Ottumwa weekly courier., 1876-11-01

CIutIC parry tntt WIS SlaU Wncn The
Union army was defeated. Do not
cast your vote with that party whose
checks burst with roses Of joy when
the old flag was trailcd with disaster
on the field of battle. Remember. my
friends, that that party did every
mean thing it could, and every dis
honest and reasonable thing it could
recollect that that party did all it
could to divide this nation and de-
stroy this country; recollcct that the
democratic party did that when your
brothers, your fathers. and your chiy-
alric sons were fighting. bleeding,
Suffering, and dying upon the battle
fields of the South; recollect that
this democratic party was false to the
Union when your husbands, your
fathers, your brothers, and your
chivalric sons were lying in hospitals
of pain, dreaming broken dreams of
home, and seeing fever pictures of
the ones they loved; recollect that the
democratic party was false to the ma
ton when your husbands, your faith
ers. and your brothers were living
alone upon the field of battle at night.
the life-blo0d slowly oozing from the
manglcd and pallid lips of death
recollect that the democratic party
was false to your country when your
husbands, your brothers, your faith
ers and your sons were lying in the
prison pens of the South, with no
cover ing but the clouds, with no beds
but the frozen earth, with no food ex-
cept such as worms had refused to eat.
and with no friends except insanity
and death; recOllect it, and spurn
that party forever. Applause 1
have sometimes wished that there
were words of pure hatred out of
which 1 might construct sentences
like snakes; out of which l might
construct sentences that had fangcd
mouths, that had forked tongues; out
of which might construct sentences
that would writhe and hiss; and then
| could give my opinion of the north
ern allies of the southern rebels du-
ring the great struggle for the pres
crvation of the country. [Applause.
DEMOCRATIC SUCCESS IMPOSSIBLE.
Let me say one more word, and
am done. Loud cries of AGO on 60
on!"l The youngest man, the young
est child here will never live long
enough to see democratic President
Of the United States. [Applausc. |
No man can carry that aggregation
of rascality, that aggregation of treas
enable practices, that aggregation of
southern sympathizcrs, that aggrega-
ton of traitors, that aggregation Of
men that endcavored to destroy this
country; no man can carry their rep
utation on his back and make sue
cessful run for the Presidency of the
United States. Crics of "Never!"
and applause. No man can carry
secession on his shoulders, no man
can carry Libby Prison, no man can
carry Andcrsonville, no man can car
ry the history Of the democratic par
ty and get a majority of the votes in
the United States. Loud applause,
and cries of "Never!'l For myself
have no fear; Hayes and Wheeler
will be the next President and Vice.
President of the United States Of
America. Loud applause.
ILLINOIS.
| Let me beg of you--let me implorc
you-lct me besccch You, every man,
to come out on election day. Every
man, do your duty; every man do
his duty with regard TO the State tick
ct of the great State of Illinois. We
have got a manrunning for Governor
who is gentleman We have got a
man running for Governor who will
be an honor to the State when he is
elected. Do not let us play the fool
like the State of Indiana. Loud
laughter and applause.l Do not let
us believe that there is some necessa-
ry connection between patriotism
and eccentricity; let MS vote for the
men we know. want to see Shelby
NJ. Cullom aud Andrew Shuman the
next Governor and Lieutenant Gov
ernor of Illinois. Stand by our tick
ct; vote for every man on the ticket.
This year we need republicans; this
year we need men that will vote for
the party and tell you that re-
publican this year, no matter what
you have against him, no matter
whether you like him or do not like
him, he is better for the country, no
matter how much you hate him, he is
better for the country than any DEM
ocrat nature can make or ever has
made. We must, in this supreme
election, we must at this supreme mo-
ment, vote for the men who are in
favor of keeping this government in
the power, in the custody, in the con-
troll of the great, the sublime repub-
lican party.
Ladies and gentlemen, if l were
insensible to the honor you have done
me by this magnificent meeting-the
most magnificent ever saw on
earth--a meeting such as only the
marvellous City of Pluck could pro-
ducc; if 1 were insensible of the hon
or, | would be made of stone.
shall remember it with delight;
shall remember it with thankfulness
all the days of my life. And 1 ask in
return of every republican here to
remember all the days df your life,
every sacrifice made by every private
soldier, every sacrifice made by ev-
cry patriotic man and patriotic wo-
man. / do not ask you always to re-
member in revenge; but ask you
never, never to forget. Applause. ]
As the world swings through the
consultations year after year, 1 want
memory want the patriotic memo
ry of this country to sit by the grave
of every Union soldier and while