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

ty in the North, did all they could for
the destruction Of this Government A
Democrat with a musket was a rebel, and
rebel without a musket was a Demo
crat. The difference was not in the man,
but in the musket, and so ! call them
Democrats one and all Every man that
endeavOred. to destroy the Government
was a Democrat, and every man who
sympathized with the men who did en-
dcavor TO destroy tho government was a
Democrat. Every enemy Of the United
States. from the first musket fired in the
rebellion to the last gun, every single en-
emy OF the Republic was a Democrat.
! Laughter and applause. Every man
that tried to tear the old flag out OF hea-
ven was n Democrat; every man that
starved our prisoners at Libby and An
dersonville-cvery solitary wretch was a
Democrat; every man that shot our poor
insane prisoners, simply because in his
wandering, following some hand in his
insane dream, and happened TO get be-
yond the dead line. and was shot down,
the man that shot him
was and is Democrat TAp-
plause The men that endeavorcd to
burn the city Of New York, with fires in
over twenty places, knowing that hund-
reds and thousands Of lives would be
lost, knowing that in the s.Ioking ruins,
would be found the charrcd remains of
women and children, knowing that the
great serpents Of fame would leap and
clutch, as il were the babe from the
mothers arms. Every man that set those
fires, was, and is a Democrat. Every man
that endeavored to release rebel prison
ers in the North, and who tried to re-
lease them at indianapolis, at Rock
Island, in the city of Chicago; why tried
to create an uprising in the North, to
burn the homes Of Union soldiers above
the heads of their wives and children,
while the fathers and husbands were
away in the front, fighting for the equal
ity Of human rights, every one Of them
was a Democrat. Laughter and APP
plause. ! have not got through my in
dic,ment yet. Every man who believes
that slavery was Divine institution ev-
cry man who believes that the bay of
the blood hound formed part of the
music of the Union; every man that be-
lieves i'm anothe. going to work bending
beneath burning sun, with the masters
lash laid on his back as pay; every one
Of these men was, and is, Democrat.
Every man that wept over the corpse Of
slavery, that denounced and damned the
Of emancipation, that gran
dest paper ever issued since the Declara-
ton Of Independence, was, and Is, a Dem
Ocrat. The man that assassinated AbTa-
ham Lincoln was a Democrat, and every
man that was glad Abraham Lincoln was
lssassinated was Democrat. More than
that every man that endeavored to i'm
pair tie credit Of the United State, when
IL wished to borrow money to buy shot.
and shell, and powder to kill Democrats;
that said the bonds never could be paid;
that the greenbacks were worthless
trash; every solitary one was a Democrat.
And so much did they SANDER and ma
Iign the credit of our glorious country,
that at one time during the war gold
went up to 300 What did il mean when
the greenback dollar was only worth
.hirty-four cents? Ny friends, the other
sixty-six cents were lied out Of the green
back, slandered and illuminated out Of
L by the Democratic party. Laughter
md applause. Two.thirds Of the great
iebt put upon the shoulders of Ameri-
IAN industry, was put there by the Dem
Dcratic party of the North, the other
.hird by the Democratic party Of.
.he South. When the Democrats talk |
lbout hard times, let them recollect that /
hey made the debt. that they piled this |
upon the shoulders of Ameri- !
,an industry. Whenever you pay IL, /
,harge two-thirds to the Democrats OF /
he North, the other third TO the Demo /
rats of the South. Whenever you work /
o pay il, Whenever you blister your /
IanCs to pay these taxes, pull of the /
,listers, and under every one you will /
ind Democratic lie. LGreat laughter /
THE REPUBLICAN RECORD.
Now, my friends, have told you a lit I
lie something about the Democratic par 1
y. / may come back to that party in n 4
title while, but in the meantime allow 1
ne to tell you something about the Re /
publican party. Applause.
The Republican party comes before
-ou tonight, that is to say, as one of 4
hat party it is my privilege and my 1
pleasure to tell you a little something 1
bout the Republican party. IL comes 1
iere tonight, and asks every man, wo-
nan, and child to read over the pages Of 1
IS great and glorious record. We have .
got nothing to hide; we have got moth 4
ng to hold back in the shade; we have /
got nothing that needs an explanation
nothing. The Democratic party comes 4
With its record tight shut IL stands up .
IN the lids, as it were, of its record, and .
ays: "lf you are gentlemen, you won't /
ry to look on it If you are gentlemen,
'ou will pass it over-you will let by
cones be bygOnes. What is the use Of /
opening that record and looking at our \
rC H. on, a our being the friends Of Sc /
session and slayery-what is the useY
Let 'bygones be bygones, and we will .
make you as good promises as you ever /
heard. Have the kindness to take our 4
promise, and what we will do, and don't /
ook at what we have done" Good char /
lcter rests upon a record, and not upon 4
! promise. Loud cheers The charac |
.eT rests upon something done, some I
hing accomplished, and not upon some /
hing promised. You can not prove the /
,olyency of a man by the number Of I
notes he holds, but by the number OF /
notes he has paid Now, let me say that |
.he Republican party is the only free I
party that ever existed in the world |
the only one IL is the only party that |
Is not founded upon PROMISE that puts |
lown its principles and says, There they I
are; it you don't like them, let them /
alone" 1t is the only party that ever |
existed in favor of free government the /.
Only party that was the enemy of caste /.
the enemy OF all distinctions in human /
ty; the only party that ever said that
every human being has the same right as
every other human being, no more and
no less, the only party in favor OF Civ
ing to every man, whether black or
white, the liberty OF his Government,
the only party in favor OF allowing every
man to do his own thinking for himself!
Loud applause.
The Republican platform is not only
as broad as this country, but it is as
broad as humanity. The Republican
platform is broad enough for US all to
stand upon, broad enough for everybody
i'm favor Of human progress Ii gives to
every man what it claims for itself, and
the man that is not willing to give TO
others what he claims for himself is a
scoundrel Any man that wishes to live