The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-11-01
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the yery next year Morton made his
grand hegira IN the Burned District, de-
nouucing Sumner and negro suffrage. a
gentleman who throws his boomerang
around in that manner ought to be very
careful that it does not come back and hit
him in the fifth rib; and the truth Is, II
nobody is fit for office but those who be-
longed to the anti-slsvery party, the
country would be in bad way. Nor
ton could not be elected fence
viewer or constable. Grant himself,
the savior of his country, never
voted in his life except for James
Buchanan, and he never was Republi-
can until eight years ago they offered
him the Presidency in two successive IN
stsllments. He was always Democrat.
He became converted political sinner,
and has been high up on the calendar OF
saints ever since. And the great anti
slavery high priest John A. Logan,
was the author of the black code. Here
is Ben Butler recently taken back into
the embraces of his party in Massachu-
sets. He voted for JEFF Davis fifty
eight times in the Charleston
Convention. Did you ever heal
of Simon Cameron as an Anti
Slavery man2 i have known him rs
an accomplished rascal, but never rs an
Anti-Slavery man. Who are the leaders
of the Republican party? Are they the
founders and fathers OF that old church
Some of those founders are Abraham
Lincoln, Salmon p. Chase, Charles Sum
ner and John Z. Hale. All sleep in their
honored graves. Those who survive are
Lyman Trumbull, Governor Palmer OF
Illinois, General Farnsworth, Governor
Blair of Michigan, Governor Curtin oil
Pennsylvania, and Charles Francis
Adams Of Massachusetts. Every one OF
them is working for Tilden and Hend'
r:cks, while The recognized leaders OF the
Republican party are Morton, Cameron,
Logan, Brother-in law Casey, Bob lnger'
soil and half dozen other unbaptized
rAscals. Laughter.
They are beautiful set Of fellows; and
vet they have the impudence to talk
about apostates. They call me an
spostate. 1 have always understood that
If man falls from grace there must be
some grace to fall from. A man can not
fall up mountain from valley. Think
of Tom Murphy and Boss Shepherd
trying Greeley and Sumner as political
apoststes. Suppose the devil, after being
turned over the bsttlements into the
bottomless pit, looking up from his abode,
had charged the angels with beng apos-
tates because they had not followed him
there. Laughter and applause.
Let me follow up my line of argument.
l want to read one paragraph from the
Tycoon of the Republican party, from
mis- great keynote speech, Senator Nor
ton. He says:
The Democrats made the rebellion
and the rebellion made the debt, levied
the taxes and created the National Banks,
and If it is true, rs we are constantly
told, that public and private demoraliza-
tion and long train of evils are the
inevitable consequences of civil war, 1t is
the very il .oence of falsehood to hold
the Republican party responsible for
them"
Now, that is the Gospel as still further
eypounded by st. Oliver. If stranger
were to come among US and listen to the
Republicans they never would believe
that any Democrat had shouldered n
musket. The great BODY OF the people Of
the North were loyal during the war.
But il Douglass had thrown his vast
power into the rebel scale instead of in
favor of the North the damnation and
ruin OF the Republic would have been
seen.
The honorable gentleman made many
other powerful and convincing argu-
meuts why both Democrats and Repub-
Leans should vote for change, which
we have neither time nor space to note
aud then concluded by stating the en-
couraging prospects in Wisconsin,
Michigan and other states, and urging
every body to vote for reform in Novem-
Der, so rs to show what q splendid dam
nation the people could give the ruling
corruption.
Mr.. Cracrsft, of this city, then made q
few appropriate remarks. He was followed
bv coloren man from Cleveland, whose
narne we forget, and who spoke earnest
~ in favor of Tilden. Thus closed one
OF the finest meetings. on so short notice,
OF the campaign.