The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-09-01
POLITICAL.
Speech of Hon. VIM. A. Wheeler at St Adams,
Vermont

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Vermont.
Hon. W. 4. Wheeler, the Republican
candidate for Vice President was sere-
naded at st. Adams, VT, on the 25th
inst, and appeared upon the hotel bal
cony and spoke as follows:
! REPUBLICANS OF ST. ALBANs You honor
the cause OF which just no am a prominent
representative. was placed in nomination
az the Republican nominee for Vice President
in the National Convention, by the action Of
/ the States of Vermont and Massachusetts. It
is the greatest honor OF my lite that the Re-
publlcans OF these States deem me sufficient
" grounded in the New England faith to be
one OF the representatives OF their ideas in the
pending canvass. Applause. In the matter
of my faith trust they have made no mis-
take Applause. | believe in New England:
| believe IL Plymouth Rock, tor they are con-
vertible terms One of the most gifted of
New England women has said that Plymouth
Rock is no quartz. 1t is perfect stone cut
from the mountain without hands, and hands
cannot prevent it from becoming great
mountain, filling the whole earth. Every
church, every school-house, every town
house, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, has
| Plymouth Rock tor its ioundation-Stone.
| Wherever freedom aims musket, or raises
standard, or sings song, or makes pro-
test, there is Plymouth Rock. Freedom, the
/ Church, the school, house, the town-house,
/ pies OF the Republican party.
After referring to the political rec,
ord of Vermont, the Speaker said:
! have nopurpose here tonight, my friends
to recall the memorable conflict through
which this nation has passed, and which
made American arms forever llluStrlous, but
let Us never forget the obligations resting
upon us to secure the results OF that great
conflict for ourselves, and those who follow
after us. And never, my friends, were these
obligations more apparent and i'm erative than
now. We are air, ady engaged III another
conflict with the opponents ofthe party which
saved the nation, and which to-day protects
its integrity and guards its honor. As IL 1860,
we are once more, my friends, face TO tace
with an united South, with the Democratic
party OF the North as its subservient and
plant alley
In every late slave State in the Union where
the Confederate party is dominant, 1t claims and
may receive 100 votes III the electoral college.
1t has complete control OF the Lower House,
and the balance OF power III the Senate.
There is not to day in those late slave States
any man holding prominent position who
was not Identified in the great struggle against
! the Government. Not i'll the State of Ken
! lucky can you find u man III any position
whatever who was not engaged on the rebel
side. This the condition OF the South TO-DAY,
| | have sat Tor months during the last winter
| i'll Congress by the side OF siXty-One men
who few years since were engaged III an at
t nlt to break Up the Government.
| No | have heard those men defend the
hellish ATROCITIES of Libby, and Anderson
| vile, and Salisbury have heard Lincoln
maligned, have heard defended the right Of
a Justice OF the Peace to detain and open
the mails OF the United States. Can You tell
me where IS the difference III the spirit which
twenty years ago led the Missouri Border Ruff
/ fans into Kansas and the massacre at Ham,
! burg, where Il reguldrl y-OganiZed militia
company were the first dlsarmed and then
murdered in cold blood in order that the
white race might assert their superiority 2
My official relations has called me during the
past two or three years into the Southern
States, and tell you what know my friends,
| of the real feeling OF the Southern people re-
gardmg the Reconstruction acts. Iney re-
gard the amendments to the Constitution in
reference to slavery and the laws for the pro-
lection OF Freedmen as the French Provinces
did their cessiOn to Prussia at the point OF the
bayOnet tits to the South, nay friends, with
tins spirit, and with the Democratic party OF
the North as its plant alley, that we are ask
ed to turn over the Government of the Uuited
States, with all its powers OF legislation, with
all its machinery OF taxation. No such prop
osition tor audacity has its parallel in the
history of the country.
What is the spirit Of the Democratic party
Do you want to prove what the Democratic
party of the North still is? Go to Washing
OF the Union turned out OF the House to make
room for many Rebel soldiers. This is the
evidence OF the spirit of the Northern Demo-
crazy. My friends, we confront the old is
! sue. You must not underrate the strength
| of the South and its allies in the North. You
ask me ii it can be avoided | tell you yes, it
can be avoided in the old way, and in the old
way only. You must not underrate the
strength of this alliance. | have an abiding
faith that the conscience of the nation Will be
sufficiently awakened to avert this great peril
| Under the lead OF the gallant Hayes, who per-
| lied his lie on the field OF battle,-a modest
man, a plain man, man who has evinced
| great ability in his administrator of the al
! fairs OF the great State OF Ohio, - under Hayes
the Republican party will again achieve a new
! triumph. applause.
| What shall be your duty in this canvass
| | tell you, treemen OF Vermont, what know
| The Democrats are making great efforts to
reduce the Republican majority in this State
VIII you permit this, friends? Voices,
emo" MOP The banner OF Vermont was
never yet trailed on the battlefield Let
your ballot protect the work 50 efiectually
begun by your bayonets at Gle tysburg and
on many field of strife. As you value good
government, as you value the sacrifices OF the
past as you hope for the future, let your de-
votion to the cause OF the Union be proved by
your ballots on the first Tuesday of November
next. May the star which never sets beam
with new etfulgence to light the other States
to victory. Great and prolonged applause.