The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-09-28

breasts babes had been torn by
wretclies who are now for Tilden and
reform. Then if n poor negro had
titled II farm and watercd it with the
sweat OF honest labor, and if Dem.
ocrat came along and seized upon the
result of his labor the courts of the
United States did not know to whom
that corn. belonged. [Cheers.] And
when that question came TO be tried
the learned Judges read all the books
and all the platforms of the Demo
cratic party, and pushed their spec,
tacles back on their broad and expan.
sivo foreheads, nd..came to the con.
clusion that the Democrats owned
that corn. Laughter and applause]
At the time tn Republican party
came into existence, slavery was not
satisfied with being local, but endeav-
ored to use its infamous leprosy as it
were, for pushing it into every Terri
tory of the United States. Recollect
the condition of the country at that
time. Boats went down the Missou-
ri river loaded with wives torn from
their husbands, with children torn
from the breasts of their mothers,
while the same men who did this are
now shouting for Tilden and Reform.
[Great applause.] AT that time we
were nation of hypocritcs. We
pretended to be free Government.
1t was a lie. We pretended to have
a free Constitution. 1t was lie. We
pretended to have justice in our
courts. 1t was a lie. Above all our
pretenses, and above all our hypoc-
ricies rose the crime of slavery like
Chimborazo above the clouds. [Great
applause.] The Republican party
came into existence in 1860, when it
elected Abraham Lincoln, the great
est man that was ever President of
the United States. As soon as he
was elected the South said: ave will
not stay in the Union" The South
said: "You have no right 10 elect II
man opposed to the extension of hu-
man slavery" and James Buchanan
said they had right TO go out of the
Union, and there was another little
man who said, al say so too," and
his name was Samuel J. Tilden.
[Great applause. He read the Con-
stitution of the United States and
several Democratic platforms, and de-
cided that the Government had no
right to do anything except defend
itself Recollect that James Buchan-
an was an old bachelor not only, but
a Democrat. Laughter and APP
plause.] Recollect that and say TO
yourselves, "Why should we ever
trust man and elect him President
of the United States who prefers the
embraces of the Democratic party
to the embraces of wife, or the
salvation of the country !" Zap
plause and laughter.1 Now, in view
OF this fact, want every man to
swear that he will never vote for an
old bachelor for President again.
[Applause.l The Democrats claimed
that
THIS WAS NOT A NATION.
1t was simply confederacy, and
that the old banner of the stars rep
resented by contract commencing
with "Know all men by these pres
ents that this don't represent great
and glorious and sublime people, but
it represents confederacy." That
was the doctrine of the Democratic
party South. 1t was the doctrine of
the Democratic party North. 1t is
still the doctrine of the Democratic
party North and South. [Applausel
The Democratic party collected them
selves together for the purpose OF
breaking up this Union. The Repnb
lican party sand to them, "You try
and break up this Union and we will
break your necks," and they did it
[Applause.1 The Republican party
came into power on the heels of the
Buchanan administration. The Treas
ury was as empty of coin as the
Democratic party was of patriotism
and honor. We had to borrow the
money of whom we could. We had
to issue bonds and greenbacks. What
for2 Why, to buy shot, and shell
and musket and cannon to shool
enough Democrats to save the Union
[Great Applause.] There was {
division then forced upon the people
of the country, not into Democrats
and Republicans, but into patriots
and traitors and thousand and thous
ands went out of the Democratic party
to aid the Governmentinputting dowr
the Rebellion. [Applause. But al
who thus went into the service of the
country were known as Republicans
and those who were against the Gov
ernment were known as Democrats
[Applause.] These Democrats wen
into the markets of the world, ane
they maligned and they slandereG
the efforts to raise money to sustain
the Government in its time of trial
j They said: "Your bonds can never
be paid, and your greenbacks are un
constitutional" )" and to such an ex
tent did they so slander, and maligr
!, and calumniate the Government, tha
at one time gold was 290. which
meant that greenback was worth
81 cents on the dollar. Where wa
other &c cents? They were slander
cd and illuminated out by the Dem
ocratic party of the North. Zap
plause.l Two-thirds of the causes
which have brought about the pros
tration of American industry TO-DAY
are to be traced to the Democrat,
party of the North [applause1, an,
every time you working men bliste
your hands to pay off debt, take OF
the blister, and under it you will fine
a Denaocratic lie [Great applause.
The Republican party has done moth
ing for l6 years that it has not beer
proud of. The Democratic party ha
, done nothing for l6 years that il i
not ashamed of GApplausc ] Th'
Republican party has not done on
thing that was not for the public in
terests of the Government for |,
years. [Applause. The history 0
the Democratic party
Is AN EPITAPH.
[Applause.] The Democratic part,
to-day is searching around in the oil,
political cemetery of the bygone age
for a standard bearer. They hav
, raised up in Massachusetts that oil
, cemetery reminiscence, Charles Fran
els Adams daughter and applause,
| who had his herchmen at Cincinnati
hoping that he would get the nomir
: alton from the Republican part
! there, and who was equally willing t
, take it at st Louis, and who was ais
: willing to be the nominee of the RI
f publican party in Massachusetts,, bu
) finally the Democratic party wishin
! for some evidence of respectability
and knowing that no live man woul'