The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1876-10-27
EMERSON
The Great Republican Orator
at Cleveland

the people OF THE section have
for gaining a knowledge of the
truth Of the political affairs Of on
country that at all compare Will
the effort Of Mr.. Ethridge at This
city Oct. 18th. Anything like
recital Of his speech is beyond
our intention-or one must SEE
and hear or hin gctths ful.
benefit oft. We assert without
: the fear of successful cantraHc
ton, that he told more practica.
truth in manner more plain and
comprehensive than has any 9th
er speaker who has addressed IL;
in years. His remarks were com.
plete in every detail and Democ.
racy got one scathing it will re
memberifi it has any memorial
times he strikes them with the
thunders of eloquence as he pic
lures the wretchedness of theil
political record, and again he con.
vulses his hearers with laughter
at his illustrations that are SC
keen and cutting in their applica.
ton to the opposition party. Those
who missed the opportunity to
hear him lost a great deal, nc
matter which party they belong
to, We give a few of the thoughts
he presented:
lie speaks of the Importance OF
the campaign and of the impend-
ing dangers that We are to shun.
Democracy is the same as in
'6l-ranged under the same old
leaders, the Vances, Harrises,
Hamptons &c-determined to
gain by the ballot box what they
lost by the sword and bayonet,
and to secure this end they are
practicing the grossest acts of
fraud, intimidation and murder.
The old spirit Of ante bellum days
is asserting itself, and the ques-
ton for us to decide is can we
trust the country in their keep
ing who were so lately trying to
destroy its existency or will we
let it remain in the hands of those
who upheld it against the most
determined opposition. Repub-
licans do you propose to nndo
your good work by turningi it over
to your political enemies?
Mr.. Tilden's record in regard to
the war gave him the nomination
at St. Louis, together with his po-
%litical trickery. Democracy must
have a "solida South and no
Union man would fill tho bill.
When our country was on the
verge Of disunion, when the voice
of every man, and especially
those of influence like Mr., Tilden
should have been on the side of
peace and right, he was talking
and writing to the effect that the
South had Alright secede If it
wished and thus bring on the war
that is the cause of our present
load of debt.an thedeath andde-
VISITATION that reigned about US.
DO we want such a man for Pres
ident or willswe work and vote
for Hayes and Wheeler, men who
were not traitors in spirit or in
deed, but loved and fought for
the salvation of their country2 Is
loyalty at q discount with the
people and has the fact of ones
having been a traitor lost its dis
honorH
Mr.. Etheridge spoke of the re-
cord of the Democratic and Wing
parties and showed that the coun-
try is,being governed substantial
ly on Wing principles, He showed
that the Tariff in its letter and
working is the same as advocated
by them years ago-that the pub
lic'school,system of thespresent is
inallits worth and efficiency,isju Just
what the Wings worked for in the
past, that the system of internal
that is making our
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and lakes public highways
of untold value to the nation, is
all traceable directly to the same
source-that our national curren.
cy is purely Wing and the best in
the world, and finally that all the
great work begun by the Wing
party is being carried out by the
Republicans. The CONCLUSION is
easy-a Wing should be identi
fed with the Republican party to
help perpetuate his principles and
light his old enemy, Democracy.
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