The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-09-28
lngersors Greae speech at tho
Cooper Union, New York.


lngsrsors Gress speech at tho
Cooper Union. New York.
An Eloquent and Vigorous Speech on the
Lssses Of Mc Day-TAe Record Of LAs
RrpSbiicaa and De~oeraiic Parties
Costrastd - Way 0essrai Hayes
Should DC Elected apS Gostraov 7TE
den DEFEATED.
The following exsrssss VIII be read
with interest:
Colonel Ingerson wSsiatrosuced. and
spoke as follows:
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: I au:
Inst on ms way hcrne from the gallant
State OF Maine. and Aserc hns followed
me q telcgraphSr dfApcscN. which [ will
read to you. EAssrsg fit was not
good you may swear I would rot read
IT, "Es .aus cs:m;1.,.ous, district. every
county IN knine, Republican by q large
majority, 1Ckeers, and cries Of THAT
IL re4nxin"T The victory 10 ovcrwhelm-
Ing. snd tho majority will. l think. CT.
a Voice-We are on the home stretch.
naughter.1
Mr.. Ingcrsoll-That dispatch Is signed
By that knight errsnt Of political chival.
nv, james G.. Blaine. ICheers.l
My friends, two political parties ars
asking the votes of this people ; one
wishes 10 retain the power that Il his
held for sixteen Years, the other wishes
office. rLaughter.l The Democratic
party, with the hungry, starving eyes
ofa wolf, has been looking In at the
National Capitol and scratching at the
doors of the white House for sixteen
years. [Laughtcr.l Occasionally It
has retired TO some congcnisl emincpce
and lugubriously howicd about the
Constitution. [Cheers and laughter
nv George, that Is It exactly. laugh
ter The Republican party comes to
you with Its record open. and asks ev-
cry man. woman and child IN this broad
country to read its every word; and I
say to you there Is not n line, \ para
graph, or a page In that record that is
not only m honor TO tho Republican
party. but to the human race. (Cheers.
IN every page OF .ha, RECORD IS recor-
ded some srca! anu glorious Ac.ion
donc e'ther ior Va ''uer'! VI man OF
the preservation OF our comhnon GUN
try. tApplause.I we ASK e'eIyoou'
10 read us every word. Inc t.amo-
record closed. a record OF blot and blur,
and etain and treason. and SANDER and
m%aIipnity. md asks YOU not 10 read ,
solitary word II What Il has done. but
bc Kind enmrch ~ t,ps ms inG,mhus
promisc, for rbaf II will do Allow me
tb sav Here that rhnyocf,r--oooa char.
acter' rests inot n'i9sot,I,. und nof mn.
on A p~rospectus. fApnl,isc.I a mar
, Good mr. had character nv wjia,
he has re,Iiv accommodated and mt hv
VIA, bc re,i,v nromises =, do II nrom.
ises would make n GOOD ycnutniion
S,nuol r T;idcn ,nd ths n.mocr,,;c
n.r,r wor,j h.ro On. in ,ron,x 'Innr
tanr RI nh. nr,noso 40 t.,i
ron ~, .rsn;nn ~ f-ianJp ,;,,,o nr
h;.,,rr ~ ,h. H.,,hI;nar n.r,r
lille oft he history Of the Democratic
49,, I'D g., ~. Dsr"h,;..n n.r,r
B'hrh o. IL REPUBLICAN PARTY
When that party was born the bay Of
the blood hound was the music Of the
nation. The dome Of tho Capitol at
Washington cast its shadow upon slave
pens in which crouched and shuddered
mothers from whose breasts babes had
been torn by wretches who are now
for honesty and reform. Then IL a poor
negro had titled q farm and watercd 1t
with the sweat Of honest labor. and II a
Democrat came along and seized upon
the result Of his labor, the courts OF the
United States did not know to whom
that corn belonged. (Cheers.) And
when that question came TO be tried the
learned Judges read oil the books and
all the platforms OF the Democratic par.
ty, and pushed their s~pectaclcs back ON
their noble and expansive foreheads and
came 70 the conclusion ,h,x the Demo.
Gratis owned that corn. daughter and
applause.0 Atthe time The Republican
party ZANE into existence. slavery wa,