Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-11-01
INGERSOLL IN CHICAGO.
The Largest Political Gathering Ever
Seen In that City.
(From the Inter Ocean, Oct. q. ]

Col. BOD lDgersOll addressed SATURDAY
evening was the grandest outpouring OF
the people this country has ever seen: II
was immense. An hour before the doors
were opened hundreds and thous;.lds OF
men and women, all eager to hear the
great Illinois orator expound Repl.blican
truths, crowded the sidewalks and street
in front of the Exposition building, and
half an hour later the throng had increased
ten or twenty. fold. At Z 80 O'Clock the
doors were opened and the crowd was al
lowed TO pour itself into the building.
Soon the main floor was covered with peo-
pie, the gallery filed, and even the organ
loft, girders, braces and elevator frame oc-
cupied Immediately surrounding the
speakers stand were the seats which had
been reserved for ladies. The rest OF the
building belonged to the masses, and
every available foot of space was appro-
prated At Z 40 the hall was FULFILL
to OVERLOOKING
Frank Lumblrd's Glee Club opened
proceedings hy singing /" Viye fAmerica"
and Old Shady The applause which
followed was deafening. 1t shook the
building and started one of the gallery
supports The floor crcaked, and the
crowd stampedcd. No damage was done,
v,
sunk foot or more, and the occupants
soon returned 70 tAeir places Then Lum-
bard stepped forward and sang the old
war hymn;
In me beauty Of the lilies Christ vas born across
Aud Inc org Of lis coming has transit cured you
ami me.
AZ ilo died 10 make men no ), we will die to keep
iHgn Jce.
~ we 10 marching on.
And The vast audience joined heart and
soul in the chorus
Glory glory, haselujahi
Col Ingersbll then came forward, and
was received with round after round of
applause, which lasted several minutes.
Then he spoke az follows:
LADIES ANp GESrLEMEN:-Democr and
Republicans have common interest in the
United States. Applause. We have
common interest IN the preservation of =
common country. And appeal TO a |, Dem
ocrats aud Republicans, TO ondeayor to make
q conscientious choicc---to cndcayor TO select
as President aud Vice President OF the
United States man and party so to
speak, which In your judgment Will preserve
all that is dear TO US, either as Republicans
or Democrats. The Democratic party comes
before you and asks that You viii give this
Government into Us hands and you have
tIo right to investigate as to the reputation
ard character Of the Democratic organlza-
ton. The Democratic party sly, Let by
cones be bygOnes." ] never knew "A man
who did decent action that wanted II for.
gotten. lApplause.J | never knew a man
who did some great, shining act of self-sac-
rihce and heroic devotion that didn't wish
to have that act remcm nered. Not only SO,
but lac expected his loving children would
chse the remembrance OF il upon the mar
Ia hot ri "a Il. ttnf, tg,.t
whenever man commits some crime, when
ever u man does what mantles the checks OF
his children with shame, he Is The man that
says, Let by-goncs be by-goncs." The
Democratic parry admits that it has "A record,
and II says that any mau that Will look into
1t and tell it, Is not gentleman. | don't
know whether, according To the Democratic
standard | am gentleman or not; but | do
say that In "A certain sense ! am one OF the
historians Of the Democratic party. APP
pause | don't know that II Is true that n
man cannot give YOU his record and be a
gentleman but | admit that a gentleman
hates To read this record. gentleman
hates To give this record 20 the world but
do it, not because like TO do it, but because
believe the best interests of this country
demand that there shall be history given
OF the Democratic party. In the first place,
l claim that the Democratic party embraces
within It's filthy arms the worst elements In
American society. Cheers | claim that
every enemy that this Government has had
for twenty years has been and is Democrat.
lChccrsl Every man In the Dominion Of
Canada that hates the great Republic would
like to see Tidcn and eudricks successful.
every titled chi { In Great Britain would
Ike 10 see Tild'u and Hendricks the next
President and Vice President OF the United
States. say more: Ferry State that seced.
ed from this Union was a Democratic State;
J. Of
sion wa q Democrat; every man that tried 10
tear the flag out of heaven was u Democrat;
every man that tore that old banner of glory
that shot she'll, was a Democrat, every man
that shot tuion soldier was a Democrat
The man that fred on sumter was Demo
crat Every Union soldier that has a scar
upon his body to-day carries With him
souvenir OF thu Democratic party. Cheers.
Every man that denied ia the Union prison
ers even the worm eaten crust of famine
was d Democrat Aud when some fami>hcd
Union soldier craEcd hy agony, by pain and
by want, Jaw IN his dream The face OF his
mother and she seemed Ca btvkon him and HI
iu,aucly followed her Reckoning, and in So
following got his foot an inch beyond the
dead line, the rebel wretch that pat his hui
let through his htld Was aui Is q Democrat
tApplaustl The men that burned orphan
Rsylums IN the city OF New York we're Penn
ocrats Every one that fired that city, know
ing thHt II II burned the serpent Uuto E'
would leap over buildings aud clutch chill
dren from their mothers 9rms-rycry wrrtcl
that did u was and IA u Democrat Np
p.uuscl The man that shot abraham liza
coin wus Democrat Every man that wus
glad ~ 10 WAS Democrat ithvcr> J EVER
man that va sorry To see the Institution o.
slavery abolished, every man that shed
tear over the corpse of human slavery, wa
and is a Democrat. iANuicc GOOD enough
The mon that cursed Abraham Lincoln, n,
greatest, the grdndcst. the purc>t man eve
President of the United States, Tor isSuin.
the Emancipation Proclamation, the grand
est paper since the Declaration II ludepend
tnco- every man that vursed HIM for u wa
q Democrat tLhccrSl krery man Who hate,
to see bloodhound ce1sl 20 ne the iustru
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