The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1876-09-28

tender embrace the sacred dust of Lin
coin. Still, | have as good right {
speak here tonight as though had beef
born upon this platform [cheers an
laughter and every man who hears m
has the same right TO speak in lllinoi
that / have. Why2 Because the Stat
flag OF Illinois waves over us2 No. Be
cause the State flag of Ohio waves owe
us2 No. But because the same flag o
the Nation, the same stars and stripes o
the Union. waves over us all. Grea
cheers. Shall the time ever come whei
| it will not wave over US all2 A voice
'it never will. Cheers No. sir, !
never will / want this country to BE-
/ Nation. Imagine a man wasting his am
/ bition in the State of Rhode Island
/ [Laughter.l To certain degree, all cit
izens partake of the nature of this granC
country. Our great rivers, our wide anc
/ boundless plains, our majestic noun
tains, and our shores, washed by the
waves of two oceans-all these things en-
| ter into the American character, anC
combine to make us a great and impor
tant people. We want no confederacy
no contract Of that kind. We want il
understood that we are Nation. We
want it understood that the old flag rep
resents Nation, and nothing but a Ma
ton. lApplause.
More than that. Samuel J. Tilden said
THE war is an outrage" He said h6
never would lend his aid to the prosecu
tion Of the war. A man who denounce;
a war waged for the salvation of hi:
country, never should be the President
of the country that he refused to aid in
saving, and lie never will be. Great
cheers
Now, say am opposed to this man
for these reasons, and for another.
don't believe that, politically, he is an
honest man He started out for hard
money; he wrote and sent a message to
the Legislature of the State of New
York. asking that Legislature to pass a
law in conformity with the law OF Con
gress, making the taxes in New York
payable in gold on and after the lst day
of January, 1879. He then believed in
hVrd money. Since he was nominated
by the Democratic party, who didn't be
lieve in hard money-some of them in
the East did; but in the West many oi
them believed in soft money-so when
he accepted the platform. that plank de.
claring that the date of resumption
should be blotted out. he sacrificed all
principles OF an honest man on all other
questions-I mean, all principle he had
not sacrificed before [Cheers lie left
the-date out Of the:resumption plank, so
that, in New York, they can talk re-
sumption, and when asked, when2 the
Western Democrat can answer, never
because there is no date to it.
! am opposed to Tilden because, in my
judgment, he has not been honest with
the American people. He is willing to
fpiHa d The I; Ia hlnoI Of -, a
industry, and ruin the prosperity Of the
greatest and best interests of this people.
lie is willing to trihe with the currency
and the financial honor of this Nation
simply to be President of the United
States.
THE OBJECTIONS TO DEMOCRACY.
Now, my friends, have said objected
to Tilden because he was a Democrat.
Now / will give few objections | have
to the Democratic party. In my judg-
ment it is not good party. Laughter. ]
In my judgment it embraces some OF
the worst elements in American society.
| will not say all Democrats are bad peo-
pie. A good many of them are clever
men; a good many are honest; good
many intend to do right, but the leading,
controlling spirits OF that party are, in
my judgment, bad men. In the North
they are men of no force, not men Of
brains, not men of character, and they
will suffer themselves to be controlled,
owned body and soul, by the Southern
Democrats. They, in my judgment, will
never have the grit to stand up against
the Southern Democrats; to stand up
for the North as against the South; to
stand up for liberty, and for human
rights, against the demands of the South
ern Democracy.
Now the great question is upon US, and
we, as conscientious people, must settle
it each one for himself The great ques-
tion is, shall this country be controlled
by the united South and divided
North? Voices-"No, no"1 Shall the
men who attempted to destroy this Gov
ernment in 1861, and the men who sym
pathized with that destruction, take
again the helm of the ship of state and
walk again our masters2 No. no, and
cheers. Are we prepared to turn the
flag of our country over to the people
who attempted to tear it from the sky
which it enriches2 The question is,
whether the interests of this American
Union are safer in the hands of the loyal
men of 1.-The North, or the rebels of the
South, assisted by the Democrats of the
North, who wept because the South
failed.
Now. let me say right here, have no
hatred against a man in the South be-
cause he lives there. Any man in the
South who believes in bis Government,
who is IN favor of human liberty, who is
willing to treat the friends of this Gov
,rIrLent decently, | call that man my
b other and will do anything | can to
see that the United States protects him
in every right he is entitled to, whether
he fought against this Union or not.
[Cheers.
The question for you to decide to-day,
each one for himself, is, has the spirit of
the Southern people changed? Are they
the friends OF liberty? Are they the
friends of the Government? Will they
treat our friends who live in the South,
as they ought to be treated2 Or is it a
crime IN every Southern State to be-a
Republican? Is every scar received in
the defense of this Government a badge
of dishonor2 The question is whether a
man can, in the South, declare himself a
Republican, and have his rights to life
and liberty secured him2 Unless that
can be done the Southern people ought
not to have control in this Government a
day. We might as we'll face this thing
now as a year hence, when the Democra.
cy will be in power if we go tosleep. We
might as well understand to day, that
the question right here is-the question
upon the threshold of every mans home
is the Government as safe under the
control of tho Southern and the North.
ern Democrats as it is in the hands oi
the Republicans Voices, mo, no.
/ Now, if. the Southern people would al
low any Republican to go down there
and express himself freely. if they would
not ostracise Republicans socially, if they
would not refuse TO do business with
him, if they would argue with him, in
stead of mobbing him for differences o.
opinion, if they would talk with him like
| a brother, instead of shooting him like 4