, 1876-10-22

SA~A%~A1 o~ ~~--
TIE SPEECH.
ArrRARAScB AND mTRoDUcrlos OF TIE
ORATOR
Soon sitter came Col. ngtrsoll, hailed with
round Of applause that made the building shake.
No time was lost. Mr.. George H. Bogue
stepped forward and said:
LADIES AND GEsr1ExEs: ! have the homer 70 lu-
troduce the Hon. Andrew ShumaE who Will INTRO
Euce The lion. Robert 6. lngersolL
Mr.. Shuman came to the edge OF the platform
and said, pointing to the orator:
LADIES AND GExr11xEa: the Hon. Robert G..
1ngcrsoll.
Col. 1ngersou was attircd in plain black sack
coat sud pants, and white vest. As he stepped
out on the little peninsula provided for him,
the crowd gave shout OF applause, protractcu
for at least ten minutes. Three different times
The Colonel essaycd to speak. and each time got
as far As Ladies and gentlemen" when the ap-
plause broke forth afresh. At length he started
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: We all, Democrats :.
Iconfuslon for some minntes1. fon act nke q
PACK OF Democrats. iLaushter. a soiee, That 8
what they Ladies ana inepest in
mon interest in the preservation OF good osacr,
We have common interest il Tie II on,u =.
6fun1, Democrats and Republicans, 70 eaoea'oi 49,, ~
make acouscieu1ious choice)-to cncea 70 select
President and Vice President OF Tue hich IN
your Judgment will preserve a'i LIE. - u,s'
10 US. either as Republicans OF democrats.
Ihs pcmef1ntG % ;e p5; hands
and You have the right 10 aosesuSaE 90 - nt s4s
reputation and character OF the Uemte14t'e Or
gaaization. The Democratic party say, Let p5-
Zones be bE-gone.." never knew man VINO
did decent action that wanted y foTgot1en. lap
plnuse.1 Incver knew man VINO o!o so9ae s!sa.'
sh1n;nr .ct OF tclf-sacrifce and heroic devotion,
that di9iu't wieh to have that act remembered MOI
onlr SO. bnt be expected his loving children would
ci.sel the remembrance OF y upon patnnss tne mas
But Whenever man commits some crime,
whenever man does . s,sn Mhat he manties T. the
the enses Of b, esFes n BE- sirns he
Dcmocratic party admits that it has record. and
It says that any man that will look into i and tell
it rot Gent1smsn aon knGw Sm
man Of not; but do say that in certain. sense
an one Of the historians Of the nenocratic party
don1 know S9s that IT. y m tFne snte shn
man, but admit that gentleman hates to read
= t5s record ot to oee.ass ,hs W9Fs se to 'at sa it.
bnt because believe that the best interests OF this
eonntry demand that there shall be history E1gcn
cf the Democratic party. In the first place. claim
THE WORST ELEMENTs IN AMERICAN soc1ETf.
{Checre.l claim that every enemy that this Gov
ernmcnt has had for twenty yclrs has been ana -
o Canada that hates The great Republic would like
to sec Tildcn and Hendricks successful Every
titled thief in Great Britain would Ike
10 see 1Ildeu and Hendricks the next President
and Vicc-Presidcnt Of the United States: I say
more: Every State that seeded from this Union
was Democratic State; every man .hat Drew WI IN
that tried to tear inc flag out OF heaven was .
Democrat; every man that tore TINT old banner OF
glory, TINT shot q shell, was Democrat, every
man that shot Union soldier WAS Democrat
The r1aa that fred on Sumter was Democrat
Every Union soldier that has scar upon his body
to-day carries with him souvenir of the Demo
the Union prisoners even tho worm e:ten crust Of
Union soldier, erazed BY agony BY pain ;na ,ha
M ice f'' Of bis mother, and she seemed to
oeckon him, and he insanely followed her beckon-
Ing and n SO following Got hs loot IN {. ,ncn @ ef S
bullet through bis head was and Is q Ocmocfat.
iApplaufe. The men that bur1ed orphan asylums
in he City of New York were mo q Ere
She serpent flames would leap eyer buildings and
.lu.ch children from their mothers arus-every
wretch t:ia, did il was and is & nemosfat ;a lAps S
Democrat. Every man that was glad Of it was
Democrat. [Chcers.l Every man that was sorry
to see the institution Of slavery ahoinaed efery
tery, WINS and is Democrat. iAvolce, ''Good
knough.'' The men tflGt
CURSED ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
the greatest, the gra.deSt. the pqrest man ever
President OF the Unitcd St1tce. for issuing the
Emancipation Proclamation, the grandest paper
Biucc III. Declaration OF Independence, man
that cursed him for it was Democrat lcheeIs: !
be the inGtsnmentalft{as OF tfce goFdrnmcnt,-
every one sTas Democrat. In Short every enemy
err enemy that liberty and progress lave had in
the United states for twenty years, every hater or
our Eag, evory dekpiscr OF onr Eation, every man
who has been disgrace 70 the great hepaoe 'oF
do not soy that they all that way, but nearly
all who are that way are Democrats. The Demo-
e lSc S e. tae WIte aonae
begging for official food The Democratic party
has not had bits eat for sixteen long and wear.
appetite iGfsat iaugh.er.l The Democratic party
u ali teeth end empty stomach LCheers. In
other words, the Democratic parly Z = political
lamp begs food, and he csrTiss ia bis pocket
dirty scraps Of paper, as kind Of certificate OF
"a one q tasse sgdfs,r h. viii ahoS y;
those papers he will have part Of the Fugitive Slave
law; on another one some Of the Black Laws tlat
used to disgrace Illinois; on another Gov rl!dsn
Lyman Trumbul1 that The Republican party ia not
: tit to associate with. Laughter That certificate
will bc indorsed BY Gov 9oha a. Palmer and ny ny
pocket IN old Hood-cut, somewhat torn. repre-
senting Abraham Lincoln falling upon the neck Of
s. Corning Judd and thanking him for saving the
Union AZ commander chief Of the Sons OF Lib
erty. Laughter and applause. This political
tramp will also have letter. dated Boston. Mass
eaying: II hereby certify that for fifty years re-
ssnrde1 tho bearer as thief and robber, but now
LOOK UPON BIN As 4 REFOkMER."
Signed Charles Francis Adams. llauslter:1
Following this tramp will be q black hound,
and when nc asks for food the bloodhound will
crouch for employment upon his launches; and
tie drool OF anticipation will run from bis loose
and hanging lips. Study the expression Of that
..0h l want to bite niger" And when the
do. has that expression he bears striking like
ness to hts master
Yhc question is, Shall that tramp and that dog
gain possession of the White HOUSE! ls.A.:
Nv! No!'' ..Not much!"] The Democratic
party has learnt nothing. The Democratic party
forsets nothing. The Democratic party does moi
know that the world has advanced solitary
inch since 1860. Time is Democratic dumb
watch, and It hns not given . tick foF sixteen
yeara- The Democratic party does not know thai
wc, upon the great, gs!tietiag alsht OF progress,
Lave passed single milestone for twenty years.
The Democratic party, say incapable OF loarn-
ing The Dclnocratic party y incapable u any.
thing hut prejudice and hatred. Every man that
Ii a Democrat is Z Democrat because be hates
something. Every man that Is Republican Is
n Republican because he loves something, -
and it is not whisky either. lLoud laughter. The
other Gay was going along the road. and came
to a plnce where there had been 4 change. The
guide board did nut know it, 1t had stood there
for twenty wears, pointing industsiouslT. pointing
diligently over into I'll old desnlate field. Nobody
ever went that way. bat the guide e-hos1d thought