The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1876-10-12
Colonel lngerSOll on the Record or
the Republican Party and the SOL
lIprG


In his Indianapolis speech to the
Boys in Blue Colonel IngersOll spoke
eloquently of the Republican party
and the soldiers.
am Republican. / am = Rspub-
liean because the Republican party
says the country Is nation an not a
cOnfederacy / am here in Indiana to
speak and have Rs good q right to
speak here in Indiana as though /
had been Torn ON this stand-nOt be-
cause the State flag Of Indiana waves
over ME. | would not know It II
should see it. You have the same
right to speak in Illinois not because
the state flag OF Illinois waves over
you, but because that banner, render
ed sacred by the blood CT all the he
rOes, waves over me and YOU.
Cheers. Am in favor Of this be-
ing n nation. Think of "a man grati-
flying his entire ambition in the State
OF Rhode Island. Laughter
PROTECTION TO CITIZENS.
The Democratic party says the gov
eminent can't march its troops into
the SOnth to protect the rights Of the
citizens. It Is lie. GreAt cheers I
The government claims the right,
and 10 Is conceded that the govern
ment has the right To go t0 your
house while you are sitting Oy your
fireslde with your wife aud children
about you, and the old lady knitting,
and the eat playing with the yarn,
and every body happy and sweet-the
government claims the right to 90 to
your lireside and to take you by force
and put you into the army; take you
down 10 the valley Of the shadow of
he'll, set you by the ruddy, roaring
guns, and make you fight for your
flag. lCheers. Now that being 90,
when the war Is over and your cOun-
try is victorious, and you go back 20
your home. and 8 lot Of Demo-
Gratis want to trample upon your
rights, want to know
II the government that took you
from your fifeside and made you fight
for it, / want to know il il Is not
bound to fight for you. Cheers. I
The flag that will not protect its pro-
teetOrs is dirty rag that cOntRmi-
mates the air in which 1t waves. The
government that will not defend its
defenders Is disgrace to the nations
Of the world. A vOics "Amen."1
am Republican because the Repub-
lican because the Republican party
says. "We will protect the rights Of
American citizens at home, and IL
necessary, we will march our army
into any state to protect the right OF
the humblest American citizen in
that State" lCheers."
THE DIFFERENCE
There is room in the Republican
air for every wing there is room on
| the Republican sea for every sail.
Republicanism says 10 every man /:
"Let your soul be like an eagle; fly
| out in the great dome of thought, and
question the stars for yourself" /"
| IICheers. "That's sou But the
Democratic party says "Be blind
owls sit on the dry limb Of 3 dead
tree, and only hOOt when Tilden &
Co. tell you TO-" Laughter. In the
Republican party there are no follow
ers. We are all leaders. Cheers.
There is not u party chain there il
not q party lash. Any man that
does not love this country, any man
that does not love liberty. any man
that Is not in favor of human pro-
gress, that is not in favor OF giving to
Others all the claims for himself, we
don't ask him To vote the Republi-
can ticket. LCheerz. ] You can vote II
II you please; and If there Is any
Democrat within hearing who ex'
poets to die before another election
we are willing that he should vote
one Republican ticket, simply as
consolation upon his death-Oed
IGreat laughter.
Free labor, love, affectiOn-they
have invented everything Of use IL
this world. LCheers.l l am a Re
publican. tell you, my friends this
world is getting better every day, and
the Democratic party is getting small
Ter every day. We have got the FRS
free country that ever existed And
right here I want TO thank every sol
der that fought to make it free erie
Of aGOOd," "GOOd," and cheers
every one living and dead. / thans
you again, aud again, and again.