Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-10-05

could pay the interest on, they clap
ped their enormous hands on their
spacious pockets and shouted for hon
esty and reform. Samuel J. Tilden
was pupil in that School. He has
been . teacher In that school. He
was reared In Tammany Hall, which
bears the same relation to peniten-
tiary as q Sunday-school to the
church. [Applause.l More than
this, when the rebellion began they
called q Union meeting at Union
Square In the city Of New York. 1t
was Of great importance how the
city Of New York should 60. No
man refused to sign that petition in
the city Of New York but one, and
that man was Samuel J. Tilden. A
man that will not lend his name TO
save his country never should be the
President Of that country. You Of
fered to give your lives, and he
would not give his infamous name.
Samuel J. TiIden said in 1860-81:
"Onr fathers left revolution organ
lied in every State, so that whenever
the public opinion Of State demands
II the State can snap the tie that
binds Il to the nation the same as q
nation can break a treaty, and q
State can repel coercion the same as
q nation can repel invasion" No
man ought to be President who
thinks this nation a confederacy. No
man ought to be President who has
said "this war is an outrage"
oBsTINACY AND FTRMNEss.
When Tilden refused TO give his
name Hayes offered to give his heart.
Hayes Is o man Of talent, man Of
learning, man offirmness; do not
say obstinacy. I say firmness. DO
you know the difference between OBJ
stinacy and firmness? A firm man
Is a man that stands up for the right
because IL is right; an obstinate man
Is q man who wants his own way
whether right or wrong. Hayes is
Arm man. In the war he received
many wounds I'm his flesh but not a
scratch on his honor. Tilden receiv-
ed wound after wound in his honor,
but not scratch In his flesh. Ruth
erford B. Hayes is man Of spotless
character character which rests
upon a record, not upon a prospect
US. [Applause.l Good character
rests on what you have done, not on
what you are going to do. Good
character rests upon a fulfillment
and not upon promise.
will tell you something: Hayes
will be the next president Of the
United States. [Renewed and pro-
tracted applause. Rutherford d.
Hayes carries at his belt three polit-
ical scalps; one Of Thurman, one OF
Pendleton, and one of Rise-up Will
liam Allen. Laughter. Next No
vember he will have another scalp at
that belt. Laughter and cheering
II Mr.. Tilden will feel the top of his
head he will have a realizing sense
of who furnished the fourth scalp.
THE KIND OF A MAN TO VOTE FOR.
Now, my friends, ! want you to
vote the Republican ticket. A voice
eve will do it."l / want you to
swear that you will not vote for any
enemy of human progress. Go and
talk to every Democrat that you can
sec. Get him by the coat-collar;
talk to him; hold him like Colerid-
gels Ancient Mariner, with the gilt
tering eyes; hold him; tell him oil
the mean things his party ever did.
Tell him kindly; and tell him In a
Christian spirit, as / tell him, but
tell him. Applause and laughter.
Recollect there never was more Inn
portant election than the one you are
going to hold in Indiana. / want
you every one to swear that you will
vote for glorious Ben Harrison.
Tremendous applause.l / tell you
we must stand by the country. 1t is
4 glorious country. It permits you
and me to be free. 1t Is the only
country In the world where labor Is
respected. Let us support 1t. It's
the only country In the world where
the useful man Is the aristocrat. The
man that works for dollar a day
goes home at night to his little ones,
takes his little boy on his knee, and
he thinks that boy can achieve any
thing that the sons of wealthy men
can achieve. The free schools are
open to him; he may be the richest,
the greatest, the grandest; and that
thought sweetens every drop of
sweat that rolls down the honest
face Of toll. Applause.l Vote to
save that country.
Democratic Pro-
scrlptlOn.
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