Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-09-29

plished, and not upon something promised
You can not prove the sOlyeney Of man BY tn
number OF notes he owes, but by the number o
notes he has paid. lApplause.l Now, you MAJ
| say the Republican party is the only fres parg
that ever existed in the world tits the only party
that is not founded upon compromise. It is thi
only party that puts down It's principles in blacl
and andy white @ and says, There they are, and if yol
party in favor Of absolute free government
thai Tns; eyer Tss. existed 1as ,t ths only
the enemy Of caste, that was the enemy Of all dis
tinotiOns in humanity-the only party that eveI
said every human being has the same right az
| [Applause, and cries Of "Good."l It is the only
party that ever did II. II Is the only party in
h1SC fSyor Of gyns to every man whether he \
every man DO his own thinking foi
himself. IApplause.l The Republican platform
Is not only broad this country but t Is as broad
| as humanity. The Republican platform is brosd
enough for US all to stand upon, broad enough fol
everybody who is In favor Of human progress
broad enough for everybody to stand upon who is
willing TO give TO others all the rights that be
| claims for himself. Now think OF that Any man
that is not willing to give every right to others
that he claims for himself IS sc0undrel. LAP
upon the unpaid labOrs Of others is u thief. Un.
aerstand that Any man that endeav6rs to make
| another work for him, and does it, Is robber.
Understand that. He is a FObber. Voice, Dem
ocratP'I Oh, no. there are lots Of Democrats that
| would not do that There are lots OF Democrats,
In my Judgment, who are good people, out they
ever, for voting that ticket after they have heard
me through. lGrest applause and laughterl
want you to know what a great, grand, glorfN
GUS, splendid party the ReT ublican party is.
say its platform Is broad enough for US all, no
matter what you are, no matter what your re,
fapplause and laughterl because II that was not
so, could not stand upon the glorious old Repub-
liean platform. Any man that Is in favor Of hui
man progress, any man that is in favor Of doing
Justice TO every human being, every that is il
favor Of liberty, every man that Is il
favor Of adnnat1Ou. eVprV that lOVAa the COn.
5titutioD, every man that adOres the old flag,
every man that believes int grandeur Of Amer
ican destiny, is welcome upon the Republican
platform. ! can say, my friends, without ego
tism what no other man IN the United States ever
did say: I made the Democratic party pOus.
LAUGHTER and applause.I have got them In that
peculiar religious frame Of mind that oil the time
they can spare between drinks they put in quoting
scripture. had no idea Of the deep, rich vein OF
fervent piety that meandered through that organi-
zation. ILaughter.I had not the least idea that
the whole Democratic party would come up to the
help of the Lord against the mighty. Applause
aud laughter.l They are willing, to-day, to excite
the spirit OF religious intolerance; they would be
willing TO let that demon OF intolerance, with its
mouth filed with fRnRs. with its
fOrked tongues that runs through the
hearts Of men-they would be willing to let that
demon loose in the North or South, anywhere to
carry this Nation in favor Of dishonesty and re-
form. ICheers.l What say Is that the Repgb-
lican party does not belong to that school. The
Republican party believes 10 allowing every man
and every woman TO exercise their own reason upon
all these subjects. They are questions with which
politics have nothing 10 do. No man has right to
put on the brOgans OF impudence and stalk and
stumble and sIagger into the temple of nv soul,
Applause. 1t is the simple question now Of gov
ernment, and all these other ideas every one may
lave for himself. The Republican party says to
self. Do not give mortgage or q
deed Of trust on your soul to anybody.
There is room enough in the Republican
air Tor every wing that wishes TO fly, on the Re-
publican sea there is room for every sail. The Re-
publican party says to every human soul, "Be an
eagle. Fly out in this great intellectual dome and
LET eanl gain the for lImRalf. - The
Democratic party says, BE an owl Sit on q dead
tree Igreat laughterI, and only boot when Samuel
Now, then, my friends the Republican party is
in favor of education. The Republican party be-
party Of arguments, and it is the party Of per
suasion. Slavery never argues, never did, and
never will II is founded upon force and barbarism.
and although slavery has been done away with,
nOmiDally, the barbarlsm and tnhumanity the
cruelty upon which 1t was founded, are there yet
and IL is IN the Democratic party OF the North
yet. The Republican party, tell you, is a party
OF reason. The Democratic party is the mob party.
