Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-10-11
BLAINE, OF MAINE.
He Comes to the Front at Dayton, Ohio
and Severely Handles the
Democrats.


the address of the eloquent orator from
Maine. Following are some extracts oil
the report published In the Cincinnati
Gazette:
Mr.. CHAIRMAN AND FELLOW CITIZENS
OF ONO: [ am opposed to the election
OF Samuel j. Tilden for the Presidency
Icheers aud l am i'll favor OF the cleo
ton of rutherford B. Hayes. Re-
newed cheering. [ am opposed to the
election of Mr.. Samuel j. Tilden, be-
cause at great crisis in this country s
state eproved undutiful, and when that
country lay bleeding with wounds from
rebel hands, Mr.. Samuel j. T1lden
passed by on the other side, and gave
no word of aid or comfort except to heo
enemies. I am opposed to Mr.. Tilden
because Interruption by the ap-
proach of band. / will not run in
contradiction to bass-drum. am OPP
posed to MIR. Tilden, was about to say,
because of his being openly and os-
tensibly committed to the doctrine of
resuming specie payments on the first
day of January, 1879. He broke his
personal faith with the country, and
yielded to the clamors OF those in the
South who wish fresh issue of paper
money, for the purpose of paying South
EN- war claims. But / have more to say
Of this before [ get through.
OBJECTIONS TO TILDEN.
MIR. Tllden goes under the name
sham pretense-of being a reformer, a
mere nonai1ais unabrd, and aname which
is to-day associated with the worst gang
shat ever infested or infected the poll
tics of America mean the Democra-
CT of the city of New York. I am OPP
posed to Mr.. Tiloen because he, more
than any other Northern man, is COM
mitted to that fatal heresy, that most
fatal Of all political heresies that lies
concealed under the s'glittering general
tiles of state rights. That was one of
the objects Of the giant Rebellion, with
its bloodshed, sacrifice of life,
destruction of treasure. and loss
of property, and which, unless
stamped out by the loyalty of American
citizens, will appear as a most danger
GUS element in the future administra-
tion of the government. And I am op-
posed to the election of Samuel j. Til
den because he is Democrat Laugh
ter and applause. A party that even in
the estimation of those who are trying
to support it has SO bad record that it
is acknowledged that the government of
Massachusetts does not dare to mention
its name in his letter OF acceptance; a
party that, since the times of Van
Buren,, now nearly forty years age, has
espoused no idea nor advanced any
s>oo that or nth
high genius and best interests of Amer
can civilization. Great applause.
WORD ABOUT ARMY INFRINGEMENT
Now, then, the same rule come to the
army, and you hear a great deal about
the enormous standing army that the
Republicans are keeping up, threaten
ing the liberty of the citizens, and
overturning Republican institutions.
Now, We have got nation of 20,000,-
600 men, and ali army Of $4,000. A
fearful army Laughter. In the
Democratic city OF New York it takes
5000 policemen &c keep your pockets
and mine from being picked. going
from the depot to the hotel-one-e eighth
of the entire army Of the United States
the police force of the Democratic
city of New York. And here, with
all our vast frontier of $4,000 miles of
coast, and with the disturbances in the
South, 5000 soldiers Never had
civilized nation, since civilization came
among men, that supported SO small an
army with so large number Of people.
We now come to the Army bill. To go
back, when the war closed in 1866, an
immense number Of men-many proba-
bly, 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? I happened myself
TO be member of the committee that
framed the bill, and We found condi-
ton of things that did not exist before
the war. We found that 1000,
600 men that had been slaves were now
freed men, and out of that 1000, 600,
100000 had been In the ranks of the
Union army, who had done what they
could, had been faithful and true. had
fought, and gloriea in their scars, and
thousands had died. Not only was their
aid of vast consequence to The Union
army. but their presence was great
help to the North. The draft was less
In the Town of Warren because of these
100000 men, if the draft was ever en-.
forced here. When we came to make a
peace establishment, it would have been
an act as mean as Southern Rebel
Democrat can get their Northern allies
to dol cannot use stronger compari-
son-bo have excluded the negro from
the army of the United States; and,
therefore, we ordained in the law
that a certain number of infantry
and cavalry should be composed of col.
ored men, and they have been, and are
to-day, composed of the colored men
ana do good service. The negro is
clothed with the uniform of the United
States, which he helped to save. And
any other act, I say, would have been
inefably and irredeemabIy mean. Now
will you believe it? You certainly
would not, if it was stated on the un.
supported assertion of any man, that on
this Army bill they moved to put 8
provision to leave these negroes out
Under the Dominion of the Rebel Con.
gress, they We're for excluding
the colored regiments from the
army, and, at the same time