Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-08-18
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FRIDAY MORNING, 4 JIG. IS, 1876.
ANOTHER CONSERVATIVE POLE
RAISING.

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THE NEW-TOwN BOYS IN THE ZELDA
BROOM AT TIE 1soREMAsT-LARGE
CROWD PREsENT-1.HE SPEAKERS ON
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On Monday evening last a large crowd
of Conservatives assembled Ito witness a
| Tilden and Hendricks pole-raising, and
hear the addresses Of the occasion. The
pole, IS feet high, being the tallest yet
erected here, and at the top of the mast
is q broom, emblematie Of the clean sweep
to be made in November. The assemblage
was presided over by Capt. Travers Phil
lips and the speakers were received with
| great enthusiasm.
| MIR. CHAS. GBATTAN.
in front Of whose residence the pole was
| erected, addressed the crowd from his
front steps, where lights had been placed.
He said he might say in view of the cir
cumstances that his foot was on his ma
| tive heath, just as the feet Of those be-
fore him were placed on rock, for any
man who put his faith on Samuel j. Til
den had his political feet on rock [cheers].
Mr.. Grattan gave clear statement of the
waste of the peoples's money by the Re
publican party, showing that while they
| had collected in the way Of taxes FIVE bill
lions of dollars from the people, and spent
only three billions for the legitimate ex-
penses Of the government had vast.
| ed the other two billions-part of it going
| to the support of an army of sc, 900 office
| holders, of whom Boss Shepherd and Bel
KNAPP were fair specimens. Mr.. Hayes,
| who was presented by the Republicans,
could never reform this. He was not Of a
reform way Of thinking, When in Con-
gress, while much corruption and extrava-
gance was going on, he never even opened
his mouth to protest against it, or to sug-
gest reform. Still his party cry out for his.
election. They say they mean to reform
and call upon you to come aboard their
political ship and help them. It was like
the story of the profane and wicked Mis-
sissippi steamboat captain, who reformed.
lie had ran the bow of his boat on snag,
and couldn't raise it. He sent word ashore
that there was a prayer meeting to be held
aboard his boat, and invited all to come
aboard. The people were astonished.
Capt. Jack reformed! They could hardly
believe it, but they came aboard, and as
each one got on he was invited to walk
astern. Presently enough got on the
stern to raise the bow, and the boat foated
off. The people asked where was the
prayer meeting, and capt Jack told it was
no use now: the meeting was broke [great
laughter] And that's the way with the
Republican party now. They want you
to come aboard, but if you float them off
there won't be any use fol-. you.
The Democratic party, Mr.. Grattan said,
in the short and only partial control they
had had of the government did show that
they meant reform, by cutting down the
appropriations. Of all men in the world,
the man nominated at st. Louis, Samuel
J. Tilden, was in accord with this spirit,
and no man could OF would have done as
well [cheers. In a crisis in England it was |
said that ''there was but one man who |
could serve England" and now in this |
crisis in the United States, there is but |
that is Samuel j. Tilden [cheers]. |
In response to cries for 'sOpie,s 1
MIR. JNo. N. OPIE, Il
addressed the crowd. He said that if |
Hayes was elected the real power of the |
government would be still U. S. Grant |
Hayes was on record as having voted in
Congress against censuring Cakes Ames,
the great Credit Mobilier corruptionist,
and always tried to clear his political
friends. On the other hand, Tilden, like
Brutus, who executed his own son, pun
ished his political friends. What con-
trast! one the friend of thieves; the other a
shining light of honesty. The people want
no more plundering; they want no more
vultures feeding on the American carcass,
and to stop this this ticket is presented to
you-Tilden and Hendricks [cheers]. The
Republicans are the Girondists of the
country, whose motive is to rule or ruin,
and in ruling to ruin. The Democrats are
the party seeking to restore the country to
peace and prosperity, and their NOTICE is
honesty. He urged his hearers to stand
by the banner, until the robber President
is driven from the chair. Let us drive
off the Radical Vulture from the Admi-
nistration, and replace it by the American
Eagle, and then our chains will be broken,
and in this centennial year of our country
we shall commence afresh as a free, happy,
and prosperous people [cheersl
MIR. HARRY TUCKER
being called for said as a resident Of such
brief standing it might be deemed pre-
sumption in him to address Staunton
assemblage, but these were times when
every man should raise his voice in defence
of the rights Of the people. The party who
had just been digging the hole for the Til
den and Hendricks pole had stuck the first
spade into the grave Of Hayes.and Wheeler
and the people will finish digging it next
November, (applause.) The gentlemen
who preceded him had spoken of the COR
ruption of the Radical government that
had multiplied infdelities to the principles
of liberty and honesty untiLthey were null
tiplied as the stars in the heavens and the
sands on the sea shore without number
(cheers.l It must be remembered that this
Radical administration of the country's af-
fairs has been endorsed by Hayes. They
say now that injustice is done them. They
were like the Irishman who was in court
for thrashinga fellow and upon being as
sured by the Judge that he needn't feel
alarmed that he would see that he got JUS
tice. said "Faith your honor and that's