The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-10-05
Ringing Speech by the EI-SpGakGr at
Warren, Ohio.
His Objections to Tilden as
a Candidate.
Payment of Rebel War-Claims: How to
Do Democratic Retrenchment.

to the election of Mr.. Samuel j. I1lden because
at great crisis in his country's state he proved
undutifrll and when that country lay bleeding
with wounds from rebel hands, Mr.. Samuel j.
Tlden passed by on the other side, and gave
no word of aid or comfort except to her enc
mics. lam opposed to Mr.. Tlden because
interruption by the approach OF a band.
will not run In contradiction to q bass drum. /
am opposed TO MIR. 1ilden, / was about to say,
because of his being openly and ostensibly
committed to the doctrine of resuming specie
payments on the LIST day of January, 1879. He
broke his personal faitl with the country, and
Yielded to the clamors of those in the South
who wish q fresh issue of paper money, for
the purpose of paying Southern war claims.
But I have more to say of this before get
through
OBJECTIONS TO TILDEN.
Mr.. Tilden goes under the name-sham pre-
tense-of beingWa reformer, mere 9aOnoi19is
apqrobrG, and a name which is to-day associated
with the worst gang that ever infested or i'll
fected the politics of America mean the
Democracy of the city of New York. am OPP
posed to Mr.. Tilden because he, more than any
other Northern man, is committed to that fatal
heresy, that most fatal of all political heresies
that lies concealed under the 'tglittering gen
eralties of State rights. That was one of the
objects of the giant rebellion, with it's blood
shed, sacrifice of life. destruction of treasure,
and loss of property, and which, unless
zens, will reappear as most dangerous ele-
ment in the future administration of the Gov
eminent. And I am opposed to the election of
Samuel J. Tlden because he is Democrat.
daughter and applause.] party that even
in the estimation of those who are trying to
support it has so bad record that it Is acknowi-
edged that the Governor OF Massachusetts
does not dare to mention it's name in his letter
of acceptance /; a party that, since the times of
Van Buren,, now nearly forty years ago. has
espoused no idea nor advanced any measure
that was not at war with the highest genius
and best interests of American civilization.
[Great applause.
AwoRD ABOUT ARMY RETRENCHMENT
Now, then, the same rule comes to the army,
and you hear great deal about the enormous
standing army that the Republicans are keep
ing up, threatening the liberties of the citizens,
and overturning republican institutions. Now,
we have got nation of 25, 900, 900 and an army
Of $4,000. A fearful army! [Laughter.l In
the Democratic city Of New York it takes 5000
policemen TO keep your pocket and mine from
being picked going from the depot to the
hotel-one- eighth of the entire army Of the
United States-the police force Of the Demo-
cratic city of New York. And here, with all
our vast frontier of Is, ZOO miles OF coast, and
with the disturbances in the South, 25, 600 SOL,
diers Never had civilized nation, since
civilization came among men, supported SO
people. We now come to the Army bill. To
go back, when the war closed in 1865, an i'm
mense number of men-many probably do me
the honor to hear me this mOment-went back
to the avocations of private life, returning
stronger men for the great experience
they had gone through. The question then
came, how should we compose the army for the
time of peace? happened myself to be men,
Der of the committee that framed the bill, and
we found condition OF things that did
not exist before the war. We found that 4,
600, 900 men that had been slaves were now
freed men, and out of that 100000, 200,0
had been in the ranks of the Union army, who
had done what they could, had been faithful
and true, had fought, and gloried in their
scars, and thousands had died. Not only was
their aid of vast consequence to the Union
army, but their presence was a great help to
the North. The draft was less In the town OF
Warren because of these 200 600 men, if the
draft was ever enforced here. When we came
to make peace establishment. it would have
been an act as mean as Southern rebel Dem
ocrat can get their Northern allies to dol
cannot use stronger comparlson-to have
excluded the negro from the army OF the Uni
ted States; and, therefore, we ordained in the
law that certain number Of infantry and cav
airy should be composed of colored men, and
they have been, and are to-day, composed Of
the colored men. and do good service. The
negro is clothed with the uniform OF the Uni
tea STATES, WHICH Nc u0lpeu 10 b6V0s ALlu ally
other act, say, would have been inetfably and
irredeemably mean. Now will you believe it
You certainly would not if it was stated on the
unsupported assertion of any man, that on this
Army bill they moved to put a provision 70 leave
those negroes out. Under the dominion OF the
rebel Congress, they were for excluding the
colored regiments from the army, and at the
same time, reported bill by Gen. Randall
Tucker, of Virginia, repeating another clause
in the Army bill of 1865, which said that any
man serving in the Confederate army should
never be commissioned an army officer of the
United States. So, then, this Congress- SO far
as they could do it by their own motion (de-
feated, as they were, in both cases by the Sen
ate), attempted to drive the negro out of the
United States service, and to bring in the Con-
federate soldier who had always been disloyal.
These men are not only bad, but they are crazy.
They were rushing at political destruction,
but so wild and crazy we're they with the
sense of power that they proceeded to these ex~
tremes.
PAYMENT OF REBEL CLAIMS.
Now, have something to cay of MI. Tilden
regarding his position on specie payments.
After seeking to place Democratic character
in YOUR own view, he immediately begins to call
YOU q liar and other complimentary names.
The Democrats say that the constitution for
bids the payment of rebel claims. Now the
constitution forbids the payment of two classes
of claims You shall not make any appropria-
ton to pay the rebel debt, nor for the slaves
that were emancipated. The constitution. III
one clause Of the Fourteenth amendment, un-
doubtedly says that Twill not stop to argue
that, though / think even this may be got
round, but will acknowledge that those gate
WAYS are closed. will admit there is no dam
ger of any money being paid for the rebel debt,
or for the slaves that we're emancipated.
But, inside of that gentlemen, there is moth
ing in the constitution that forbids the pay
ment for all the articles that were destroyed
dewn South during the war, all the wild
destruction that followed the war, all
the houses the fences, the school-houses,
| churches, towns, and the wheat and the corn
and the bacon, and the mules and horses, the
railroads, bridges, culeerts, and thousand and
| one nameless sources of loss, are all payable
to-day, if you can get majority in Congress to
vote the money. There is nothing in the world
| to prevent it. How do you know that any of
them are going to be paid 2 They have very
nearly 200 bills now piled.up. ] have seen it