Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-09-29

President OF this Nation. no, sir, he never will.
sag that want this 70 be Nation. Imagine
man eXhausIing his ambition in the State OF
Rhode island GLaughterl TOa certain degree all the
citizens Of country rsrtske Of the nature Of that
country II isa great and grand country that
makes and produces great ard grand people. our
great rivers. our VIDE, bonndless PLAINS, our
soeaHs, minglnR their roar Wlta the oiapasOq OF
| Siagara-all these things steal into the American
character and tend TO make US continental and
| 4 grand people lApPlsusel
We want no confederacy; we want no
gSsyStoo that We are Nation; We want it under
stood that the Constitution is the foundation Of
the Nation; We want It understood that the old flag
represents Nation, ard nothing but Nation.
More than that, Samuel ]. Tiiden said "the war
is an outrage" Samuel ]. Tllden said that he
DeYer would lend his AID to the prosecution of the
salvation Of his country never should be the Pres
dent Of that country. A man who says that
tune of war or in time Of rebellion. never should
be the President OF the country that he refused to
aid IN saving THAT ie fact'lD and he never will
Applause and laughter-I
Now say am opposed TO this man for these
reasons. and for another. 1 do not believe that
politically be is an honest man. He started out
for hard money. He said what We wanted was
| hard money. and he himself wrote and sent
York asking that legislature to pass a law in con.
fOrmitk with the law Of Congress making the taxes
10 theSeState Of New York payable in cold ON and
after lae lst day OF January. 1879. He then be-
lieYed in hard money. Since that time, since he
was nominated by the Democratic party, he does
The East, but in the West many Of them believe in
soft money. a V0iee-"NOt aM"j
And SO, when he accepted that nomination with
plank in the platform that the date Of resump-
ton should be plotted OUT, he sacrificed what
little principle he had upon that question. Upon
other questions he had sacrificed all the principle
ne had years before. lLanghter and applause ]
He left the date out OF the Resumption Act 60
as to have q place TO pnt Hendricks IN. He left
the date out, say of the Resumption Act so that
when they said In New York, I'VE are going to
pay this IN hard money" an Eastern Democrat
- ,,1r v-ha and Waaf
aRswer, Never, because there Is no date"
lLAughter.l
ment, he has not been honest with the American
people upon this financial question. He is will
ing 10 trfe with the life blood, as It were Of com
merce with the greatest and best interests Of this
people, with the currency, with the honor Of this
Nation, simply TO be PreHdent Of the United
Nov my fFisnds said before that objected to
MIN because he was Democrat. / Will now give
you few objections have 70 the so-caIled
not good party. lLaughTer.l In my judgmentit
embraces some Of the worst clements OF OfAmerican
people. There are good many Of them that are
clever men, a good many that are honest men;
TO do right; but the leading spirits the controlling
spirits, OF that party aIe, in my judgment, bad
men In the North in my tudgment, they are
they are not men Of brain, they are not men Of
character, and they Will suffer themselves
10 be controlled, 70 be commanded and pos
Democrats. IApplauseI They in my judgment
lever VIII HAto .ne s'ia ~ ssanH uP asalnst tne
manhood 10 stand up for the North as AGAINST the
South; they viii never have the manhood TO stand
up for liberty, for the equality OF human rights
against the thunders Of the Southern Democrats.
Now the great question, my friends, is upon us;
the old question IS upon US, and We as cOnscien-
tiOus people, must settle 1t, each for himself.
