The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-07-08
Ten Cubnns Captured ana supposed to
HAVE Been Executed.

petitions. They are supposed TO have
| been executed
DUTIES.
Mr. sugcrsoils speech mt Cincinnati with
/ Annotations.
tChcago Times
II Is only necessary to read the report
Of the speech delivered by Mr.. Robert
Ingersoll before the National Conven-
tion Of the Republican party, to under
stand the effect which his ringing ut
terauces must have produced upon MS
excited auditors. That must nave peen
indeed an impassioned, brilliant ana
persuasive appeal to awaken such an
| outburst OF delirious enthusiasm, such
n responsive thunder Of applause. We
can imagine the fine figure and frank
face of the orator, in the foreground Oh
the sea which was soon to be stlrred 10
its depths by the awakening power oil
his eloquence.
We may consider the speech, the
speaker, and the man whose name was
then and there presented to the conven-
tion. ag the best expression OF Republi-
capism / desire u short space in your
columns, merely to give brief running
commentary upon portions OF this ad-
dress-a commentary traced by the pen
Of Republican legislators, and incorpo-
rated to-day i'm the statutes OF the M
tional Government,
The eighth article Of the platform OF
the Republican party reads as follows
'"The revenue necessary for current ex-
penditures and the obligations OF the
public debt, must be largely derived
from duties on importations, when, 50
far IA possible, should be adjusted TO
promote the interest Of American labor,
and advance the prosperity OF the whole
country" Mr.. Ingersoll said
The Republicans OF the United States
demand n man who knows that pros
perity and resumption, when they come,
must come together. When they come,
they will come hand in hand; hand in
hand through the golden harvest Held
Duties on hay knives, reaplng.. hooks.
cythes and sickles. 45 per cent-"to pro
mote the interest OF American lapor
hand in hand by the whirling spin
dies and the turning wheels;
Duties on machinery in which iron
chiefly enters, 35 per cent. nd valorem.
Special duties on wool-carding ma
chimes. 80 per cent, ad valorem, TO
promote the interest OF American Ia
borro
hand in hand past the open furnace
doors.
Duties on bitumipous coal, Is cents
per ton /: camel coal rs cents per ton
calm, 40 cents per ton; .coal-hods, part,
ly copper, 45 per cent ad valorem; &c
promote the interest OF American
1abor"j
hand in hand by the flaming forges
Duties on anvils, blacksmiths' ham
> mers, and sledges, p cents per pound
"to promote the interest OF American
laborl'D 90,
hand In hand by the chimneys filled
with eager fire.
Duties on brick wherewith to builc
chimneys: 20 per cent ad valorem;. &c
promote the interest OF American
labor!"D
This money has got to be dug out o
the earth
Duties on shovels and spades, part
[ iron. 35 per cent, part steel, As per cent
| ito promote the interest OF American
] laborpD
The speaker went on to say that this
was
= A year in which we call for man thai
, has torn from the throat OF treason the
tongue OF SANDER
, duties on raw tongues, 10 per cent &C
9 yalorem cured tongues, 20 per centD
"a man that has snatched the MASK
Of Democracy from the hideous lace O
} rebellion.
, ION masks, used by adults, 35 pei
cent?
, Like an armed warrior; like plumes
(, knight
7 Ton plumes, so per centD
he threw his shining lance
t dances are seldom used now, but fol
figures Of speech; lancets, however, are
] taxed 35 per centD
against the brazen forehead OF every
= defamer Of his country.
(Old brass, fit only to be manufac
tured, Is per centD
James G. Blaine Is now, and has beer
for years, the bearer of the standard o
the republic.
= Bunting for flags, 20 cents per square
5 yard, and 80 per cent additional
In the name Of those who perished IL
Q the skeleton clutches OF famine.
Skeletons freelD
9 Illinois nominates James G. Blaine
Loud and protracted cheers.
s There are thousands Of intelligent
2 men throughout the land who believe
/ that the twin figures described by Mr.
Ingersol were the counterfeits OF rea
$ prosperity and resumption. One o
: them was the painted harlot devised by
! the Congressional lobby, drunk witt
S the wine OF initiation and extravaganza
D the other, believing herself pregnant
S was but swollen with the East wind O
: ilIusory promises and vain hopes. True
prosperity never did, does not, never
will, run the gauntlet Of these wheels
D and furnaces and forges, behind which
skulks the giant Of " taxation to pro
, mote the interest Of American labor,
ready to spring upon and devour nel
. without warning" "