The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-06

cry Of unpaid lakes are not so barred,
and hence the suit will probably be
commenced as soon as the papers can
be prepared.
Speech Of Hon. VIM. A. Wheeler at St. Adams.
Vermont.
Hon. w. "A. 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 prominent
representative. was placed in nomination
as the Republican nominee for Vice President
the States of Vermont and Massachusetts. It
Is the greatest honor of my life 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
t OF my fa'th trust they have made no mis-
believe in Plymouth Rock, tor they are con-
yertible terms. One of the most gifted OF
New England women has said that Plymouth
Rock is no quartz. 1t is a perfect stone cut
from the mountain without hands, and hands
cannot prevent it from becoming a great
mountain, filling the whole EARTH. Every
church, every school-house, every town.
house, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, has
plymouth Rock for it's toundation-stone.
Wherever freedom aims a musket, or raises
a standard, or sings song, or makes pro-
test, there is Plymouth Rock. Freedom, the
Church, the chool-house, the town-house,
pies OF the Republican party.
After rpfprriDr To tha pOlifioo1 roo
ord of Vermont, the Speaker said:
have nopurpose here tonight, my friend
to recall the memorable conflict through
which this nation has passed, and which
made American arms forever illustrious. 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 imperative than
now: We are already engaged in another
conflict with the opponents of the party which
saved the nation, and which to-day protects
It's integrity and guards it's honor. AS in 1860,
we are once more, my friends, face to face
with an united South, with the Democratic
party of the North as it's subservient and
plant alley.
In every late slave State in the Union where
the Contederate party is dominant, it claims and
may receive 100 votes in the electoral college.
1t has complete control of the Lower House,
and the balance of power in 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 in the State of Ken
lucky can you find a man in any position
whatever who was not engaged on the rebel
side. This the condition of the South to-day
! have sat for months during the last winter
who few years since were engaged in an at
tempt to break up the Government.
Now have heard those men defend the
helllsh atrocities of Libby, and Anderson
vile, and Salisbury. l have heard Lincoln
maligned, have heard defended the right OF
JUSTICE OF the Peace to detain and open
the mails of the United States. Can you tell
me where is the difference in the spirit which
twenty years ago led the Missouri Border Ruff
fans into Kansas and the massacre at Ham
burg, where a regularly-oganized militia
company were the first disar1ned and then
murdered in cold blood in order that the
white race might assert their superiority?
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-
garding the Reconstruction acts. They 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 ofthe
bayonet. Its to the South, my friends, with
this spirit, and with the Democratic party of
the North as it's plant alley, that we are ask
ed to turn over the Government of the United
States, with all its powers OF legislation, with
all its machinery OF taxation. No such prop
osition for audacity has it's 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
ton, see fifty soldiers cril pied in the service
OF the Union turned out OF the House to make
room for as many Rebel soldiers. This is the
evidence OF the spirit of the Northern Demo-
cfacy. 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 it 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 lite on the field of battle,- modest
man, plain man, a 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 !: new
triumph. Applause.
What shall be your duty in this canvass?
tell you, freemen of Vermont, what l know:
The Democrats are making great efforts to
reduce the Republican majority in this State.
WI yen permit it, this n
never yet trailed on the battlefield. Let
your ballot protect the work SO efectually
begun by your bayonets at Gettysburg 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.
What is Schurzs Motive?
The Freie Presse says the Demo-