, 1876-09-16
R0IITICAL. !
Blican Mass-Meeting un-
Ter the Auspices of the
Grand Council.
Effective Speech by the Hon.
r. james Goodspced, of
= Joliet.
= = !: :,
:: The Democrats in Georgia
Preparing for Tilden's
/. *. Election.
= Making Out Aaidavits on which
i" to Claim Pay for Their
-, Services.
T. Notes from Party Headquarters..'
!: Meetings in the Wards.
:. -,
r..
:. Notes of the Campaign in
the Western States.
The Reasonable Record OF In.
-. diana Democratic Leaders.
r. e--
+, Tie Finishing Blow to the Confederate
Canard About SohurE.
e.
. Work Turned Out by the Congress
= sional Conventions
-; Yesterdays
=
-, LOCAL.
Notes of the Campaign in
the Western States.
The Reasonable Record OF In.
f. diana Democratic Leaders.
Tie Finishing Blow to the Confederate
b Canard About SohurE.
Work Turned Out by the Congress
sional Conventions
Yesterdays
LOCAL.
TIIE GRAND COUNCIL:

: TuE GRAND COUNCILS:
-, MAss-MEET1s0 AT HEADQUARTERS. -
- The third OF tho series of nasstnccttngs IN
der tic auspices of tho Republican urAud
Council wns held last cvcning at the hall, cor
.uer OF Clark and Lake streets. The attendance
was Quite large, tho chief feature bclng the
presence OF ecvcrnl Indies. Tho HON. l.. l..
Bond WIS called to tho chair.
THE HON. NH. WINTERS,
4. Of Mclean County, was the first speaker. 11o
referred To tho condition III affairs In Ills section
Of the State, aud assured Ills hearers TINT
the purity Ind never been in better
shape, and thnt the prospects for
victory had never been more favorable lie
!hcn reviewed the history Of the contcndlng
PARTIES, which amounted to CALLING attnck On
everything that VIVA antLRopnblicnn, all of
which was received with demonstrations Of up-
proyA.
TIE non. JAMES ooopspBEp,
OF Juliet, was tho next speaker. lie did not
propose 70 dctain the audience; In fact, felt 1t
entirely unnecessary to clter into an argument
rs to the relative merits uf tho parties before
the people. Experience, hc aaid, had taught ali
intelligent people that II was not safo to trust
tic Bourbon Democracy. Thoy were very much
l!lse the burnt chill,-afraId Of fire, and
H4IAM W kiusf V1G fAltJ HAN PAHnS-
recscnnt to every trust in'pnscd Ill II. Tbs
party reminded htln very much of tho boy who
had pyrsl.tcd In tickling the laecia, OF mule
with. straw, aNd who c9u'e oll wsth maslla!ea
public 1or several years with their lrctcnssoHv
VI rcfornl and repentance, hut in every instancu
Ind guttcn THO worst ot the bargain, as they &C.
sI toys tricEory m 81 10 Ind tic people Observed tic
prsaay Of thu Democratic par1y, and consigned
Il to ,tctcat, as they would usain lo this Iall:;
[Aprlausr.j Thu party was ono composed
in its loyu Tor the country. hs
President Of the United States lle was !lcl.i ey
that party as 4 dcbaucher OF religion, and poll
in reiutation' ii the party's claims to reform
view Of the slavery qncstior, ard how 1t stead,
fastly oppuscd the advancement Of the so!orctl
!, racc, III further remembered the, efforts Of
that party to make slavery co-cxtenslve with the
country, aud how they attempted to make tho
people oI tho North hounsls when -, slave startr
paratIvely an ant,ent type Of Democratic jus
Tics and rofuIm, illustrating tho
demands Of the South upon tic
Democracy Of The North. Following this tdea
low, in tho uycnt Of the triumph oi The Douf-
bun PARTY this fall, the Northern Democracy
would DO In tho hands of tho old Rebels, md
that II they demanded the payment OF the
', wns part IT T q tlc history Of TIC party that
wl.atoyer, the South dcmalllcd tho Northern
Tas os ps 2aa a S sG,s The nsR II s
aftcr forbcaraucc had ceased to bc virtue, buI
later It lad to be fought with tnuekets ut the ex
pensc OF millions Of treasury, and not less tha,
t,0tl, 1000 hu,ntn lives. 1t was nnw dead, but tt
rcnstatu und revive 1t meant that the natlon's
=" iife would bc again t,rcatcned. This was illus
tr,ltel In the conduct Of thu Chicago Congress
lstct1cu to Ben Hill trnducing tho elaraelcr q
= Cuntp Douglas by co,nparn. It with Libby a,lt
AudursonyIi1c, and by tho pls.llAnimous Carte
lInrrison, w!,o wcllt out OF Ills way tO appnu'
, tie sentiment. {Appluse.l II the peoplo 0
Ch!.ngo did nothing else, lle hoped 70 see then
}ormcrs,U They were dIsgruru to tho city, til
Efnte aiHf uatiou nntl fitted for uu other DOS
+. fion, li ills nnl tlnu members Of tho latter
mnrInc hand, as thuY could blow longer an
:, louder than The best-trainca steanl-wllstr, ar
:, nlausc,l
Tic sneaker hero drifted into anecdote aga!
Ia iilustrate the insnrcrIty Ut thu Democracy
Us claims to reform, That party wanted
change, ilc sutd, which reminded him OF tn
BENDER rortl. md cIpluiucl tIat his puTposo WI
10 wet tho hurse's attention while putting Oh
nov set uf sl,oea. TLs uomont Tic animal
: sttnntinn had been secured tIc work was don
,nI Tic cord was }ucsctled, So II wns With Il
Democratic party.-it' was trying to hol
+ Hsrouumy. honesty. un,i roforln, J, md tbs IN
a.. nent thn urnucr.tic sll,,e could bu nut o., ii
work would bo over. jApp]p,lsc,l fAey wc
ruliup HstOp. thief" Willis tIpy were really Il
, ihoyEs ti,rinstlvrx whIt.i, wns IL lelnuustrnted
uur owt, State, whici, had been under Ncpub!I
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