Tbe great question is upon US, shall this
country 6e controlled by united South
great question IS upon us again, "Shall the men
v ho attempted to destroy the Government in 1851.
and the men who sympathized in that effort Of de-
structiOn shall they take again the helm of the
ship OF State and walk its quarterback as our
mastersf' Voice, "NeVer."I
The simple question is, are We prepared to turn
the Gag OF our country over TO the people who en-
deaYGred to tear 1t fIOm the sky which it eneir
eledf l"EeVer.'l The simple question IS, whether
the interests of this magnificent Government ara
safer in the hands Of the loyal men Of the North.
or in those Of the rebels Of the South,
assisted by the Democrats of the North
who wept because the South failedf [Cheers,
Now, let me say, right here, have got no
hatred against @ man ~. IN the south because ne
the South who believes in this Government, who
is in favor Of human liberty, who is willing to
that man my brother, and 1 Will do everything
that can earth TO see that the United States
whether he fought against this Government or
not. I"GOod."l The question is, chow is he
nowi How is he to-dayP And the .ques
ton for you to decide honestly and fairly,
each one for himself, Is, Has the spirit
of the Southern people ehanged7 Are
they friends of ibertyf Are they the friends OF
this Government Will they treat our friends who
happen to live in the South as they ought TO be
treated. or is it a crime IN every Southern State
to be Republican, Is a scar received in defense
OF this Government badge of reproaoh in every
Southern SIatel The question is whether a man
self socially to be Republican and have all his
rights preserved and his liberty protectedl That
IS the question, and unless that is done the South
ern people ought not to have control Of this Gov
erDment to-day. Applause,
We might as well fix TINS thing now as to tx It a
year hence with the Democratic party in power, if
We go 10 Sleep We might as well understand now
what is coming If we do not triumph in the cleo
lion next November. The question to be decided
is whether the people Of this country think the
Government would be as safe in the bands Of the
Democracy Rs it is IN the hands of the Republican
party. tCries Of mol nOl''I
Now, IL the Southern people wanted any Repub-
iican 10 90 there and express himself freely, If
they would allow any Republican to 1--we there, If
they would not ostracise him socially, II tIeT
would not refuse to do business with him. IL they
would argue with him instead of shooting him, If
they would talk 10 him kindly instead OF pistOling
him, they would bring forward
some reason instead OF going for him With
a shOteun II thew HOuId bring forward some
kind Of persuasion, instead of saying "HaDg himI"
Kill him!' Drive him OutP' would then have
some confidence in the patriotism Of the Southern
man goes from OHIO into the South be Is called
carpetbagger, scalawag. Whyf That country
is mine just IS much as 1t is theirs, and it is
yours Just as much as il is theirs. / have the
same rights in New Orleans, Baton Rouge OF
Charleston, that nave In chicago or Peoria, Hi
nOis, the town in which live, and any man who
tries to keep me from il iE traitor to the great
principles upon which the Government is founded.
lApplause.l admit the Southern people have
rights Just exactly as many as the Northern peO-
pie have, and no more; and the Northern people
have no right to drive the Southern people
from the Northern States. It would be Infamous.
Suppose man came here from Louisiana to prac-
tice law or medicine III Cincinnati; is there any
body here to interfere with htm1 No. Everybody
reaches out the hand of friendship TO him, and
gives him cordial welcome. Everybody, every
body. Nobody says, Hang him." nobody says,
sShoOt him." nobody has O bowie-kntfe out for
hm; nobody buys him a suit Of tar and feathers.
Everybody lets HIN alone q
gentleman; and I tell you the State
that viii not do that the city that will not do it,
the people Of the State the city who will not do
that are not fit 20 govern any country. tCheeIs.l
Now want you 70 recollect this. 1 want every
man to settle for himself the question whether
we are ready to hand over the fruits of our great
victory to the Southern people, Are you willing
to give up all that was won blythe death Of 100000
men9 Are you willing to give up the fruit Of
every bloody victory gained upon the field of the
Southi Are you willing, say, to give this coun-
try over TO the men who endeavOred to destroy 1t,
and to the men who hate it yeti LCries Of "NoI"
"Noi"I
Southern 6tates-frtends who were with us during
the war. They we're driven from their homes, and
made wanderers and Outcasts, and when they en-
huts, believing the flag would protect them, along
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