Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-09-29
PRESIDENT,
John ". Heron
WcR PRESIDENTS,

John ]. Hooker, ". L Williams
Geo. W. Jones, 8. v. siebern,
GabfteiP GPgi BIZ, 4. isd1I Robi6sOn,
John Hauck, Edward GabeL
". H. Hall
sEcRKIAKES
9has- eueksnberEers Edward eauls.
L A. Staieys
After the singing of John Browns Body" and
swell Rally Round the Flag" BY the audience
led by Mr.. Lafayette Sykes, Mr.. HERON intro
eueed Mr.. Ingerson. who spoke as follows
spseeh Of Hon. Robert ]. IBsersoIl.
FELLOW-C -CITIzKEs-I have looked the ground all
ever, have thought Of the question on all sides.
den. fCheers-l sm opposed to him In the hrst
place, because he is g Democrat. iCheersl am
opposed 70 him In the second place, because he is
"A unmitfRaIed sham TCheers.l an opposed 10
HIM because be pretends to be q reformer. / am
opposed 70 him because be got the nomination for
the Presidency through advertising, as you would
for patent medicine. Cheers aue laughter. ] am
opposed TO him because he filed the papers with
these advertisements day after day, month after
month, ana right after the advertisement, where
Il told about the man whose sands Of life had
nearly run out. the next paragraph would be
about the honesty and the reform OF Samuel ].
Tllden- He has been sandwiched beetween RENE
dies for rheumausm and sure 1re on dyspepsia
tCheers and laughter.l BE has come next 70 sugar
coated pills and alter patent mustard plasters-
In every Democratic paper in the Union he has
been advertised as patent quack nostrum for the
salvation Of the American Government Laugh
We want no such man President of the United
up, not g man who taxes up q party by such
means. Samuel ]. Tilden is an attorney. Samuel
never eayc birth to splendld patriotic. elevated
sentiment In his long life Besides all that my
friends, he Is an old bachelor and man that pre-
fers the embraces Of the Democratic party does
not know the value Of time He is man who hns
oourted men all his life. because women can not
vote Cheers. he is kind Of legal spider. who
WeaVes webs Of tecnnicalities in which he catches
and gobbles honest flies. lApplause He
eas stood % s9[R sqR0n tne' oin,or snors Of & bank,
corporations by the throat. Samuel J. Tlden-and
# is the meanest thing can say Of him-belones
That party has, I have frequently said, never had
but two objects to exist for. One IS grand and the
J. Tlden has been a member OF that party from
his bOyhoOd. That party has had c0nTrOl of the
city Of New York for many years. when i5 took
thousand dollars in the Treasury OF New York
Now, under Democratic rule II owes about one
hundred and sixtT-six millions. There is honesty
--and reform. Applause. ID It ID the same kind OF
honesty and reform that Samuel ]. Tlden prom
ises for the United States Of America
The Democratic party complain that the stand
ing army Of the United States is TOO large, we
ought not to have twenty-hYe thousand men; and
the city Of New York to prevent gentleman
from having his pocket picked his way from
the depot to his hotel. IApplausel am opposed
to the election OF Samuel ]. Hlden, because no
man should be elected President of the United
States who is not willing to bear his burden of
Government No man should be elected Presi
dent Of the United States who is not willing TO
pay his fair share of taxes. Any man that viii
shiIk the burden Of the Nation; any man that
viii shrk the burden of the State never should be
put at the head Of the STATE at the head of the
United States. fCheers.l am opposed to Sam
try its hour OF trial, and IN its time Of need.
lCheersI You will all reoOllect that great meet
ing was calledfn the city Of New York few days
after Fort Sumter had been fired upon by the
rebels OF South Carolina. It was question of i'm
mense importance In every European country,
standI Is 1t upon the eide Of the Government, or
is It against the Governments You must reeol-
leot that New YORK was the monetary center Of
the United States. You must recOlleet that New
York had great and almost oVerpOWering infiu-
enee in this Nation, and the question was, How
does the great aud wealthy CITY stapdt For the
purpose Of giving public expression OF opinion
that should strengthen the hands OF Abraham
Lincoln, that should strengthen the cause of the
country all over the world, the patriotic men of
the city OF New York joined in call for great
by General John A. Dix, then q very prominent
Democrat in the city OF New York, ana since that
by Bennett, Of the Herald, by Horace Greeley, by
Raymond and by Stewart. In other words, It was
signed by hundreds and thousands Of the
SfE city, that hat city q nA' millioR oRi'nad Oi
refused to sign the call for that Union meeting in
1861. That man was Samuel ]. 1ilden. Kisses.
he has never denied that he refused to sign it.
Some OF his friends said that he did not refuse to
sign t. and JhereupOn we prove that he not only
refused to sign It, but that 1t was offered to bIm
this Governments even his signature when 1t
was threatened with dismemberment and
Ss nSms to bis country IN me T Of not wot end
say, never should preside over the destiDIes
OF that Nation as its President. fCheersI
Another reason that object to Samuel ]. Tilden
ie that be was an original secessiOnist. He is q
seeessiODist tonight lgroans; be has never taken
it back. no matter about what they say. When
the rebellion commenced on account OF the cleo
ton Of Abraham Lincoln-Abraham Lincoln, the
greatest and grandest and purest man ever elected
Of he n tan fnfa fam
this rebellion commenced James Buchan-
an was President. He was another
You all to swear iG te-nighs that 6as you never s
VIII vote for another old bachelor for President of
the United States. James Buchanan read the
Constitution Of the United States he read several
platforms, and came to the conclusion that any
state had right to go out OF the Union that this
was simple eonfederacy Of States; that it was IN
no sense q great Nation, but simply confederacy
and he, In message to the Congress of the United
and he stated that, If a State sent out Of the
UnlonI there was no way in which that State le-
Union. And when he said so, away of in the
amen corner another little old dried up bachelor
squesked out I THAT i9 my opinion" That man
Samuel J. Tiden wrote letter to q man by the
name Of Kent, in which he deliberately said that
this country was o confedeFacy, and that our
fathers, by the Constitution OF the United States
left revolution organized In each state so that
whenever the public opinion OF State demanded
it, the State could snap the tie OF confederation pre-
csely the same as q Nation oOnld break treaty
ana Lnat Jhe Slate could repel coercion precisely
as Nation could repelit That is another rease1
that lam against samuel J. Tilden. No man ever
ought 70 be President Of the United States who
denies that IL ts q Nation. No man ever should be
President OF this country who says that IL Is sim
ply confederacy. No man ever ought to be The
standard bearer Of the American people who be-
heVes that the 1aR be carries represents simply a
contract commencing with Know ali men by tneso
presents" instead Of great and splendid Constr
tufion, tae foundation OF great and glorious and
grand Nation. lChsers.I
want this TO be Nation. DO NOT want IL 70
be q coufederacy. speak here, tonight IN tha
State Of Ohio, although live In the state Of
Illinois. the State that holds within ts tender en-
brace the sacred dust Of Abraham Lincoln
Icheersl still have Just as good riRht 70 apeak
here tonight rs though | had been born upon
this platform lcheersI, and every man who hears
ne has the same right 20 speak
IN Illinois that have. Whyt Because the State
nag Of Illinois waves over usf No, Because the
State nag Of Ohio waves over usi No. But be-
aRuso the old banner Of the stars and stripes
VaTOs ever ~ IN both stateh lAppIaussl 10