The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1876-10-06


we see four millions of human be,
ings governed by the lash-wc
see them bound hand and foot
we hear the strokes of cruel whips
we see the hounds tracking
women through tangled swamps.
/ We see babes sold from the
| breasts Of mothers. Cruelty un-
speakable! Outrage infinite!
-Four million bodies in chains
four million st ouls in fctters. All
, The sacred relations Of wife, moth
er, father, and child trampled be-
| meath the brutal feet Of might.
All this was done under our own
beautiful banner Of the free.
The past rises before us. We
hear the roar and shrek of the
bursting shell. The broken fct-
! tcrs fall. These heroes died. We
Hook. Instead of slaves we see
men and children. The wand Ct
progress touches the auction
block, the slave-pen, the whip
ping post, and we see homes and
liresides and school houses and
books, and where all was want
and crime and cruelty and fetters
we see the faces Of the free.
These heroes are dead. They
died for liberty-they died for us.
They are at rest. They sleep in
the land they made free, under
the flag they rendered stainless,
under the solemn p4nes, the sad
hemlocks, the tearul willows,
and the embracing vines. They
sleep beneath the shadows of the
clouds, careless alike Of the sun
shine or OF storm, each in the
windowless palace of rest. Earth |
may Iun red with other wars
tIey are at peace. In the midst |
of battle, in the roar Of conflict. I
tley found the serenity Of death. /
a vOlce-"Glory." ! have one
sentiment for the soldiers living
a I'D dead-cheers 1Ur the living
aid tears for The dead.
TIE BACHELOR CANDIDATE.
Samuel j. I'ilden is an attorney; |
Il legal spider that weaves webs
Of technicalities, and catches in
its meshes honest Incorporated
flies. He has stood on the shores
Of bankruptcy and clutched the
by the throat. Samuel
j. 1iiden is a demurrer that the
Confederate Congress has filed
against the amendments Of The
Constitution of the United States.
Samuel J. Tilden is an old bachc-
Tor. In 4 country depending upon
the increase of its population for
its glory and honor fcheers and
to elect an old bachelor
is a suicidal policy. Renewed
and prolonged laughter Think
Of a man surrounded by q beauti-
full women, dimpled cheeks, coral
lips, pearly teeth, shining eyes:
think Of a man throwing them all
away for the embrace of the Dem
ocratic party. laughter Such
4 man does not even know the
value Of time. Laughter.
Samuel j. Tilden belongs to the
Democratic party of the city Of
New York. That party never had
but two objects-grand and petit
larceny, lLaughter] They rare
" elect man to office except for
l crime committed. They don't
elect on a crime credit; it must be
IN a crime accomplished. They {
nave stolen everything they could !
ay their hands on, and my God, J
what hands When they had sto-
Ell all the people could pay the ;
interest on they clapped their 5
enormous hands upon their spa {
'lcus pockets and shouted for {
honesty and reform. Samuel j.
rilden has been pupil in that j
school. He has been teacher in !
hat school. He was reared in
Tammany Hall, which bears the ]
'ame relation to a penitentiary t
Is a Sunday school to the church. {
Applause. More than this, S
vhen the rebellion began they t
'alled Union meeting at Union
square in the city Of New York. q
t was Of great Importance how Z
he city Of New York should 80. !
10 man refused to sign that peti-
ion in the city Of New York but |
me, and that man was Samuel j. o
'ilden. A man that will not lend 4
lis name to save his country new G
'rshould be the President of that |
country. You offered to give |
our lives, and he would not j
rive his infamous name. I
Samuel j. Iilden said in 1860 ]
81: "Our fathers left revolution c
in every State, so that o
the public opinion Of Il +
state demands it the State can +
nap the tie of confederation that 9
,inds it to the nation the same rs Il
nation can break a treaty, and v
State can repel coercion the Il
anne as nation can repel inva. \
ion.n No one ought to be PresiT t
.ent who thinks this nation is q c
onfederacy. No man ought to be
President who has said this war is o
II outrage. =
oDsTINACY ATD FIGMNEsS. i
When Tildcn refused to give
is name Hayes offered to give Z