The Leavenworth weekly times., 1876-09-07

democrat had come along 10 steal II, th
Supreme Court would have decided, wit
their spectacles pushed back on their bal
pates, that the corn belonged 10 the DemC
crat. Loud applause This was III
spirit of the good old party of reform
Loud applause.
Imagine the condition We were in whe
the Republicans came into power. JGstic
and mercy were yagralts. At the North III
Democrats were ready to give anything 70
an Office. The Southern States took u
srms-toOk up arms for what? Why, 70
the right 10 steal from four millions of pee
pie of different color. ! believe / am supe
Tior to the black man-and so superior tina
! can get my living without robbing hin
Laughter. The Democratic party com
meneed the war against the Union? Tn
question was are you for or against In
Union? The Republican party offered al
that II could-it almost got into the dirt
but the South rushed TO war. The crea
Republican party and every Union-loyin,
Democrat in the North struck hands 10 figh
Tor the Union. Are You sorry the Repub
Iican party won in 1860? Are you sorr,
the great Lincoln was elected President
He was almost the only man WHO, hayin.
the side Of mercy.
BEWARE OF BACHELORS
Then there's Buchanan; an old bachelor
and Tor Gods sake, never trust another.
wouldn't trust a man who don't love W. !,
better than politics. IGreat laughter.l j I
chanan said: 81 can't do anything" l.,
fell back on the State rights. Now, clail
nobody ever urged that doctrine who didI Z
want TO steal something from somebod :
Laughter. 1t was called up when IT,.
Sonth wanted 10 secede. Buckle up youl
coat when they talk State rights-your pocIs.
et book is in danger. They believe tie
United States is a simple partnership, and
that when any member of the firm wants "a
set up business on his own account he NAV
20 out. Now, what has the Democratic
party been doing all these years? The X @.
publican party has its book open. The
Democratic party says: "FOr Gods saI {
iet our pedigree alone" Laughter
say let's examine the pedigree The Dem =
cratic party was opposed TO the war: that
ought TO damn them eternally II would he
willing 10 let them end q little short, bat
politically i mean eternally.) Laughter
The Democratic party opposed the means
% put the war down they swore the debt
never ought to be paid. They Iried TO i'm.
pair the national credit. The Democrat c
party said, "DOn't buy a bond, the south
will succeed" If the Democratic party
had its way, the soldiers in the field would
not have been paid. They ought (poIiti-
Caily) etenally to he damned for that.
Laughter. How many Democrats were
delighted every time the Union army WIS
defeated Voice. That's so"1 That's a
TACT. don't tell it As new Tlaughter but
simply 10 refresh your memories.
What more? The Democratic party
tried TO get up fire in the rear in Canada
Jake Thompson had 100000 from the
Coniederacy TO operate in Canada in con-
junction with Northern Democrats. The
knights of the Golden Circle in Indiana
and Illinois received money from JAKE
Thompson. lie hired men to fire New
York and Cincinnati. He furnished pistols
10 these men, in boxes marked Sunday
school books" 1 have right here a copy Of
jake Thompson'5 letter, in which he speaks
OF the danger of his letters falling into
loyal hands-for, says he, they will impli-
cate leading men in the North. What kird
OF leading men? Northern Democrats-
friends Of honesty and reform, gentlemen.
Laughter and tremendous cheers
Az EXTRACT FROM DEMOCRATIC FEDIGREES.
was at Peoria, Illinois, when The Dem
ocrats held their convention. "Brothers,' -
they said, 'let us put down that tyrant
Lincoln They were Tor peace, they said,
and all the time they had Jake Thomp-
sons pistols IN their pockets. Laughter !
That was the first meeting held in the In-
terCst oi an uprising to aid the South. Bat
NallandIgham told them, well eject Nc
Cleilan, and thai'll accomplish at the bal
lot what il Is proposed 10 DO by force
Jake Thompson lamenis the failme of his
attempt 10 burn New York with Greek fire.
That's what the Democrats were doing IN
1854. Recollect, when speak of the Dem
ocratic party ] mean the men who did
these things. / am very sorry 10 see
men, good men, and true and 10y
ocCsts still, and who are irving TO make
theR respectable. My voice has no word
against those men, do whatever they do,
vino faced shot and shell for the Union. |
do not stigmaGze them. / do not allude TO
true and loyal Democrats, but 10 those
Democrats who are Democrats from mere
cussedness. Laughter How came it TO
this? Is man 10 be ashamed for having
fought the Democratic party with shot and
SHELF VIII the time ever come when
these scars worn hy Gov Connor shall be a
disgrace TO him Shall the time come
when We shall not mention the struggles Of
oar boys and defend their scars? IL never
can come. But say il the Democratic
party gets the power, the Union soldier will
have to hide his scars. II Samuel J Til
den is elected President, he will be the tool
and instrument of the Southern Democracy.
Did the Southern Democracy ever allow
the Northern Democracy to manage? They
never did, and they never will. After the
war was over the Republicans told the ne
gro he was free, and that he must be a cit
iz0 and have the ballot. The Democratic
party opposed all these measures Mr..
Hendricks spoke in the United States Ser-
ste and sald there was no power in the peo-
pie 10 change the Constitution and make
the slave free. He to-day believes thes,
persons were unlawfully deprived OF thei
properey, and he will vote TO pay them for
their property.
RESPONSIBILITY FOR HARD TINES
1t is some trouble TO get up Republican
You've got TO build school-houses. If vor
want to make Democrats, tear them down
III you want TO make Democrat, appeal 10
pre- ejsrices, or appeal TO hard times a
Democrat in Illinois thinks the chinch bug
comes OF the Republican Administration.
Who made the times haId? Who made i;
necessary for the United States to borrow
The Democratic party, North and
South. And now they say we ought 70
have whipped them for less. Hard times
You will see what hard times means If vo,,
ge; the Democratic party into power.
We've got down to hard pan. And We are
already in the light of the dawn of re
vived business. Why? Because the Re
publican party Is bent on seeing gold dol
lar and on resuming specie payments at the
time. The Republican party,
say, viii pay the debt and protect ali men
The Democratic party can find no iaw in
the record of AE. Hayes lie will carr
on. the principles of the Republican party.
Ii Tilden is elected he will be controlled
BY the Democratic party. Which party
will you trust? / tell you, gentlemen, you
must stand by the Republican party.
What was Mr.. Tilden doing when Mr..
yes was fighting for his country? Mr..
rilden was resolving the war was a
allure.
What is Mr.. Tilden to-day? An aitor-l |