, 1876-09-24

LONG JOHNS CAMPAIGN.
The address delivered by Long Jo1
r WENTWORTH in Mccormick Hall on Frid
, evening was of character to take over lar
5 part of the "doubtful vote" of this col
munity to HAYES and WHEELER. Mr. WEN
: WORTH is in Il position to exert wide iud
once over his neighbors in political ma
ters. He is free-shooter. He is not II
representative Of any party or clique. WHIT
he makes a speech he hires his own hal
employs his own band, pays his own e
penses and makes his own speech. And
never fails to draw crowd. Tho peop
know they are listening to man in who7
political independence is not mere pretenst
Els conclusions are made up from long e,
perience, and his convictions are those of a
Independent and wealthy citizen who ur
questionably has the welfare Of the countr
at heart in whatever he advocates Q
counsels. His speech, in which he gav
his reasons for supporting HAYES an
WHEELER, is q practical campaign docu
ment; it is not merely vivid and interesting
because Of the "reminiscences it contains, bu
it represents certain and large number o
votes, because it gives form and expressio,
to the same sentiments that others hav'
entertained without knowing just where they
J would lead
There are two or three points of Importance
in this campaign which Mr.. WENTWORTH
illustrated with peculiar force. One showed
why the I" bloody shirt still cuts SO large
! figure. The fact is that the Confederates
Of the South and the doughfaces of the
North have forced it into the canvass. There
is no doubt but large body of conservative
Republicans few months ago sought to
make the most Of policy Of conciliation.
They heartily desired to have the issues Of the
War abandoned and forgotten. Many Of
them thought that the ex-Coufederates, as 3
rule, had returned to their allegiance sin
cerely, and some went so far as to
make tile carpet-baggers entirely re-
sponsib1e for the continued political dis
quietude IN the South. Mr. CHR1srIAScY,
who was elected as Senator from Michigan as
Conservative, went to Washington i'm
pressed with these notions; yet few days
ago he was obliged to confess that he had
discovered his error, and that the ex~Con-
federates who now cherish any good feeling
to this Government are the exceptions. Mr..
WENTWORTH pointed out with forcible direct
ness how the irroconcilable feeling Of the
Confederates and the o}d-time pandering of
the Northern Copperheads have necessarily
brought the old war-issues to the front. No
sooner had these people obtained control of
one House of Congress than they began show
ing their fangs. Their spokesmen proved to
be as bitter as the ante-wax fre-eaters who
precipitated the Rebellion. Bills began to
pour in to pave the way for the indemnifca~
ton Of Rebel losses during the War The
" Mississippi plan broke out in every dis
trlct in the South where the negro voters
are in the majority. And finally the St. Louis |!
Convention conceded everything to the ' solid |
South " BY nominating for President and |
two men who were in full |
with the Confederates during the
War, and who will be their willing tools now
# they succeed in obtaining the power
h1r. WENTWORTH has it from Democratic
mouths, as it is also proved by experience,
hat it is useless for the Democratic party to
out forward Us candidates men who wero
:onspicuously identified with the prosecution
# the War for the Union, because the old
ime Bourbons simply will notyote for them,
This it WAS that deprived HORACE GREELEY
# the full Democratic vote in 1872, and it is
his which will surely cost the Democrats the
'tate Of New York this year, where the State
icket is made up mostly Of renegade Re-
'ubicans.
There was another point of importance in
Ir. WENTwoRTH's speech, and that is where
e indicated the real significance Of
'HDEN's career as railroad wrecker.
he value Of it "hes in the applca-
ion on it," and the application is
imply this: It was TnpES's Credit -A1obi1ier
5stem Of building railroads, and his patent
rocess of reorganizing and consolidating I
orthless corporations at the expense of +
'lvent and profitable companies, which led {
} the absorbing monopoly and extortionate
ties against which the farmers of this
'estern country revolted en- nassc three
2ars ago. 4 striking instance in point was :
ted by Mr.. WENTWORTH in the case of the
IS reorganized by TupEx. :.
ftor robbing the -old Galena l. Chicago
ailroad, which was popular and profitable i.
and loading it down with bank !.
pt concerns, the consolidation led to y
neral increase of rates on freight and pas "
niger traffic, ranging all the way from % to y
per cent. Il the farmers Of the West -
ere honest in their opposition to railroad
onopoles and e1tortions in their crusade of
rec years ago, and if they are anxious to ri
old repetition of the very abuses which n
ce occasioned popular uprising, they e.
Il scarcely permit the election to the chief ir
ntrol of the country of the man who was 81
e inventor of the system that brought On \,
their troubles Said Mr. WES1woRra a,
ally: O,
is calamity to have another bloody shirt CAM RI
en, and the Democrats are responsible for it in -.
nominating pronounced sympathizcr With -
late War and with the universal emancipation II
resulted from it; that any attempt to restore Ii
Democratic purity as 1t existed before the War 81
make the results OF that War a primal Issue in ~,
campaign, and consequently delay the discus -
Of other measures necessary n fhe | De