Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1876-07-18
TILDEN AND HENDRICKS RATI-
FICATION MEETING.
Immense GatAering-ErceHent Speeches.
Grand TorcA-Liyht Procession and Mu-
mination-Fre Horks, Balloon, Bon
Fires, dc, DC.

Yesterday afternoon and last night wit
messed the largest and most enthusiastic po-
litieal demonstration that has taken place il
CharlestOwn since ante bellum days. For
the first time in sixteen years the Democracy
of the country has candidates whom it can
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vim and enthusiasm in our grand Rally and
mass meeting convince US that our people
fully appreciate the fact that, in Tilden and
Hendricks, they have candidates who are
worthy standard bearers of the Democratic
party At 2 o'clock p. NJ. the crowd began to
; assemble in the Court Room and after the
meeting was organized, with Capt. George
Baylor Chairman, and W. W. B. Gallaher
Secretary, the Secretary read letters from
the following distinguished gentlemen giving
reasons for not being able to accept tie iuyi-
tatiOn of The committee to speak on the occa>
sion, &C.:
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
WASHINGTON, D. G., July II, 1876.
Gentlemen 1t will be impossible for me
to be present at your Rally for the ST Louis
ticket. My duties here at the close of the
session press too much upon my time to be
absent on that day.
But l send to the people of your county,
among whom SO much of my early life was
passed, and to associations with whom, and to
whose very soil, my memory goes back with
the deepest affection, my humble word of
cheer. There is hope for our country ! great
Nhope-that before this year closes, the verdict
Of the American Union will be rendered.
verdict of condemnation of the Republican
party, and a verdict for honor, honesty and
purity in the administration of our Federal
System under the Constitution of the United
States.
The great need of the Union is peace be-,
tween the sections. 1t cannot be had by
those whose outcry is an Inflammation of the
passions of the psst-ef the hatreds of a civil
war. 1t can only be had in a Constitutional
Union of all the States in a confding and
honest effort for the common good of the
whole, and the liberty of all men, of every
race and creed, against Military Rule, and
the despotlsm of a personal government.
Our Government needs publication. Mr..
Hayes, 1t is said, ~repudiates Grantism-aud
Grantism is organized Republicanism. But
he cannot, and does not shake it off. He
may, and his organs may cry, ''Who shall de-
liver me from this body of Sin and Death ?"
but he stands on a platform which applauds
administration, and he adopts the ap
plauding platform!
The purity and honesty of governmental ad-
ministration can only be secured by a change
of hands, which will bring in the great Re-
former of corruption-the great Ring>breaker
of New York.
Go on in the good work We will carry
the country! The election of Tilden will be
the great fact of this centennial year! The
popular heart will celebrate this era, by a
restoration of the honor, integrity, economy,
and love of liberty, of our Revolutionary
fathers. In 1776 We revolutionized the
British Colonial Government. In 1876. we
will reform the Federal Government and
bring back in its administration purity aud
honesty and retrenchment as the basis of our
future progress and glory.
Very truly,
J. r. TUCKER.