly into dust
at the touch Of treason, was Demo-
crat. Every man who helped bufh
orphan asylums in the city of New
York was Democrat; every man
that tried to fire the city Of New
York, although he knew that
thousands would perish, aud knew
that the great serpents of flame leap
ing from buildings would clutch
childred from their mothers srns-
every wretch that did i, was Demo-
crat. Recollect it. Every man that
tried to spread smallpox and yellow
fever in the North, as the instsumen.
talities OF civilized war, was Demo
crat. Soldiers, every scar you have
got on your heroic bodies was given
you by e Democrat. Every scar,
every arm that is lacking, every
limb that is gone, every scar is a
souvenier of u Democrat. l warn
You TO recollect it. Every man tina,
was the enemy Of human liberty in
this country was Democrat. Every
man that wanted the fruit of all the
heraism of all the ayes to turn 70
ashes upon the iips-every one was q
Democrat.
Gov. Tilden's war record seems I,
suit them exactly down South. In
urging him upon the Democrats Their,
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