New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-09-29
COLONEL INGRRSOLL AT INDIANA
POLLS.

COLONEL lNGkRSO1IL AT INDIANA.
POLLS.
Another stirriag speech BY tho Great
Camp.i9ner.
Tho more the public read of Bob Ingerso'l
tue more they crave. His career for the
past two months has been some what UMPIRE
cedented in the annals of American politics.
His speech at Indianapolis at the soldiers
meeting on Thursday, the twenty first OF
September, fairly bristled with new hire,
fre sh passages of eloquence, and spar kling
epigrAms from his seemingly inexbaustibl.
store. His readiness may be gathered ircm
the rather amusing opening Of his speech
We quote:
Colonel Ingersoll was just about to he gin,
and had said Ladies' and gentlemen" wheu
the music of an approaching band brok-
upon the air. II was Just going to saw" ne
added. 'that drum always puts tue III
mind of D mocratic orator-all sound
and nc sense" TO the repOrters-DUn't
put that down, boys
But the boys could not allow the quick
wi ted sentence to escape them, and SO
they put it uown.'' He then coutinu.d:
l am opposed 10 the Democratic party;
and will tell you why. Every SAFE that
seeded from the United States was q
| cession that was drawn was drawn by g
Democrat. Every man that endeavoreu to
tear the old flag from the heaven that it
enriches was Democrat. Every man that
tried TO destroy this nation was Demo
| Graf. Every enemy this great republic has
had for twenty years has been D mocrat.
Every man that shot Union soldiers was q
Democrat. Every man that starved Uuiou
soldiers and refused them in the extr- nifty
of death crust was Democrat.
Every man that loved slavery better
than liberty was a Democrat. The man
that assassinated Abraham Lincoln Was a
d mocrat. Every man that sympathz I'd
with the assassin-every man glad that the
noblest President ever elected was assassin
ated was q Democrat. Every man that
wanted the privilege Of whipping another
man to make him work for him for nothing
aud pay HIM with lashes on his naked back
was Democrat. Every man that raieed
blOOdhOunds to pursue human beings was
Democrat. Every man that clutched from
shrieking, shuddering, crouching mothers
babes from their breasts and SOLD them into
slavery was Democrat. Every man that
impaired the credit of the United States.
every man that swore we would never pay
the bonds, every man that ewore we would
never redeem the greenbacks, every ma
ligner of his country credit, every calum.
niatOr of his cOuntry's honor, was Demo
crat.
After proceeding in this strain for some
time Mr. Ingers. II stopped for moment,
and, alter looking at the audience, said in
his peculiar and inimitable manner:
l am Republican. am q Republican
because the Republican party Gays this
country is q nation, and not confederacy:
l am here in lndi1na to speak, and / nave
as good right to speak here in Indiana az
though had been born on this stand-not
because the State flag of Indiana waves
over me. would not know it if should
see it. You have the same right to speak
in Illinois; not because the State f ~ of H.
linOis waves over you, but because that
banner, rendered sacred by the blood of
all heroes, waves over me ana you. I am
in favor of this being nation. Think of
man gratifying his entire ambition in the
State of Rhode leland.
The Democratic party says the govern
ment can't march it's troops into the South
tOpr0tect the rights of the citizens. 1t is
lie. The government claims the right, aud
1t is conceded that the government has the
right to 20 to your house while you are sit.
ting by your freside with your wife aud
children about you, and the old lady knit.
ting, and the cat playing with the yarn,
and everybody happy and sweet-the gov.
your freside and to take you BY force
and put you into the army; take you
down to the valley of the shadow of
hell, set you by the rudy roaring
guns, and make you fight for your e ~
Now, that being SO, when the war is over
and your country is victorious, and you 90
back to your home, and lot Of Democrats
want to trample upon your rights, want
to know If the government that took you
from your firesides and made you fight for
it, want to know if it is not bound to light
for you. The flag that will not protect it's
protectors is dirty rag that contaminates
the air in which it waves. The government
that will not defend its defenders is dis
grace to the nations of the world. raj
voice, "Amen."l l am Republican be-
cause the Republican party Gays, I'VE will
protect the rights of American citizens at
home, and If necessary will march an army
into any State to protect tha rights of the |
humblest American citizen in that State"
There is room in the Republican air for
every wing; there is room on the R.pub-
lican sea for every sail. Republication
says to every man: "Let your soul be like
IN eagle; fly out in the great dome Of |
thought, and question the stars for your
elf" [Cheers. "That's SOL But the |
Democratic party says: BE blind owls; sit /
IN the dry limb OF q dead tree, and only
root when Tilden Il Co. tell you to-" In
he Republican party there are no follow
rs, We are all leaders. There is not q
'arty chain; there is not party lash. Any
nan that does not love this country, auy
nan that does not love liberty, any man
hat is not in favor of human progress. that
not in favor of giving to others all he
laims for himself, we don't ask him to
'ote the Republican ticket. You can vote
II you please; and it there is any Demo
rat within hearing who expects to die be-
ore another election, we are willing that
10 should vote one Republican ticket. sim
'ly as consolation upon his deathbed.
Free labor, love, atfection-they have in.
'eDted everything Of use in this world.
IN Republican. l tell you, nv friends,
his world is getting better every day, and
be Democratic party is getting smaller
very Gay. We have got the first free coun.
~ that ever existed. And right here I
7ant to thank every soldier that fought to
make it free [Cries Of GOOD" "Good," and
heers1. every one living and dead. thank
GU again, and again. and again.
The past rises before me like dream.
* ain we are in the great struggle for ma.
!Onal LIE. We hear the sounds Ut prepara- |
ion-the music of the boisterous drums-
ne silver voices of heroic bugles. We see
thousands of assemblages. and hear the ap.
eals OF orators; we see the pale cheeks Of
'omen, and the flushed faces of men; and
those assemblages We see all the dead
hose dust We have covered with flowers.
We lose sight Of them no more. We are
Nth them when they enlist in the GREAT
rmy OF freedom. We see them part with
bose they love. Some are walking tor the
ast time in quiet woody places with the
naidens they adore. We hear the whis.
x rings and the sweet vows of etsrna, love
9 they ingeringly part forever. Others ara
ending over cradles, kissing babies that
re asleep. Some are receiving the bleasincs