Yes, sir, it the vlci0usthe vtrulent the malignant
the slanderOus party. Many OF those elements
arc now in the Democratic party, but the Kepub-
lican party believes in reason and in education.
he whole country with schooI-hoUses with
institutions OF learning, and we are ap-
9sag g aI0sa,Dg 9e to f6e STaS6ss
aspirations of the human race. The Democratic
party appeals to the lowest pretudiees; it appeals
to race hatreds 1t appeals 10 this idea, Are yOu
not better than negrOl" The Democratic party
appeals to envy, TO that which is base to power.
rY-tbInking that a man because he has lost his
money must necessarily throw away his princl-
PIES The Democratic party, tell you, appeals &c
nat which is low; the Republican party to thar
which is high-to the highest aspirations Of the
human race. 1 tell you 1 like the Republican
party. lApplause ana laughter.l
like this country Wny7 Because it gives us
a chance. that is why. The poor man who works
here in the street for dOllara day, when he goes
home at night to his little house. may take his boy
on his knee and look at him and say: "All
the avenues to political distinction are open
to you. You may bs great man and
rich man. because here are the free schools that
lead Won into the old temples OF Thought Here
are the free schools that let you know all the
sciences in the world, and. my little boy, If you
only love your country, and if you are only hon
Orable and industrious, there height in Amer
lea that you can not attain to-" tell you that
sweetens every drop Of sweat that rolls down the
face Of honest labor.
Mr. IngersolI proceeded at length with his en-.
logy Of the Republican party. Il was, he SAID, an
honest party, and would pay the debt Of the Ma
tiOn or die trying. In the administration of Wash
ington, there were about s. lost on every $1,000
ceived by the Government, while in the last Ad-
ministration or General Grant, there were just
tWentY-six cents lost on the same amount The
Republican party was born Of a haired OF slavery
The Republican party was born when the Democrat
ic party we're endeavorIng TO spread slavery ovef
every inch Of American territory. 1t was born
when the Democratic party wanted to send the
blOOdhounds out into the plains Of the West that
they might run over the sacred soil with human
gore dripping from their Democratic hps 1t was
0Orn when the Democratic party was endeavor-
ing to make the heIish institution OF slavery
Ma atiOnal institution. 1t was born when there was
on tie statute books the Fugitive Slave Law OF
1850, thanwhich there never was passed more in
famous law. It did not seem possible now that
We ever could have had such a law. One who
read Of such law in the history OF another ooun-
try would think it had beenapassed by Legisla
ture the Lower House OF which were wolves and
the Upper House serDents. When . the
Republican party was born there was
law in Ohio winch made it a crime to give a cup Of
cold water or crust Of bread 10 human being
endeavOring to be free. Such laws would have
been disgrace to hell. lApplause.l The Repub-
lican party mad said: dSlaVery shall be extlr,
pated from American soil," and, by the gods, il en
tirDated it. Cheers.I
In regard to the Republican Presidential oandl
date Mr.. lngersOll said;
We have got q candidate upon the
Republican ticket, Rutherford B. Hayes.
1 am gong TO tell you about him. he lives here
you say. he has lived here. That makes no DIFF
ference. He is an honest man. That's col Nov
the Democrats will say that Is nothing, Well
now, you just try it sometimes. LauRhterl Ht
is q man Of talent; he is man Of learning, and
above ali ne Is Of true serenity OF character
He is firm man. By firm man mean one that
will do the right II he can find It out. A firm man
is one that will stand for the right. An obstinate
man will stand for his own way. An obstinate
man carries out his will. A firm man carries
out the good. Rutherford B. Hayes is q firm
man. He is, as I said before, q serene man,
and more than that, he IS a man Of perfectly un.
blemshed character. TApplause.l All the Dem.
ocratio snakes Of slander, with their forked
tongues thrown out, have failed to find flaw or
in winch they could deposit the poison
~ their nalonitv That ia Rutharf0rd r