The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-09-16

Democratic meeting. The expenses Of that
meeting were paid BY rebel gold y
jacob Thompson, and he has gOIn nLeu
a voucher or receipt from these r lem,
ocrats, who are new in favor Oh 1lIuea
and Hendricks. They held their next
meeting in Springfield, the next in In n:
dianapoliS, all the expenses Of which were s
Maid by ais rebel agent. They went lur-
ther and shipped TO these towns arms
f tne ib a rebels in boxes marked Sunday
school books. Misses. l saia .ne . e1.
pepSes Of these Democratic meetings wele .
maid for by rebel money, and ineir oplec.
i1aS 10 bnrn the homes OF soldiers while
, w. " Vsre battling for the equality Of hui
s .ne lives. This rebel agent hired an.
thar rebel agent by the name OF Church,
n He tried 10 burn Cincinnati, and Ia
NJ, now a good Democrat. Laughter Al
Indianapolis q mum by the name oil
Dodge was made Of their party, and be
became so sound that they were obliged "a
mt him in Fort Lafayette. Laughter
The Democrats then met at Chicago,
and among other things declared the
war 10 be failure. There never
was, friends, more infamous Lie
told on the face OF this earth. APP
piause.1 It was only few days after
wards that the guns Of Farragut and the
achievements Of the men in the field said
they lied. Tremendous applause.l Sol
diers who fell in support Of this country
raise from your graves and lift your skel'
eton hands on high and swear that when
the Democrat party uttered these words
they lied. [Applause.l i
We then grew magnanimous and le'
Dodge out OF Fort Lafayette. Where do
YOU suppose Dodge is now? He is In
wisconsin. What do you suppose he Il
doing? Making speeches. Who for and
what for2 Tilden; Hendricks, honesty,
and reform. s---.H.I $500 q aFJs.
THE REPUBLICAN, PLATFORM. it
Nov, my friends, / have said few
things 10 you aboutthe Republican party
and few things about the Democratic
party. With a few more words | will
auit this branch OF the subject. Allow
me 10 say that the platform OF the Re
publican party is-as broad as this CONT
nent. In other words, II Is as broad al
humanity itself. [Applause.l It asks
all to come and help and to join who are
in favor Of human advancement. II u
broad enough for Catholics, toF Old.
school Pres6yterians, for Methodists, anC
for infdels, provided they are in favor O
the eternal equality OF human rights
| [applausel-and the Republican party i
It's magnanimity goes even further, 1t Ia
willing that the Democrat should vote III
ticket. Beyond that magnanimity canno
go. Laughter and applause.l
THE PUBLIC DEBT.
The Government Of the United States i
a perpetual pauper. It passes the hat 81
the time, and Il has a musket behind tn,
hat. Applause. But at the same tim
il produces nothing itSelf-recollect tina
lit produces nothing itself. The govern
ment don't pillow the land, the government
don't make the bricks; the goyernmen
don't chop down the trees and saw then
into lumber. The government Is a per
petual pauper, and the government cal
not support the people, but the peopl
have to support the government. Tn
idea that the government can issue none.
for the people to live upon ia the same a
4 the idea that my hired man can issue Ger
tificates OF my Indebtedness TO him 70
me to live on. Laughter aud applause.
The United States got broke. It had nj
money. have been fixed, / think, tina
way hundred times. Then It did as
did. thad TO 60 and borrow money, ant
every greenback was forced loan, Til,
only difference between that Of the .Unitet
States and mine is that mine is not lega
tender. IfIhad the power l would hay'
made them So. We borrowed tn
money and we have got to pay II
and the people have got to pay II
And the debt represents the loss inflicted
upon the country by the war. All thu
powder burned, all the shots thrown, al
The horses, guns, and everything in thu
aggregate Is represented by our debt a
so much loss, and we will never DO a sol
vent people until our net profits sinct
the war shall amount 10 as much as w
have lost during the war. Then we ar,
a square, solvent people. Applause.
The man that can't understand that, ther'
| is no need Of talking to on any subject
[Laughter.l This debt is to DO paid
| Applause. AS a matter OF fact We
ought to make the Democrats pay il
|[Applause.1 They lost the case. Laugh
ter and applause. They ought to pay
1t. All we ask is that they pay their share
and / tell you that It Is going to be paid
There is, in the first place, to secure tina
debt mortgage on continent
OF land. There is a mortgage OF
the Republican party. [Applause.
Also every blade OF grass growing il
the United States Is aguarantee that thu
debt shall be paid. Every ear OF corn i
a guarantee that the debt shall DO paid
Every. hill is q guarantee that the deb
shall DO paid. Every pine tree growinl
in the sombre forest is q guarantee tina
the debt shall be paid. Every thought !
guarantee that the debt shall be paid
And all the coal put away in the grount
BY the old miser the sun Is q guarantee
that the debt shall be paid. [Applause.
And all the silver and gold in th
Sierra Neyadas waiting for the miner,
pick Is guarantee that the debt shall b
paid, and every good man, and ever.
good woman, every babe in tho cradle
and all the boys and girls bending owe
their books at school, and every chal
what Is going to vote the Republican
ticket is guarantee that the debtshal
be paid. [Applause. Why, don't yor
you see, il Keeps coming, il keeps com
ing-[as telegram was handed tohim]-
I have been in that country. 1haye beer
talking to this people.
sWs have triumphed by an .immens'
majority, carrying every Congressiona
district and every county in our State
something We have not achieved sine
1857 ,a,g.sa a.ai'.-i
| TTl.e audience then gave three rousinI
cheers and tiger for James g: Blaine
by whom the dispatch vas signed.l ~ 4,
And this dispatch Is signed By that maj
who clutohed the Confederate Congress
BY the throat and held them until theil
foreheads became as their records ant
until their tongues stuck out like flags o
truce. This Is signed by James g. Blaine
i rCheers. Now, then, the question Is VIII
Is most apt to fulfill It, the party VIII
made Il and swore II was constitutions
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